Researchers have discovered a new genetic test which could help predict cancer recurrence – paving the way for more precise, personalised treatments. Mitochondrial genes can be routinely checked in biopsies of patients diagnosed with many different cancer types, including breast, lung, ovarian or gastric cancers. And they prove more accurate than current methods of predicting a...
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A World Without Pain
In an immersive virtual reality environment called “Snow World,” burn patients distract themselves from their pain by tossing snow balls, building snowmen and interacting with penguins. You glide across an icy canyon where you meet smiling snowmen, waddling penguins and a glistening river that winds forever. You toss snowballs, hear them smash against igloos,...
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Sound waves enable blood sample analysis in minutes
This illustration shows how the exosomes (represented by pink spheres) are separated from other materials by the application of sound waves A few years ago, a team of MIT scientists developed a novel way to separate blood cells using sound waves. Now the team, in conjunction with scientists from several other institutions, has taken the technology even...
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Novel assay shows promise for non-invasive detection of PD-L1 on circulating tumor cells
Researchers have presented the first report of a new microfluidics-based approach for detecting circulating cancer biomarkers in blood samples Future Science Group (FSG) today announced the publication of an article in Future Science OApresenting early data from a novel assay for the non-invasive detection of PD-L1 and other biomarkers in patient blood samples. Response rates to...
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Neural Patterns of Reorganization after Intensive Robot-Assisted Virtual Reality Therapy and Repetitive Task Practice in Patients with Chronic Stroke
Several approaches to rehabilitation of the hand following a stroke have emerged over the last two decades. These treatments, including repetitive task practice (RTP), robotically assisted rehabilitation and virtual rehabilitation activities, produce improvements in hand function but have yet to reinstate function to pre-stroke levels-which likely depends on developing the therapies to impact cortical reorganization...
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Combined rTMS and virtual reality brain-computer interface training for motor recovery after stroke
Abstract OBJECTIVE: Combining repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) with brain-computer interface (BCI) training can address motor impairment after stroke by down-regulating exaggerated inhibition from the contralesional hemisphere and encouraging ipsilesional activation. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of combined rTMS + BCI, compared to sham rTMS + BCI, on motor recovery after stroke in subjects with lasting motor...
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The effect of virtual reality program on the cognitive function and balance of the people with mild cognitive impairment
[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a virtual reality (VR) program on cognitive function and balance in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) attending G welfare center in Gurye. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-four patients with MCI were studied. The patients were exposed to the VR program for 30 min...
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Use of virtual reality in improving poststroke neglect: Promising neuropsychological and neurophysiological findings from a case study
After experiencing a stroke in the right hemisphere, almost 50% of patients show unilateral spatial neglect (USN). Virtual Reality technologies offer impressive opportunities for both the rehabilitation and assessment of different cognitive deficits, including USN. A 57-year-old woman, affected by subarachnoid hemorrhage presented a severe left hemiparesis with severe cognitive and behavioral alterations, including temporal...
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The doctor will see you — how?
The students filling the lecture halls in health sciences colleges today are the medical professionals who will be taking care of you and your children in the years ahead. But how will they practice medicine? What will the environment of medicine look like in 10, 20, 40 years? Looking for a clue? Look no further...
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Regenerating tissues with gene-targeting molecules
Illustration of the synthetic DNA-binding inhibitor switching the transcription program inside the stem cells and coaxing them into a specific cell type like cardiomyocyte. A synthetic DNA-targeting molecule could pave the way for tissue regeneration. Stem cells can be triggered to change into heart muscle cells by a new method involving synthetic molecules. The method...