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New Image-Guided Radiotherapy System Benefits High-Risk Patients
A new radiotherapy system that combines high-tech imaging with precision tumor-targeting capability is helping cancer specialists treat patients. Those with medically inoperable tumors, at high-risk for surgery, or who do not want surgical treatment may benefit most from the ExacTrac®X-ray 6D System for image-guided radiotherapy. The system adds to patient options for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), a technique that features high radiation doses with pinpoint precision to tumors. Hairy Roots Show Potential As Biofactories For Medicines, Commercial P
Scientists are reporting an advance towards tapping the immense potential of 'hairy roots'as natural factories to produce medicines, food flavorings and other commercial products. The new research makes use of structures formed by a common soil bacterium that infects plants and incorporates its own DNA into the plant's genome. By inserting a specific gene into the bacterium, researchers can integrate that gene into the host's DNA. Eventually, the host plant develops a system of fuzzy roots near the site of the infection. Even Mild Depression Increases Long-Term Mortality In Heart Failure
Duke University Medical Center researchers have found a strong association between depression and a higher long-term risk of death for patients with chronic heart failure. Fluids Given To Brain Injury Patients Impact Survival Rates
A new intensive care study has provided vital information for the treatment of patients with brain injuries. The results confirm that the choice of resuscitation fluids affects the chances of patients with brain injury surviving. Squaring the fish eye
The classic fish-eye lens gives photographers the visual equivalent of surround sound, capturing an all-encompassing view. But, while the results are dramatic the subject is considerably distorted to fit within the bounds of the circular image formed. This renders such lens ineffective as an all-seeing-eye in a security setting or for providing robots with better [...] Nuclear North Korea Not
New Scientist and others are already casting doubts on whether North Korea really did detonate a nuclear device underground on Monday. The magazine points to discrepancies in the reporting of the size of the explosion as hinting that NK may have simply detonated a massive cache of conventional explosive in ... Group Proves It's Possible To Grow New Lung Alveoli By Growing New Blo
Using animal models, University of Alberta researchers have taken what they say is the first important step towards treatment for lung disease in premature babies, in effect, growing new blood vessels and alveoli -- the tiny air sacs where gas exchange occurs between the lungs and blood vessels -- in tiny rat lungs. Will Plug-In Hybrids Kill the EV?
If you can drive on electricity most of the time and still get a range of 500 miles or more, why bother with an electric vehicle? In Autopia. Star Wars Is Not a 'Boy' Movie
Electronic Arts' chief operations officer explains how video games fail women, but perpetuates the same stereotype he wants to break. In Sex Drive Daily. National Register Evaluation of New Orleans Drainage System, Orleans P
1999 report about the history of "the modern New Orleans drainage system [which] represents a unique technological solution to natural conditions that have played an important role in the settlement and expansion of the city. The system was designed in 1895, and construction of the system began in 1897."The report recommends selected pumping stations be considered individually eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Includes a bibliography and numerous images.
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