New Research Articles [19]

Keeping track of new developments and trends.

(Video) A lab the size of a postage stamp

Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides' ingenious answer, at TEDxBoston, is a foolproof tool that can be manufactured at virtually zero cost.

Written by Team CW on New Research Discuss | | 28 Feb 2010
(Video) Bariatric Surgery - Nat Ezrays

Nat Ezray struggled with weight problems for decades. After bariatric surgery at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, combined with lifestyle changes, Ezray's health has improved substantially.

Written by Team CW on New Research Discuss | | 24 Feb 2010
(Video) Operating Room of the Future

The Suite consists of four operating rooms housing futuristic surgical, endoscopic and imaging technology including the Artis zeego angiography C-arm system developed by Siemens Healthcare and recently approved for use in the United States. The C-arm can rotate completely around an operating table scanning a patient from all angles, and offering surgeons detailed imaging to guide them in their procedure.

Written by Team CW on New Research Discuss | | 17 Feb 2010
(Video) Paediatric Bioinformatics

Atul Butte, MD, director of the center for pediatric bioinformatics at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, explains in this video how computer science, genetics, and genomics are creating novel approaches to diagnose and treat disease.

Written by Team CW on New Research Discuss | | 16 Feb 2010
Advances in cosmetic surgery

Stay in step with the spectacular advances in cosmetic surgery

Written by MOHAN Thomas on New Research Discuss | | 27 Dec 2009
Video: Life-changing technologies

From reducing greenhouse gas emissions to improving the aging process, from designing smarter and safer automobiles to creating enhanced learning environments, Stanford researchers are building technologies that will alter the way we live, work, learn and heal.

Written by Team CW on New Research Discuss | | 19 Nov 2009
Video: Air pollution can lead to heart disease

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have determined that the very air we breathe can be an invisible catalyst to cardiovascular disease.

Written by Team CW on New Research Discuss | | 30 Oct 2009
Video: Minimally invasive cardiac procedures

Michael Fischbein of the Stanford University Medical Center reviews advances in cardiac surgical procedures including new therapeutic approaches to treat valvular disease, heart failure/heart transplantation, and aortic disease.

Written by Team CW on New Research Discuss | | 29 Oct 2009
Video: Stem Cells and the End of Aging

This Howard Hughes Medical Institute video features Nadia Rosenthal, senior scientist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, as she discusses recent discoveries concerning the location and characteristics of adult stem cells.

Written by Team CW on New Research Discuss | | 22 Oct 2009
Video: How the Spinal Cord Controls Movement

Thomas M. Jessell, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, examines the neural circuits that control our movements.

Written by Team CW on New Research Discuss | | 21 Oct 2009
A ‘super plastic’ to treat heart failure

A NASA technology that was developed for an aerospace high-speed research programme is now used as an implantable device for heart surgery

Written by Team CW on New Research Discuss | | 24 Sep 2009
Breakthroughs in cancer treatment

Recent developments in cancer treatment are not only making the lives of cancer patients less painful, but are also improving their quality of life

Written by Team CW on New Research Discuss | | 23 Jul 2009
Video: Why not regrow defective organs?

Alan Russell talks at TED.com about regenerative medicine -- a radical idea of dealing with disease and injury -- signal the body to rebuild itself.

Written by RAHUL Baji on New Research Discuss | | 08 Jul 2009
New technology to detect breast cancer

An inexpensive screening procedure for early, non-invasive detection of breast cancer

Written by Team CW on New Research Discuss | | 26 May 2009
A new dimension to joint replacement

Recent surgical techniques, specific design of artificial joints and computer-assisted surgery have given a new dimension to the science of joint replacement.

Written by SANJEEV Jain on New Research Discuss | | 27 Jun 2008