Singapore scientists invent drug-dispensing contact lens
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Scientists in Singapore have invented a contact lens capable of releasing precise amounts of medication to treat glaucoma and other eye diseases so doing away with eye drops.
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Sept. 20, 2004 -- From patches to inhalers, drug delivery systems have come a long way. Now scientists in India are developing a new gel pill that may one day make medications work more efficiently.
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It may soon be possible to take medication in a gel form rather than having to swallow a tablet.
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New developments are brewing at the pharmaceutical.
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Japanese scientists say they have created an electronic eye that would help blind people cross the street safely. The device, a tiny camera mounted to a pair of eyeglasses, can detect the existence and location
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[Health India]: London, Oct. 30 : Nano-engineers at Singapore&#39;s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have developed contact lenses that release controlled doses of drugs to treat eye diseases such as glaucoma.
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Scientists in Hong Kong said yesterday they had devised a new way to identify chemicals that can counter new and dangerous viruses, such as SARS, and these chemicals may be developed into drugs.
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Scientists from Singapore&#39;s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology have discovered two genes that may regulate the growth of cancer cells.
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New drugs that are to be tested in connection with a phenomenon called RNA interference have excited scientists with their versatile and powerful ability to affect genes.
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Curing blindness and treating diabetes "naturally" in mice are just two of the recent breakthroughs that suggest stem cells hold real potential for helping humans.
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Effective way to correct nearsightedness, study finds    HealthDayNews -- Implantable contact lenses are a safe and effective way to correct moderate to high nearsightedness, says a study in the September issue of Ophthalmology.    The research was funded by STAAR Surgical of Monrovia, Calif., which has applied for U.S...
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U.S. researchers have developed a technique that allows them to glimpse interactions between molecules on the surface of a cell.
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Scientists in Hong Kong say they may have found a series of chemicals that could counter the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and other viruses.
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LONDON - Researchers in India are testing a new way to deliver medications orally that previously had to be injected. Based on their laboratory results, the scientists say they&#39;ve created a gel that withstands the acidic environment of the stomach.
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India - Painful injections and hard to swallow pills for diabetics could be replaced by a gel designed by two Indian scientists which can be simply popped into the mouth, the researchers said on Tuesday.
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Scientists at the University of Warwick have designed a hi-tech solution to an old-technology problem: a cellphone case made of biodegradable polymer.
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An electronic device that uses spinach to convert light into electrical charge has been developed by US researchers. Shuguang Zhang at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, and research collaborators