by Elsevier Representative sputum samples from: A: smear negative, but culture positive (very low bacillary load); B: smear positive grade +1; C: smear positive grade 2+. A correlation between smear positive grading of the sputum sample and the visual count of captured particles of bacilli (indicated by arrows) is seen. Credit: Adapted from Moore et al., The...
by American Society for Microbiology Scolex of T. solium. Credit: Wikipedia The pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) can grow to be more than 20 feet long inside the human intestine, where it attaches to the intestinal wall using the 4 suckers on its scolex, which is only 1 millimeter in diameter. The scolex looks somewhat like a...
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH IMAGE: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BENJAMIN SANCHEZ-TERRONES IS DEVELOPING A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL THAT USES SAFE, LOW-VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY INSTEAD OF RADIATION TO DETECT BREAST CANCER. THE DEVICE THEREFORE CAN BE USED REPEATEDLY AND ON YOUNGER PATIENTS SAFELY. CREDIT: DAN HIXSON/UNIVERSITY OF UTAH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Nov. 30, 2021...
JUNE 2ND, 2021 CONN HASTINGS MY01, a MedTech company based in Montreal, has developed the Continuous Compartment Pressure Monitor, a sterile, single-use device for the diagnosis of acute compartment syndrome. If undiagnosed and untreated, acute compartment syndrome, a condition caused by high pressure around muscles typically following an injury, can have significant consequences for patients. Long-term...
by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui, PhD, is an associate professor of Neurosurgery and Biomedical Sciences at Cedar-Sinai. A study led by the Cedars-Sinai Department of Neurosurgery has identified certain regions in the retina—the lining found in the back of the eye—that are more affected by Alzheimer’s disease than other areas. The findings may help physicians...
