A fish may stop malaria
An excellent example of how nature can help in many ways has come about with a study into the Nile Tilapia a fish that is native to Kenya.
But there is no magic potion, the small fish that is around eight inches long has a secret weapon, it likes to eat mosquito larvae, and although this [...]
Increase in female students for BME
There is a continued interest from women who wish to follow a career in Biomedical Engineering (BME) according to the students who have expressed and interest in studying the subject at Washington University. The ratio of male and female students once again is showing a slight increase in the favour of women, which is a [...]
August 28, 2007Bio medical specialist struck off
A bio medical scientist has been struck off the Health Care Professionals (HPC) register for issuing the wrong blood to patient at the District General Hospital, East Sussex Health Trust. Wai Ling Wong was found by a panel to have not carried out standard operating procedures, which resulted in the wrong type of blood being [...]
August 27, 2007Bio Global to build huge plant
Malaysian company Bio Global Tech is set to build a huge plant where they intend to produce bio diesel and bio medical products from palm oil.
From palm oil they can make bio diesel B100 as well as vitamin E, glycerine and stearin as there is a very high demand for these products, both in Malaysia [...]
Drug related deaths might not be what they seem
The UK counts drug related deaths to include drug abusers and non drug abusers, even though these figures are not accurate they are used to monitor the work of the Drug and Alcohol action teams, according to a study from Substance Abuse Treatment - Prevention and Policy.
The way that the figures are collated it is [...]
Programmable polymers can develop new structures
Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have been working on programming polymers so that they can make complex structures.
The example given is that of a potato crisp, it starts off flat and round, yet as it cooks the shaped changes into many diverse shapes, but never remain the same.
Apart from the obvious uses within [...]
Programmable polymers can develop new structures
Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have been working on programming polymers so that they can make complex structures.
The example given is that of a potato crisp, it starts off flat and round, yet as it cooks the shape changes into many diverse shapes, but never remains the same.
Apart from the obvious uses within [...]
Cold virus causes obesity!
There has been a mention of this before, but this time researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Centre at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA, have now found the gene that it is believed to promote weight gain.
The virus adenovirus 36 (ad-36) has been for a long time connected to obesity, however the researchers used tissue [...]
Far east ploughs cash into Nanotechnology
It appears that the US may have been caught napping when it comes to research into nanotechnolgy. While the US appears to be entrenched in a battle between two factions, those who wish to research and develop new science frontiers and those who take the more religious view shall we say? Whatever the politics the [...]
August 16, 2007Probes used in cancer research
Researchers at the University of Florida have been using molecular probes to detect the tiny differences that can be found in Leukaemia cells. By using samples from patients, they believe that the work could help to find more effective ways of treatment and detection of this illness.
The idea behind the science is that they use [...]
AT&T gives $1 million to Biomedical Research
The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) has received a donation of $1 million from the AT&T foundation, this is to further the research at the AT&T Genomics Computing Centre.
The money will go towards the updating of the centres networking system, buy some new equipment - like 375 new four processor Opteron based computers and [...]
Implant developed for Epilepsy
A living electrode has been developed by Jenna Rickus, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Purdue.
This implant has been specially coated with engineered neurons, what happens is when the neurons are stimulated they release a neurotransmitter, which it is said can inhibit epileptic seizures.
This comes as a result of the work that is being done [...]
Biomed students study business too
It seems that days of Biomed students studying their subject and going to work in a lab, hospital or somewhere similar are long gone. Students today are also studying business, why?
The answer is simple, instead of working for someone else, many students are looking to start up their own businesses, after all there is not [...]
New business, good or bad idea?
Many business people come up ideas, many of these are good but not viable, but very occasionally there is the one which could become the next big thing. So how do you know which one to choose? Both are viable, yet one will make more money and survive longer than the other.
Obviously the there are [...]
New Superglue created by Biomedical engineers
Biomedical engineers from the North western University have created a new type of superglue, this has been made after the team behind it, studied Geckos and Mussels. These creatures are able to stick to surfaces such as walls, vegetation and rocks with ease, this process intrigued the researchers and so the study of these creatures [...]
August 6, 2007Insulin produced in Lettuce leaves
Bio Medical researchers from the University of Central Florida, have produced capsules of Insulin, which have been produce in genetically modified tobacco, they believe that this product could pave the way for the millions of people world wide to have a near normal life.
The insulin had been produced through genetically modified tobacco plants, which have [...]
Japanese institutes join forces in vaccine research
Four Japanese institutes that already work in the field of vaccine research are to join forces in a collaboration that it is believed will further the research and development of vaccines in Japan.
The four institutes are National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo University’s Institute of Medical Science, and Osaka University’s Research Institute for Microbial Diseases [...]