Adhara C. Labitad Dr.
Paul Reinald Garcia
BSN III-4
Informatics Laborator
Latest !echnolo"ical !ools used in the Clinical Area
1. Early-warning SOFTWARE could reduce false alarms of
seizures
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re!ce-false-alarms-of-sei"res/
by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore April 4, 2012 11:30 AM PDT
Researh sho!s that "#$%ED&#$$P implantable 'e(ies an ontrol
seiz)res (ia small amo)nts o* )rrent, an' ne! so*t!are o)l' *)rther *ine&
t)ne early 'etetion+
Eletro'es implante' in the brain onnet to a ne)rostim)lator, an' a
sensing 'e(ie 'etets !hen a seiz)re is starting an' ati(ates the )rrent to
stop it+
,o!e(er, this tehnology pro')es *alse positi(es, a)sing 'e(ies to
sen' )rrents to the brain !hen a seiz)re is not at)ally o)rring+ That-s
!hy %arma, one o* the researhers, says she hopes to e(ent)ally embe' her %$.T/ARE in
aM0"R$",0P that onstantly monitors ne)ro&eletrial ati(ity an' is triggere' the moment a
seiz)re begins to *orm+ .or no!, she has se)re' a patent thro)gh the 1ohns ,op2ins Tehnology
Trans*er o**ie+
2. Hair cli insires de!ice "#a" clams down "rauma"ic
$leeding
%&T '(A)*+
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clamps-!own-tramatic-$lee!ing/
by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore April 3, 2012 4:41 AM PDT
The 0T"lamp o)l' re')e tra)mati blee'ing 'eaths in ombat zones
an' *ollo!ing i(ilian ai'ents by helping minimize bloo' loss be*ore
s)rgery+
Dr+ Dennis .ilips !as inspire' && by a simple hair lip && to 'esign a
me'ial lamp that an stop tra)mati !o)n' blee'ing in a matter o*
seon's+
/hile the lamp isn5t going to replae the to)rni6)et anytime soon
7ertain !o)n's are so messy an' massi(e that a lamp !on5t )t it8, it
o)l' pro(e )se*)l *or smaller, leaner !o)n's, as !ell as in plaes !here to)rni6)ets !on5t
!or2 7thin2 ne2, ab'omen, groin8+
Applying press)re e(enly aross the seal, the lamp o)l' onei(ably stay in plae *or ho)rs
)ntil s)rgery is possible+ 0t !on5t, o* o)rse, stop internal blee'ing+
,. )&'ROF(-&.&' 'H&* "o /uic0ly diagnose "#e 1u
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the-fl/
by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore Marh 24, 2012 3:03 PM PDT
The hip is ma'e o* a top ol)mn that e9trats R:A *rom signat)re
proteins assoiate' !ith the in*l)enza A (ir)s, a mi''le hamber that
then on(erts the R:A into D:A, an' a limate&ontrolle' lo!er
hannel that repliates the D:A eno)gh times to be 'etete' by an
e9ternal rea'er+
The team *o)n' that their hip not only ri(als RT&P"R, they say it
also o)tper*orme' other ommon *l) 'iagnosti tests, inl)'ing (iral
)lt)re 7!hih typially ta2es 'ays to a !ee2 *or res)lts8, rapi'
imm)noassays 7imagine a pregnany test that is only 40 perent
a)rate8, an' D.A 7'iret *l)oresent antigen testing, !hih is lab&
intensi(e8+
()he new test represents a ma+or impro#ement o#er #iral cltre in terms of trn-aron! time,
o#er rapi! immnoassay tests in terms of ... the a$ility to !etect the #irs from minimal sample
material, an! o#er -./ an! 0)-120 in terms of ease of se an! porta$ility,( 3lapperich sai!.
2. (i!ing 3gu"-on-a-c#i3 "o #el s"udy in"es"inal
disorders
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intestinal-!isor!ers/
by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore Marh 2;, 2012 12:23 PM PDT
<io&inspire' miro 'e(ies that mimic the structures,
behaviors, and environments of human organs that o)l' help
sientists better to )n'erstan' the inner !or2ings o* a (ariety o*
'iseases an' 'isor'ers && in this ase intestinal ones s)h as Crohn's
disease and ulcerative colitis && !itho)t resorting to o*ten less
reliable animal testing+
0t is a silion polymer 'e(ie !hose entral hamber is line' by a
single layer of human intestinal epithelial cells that rereate the
intestinal barrier by gro!ing on a *le9ible an' poro)s membrane+
The 'e(ie mimis the mo(ement o* *oo' along the 'igesti(e trat as !ell as the *lo! o*
bloo' thro)gh apillaries+
The researhers report that they !ere e(en able to gro! 7an' s)pport8 ommon intestinal
mirobes on the s)r*aes o* the intestinal ells, mimi2ing (ario)s physiologial *eat)res that
o)l' help )n'erstan' 'iseases+
0n a''ition to being an in (itro 'iagnosti tool to help 'e(elop ne! therape)tis, 0ngber5s g)t&
on&a&hip might e(en be able to test the metabolism an' oral absorption o* 'r)gs an' n)trients+
4. )&T s"udy5 (ig#" alone can ac"i!a"e seci6c memories
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specific-memories/
by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore Marh 23, 2012 1:0= PM PDT
OPTOGENETICS is a tehni6)e that ombines optial an'
geneti metho's to ontrol spei*i e(ents in spei*i ells+
>sing optogenetis to stim)late memory, brain ells in the
hippoamp)s !ere ati(e in a mo)se e9ploring a ne!
en(ironment+ They then o)ple' the genes ati(ate' in those
brain ells !ith the genes *or hannelrho'opsin&2 7"hR28, a
light&ati(ate' protein )se' in optogenetis+
These *in'ings are only preliminary, b)t the researhers
belie(e that this light&in')e' *ear 'emonstrates that the mie
!ere remembering the sho2s *rom a 'i**erent time an' plae,
an' that light alone arti*iially re&ati(ate' that spei*i memory by stim)lating the ne)rons they
ha' tagge'+
