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Medical Engineering
Medical Engineering is the combination of the disciplines of Medicine and Engineering to create a heady hybrid able to address clinical and medical issues with the benefit of scientific engineering principles. Medical Engineers can be found in laboratories, product development units, hospitals, and clinics.
 | Medical Electronics
| Vivek Kumar | Volume 24 04/12/2005 |
Electronics technology has certainly
enhanced the effectiveness of medicines, and it continues to make an
astonishing impact in the medical field. Medical electronics has given birth to
an entire biomedical industry, which incorporates sophisticated ...Read
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 | The Future of Biomedical Engineering
| Vincent Murphy | Volume 24 03/12/2005 |
Allow me to introduce a new series of articles focused upon the future paths that Medical Engineering might take. This week will feature an overview of cartilage tissue engineering, and quite how this fits in with future clinical practice.
To start the ...Read
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| BMP4 and Noggin improve bone regeneration
| Anne John Michael | Volume 24 02/12/2005 |
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have been used to promote bone healing and improve bone regeneration (Peng & Huard 2004). Most current therapies do not emphasize the importance of imitating the natural healing process that occurs after a fracture. ...Read
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 | Promise of Celluar Cardiomyoplasty
| A Bilal | Volume 12 08/12/2004 |
Cellular cardiomyoplasty (cell transplantation for cardiac repair) is a new frontier in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. It is a procedure used to regenerate functioning muscle in previously infarcted, scarred or dysfunctional myocardial tissue after ...Read
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| Treating Cancer with Stem Cells
| Ahmed Bilal | Volume 12 08/12/2004 |
Stem cells are blood cells at the earliest stage of development in the bone marrow, human embryo, the brain and blood from the umbilical cord, to name a few. The promise of stem cells lies in their ability to develop into specialized types of cells and to ...Read
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| Atherosclerosis in Mycardial Infarction
| A.J.Michael | Volume 12 06/12/2004 |
Myocardial infarction (MI) is commonly known as heart attack. It is classified as ischemic heart disease, together with 3 other conditions. These clinical syndromes are also known as atherosclerosis stenosis or occlusion of coronary arteries because of the ...Read
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 | Atherosclerosis Diagnosis
| V F Murphy | Volume 12 05/12/2004 |
Atherosclerosis is a disease characterised by the build up of scleroid lesions, termed atheroma. These atheroma take the form of porridgelike blockages within the human circulatory system.
These blockages act to distrupt the normal course of circulation, ...Read
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 | All About Cell Membranes
| V F Murphy | Volume 12 05/12/2004 |
Cells, especially eukaryotic cells, have prominent delimiting thin films which are termed 'cell membranes'. These membranes implement a vast array of cellular functionality, from retention and seperation, to the transport of solutes.
cell-membrane.jpg|The ...Read
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The identification of human tumour antigens: current status and future developments.
Miles (FNA). Matharoo-Ball (FNB). Li (FNG) : (2006/Jan/12)
The biggest challenge facing us today in cancer control and prevention is the identification of novel biomarkers for detection and improved therapeutic interventions to reduce mortality and morbidity rates.
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The cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of 5-aminolevulinic acid on lymphocytes: a comet assay study.
Chu (FNE) : (2006/Jan/12)
Background: 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and its hexylester (ALA-H) are the drugs currently used in photodynamic therapy (PDT).
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