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FDA approved leukemia drugs shows promise in ovarian cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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The drug Sprycel, approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, significantly inhibited the growth and invasiveness of ovarian cancer cells and also promoted their death, ...


On the cutting edge

On the cutting edge: Zigzag incision technique improves outcome of laser-assisted corneal transplantation

Medicine & Health / Research

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For most of the 40,000 Americans who undergo corneal transplants each year, recovery is uncomfortable and slow, sometimes taking as long as six months. Even then, clear vision may not be fully ...


This smart wheelchair has laser vision

This smart wheelchair has laser vision

Technology / Engineering

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Disability, John Spletzer believes, should no longer pose any obstacle to mobility. A blind person may not be able to see or a paraplegic to walk, but each can access the technology available ...


Stem cells restore mobility in neck-injured rats (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first human embryonic stem cell treatment approved by the FDA for human testing has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries - a finding that could expand the clinical ...


FDA warns Web companies not to sell flavored cigs

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online.


Possible help in fight against muscle-wasting disease

Possible help in fight against muscle-wasting disease (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A compound already used to treat pneumonia could become a new therapy for an inherited muscular wasting disease, according to researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of ...


'All-natural' sex pill contains Viagra chemical: FDA

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.


Nanotechnology: A risky frontier?

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Inside a cramped back room at Rushford Hypersonic, a start-up headquartered in southeastern Minnesota, sits a cube-like machine that throws a mean atomic fastball. At the push of a button, the reactor hurls atoms toward a ...


FDA launches plan to curb accidental overdoses

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is launching a program to try and prevent millions of accidental drug overdoses that occur each year due to medication errors, misuse and other problems.


Laser etching safe alternative for labeling grapefruit

Laser etching safe alternative for labeling grapefruit

Biology / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 8

Laser labeling of fruit and vegetables is a new, patented technology in which a low-energy carbon dioxide laser beam is used to label, or "etch" information on produce, thereby eliminating the need for common ...



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