This device lets surgeons attach small anchors to tissue inside a beating heart by compensating for the heart’s movement. 
Fixing the heart is hard. Certain procedures have to be performed on a stationary organ, so the heart is stopped and the patient put on a cardiopulmonary bypass machine. But stopping the heart increases the risk of […]

 
 FortOss - Nano-Structured Bone Graft
Bone grafts can more closely mimic the chemical structure and composition of natural bone, thanks to a new material. Like other synthetics, the material minimizes the risk of immune rejection, but it’s much better at encouraging cells to grow.

Even Our Feline Friends Are Suffering From It
Paranoia has emerged as a 21st century fear, according to a new research.
Yes, a leading psychiatrist at King’s College London has carried out the decade-long research and found that one in four people suffer irrational fears of either being threatened or in danger on a regular basis.

 
 
HIV Camera
 Sanity never has a defined ground; creators often change reasons to get to something fresh and untamed each time. As HIV spreads beyond our control, and when scientists are found with their hands in the air, claiming no guarantee to coming up with a vaccine against HIV - we came across this HIV camera, […]

 
 Paralyzed monkeys regained the ability to move their wrists when their nervous systems were rewired.
Rerouting electrical signals around damaged nerves may one day help treat paralysis.  A pair of partially paralyzed monkeys regained the ability to move their wrists when researchers wired individual neurons directly to the monkey’s arm muscles, according to a study published […]

Shark’s Blood May Cure Cancer
Here’s an unorthodox way to help slow down the effects of cancer: a nice tall glass of shark’s blood. Sound gross? It is! But it also might just be effective.
 

 
The Palo Alto Research Center is using ink-jet printing technology to develop a disposable patch that can be worn on a soldier’s helmet for seven days to measure his or her exposure to blasts. 
Researchers are developing a cheap, lightweight plastic strip that can be worn on a soldier’s helmet to help diagnose brain injury.

 Genetic link to baldness discovered
Losing hair? Blame your mom and dad for a new study has revealed a genetic link which suggests that men could inherit baldness from either parent.

 
It’s a hard concept to grasp that a virus can infect a cell and actually do a good thing by killing the cell. This is what happens when a Senecavirus hits a cancer cell. What’s more the Senecavirus kills the cancer cell without hurting any healthy cells around it.

 
 Chicken Soup - “Grandma’s Penicillin”
Chicken soup, that popular home remedy for the common cold sometimes known as “Grandma’s Penicillin,” may have a new role alongside medication and other medical measures in fighting high blood pressure, scientists in Japan are reporting. Their research is scheduled for the October 22 issue of ACS’ biweekly Journal of Agricultural […]

Research presented at the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), found that coronary heart disease (CHD) symptoms presented in the context of a stressful life event were identified as psychogenic in origin when presented by women and organic in origin when presented by men. The study […]

 
A new study suggests that taking an aspirin a day may lower the risk of breast cancer in women.

 
Activation of the left cerebral hemisphere during sensory stimulation of the transplanted right palm.  
Four months after a successful hand transplant — 35 years after amputation in an industrial accident at age 19 — a 54-year-old man’s emerging sense of touch is registered in the former “hand area” of the his brain, says a University of […]

 
 Stem cells from adult human testes normally produce only sperm, but when cultured in the lab with special growth factors, they begin to resemble embryonic stem cells and can differentiate into many adult cell types.
Stem cells from human testes could be used for personalized medicine.  Adult stem cells that behave much like embryonic ones […]

Philips is on the verge of developing a new ultrasound-based drug delivery technology that will surely help people suffering from various types of cancers. The company is planning to introduce micro bubbles which contain drugs that treat cancerous growths. They can be tracked with the help of an ultrasound and later allowed to release the […]

 
Scientists have discovered a gene mutation linked to the most common cause of blindness in the developed world, holding out the prospect of better treatments and perhaps eventually a cure.

Zapping frozen meals in the microwave may be fast and easy, but it also can make you sick if it’s not done properly.
That message has been slow to catch on, despite a spate of illnesses last year from improperly microwaved frozen foods. On Sunday, the government issued a new warning urging consumers to thoroughly cook […]

Medical Breakthrough for Down’s Syndrome Testing
Thanks to two new genetic tests, a drop of mother’s blood could soon be all it takes to say if an unborn baby has Down’s syndrome.

 
Eel’s Electricity For Powering Implants
Artificial versions of the eel’s electricity generating cells can be used as a power source for medical implants and other tiny devices, suggests a study.
The paper, according to NIST engineer David LaVan, says that there are at least seven different types of electrical channels in eels, each with several possible variables […]

 
When an object moves fast, we follow it with our eyes: our brain correspondingly calculates the speed of the object and adapts our eye movement to it. This in itself is an enormous achievement, yet our brain can do even more than that. In the real world, a car will typically accelerate or brake faster […]

 
 Abnormal Cartilage
A new biomaterial developed by Cartilix, a biotech startup based in Foster City, CA, could dramatically improve the success rate of knee-cartilage repair surgery, making the procedure more accessible to patients with bad knees. The new material, called ChonDux, consists of a polymer hydrogel that, when injected into the knee during surgery, guides the […]

 
A lot can be learned from simply counting the cells found in a sample of blood or water; the rub is that it requires either a lengthy and complex manual process with an expensive microscope or a a quicker process with an even more expensive flow cytometer. Now, UCLA researchers have devised a compact system […]

 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists said on Monday they have moved closer to creating “artificial noses,” after finding a way to mass-produce smell receptors in a laboratory.

 
 Bionic Hand With Gel-filled Fingertips
If things go well, prostheses may soon help a person “feel” too. Bionic hands with gelled fingertips may be the answer to provide the wearer with a sense of touch and sensitivity. This may even help them instinctively hold objects, because humans have a built-in reflex that responds to vibrations. The […]

 It hurts to look at this picture
Viruses dramatically increase cellular metabolism, and existing anti-obesity drugs may represent a new way to block these metabolic changes and inhibit viral infection, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Biotechnology.