Stroke of Genius: Tiny Vacuum Cleaner Clears Brain Clots
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By clearing out clogged arteries the device should ease the recovery for stroke victims -- once the doctors figure out the best way to use it.
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After more than 2 1/2 years of physical therapy and electronic stimulation, stroke victim Mike Marin still couldn't open a door with his left hand. Now, thanks to a robot, Marin can open a door and his atrophied left arm isn't completely useless anymore.
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Researchers use bypass technique to restore movement in paralysed rats
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New evidence shows that the human brain can manufacture fresh brain cells, researchers said on Thursday in a study that may lead to better ways to treat brain damage and disease.
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It could be called a mechanical miracle - a robot that walks on water. With inspiration from nature and some help from research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a research team led by Carnegie Mellon engineering assistant professor Metin Sitti has built a tiny robot that can walk on water, much like insects known as water skimmers, water skaters, pond skaters or Jesus bugs...
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Researchers have discovered the exact mechanism behind the death of brain cells following a stroke.
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Well-designed studies suggest several ways to improve the brainâs viability.
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A new generation of robotic vacuums is ready to do battle with dirt, dust and dog hair with more cleaning power and cunning than their ancestors could muster. Faced with the usual obstacles - furniture, stairs, low-hanging bed skirts and stray socks - they intelligently and acrobatically extricate themselves from most tight spots and largely avoid getting stuck or sucking in what they shouldn't.
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A tiny tent-like device implanted into the heart appears to block strokes caused by a common irregular heartbeat, sealing off a spot where dangerous blood clots form, German and U.S. researchers reported ...
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Scientists develop a device thousands of times smaller than a human hair that can turn radio waves into sound.
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William Sutherling of the Huntington Medical Research Institute demonstrates how to use magnetic imaging to hunt down seizure-causing brain tissue.
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ATLANTA -- A new device that was studied in Atlanta has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to help stroke victims.
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Scientists are nearer the creation of tiny artificial blood vessels after growing miniscule tubes out of stem cells.
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In a move to save an infant, doctors sought a device they had never tried before: a miniaturized pump called the Berlin Heart.
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Brain cells in mice recovered rapidly after brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease were removed, offering hope that plaque-clearing treatments could benefit patients with the disease, Washington University researchers said Thursday.
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Procter &amp; Gamble is recalling a battery-operated vacuum cleaner it introduced in September this year. The company reports there have been a few cases in which the rotor locked up on its &quot;Sweep Vac&quot; by Swiffer
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Transplanting brain cells produced from human embryonic stem cells helped fix stroke damage in the brains of rats, according to scientists who hope to test the same thing in people within about five years.