Avian Virology review
Excerpt from a book review of Avian Virology: Current Research and Future Trends"This is a nice introduction to avian virology with basic information on viruses affecting poultry" from Doodys read more ...Avian Virology: Current Research and Future TrendsEdited by: Siba K. SamalAn invaluable reference source for everyone working on avian diseases. It is also highly recommended for all veterinary school and university libraries. read more ... (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.)
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - October 1, 2019 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
Plasmapp Making Cool Gas Plasma Sterilization Available to Small Clinics
Many of today’s smaller surgical clinics have to sterilize equipment in-house, and autoclave sensitive instruments are processed using ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic, explosive, and irritating gas. Gas plasma is another low temperature option, but it requires large and expensive equipment that doesn’t make sense for small practices.
A new company called Plasmapp has developed small gas plasma sterilizers that are fast, affordable, and can be placed in any size clinic. Moreover, they don’t require special training or certifications to operate.
Gas plasma sterilization has been around for a long time ...
Source: Medgadget - September 17, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Materials Public Health Surgery Source Type: blogs
Avian Virology book available now
The new book on Avian Virology edited by Siba K. Samal is available now read more ...Avian Virology: Current Research and Future TrendsEdited by: Siba K. SamalAn invaluable reference source for everyone working on avian diseases. It is also highly recommended for all veterinary school and university libraries. read more ... (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.)
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - August 15, 2019 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
BraveHeart Wireless Announces FDA Clearance of the BraveHeart Life Sensor Cardiac Monitoring System
• The BraveHeart Life Sensor Cardiac Monitoring system has
been cleared for use in health care settings.
• The Life Sensor monitoring system securely captures
patients’ heart rate and EKG data, and transmits the data to health care
providers in real time.
• More than 28 million Americans diagnosed with heart
disease may benefit—with this number growing each year.
NASHUA, New Hampshire — June 19, 2019 — BraveHeart Wireless
Inc., a leading innovator in clinical-quality biometric wearables, today
announced that the company received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) for the ...
Source: Medgadget - July 1, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Laurie Dove Tags: Cardiology Sponsored Content Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 27th 2019
In this study, we found that cofilin competes with tau for direct microtubule binding in vitro, in cells, and in vivo, which inhibits tau-induced microtubule assembly. Genetic reduction of cofilin mitigates tauopathy and synaptic defects in Tau-P301S mice and movement deficits in tau transgenic C. elegans. The pathogenic effects of cofilin are selectively mediated by activated cofilin, as active but not inactive cofilin selectively interacts with tubulin, destabilizes microtubules, and promotes tauopathy. These results therefore indicate that activated cofilin plays an essential intermediary role in neurotoxic signaling th...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 26, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Bats and Viruses
Eugenia Corrales-Aguilar and Martin Schwemmle present a new book on Bats and Viruses: Current Research and Future Trends In this multi-authored volume, international experts review the current hot-topics in this field. Chapters have extensive reference sections that should encourage readers to pursue each subject in greater detail. The book opens with an introductory chapter that is followed by six chapters (chapters 2-7) reviewing different important families of bat-borne viruses. The following two chapters (chapters 8-9) focus on the bat immune system. Chapters 9-12 cover in vitro isolation, in vivo models and metagenomi...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - May 22, 2019 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
Journalists Have Very Fragmentary, Incomplete Views of the Longevity Industry
The lengthy and somewhat overwrought article I'll point out today is a good example of the way in which journalists fail when writing on the topic of the growing biotechnology industry that is making the first steps towards the medical control of aging. They talk to just a few people, and thus have a very narrow (generously) or absolutely incorrect (more accurately) view of what might be happening, the prospects for the future, and the shape of the field as a whole. In this case the few people are the folk at AgeLab at MIT, and George Church, with a focus on the veterinary deployment of gene therapies by Rejuvenate Bio, an...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 21, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 20th 2019
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more.
