Printed Biochips

Peptides are protein fragments consisting of up to 50 amino acids. However, peptides with a length of 15 to 20 amino acids arranged in arrays are sufficient for drug research and for identifying pathogenic proteins. Unfortunately, the capacity of such arrays is limited.

Technology Therapeutics Focuses On Self-Monitoring Of Blood Glucose In Diabetes

Subjects with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who self-monitor their blood glucose levels more frequently and use the results to adjust treatment regimens can achieve improved glucose control, according to a collection of state-of-the-art reports that comprise a Special Supplement to the June 2008 issue (V.

Quincy Jones Lends Time And Talent To Support Red Cross Relief Efforts In China And Myanmar

Legendary music producer and entertainment icon Quincy Jones is mobilizing assistance for survivors of the catastrophic earthquake that struck China and the deadly cyclone that swept through Myanmar. Jones recently recorded several public services announcements for the American Red Cross, which are now available to the media.

Wireless Vision Implant

For twelve years, experts from different disciplines in the fields of microelectronics, neurophysics, information engineering, computer science, materials science and medicine have been working to develop a visual prosthetic device for patients who have lost their sight through diseases of the retina.

The First Long-Lived Nanoscale Bubbles Whipped Up By Engineers

With the aid of kitchen mixers, engineers at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have whipped up, for the first time, permanent nanoscale bubbles - bubbles that endure for more than a year - from batches of foam made from a mixture of glucose syrup, sucrose stearate, and water.

2 Bilateral Cochlear Implants Are Definitely Superior To 1

A study of cochlear implant patients seen by Indiana University School of Medicine physicians is the first research to show evidence that cochlear implants in both ears significantly improves quality of life in patients with profound hearing loss and that the cost of the second implant is offset by its benefits.

Johns Hopkins Researchers Develop Human Stem Cell Line Containing Sickle Cell Anemia Mutation

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have established a human cell-based system for studying sickle cell anemia by reprogramming somatic cells to an embryonic stem cell like state. Publishing online in Stem Cells on May 29, the team describes a faster and more efficient method of reprogramming cells that might speed the development of stem cell therapies.

Abnormalities Found In Gene For Melanoma

New research from the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute about mutations in melanoma may bring a wellspring of hope to many patients.Researchers have discovered that there are several different kinds of DNA abnormalities that can occur in a gene called the KIT gene.

Michigan House Approves Abortion Ban Mirroring Federal Law; Gov. Granholm Likely To Veto Bill

The Michigan House on Tuesday voted 74-32 to approve a bill (SB 776) that would ban so-called "partial-birth" abortions except in cases where women's lives are in jeopardy, the Detroit News reports. The Senate approved the measure in January. According to the News, the legislation is "modeled" after the federal ban (PL 108-105) that the U.

Santa Fe Institute Researcher Figures Out Factors That Make Bacteria More Modular

Many bacteria break their metabolic processes into chunks. That may be logically tidy, but it's often metabolically inefficient. Researchers have now figured out the factors that tend to make bacteria more modular.