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New approach enables the sorting of cells up to 38 times faster
Date: Oct-05-2013A team of engineers led by computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a new approach that marries computer vision and hardware optimization to sort cells up to 38 times faster than is currently possible. The approach could be used for clinical diagnostics, stem cell characterization and other applications...
Genetic condition that attacks the heart, brain and nerves diagnosed using new MRI technique
Date: Oct-05-2013A genetic condition that attacks multiple organs and usually results in fatal heart problems can be detected using a new MRI technique that was developed at the University of Alberta. The discovery of this new diagnostic tool has resulted in updated clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Fabry disease in Canada. Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry researchers Gavin Oudit and Richard Thompson worked with Faculty colleagues Kelvin Chow and Alicia Chan on the discovery, as well as Aneal Khan from the University of Calgary...
For some ancestral societies, transgendered males were considered an asset
Date: Oct-05-2013Transgendered androphilic males were accepted in traditional hunter-gatherer cultures because they were an extra set of hands to support their families. Conversely, by investing in and supporting their kin, these males ensured that their familial line - and therefore also their own genetic make-up - passed on to future generations despite their not having children of their own. This is according to an ethnographic study led by Doug VanderLaan of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada, published in Springer's journal Human Nature...
Helping people with mental health issues live independently: California's new mental health system
Date: Oct-05-2013A new analysis by Oregon State University researchers of California's mental health system finds that comprehensive, community-based mental health programs are helping people with serious mental illness transition to independent living. Published in the October issue of the American Journal of Public Health, this study has important implications for the way that states finance and deliver mental health programs, and speaks to the effectiveness of well-funded, comprehensive community programs...
Technology, not uninsured patients, driving hospital costs
Date: Oct-05-2013Technology, not uninsured patients, likely explains the steep rise in the cost of hospital care in Texas in recent years, according to Vivian Ho, the chair in health economics at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, a professor of economics at Rice and a professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Her findings were reported in an article appearing in the online edition of the journal Healthcare Management, Practice and Innovation...
Researchers identify the neural circuits that modulate REM sleep
Date: Oct-05-2013A team of scientists led by Dr. Antoine Adamantidis, a researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and an assistant professor at McGill University, has released the findings from their latest study, which will appear in the October issue of the prestigious scientific journal Nature Neuroscience.(1) Previous studies had established an association between the activity of certain types of neurons and the phase of sleep known as REM (rapid eye movement). Researchers on the team of Dr...
Poor oral health affects Olympic athletes' performance
Date: Oct-05-2013The training regimen for any Olympic athlete is intense, but getting oral health into shape is usually not part of the routine. However, new research examining the impact of 2012 Olympic athletes' oral health may now make the toothbrush as important as athletic shoes. The study, led by Professor Ian Needleman of the University College London Eastman Dental Institute, was published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine...
5th World Congress on Biotechnology, June 16-18, 2014, Valencia, Spain
Date: Oct-04-2013OMICS Group proudly invites all the participants across the globe to its premier 5th World Congress on Biotechnology going to be held during June 16-18, 2014 at Valencia, Spain. Theme: Biotechnology: Meeting the Needs of a Changing World Biotechnology-2014 is the premier event which brings together a unique and International mix of experts, researchers and decision makers both from academia, Biotech, Pharmaceutical and healthcare industry all around the globe to exchange their knowledge, experience and research innovations to built a biotechnology community...
Depression affects memory by 'impairing ability to differentiate similarities'
Date: Oct-04-2013Depression has long been known to affect memory, but it has been unclear how. Now, researchers say that one reason for this is that depression impairs the process of "pattern separation" - the ability to differentiate things that are similar. Researchers from Brigham Young University define pattern separation as a mechanism for encoding memories, where distinct memory representations are created for similar objects and events...
'Early term' babies at risk, despite healthy appearance
Date: Oct-04-2013Physicians at the University of Buffalo have reported that while many babies born early may look as healthy as full-term babies, sadly some of them are not. The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, hopes to alert health care providers that greater vigilance is needed when caring for these early arrivals. Term pregnancy is defined as one in which 37 to 41 weeks have elapsed since the first day of the mother's menstrual period. Traditionally, babies born within this timeframe are thought to face the same risks...
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