First vaccines against malaria in 2011

The malaria vaccine tested by the Spanish researcher, Pedro Alonso, has entered its final stage. Although in the opinion of the director of the Center for Research in International Health of the...

Retinal prostheses

When there is no method to restore the view about sick eyes, the great hope of thousands and thousands of blind people is to recover it through a artificial implant.Help artificial to view There are...

How to live with this?

Sometimes we can not believe that a bad diagnosis is the cause that causes us to lose our lives; However, that was the case of the actor Gonzalo Vega that at the end of 2010 in Houston, a doctor...

Reduce the effects of infarction by injection

Surely you know someone who at some point in their life has been a victim of a heart attack or has been at risk of suffering, if not someone close to you, yes an acquaintance or distant relative. It...

Orthotics: use of orthopedic devices

The word does not yet exist in the Dictionary of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language. However, the work it does is fundamental in the lives of millions of people in the world. It is the...

Regenerate bones with 3D printer

The technology advances quickly and proof of this is the 3D printer, which has begun to be used to create bones, from a material very similar to woven bone, which according to researchers will serve...

Valvular prostheses

The Valvular prostheses they are implanted through a heart intervention to replace the damaged valve with another of a biological or mechanical type; they can also make the difference between life...

Prosthesis almost like natural skin

The prostheses of arms, hands, legs and fingers They have stopped looking artificial. Thanks to the cosmology, a procedure qualified by many of "art", The prostheses of the extremities they look...

Blood produced in large-scale laboratory

BBC World announced that scientists from 4 universities in Scotland are working on an unprecedented project to achieve the large-scale production of blood human, to be used in future blood...

Retinitis is cured with nanoparticles

According to a study conducted by the researchers from Mayo Clinic, Wayne State University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the steroids attached to dendrimers fight cells that cause damage to...

Diabetic retinopathy, has a new diagnosis

Scientists of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) developed a computer system, using software that can identify the presence of theDiabetic retinopathy, by reading the iris.About, Benjamín Luna...

System for memory in people older than 50 years

Students of the Higher School of Computing of the IPN (Escom), created a technology for people who begin to have memory problems have a tool that easily and fun helps them remember places where they...

Breath test reveals diabetes

Researchers of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have recently published an article about the development of a device that uses nanotechnology for the detection of...

Taurine is positive for older adults

There are currently products on the market that contain taurine, especially energy drinks; however, the advantages of this acid could be more positive in older adults.According to scientists from the...

Spanish technique detects Alzheimer's in cataracts

The method designed by the doctor Celia Sánchez-Ramos It allows detecting Alzheimer's through peptides found in the waste extracted from the crystalline eye after the cataract operations. It is the...

Life after a face transplant

A great success, it was the first face transplant in the United States.After receiving a full face transplant. Dallas Wiens, appeared in public for the first time since its operation.The patient of...

Factors that reveal the risk of death

Do you want to know if you will live another 10 years? A simple checklist could help doctors estimate whether a patient over 50 will be alive within 10 years or what their quality of life will be...

Advantages of implants to listen better

The great German composer and musician, Ludwig van Beethoven, who was losing his hearing from the age of 28, said: "Never break the silence if not to improve it." At 45, Beethoven He was completely...

Vaccines for children from needy countries

The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced this June 13, at a conference held today by the Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunization (GAVI) in London, which can be considered one of...