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Medical Sciences

Medical Sciences advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease, but they also help us prevent disease in the first place. Too numerous to name, the medical sciences continuously make miraculous breakthroughs that extend lifetimes and expand our ability to experience life.

Concussion Research
University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers work with Nebraska athletes to learn more about concussions

This Breathalyzer Reveals Signs Of Disease

One exhale and new device could screen for everything from diabetes to lung cancer

New Software Matches More Kidney Donations, Faster

Game theory and market dynamics inspire new software that streamlines complicated matches

Bend It Like NIST
It may sound like the stuff of science fiction but at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), nanosoccer is serious business.

An Insulin That Can Take The Heat
A major health challenge for people living in tropical and subtropical regions of the developing world is the “cold chain,” the need to refrigerate certain vaccines and drugs, particularly insulin.

Chalk Talk: DNA

DNA is the Swiss army knife of biological molecules, acting as both a blueprint and a building block. Learn more here.

Science Behind The News: Influenza & Flu Vaccines
Understanding the biology behind viruses and how they are transmitted

Seeing Beyond The Visual Cortex

Research could lead to new rehabilitative therapies when visual cortex is damaged

Science Behind The News: Allergies
How allergies affect the body and what to expect during allergy seasons in future years

Heart Valve Disease Research

Researcher Kristyn Masters and her team study heart valve disease and gender differences in the disease. By making models of the disease, they hope to test potential treatments.

Tiny Device Swims Through The Bloodstream
Swimming through the blood stream: Stanford engineers create wireless, self-propelled medical device

Microrobots Improve Cancer Detection And Advance Toward Microsurgery
New cellular-scale technology developed by NSF CAREER Award-winner can help detect cancer cells and drive advancement toward microsurgical applications

Touch Photography: Capturing The Feel Of Surfaces
New technology records haptic sensations allowing users to feel objects through computers

Cancer Tracker
Implantable device monitors tumors

Preparing Surgeons For The Operating Room
Ioannis Pavlidis, director of the Computational Physiology Laboratory at the University of Houston, and Dr. Barbara Bass, chair of the department of surgery at The Methodist Hospital, teamed up with the help of an NSF grant in hopes of better preparing surgeons for the operating room by measuring the role of stress on a surgeon's path to competency.

Vision Reconstruction
Using Hollywood movie trailers, UC Berkeley researchers have succeeded in decoding and reconstructing people's dynamic visual experiences.

Lasers In Chemistry Research
Using lasers to study the causes of Type II diabetes, Alzheimer’s Disease, and cataracts.

How The Brain Prepares For Movement
Understanding how the brain signals the rest of the body to create movement

Electronic Tattoo Monitors Brain, Heart And Muscles
Elastic electronics offer less invasive, more convenient medical treatment

Virus Evolution

Michigan State researchers show how new viruses evolve, and in some cases, become deadly