Monday, December 10th, 2012
Research from University of Southampton has demonstrated that copper can prevent horizontal transmission of genes (HGT), which contributes to antibiotic-resistant infections. Previous studies have focused on experiments in vivo, but this research is different because it focuses on how pathogens persist in the environment, and especially on touch surfaces.
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Monday, May 21st, 2012
Researchers have grown bone from human embryonic stem cells. The research could have applications in therapies to replace bone tissue.
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
An article about metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants that was published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) in February continues to stir controversy. The article has resulted in a heated debate between BMJ and DePuy. DePuy claims that the article was "unnecessarily alarmist" and included several incorrect facts, while omitting other ...
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Monday, May 7th, 2012
A European Commission-funded project titled ENDURE focuses on developing a new type of hip implant that is metal-free and provides bone-like elasticity.
An international team of ten partners, which include companies, research organisations and universities, collaborated to develop a hip implant that demonstrated good wear resistance in initial tests. During the ...
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Monday, April 9th, 2012
A cordless portable device developed at Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems can supply power to medical devices without touching them. The device can be attached to a belt and carried by the user.
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Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Researchers from the University of Limerick in Ireland have joined the Sanowork research project, a nanomaterial project funded by the European Commission. The project is a collaboration between eight academic and public research institutions and five nanomaterial manufacturers. It will look at the environmental and health risks of nanomaterials.
On the ...
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
New advice from MHRA and a BBC Newsnight/British Medical Journal investigation are causing more concern about the risk of metal-on-metal hip implants. Several major recalls of these types of implants have demonstrated the risk of metal debris that can cause complications such as inflammation. Now MHRA has issued guidance to ...
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Monday, February 27th, 2012
An implantable sensor that provides surgeons with detailed, real-time information from a surgery site could lead to more accurate assessments of a patient’s recovery.
Developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute by Faculty Researcher Eric Ledet, the sensor is attached to commonly used orthopaedic musculoskeletal implants such as rods, plates or prostheses. Scalable, ...
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Monday, February 6th, 2012
Hip replacement can provide great relief for patients with damaged hips, reducing pain and discomfort associated with everyday activities. Unfortunately, hip implants can also result in implant failure. The recent metal-on-metal hip recalls have demonstrated the risks of metal debris that is released due to joint wear, causing tissue damage ...
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Monday, January 16th, 2012
Last week, the Consumer Electronics Show took place in Las Vegas. At the show, Qualcomm introduced a US$10 million competition through its X Prize Foundation. The foundation offers this prize to anyone who develops a device similar to the Tricorder featured in Star Trek, a device used to diagnose medical ...
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
Dixons Surgical Instruments (Wickford, United Kingdom), has invested in a vertical machining centre from System 3R (Vällingby, Sweden) to keep up with the increased demand for an orthopaedic ring fixator system for the repair of limb bones.
The external Ilizarov stainless steel system is used to lengthen and reshape limb bones, ...
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
A study by researchers from Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois, United States), Rush University Medical Center, (Chicago, Illinois, United States) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany) found that a layer of graphitic carbon forms on metal-on-metal hip implants. The discovery could eventually improve the performance of these types of implants, since ...
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