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| January 2012 Issue | |
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Microscopic organic
medical imaging devices
Scientists at the University of Nottingham in the UK are developing microscopic organic medical imaging systems to support a new generation of breakthrough treatments for currently incurable diseases and chronic life-threatening illnesses. |
| November 2011 Issue | |
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Holographic memory for storage of medical data
Scientists have moved a step closer to being able to develop a computer model of the brain after developing a technique to map both the connections and functions of nerve cells in the brain together for the first time. |
| September 2011 Issue | |
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Mapping the brain Supported by mammoth funding, European research institutions are embarking on a massive, multi-faceted, scientific endeavour to achieve “visionary technological goals”. |
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| July 2011 Issue | |
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Mapping the brain Scientists have moved a step closer to being able to develop a computer model of the brain after developing a technique to map both the connections and functions of nerve cells in the brain together for the first time. |
| November 2010 Issue | |
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Engineers develop touch-sensitive artificial skin |
| September 2010 Issue | |
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Seeing the world with new eyes - Biosynthetic corneas restore
vision in humans A new study from researchers in Sweden and Canada has shown that biosynthetic corneas can help regenerate and repair damaged eye tissue and improve vision in humans. The results, from an early phase clinical trial with 10 patients, are published in the 25 August 2010. |
| May 2010 Issue | |
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Fish shows way to mend broken
heart After a non-fatal heart attack, a damaged human heart does its best to patch itself up by forming a scar. But how much better would it be if that patch were made up of healthy, fully functional heart muscle rather than scrappy, stiff scar tissue? |
| March 2010 Issue | |
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An apple a day… A study by scientists in the United States appears to support the age-old adage: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” |
| January 2010 Issue | |
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Building a replica of the brain A model that replicates the functions of the human brain is feasible in 10 years according to neuroscientist Professor Henry Markram of the Brain Mind Institute in Switzerland. |
