Cochlear implant surgery is only the first step in bringing hearing to the deaf
In April 2002, on the same day my parents finalized their divorce, I got a cochlear implant. After the operation, I still couldn't hear.
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,
Sat Nov 28 05:57:59 PST 2009
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Implant-Based Cancer Vaccine Is First To Eliminate Tumors In Mice
A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals, scientists report this week in the journ...
Medical News Today,
Fri Nov 27 03:37:35 PST 2009
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Vaccine implant 'kills tumours'
A cancer vaccine given through an implant placed under the skin can kill tumours in mice, say researchers.
BBC News,
Thu Nov 26 01:14:55 PST 2009
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Vaccine implant destroys cancer tumours in mice
Scientists are reporting good success -- at least with mice -- from a whole new approach to fighting cancer that uses an implant to teach the immune system to attack tumours.
CTV.ca,
Thu Nov 26 10:02:00 PST 2009
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Implant aids breathing in paralyzed people
DALLAS, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Southwestern Medical Center will begin implanting a device that helps paralyzed people breathe easier, surgeons at the Dallas center said.
UPI,
Fri Nov 27 11:03:09 PST 2009
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Implant-Based Cancer Vaccine Is First To Eliminate Tumors In Mice
New approach reprograms the mammalian immune system to attack tumors body-wideA cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to succ...
redOrbit,
Wed Nov 25 15:19:43 PST 2009
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Implant can help addicts stay off heroin
Sydney, Nov 26 (IANS) A naltrexone implant reduces cravings among heroin addicts and blocks its effects, says a new study.
MalaysiaNews.net,
Thu Nov 26 00:05:36 PST 2009
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Implant-based cancer vaccine is first to eliminate tumors in mice
A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals. The new approach, pioneered by bioengine...
Science Daily,
Wed Nov 25 13:22:13 PST 2009
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Skin implant that can destroy cancerous tumours
Washington, November 26 : Scientists have come up with a tiny skin implant that when introduced into the body with careful engineering can destroy cancerous tumours.
New Kerala,
Thu Nov 26 01:51:48 PST 2009
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Implant-based cancer vaccine is first to eliminate tumors in mice
( Harvard University ) A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals. The new approach,...
EurekAlert!,
Wed Nov 25 11:21:10 PST 2009
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Blind man can read after implant at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
A blind man fitted with a
Times Online,
Thu Nov 26 13:29:58 PST 2009
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A Cancer-Fighting Implant
A polymer disc shrinks tumors in rodents by eliciting an immune attack.
Technology Review,
Wed Nov 25 11:17:47 PST 2009
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Cancer Vaccine That Mimics Lymph Node
SubComdTaco writes "Harvard has announced their approach towards an implantable cancer vaccine (press release here). To anyone familiar with how the immune system works, this appears to be ...
Slashdot,
Fri Nov 27 13:41:44 PST 2009
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Bobsled's Vonetta Flowers basks in son's triumph
These days, 2002 Olympic bobsled champion Vonetta Flowers is pursuing other kinds of victories.
AP via Yahoo! News,
Fri Nov 27 14:58:14 PST 2009
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Littleton Adventist Hospital first in CO to implant spine device
Robert Bess, a spine surgeon at Littleton Adventist Hospital, performed the first procedure in Colorado to treat spinal injuries using new technology.
Littleton Independent,
Wed Nov 25 22:59:53 PST 2009
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Bobsled's Vonetta Flowers basks in son's triumph
These days, 2002 Olympic bobsled champion Vonetta Flowers is pursuing other kinds of victories. Like this one. "What's your name," she asks her son. He replies, slowly, drawing out each syl...
AP via Yahoo! Sports,
Fri Nov 27 10:11:43 PST 2009
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New Hip Replacement Reduces Implant Deterioration
Doctors have developed a new surgery that promises to reduce the risk of implant deterioration for patients who have had a hip replaced...
5 Eyewitness News St. Paul,
Mon Nov 23 16:12:35 PST 2009
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Reverse shoulder replacement surgery help some
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Watch Perry Barsky play racquetball, and you're hard-pressed to believe he could barely use his arm a few years ago."My shoulder was so bad I couldn't even eat," Ba...
MalaysiaNews.net,
Sat Nov 28 04:21:26 PST 2009
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Implants Track Endangered Orangutans
Veterinarians have been tracking three orangutans they implanted with tiny transmitters as part of efforts to protect the endangered primates once they reintroduce them to the wild, a Malay...
redOrbit,
Thu Nov 26 06:18:06 PST 2009
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