Health & Medicine
Biochip may make diagnosis of leukemia and HIV faster, cheaper
15 Jun 2012
Researchers at Penn State, in the US, have designed a mass-producible device that can focus particles or cells in a single stream and perform three different optical assessments for each cell
New energy source for future medical implants: sugar
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 14 Jun 2012
Wider letter spacing helps dyslexic children
12 Jun 2012
Artificial muscle as shock absorber
11 Jun 2012
A new method for picking the ‘right’ egg in IVF
By By Karen N. Peart | 02 Jun 2012
Zinc helps lower risk of treatment failure in children: study
31 May 2012
Results of the first study to assess the efficacy of zinc given in addition to standard antibiotic therapy for probable serious bacterial infections such as pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis showed that children given zinc were 40 per cent less likely to experience treatment failure
Cooler preserves tuberculosis drugs, records doses
By David Chandler, MIT News Office | 30 May 2012
Using robots for less invasive surgery
29 May 2012
Powerful new approach to attack flu virus
28 May 2012
Device may inject a variety of drugs without using needles
26 May 2012
Getting a shot at the doctor’s office may become less painful in the not-too-distant future.
Stopping drug-induced liver injury
25 May 2012
Hormone plays surprise role in fighting skin infections
By By Scott LaFee | 25 May 2012
New technology measures biomarker by bouncing laser light off skin
24 May 2012
Scientists at the Yale School of Public Health are testing a new technology that measures a biomarker by simply bouncing blue laser light off the skin and gets results in about a minute