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Source: Fight Aging! - May 19, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Rejuvenate Bio to Launch a Gene Therapy Trial for Heart Failure in Dogs
One of the many possible paths towards developing a new medical technology is to first focus on veterinary use. It is considerably less costly in time and resources to develop a therapy for dogs, say, than it is to develop a therapy for humans. Later, given robust success in veterinary medicine, the therapy can be brought into the sphere of human medicine. This is the approach taken by Rejuvenate Bio for their class of regenerative gene therapies. As noted here, the company is moving forward to trials in companion animals, starting later this year.
Back in 2015, the Church lab at Harvard began testing a variety of...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 15, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Playback Heart Sounds: The eKuore Pro Digital Stethoscope Review
The white coat, the stethoscope, and the physician are inseparable as of yet. While artificial intelligence promises to become the next symbol of medicine, the eKuore Pro “only” aims to bring a much needed revamp of this ever-useful, iconic medical instrument. We found this wireless digital stethoscope to be fairly easy to use and feature-rich despite being remarkably heavier and pricier than conventional stethoscopes. If you want to know a pinch more detail about how the eKuore Pro performed, read our digital stethoscope review below.
From Vet to Med
The very mention of the word ‘doctor’ might elici...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 14, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Diagnostics device digital digital health digital stethoscope digital technology future heart Innovation medstudent review teaching Source Type: blogs
Underwater Contact-Free Ultrasound Scans Giant Pregnant Manta Rays
Scientists from the University of Cambridge and the Manta Trust, a charity that helps to preserve manta rays and their environment, have teamed up to actually scan living and swimming manta rays using ultrasound. The team used the world’s first and only contactless underwater ultrasound machine, which allowed them to look at a fetus of a pregnant manta ray.
Some manta rays can get as big as 23 feet (7 meters) and though they’re quite friendly, it’s hard and still dangerous to try to scan a giant manta ray using a conventional ultrasound transducer. Since ultrasound travels quite nicely through water, the ...
Source: Medgadget - April 30, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Radiology Source Type: blogs
We Went To A NATO Military Medical Exercise. Here ’ s What We Learned.
In Afghanistan, when we went out for a mission, the
thought always calmed me down that no matter what happens the medical team has
our back, says Lieutenant Colonel Dirk Mathes, currently Desk Officer at NATO’s
Headquarters to The Medical Futurist in the middle of a field somewhere close
to Craiova, Romania. We’re sipping coffee from white plastic cups, while some
military vehicles fire at imaginary enemies in the distance. A live firing
exercise is underway on the first day of the NATO Vigorous Warrior
Multinational Joint Medical Exercise. How did we end up there? Sometimes our
Editor-in-Chief was asking herself the s...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 25, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine army exercise field medical military military medical NATO review technology telemedicine virtual reality Source Type: blogs
Avian Virology
Siba K. Samal presents a new book on Avian Virology: Current Research and Future Trends This comprehensive book provides a timely update on all of the most important avian viruses: avian influenza virus, infectious bronchitis virus, Newcastle disease virus, infectious bursal disease virus, chicken anemia virus, infectious laryngotracheitis virus, avian adenovirus, Marek's disease virus, avian reovirus, avian pox virus, avian leukosis virus, avian metapneumovirus, and avian paramyxoviruses. The chapters are written by internationally recognized experts from all over the world who have made seminal contributions to their res...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - April 21, 2019 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
TWiV 536: A flock of seagulls, a herd of seals
Vincent and Alan travel to Tufts Veterinary School where they meet up with members of the Runstadler lab to talk about their work on influenza virus circulation in water birds and seals. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 536 (54 MB .mp3, 96 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - February 24, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology avian influenza ecology influenza virus pandemic seagull seal seal influenza spillover Tufts veterinary school viral viruses water birds Source Type: blogs
Kansas State University Welcomes New MRI for Large Animals
A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine at Kansas State University, which took three years to install, is finally ready to scan neurological injuries in large animals.According to KSNT, this is the Midwest ’s first MRI of its kind. Its fast imaging speed reduces the amount of time animals have to spend in the machine. According to David Biller, professor of radiology at Kansas State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, the MRI offers several advantages that conventional scanners lack. “We will be a ble to image smaller structures more rapidly,” he said. “With the greater detail or ability to image smaller s...
Source: radRounds - February 8, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
