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Tiny Cup Attached To Eye Improves Drug Delivery For Retinal Diseases
Tiny Cup Attached To Eye Improves Drug Delivery For Retinal Diseases
Article Date: 08 Aug 2009 – 1:00 PDT

A new drug delivery system that uses a tiny silicone cup filled with any drug and sealed to the outer surface (episclera) of the eyeball may offer a more effective method for the sustained delivery of medicines for retinal and vitreous diseases, according to a new report by A. Linn Murphree, M.D, director of the Retinoblastoma Program in The Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Murphree is also Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and attending physician at the Doheny Eye Institute.
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Wireless Power System Shown Off
BBC NEWS Wireless power system shown off
By Jonathan Fildes Technology reporter, BBC News, Oxford

A system that can deliver power to devices without the need for wires has been shown off at a hi-tech conference. The technique exploits simple physics and can be used to charge a range of electronic devices over many metres.

Eric Giler, chief executive of US firm Witricity, showed mobile phones and televisions charging wirelessly at the TED Global conference in Oxford. He said the system could replace the miles of expensive power cables and billions of disposable batteries.
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Complications Of Longstanding Type 1 Diabetes Halved By Intensive Glucose Control
Article Date: 07/28/2009

Near-normal control of glucose beginning as soon as possible after diagnosis would greatly improve the long-term prognosis of type 1 diabetes , concludes a study published in the July 27, 2009, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine , which updates information about the clinical course of type 1 diabetes. The study also found that the outlook for people with longstanding type 1 diabetes has greatly improved in the past 20 years due to a better understanding of the importance of intensive glucose control as well as advances in insulin formulations, insulin delivery, glucose monitoring, and the treatment of cardiovascular risk factors.
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Developing Gene Therapy To Fight Blindness
Developing Gene Therapy To Fight Blindness
Article Date: 07/31/2009

An international team of scientists and clinicians from the United States and Saudi Arabia are working to develop gene therapy for treating a rare, hereditary retinal disease. The therapy has been shown to restore lost vision in animal models of retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Their work is being funded in part by a $1.5 million grant from the Prince Salman Center for Disability Research in Saudi Arabia, where the recessive gene mutation that leads to the eye disease RP has been found in children from several families.
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Skype Could Be Cut Off
From Times Online
July 31, 2009
Skype could be cut off for good over dispute (Paul Rogers/The Times)
Mike Harvey in San Francisco

Skype might have to shut down because of a dispute over the core technology used to make the internet telephone system work. EBay, which paid $2.6 billion (£1.6 billion) for the voice-over-the-internet system in 2005, is facing a court battle with the original founders of the company who retained the rights to the technology at the heart of the system.
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Students Develop Cane That Uses RFID Tags To Assist Blind
DETROIT

A cane equipped with the technology that retailers use to tag merchandise could help blind people avoid obstacles. An engineering professor and five students at Central Michigan University have created a “Smart Cane” to read electronic navigational tags installed between buildings to aid the blind in reaching their destinations more easily.
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University of Florida Scientists Program Blood Stem Cells To Become Vision Cells
UF Scientists Program Blood Stem Cells To Become Vision Cells
Article Date: 31 Jul 2009 – 6:00 PDT
University of Florida researchers were able to program bone marrow stem cells to repair damaged retinas in mice, suggesting a potential treatment for one of the most common causes of vision loss in older people.

The success in repairing a damaged layer of retinal cells in mice implies that blood stem cells taken from bone marrow can be programmed to restore a variety of cells and tissues, including ones involved in cardiovascular disorders such as atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease.
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Blind Women Help Detect Brest Cancer
CNN.com Health NewsBlind women help detect brest cancer
By Nick Wade and Joana Krause-Palfner July 30, 2009 — Updated 1010 GMT (1810 HKT)

LONDON, England (CNN) Blind women are being trained to use their sensitive touch to help detect breast cancer earlier and more precisely than doctors.

The program, called “Discovering Hands,” is the brainchild of German gynecologist Dr. Frank Hoffmann. Two years ago, he created Braille strips as a system of orientation, allowing the blind to carry out breast examinations. Using these strips blind women are trained to become Medical Tactile Examiners (MTUs) because they are more able to detect smaller lumps than sighted doctors.
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E R Physician Tells You How To Avoid A Lightning Strike And What To Do If One Occurs
Article Date: 06 Aug 2009 – 0:00 PDT
An estimated 200 people die each year in the U.S. after being struck by lightning. An extremely brief but intense hit delivers more than 10 million volts and is fatal in about 30 percent of cases. Recent lightning strikes in Newark resulted in one death and three injuries.
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