Modern inventions in the field of medicine

If you are interested in the modern inventions in the field of medicine, it will be interesting for you to find out that scientists developed a unique machine able to remove viruses from patient's blood. Considering that 14,000 people get HIV-infected every day, the machine is a true breakthrough that will allow to keep more and more people alive longer.

The machine, called the hemopurifier, was developed by infectious disease experts. Its work reminds the work of a dialysis machine. It uses thin fibers to capture and remove viruses from the blood. The machine can be used for treating a number of illnesses. It needs the drawing of blood through an artery, sent through a special tube into the machine, and then back into the patient's body.

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...is and ecstasy. Experts conducted a new all-compassing research with the government top advisory committee involved to make a shocking conclusion on the harm of regular tobacco and alcohol. A modern classification of drugs doesn't reflect the real situation on harmful substances. Thus more than 20 drugs were tested on their social and individual impact and results lead to revision of ABC system. A team of 29 p...
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	Robot to Help Neurosurgery
...Surgery can take a huge step towards the future due to a new surgical robot system, developed at University of Calgary. Surgeons' mistakes will no longer take place because the NeuroArm is going to upgrade the level of neurosurgery as well as other branches of operative medicine. It it the first MRI-compatible robot in the world and its creator is Dr. Garnette Sutherland. For six years he has worked together with a lea...
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	New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans
...One of the latest inventions in the field of light emitting devices might change the way people light their homes and design clothes. The device represents a thin film of plastic able to conduct electricity and create solar power. Scientists working on the international project are looking forward to bring the organic light emitting devices to the masses. Thus the invention could significantly cut costs by billions of ...
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	Russian Fighters Will Show Wonders at MAKS-2007 Air Show
...its novelty MiG-35. Rumor has it that this aircraft can do miracles while off the ground. Even the pilot was impressed by the possibilities of MiG-35. This aircraft could be called one of the most modern existing jet fighters: its engines are smokeless, it has a glass cockpit and a modern digital remote control system. Russian aviation will be represented by about 20 military airplanes and helicopters, such as Tu-16...
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	The 2007 Winners of Ig Nobel Prize Who Made us Laugh and Think
... 4. The Ig Nobel Prizes that are parodies of the real Nobel Prizes, are awarded annually to celebrate unusual, creative and improbable achievements in science, medicine and technology. Some of these inventions may seem weird and hilarious nevertheless they are truly breakthroughs in science. Medicine Brian Witcombe of Gloucester, UK, and Dan Meyer of Antioch, Tennessee, USA, was awarded for the in-depth report that a...
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	Prizes $27,000 Worth For the Best Undergraduate Inventor
... will house 14 inventions designed and built by 49 UW-Madison undergraduate students. Among the presented inventions there will be solutions for ice fishermen, for tailgaters, for potato farmers, for modern laptops and even for airlines. The young inventors will compete for the Schoofs Prize for Creativity (sponsored by UW-Madison alumnus Richard J. Schoofs) and Tong Prototype Prize (sponsored by the Tong Family Foundati...
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	NASA to Strike the Moon with a Double Sledgehammer
...drogen at the moon's poles. LCROSS will smash into the moon's craters at a speed of 2.5 km per second. The total energy of the impact will rise 1,102 tons of moon fragments and dust. Thanks to modern technology, we can finally see if the moon is made of cheese.  If it weren't for those bright men and women over at NASA, we wouldn't have satellite radio, internet or even cell phones.  Think how hard it would be ...
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	Scientists Create World's Fastest SuperComputer
...000 trillion operations per second. The computer, called RoadRunner, is twice as fast the previous fastest computer IBM's Blue Gene system, which was considered to be the fastest supercomputer, being three times faster than other supercomputers in the world. The RoadRunner was developed by the engineers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, US, and IBM Corp. from 13,000 of computer chips. RoadRunn...
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	Google Launched Knol to Challenge Wikipedia
...Recently the number one search engine, Google, has unveiled to the public Knol, the company's website that allows experts to write, express ideas on their fields of expertise. The main difference between Knol and Wikipedia is the authorship. On Knol the public will have the actual names of the authors, whereas Wikipedia allows anyone to edit anonymously, just tracking the IP. "We are deeply convinced that authorship - k...
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	New Technologies Show the Complex Structure of the Brain
...A usual scanning of a human brain presents a muted gray image, which one can distinguish quite easy by a series of complex folds. However, a neuroscientist working at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, Van Wedeen, claims that such image is only a shadow of the actual brain. Recently scientists revealed the real structure of our brain, featuring accurately ordered tangle of nerve cells and the elongated projections...
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	Dark Matter Hunters Were Among the Candidates for 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics
...Among the candidates nominated for 2008 Nobel Prize in physics there were scientists that worked on understanding the dark matter, sought for new planets and activated in the field of nanotechnology. All the nominees were presented on Monday and today the best of the best will receive the much anticipated prize. According to predictions made by Karin Bojs, who works as a science editor at Stockholm daily Dagens Nyhete...
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	Only 13 % People Have Internet Access
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	IBM and Cisco: Attempt to Unite the Communication Software Developers
...IBM and Cisco announced their common effort in creating a unified platform for communications and collaboration. The idea of this project is to provide the developers of different communication services with one single platform, rather then a series of them and from different vendors. The current platform will be based on Eclipse and OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative), as stated by the representatives of IBM and Ci...
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	DNA research approaches the origins of human beings
...afic project unite to collect the DNA database all over the world so to make every person aware of the place where his or her ancestors come from. The National Geographic Society together with IBM initiate a global project where more than 10,000 inhabitants will have their DNA tested to make up a huge database. Efforts of well-known scientists in geography and genetic medicine will reside in 10 world regions to find tr...
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	Aggressive women - genes' fault
...A new research has found the true cause of aggressive behavior in women. The University of Pittsburgh conducted a study where it was revealed that variations in serotonin receptor gene are closely related to hostility and ill temper in women. As it was previously showed by various researches, the hormone serotonin plays an important part in regulating aggressive behavior for animals and people. Thus the lower level of ...
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