Because of the risks associated with surgically placing devices in the brain, both groups are studying people with epilepsy who already have implanted electrodes.
or the risk for genetic disease and it could provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation. he epigenome is associated everything with the genome other than the actual genetic sequence,
Many different variations in the genome sequence can affect your risk of disease and this genetic variation can occur in these enhancers that Tim has identified,
and the Whitehead Institute have discovered a vulnerability of brain cancer cells that could be exploited to develop more-effective drugs against brain tumors.
The researchers combined prospective fmri measurements of neural systemsresponse to speech in children at the earliest ages at which risk of ASD can be detected clinically in a general pediatric population (at approximately ages 1-2 years
According to the American Heart Association, African americans are at a higher risk than whites to die of heart disease.
and blood pressure. didn expect that discrimination would have such a strong relationship with these particular markers of cardiovascular disease risk in kids this young,
erceived Discrimination and Markers of Cardiovascular Risk Among Low-Income African american Youth, is authored co by fellow UNL sociologists Sarah Malone, Elizabeth A. Richardson,
and essentially multiply combat power at decreased risk to the warfighter. UAVS reduce hazards and free personnel to perform more complex tasks,
but potentially to use the data for prevention. here are antigen-reactive T cells that are found in individuals at risk for type 1 diabetes,
a milestone that will make it easier to address increasing threats to cotton by tapping into its natural defenses.
and most commercial varieties lack genetic diversity, making cotton vulnerable to natural threats. The findings will help researchers
which they believe will offer less risk and far greater health benefits for patients. Islet transplantation is a procedure that temporarily allows people with severe diabetes to stop taking insulin. ntil now it has been nearly impossible for transplanted cells to function reliably
His lab also makes lightweight, inexpensive fibers for infrared countermeasures applications on helicopters and other platforms.
and evaluated the seismic risk for the Kathmandu Valley. The report they published one year later on the likely earthquake scenario makes very eerie reading,
Outwitting HIV bodyguards In an earlier study also published in 2015 (Veillette et al. 2015), the same team of researchers showed that the serum of patients infected with HIV-1 facilitated the elimination of infected cells when two proteins specific to the virus,
which act like bodyguards. So how can we outwit them? By adding a tiny molecule to the cell surfaces of infected patients called JP-III-48
But the processing also creates the risk of new sources of error. ur ambition was always to measure the process gases directly as close to the source as possible.
explains Holger Stephan. his minimizes radioactive exposure risk of healthy body tissue. By pre-targeting
and kill off any threats. A better understanding of these watchful sentries could allow scientists to boost the immune response against evasive dangers (e g.,
or responds to a threat, says senior author Björn Lillemeier, an assistant professor in the Nomis Foundation Laboratories for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis and the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center at the Salk Institute.
scientists assumed that a silent form of ZAP-70 floats around inside the T cell until a threat is detected,
if T cells respond to a threat versus staying quiet. In addition, they are testing whether their findings could be applied across additional processes in T cells and other immune cells.
a company co-founded by Garner to develop new ways to assess cancer risk, create diagnostics,
ipscs carry a high risk of giving rise to tumors. To test the safety of hybrid hepatocytes,
revealing smaller cancers than can be detected with current clinical imaging modalities. ur imaging technology has the potential to differentiate aggressive tumors from low-risk tumors.
One-third of patients diagnosed with breast cancer eventually develop metastases in distant organs, with an increased risk of death.
adding that his research team also hopes to advance the approach for prostate cancer detection. e think this targeted approach holds great promise for earlier imaging of high-risk cancers in the clinic.
and reduce operative risk as much as we could said Smith, who co-directs the Cerebrovascular Surgery
He faced a risk of serious vision loss if the AVM was not promptly and correctly removed. n AVMS,
without putting a child at risk. y
#Flexible, biodegradable device can generate power from touch Longstanding concerns about portable electronics include the devicesshort battery life and their contribution to e waste.
and unhygienic environment during infancy reduces the risk of allergy later in life. ygiene hypothesisis used to explain why in more developed countries with better hygiene habits the incidence of allergies
#Mouth Guard Monitors Health Markers, Transmits Information Wirelessly to Smart Phone Engineers at the University of California,
San diego, describes the mouth guard design and performance in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics. he ability to monitor continuously
researchers showed that the mouth guard sensor could offer an easy and reliable way to monitor uric acid levels.
The mouth guard has been tested with human saliva but hasn been tested in a person mouth. Researchers collected saliva samples from healthy volunteers and spread them on the sensor,
Next steps The next step is embed to all the electronics inside the mouth guard so that it can actually be worn.
the threat is far more significant. For the purposes of the study, heat waves were defined as three to seven consecutive hot days, with temperatures in the 90th percentile of the historical record.
More than a billion people worldwide may be at risk for adequate zinc intake, but measuring zinc levels in blood samples currently requires sophisticated testing equipment not available in many affected areas.
That means that patients have to ingest more of a drug to get the therapeutic dose increasing the cost, risk of side effects,
Analyst firm Alite Group estimates that this vulnerability is adding up to $8 billion in incurred losses per year in the U s. Solutions have been proposeduch as integrated circuit cards and mobile wallets systems.
the design of Safepay, prototype implementation and security analysis. Here how it works: First, the user downloads and executes the mobile banking application
showing that if you have high blood pressure there is a significantly greater chance of developing diabetes. nderstanding the link will help us better communicate risks to patients
For every 20 mm mercury increase on the measurement gauge, in systolic blood pressure there was a 58%higher risk of developing diabetes.
For every 10 mm mercury increase in systolic blood pressure there was a 52%higher risk of developing diabetes Higher blood pressure was associated also with a higher risk of new onset diabetes in a wide
Professor Rahimi said the research also pooled together 30 prior studies that examined risk factors for diabetes. here were similar results in this section of the research with a 77%higher chance of getting diabetes for every 20 mm
but is high blood pressure a cause of diabetes or just a risk factor? We still don know,
or reduces the risk of getting diabetes. hese are exciting results and I look forward to seeing further developments because of this research. t
and thus also as an effective and easy way of monitoring people who are at risk of developing cancer.
#New Test Predicts Teensfuture Risk of Heart disease Risk for cardiovascular disease, currently running rampant in the United states,
The test accounts for many risk factors for the deadly disease and has the potential to be adapted by physicians nationwide to assess teenagersfuture risk
Cardiovascular disease has predominantly modifiable risk factors, meaning that the disease is entirely preventable. These risk factors include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes, unhealthy diets and smoking.
The only risk factor unable to be changed is genetic predisposition. A team led by Dr. Mark Deboer of the U. Va. Department of Pediatrics
and Matthew Gurka of West virginia University School of Public health developed the new diagnostic test. The test relies on an evaluation of metabolic syndrome,
and abnormal cholesterol levels that together increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. It takes into account variables specific both to race
and yet they are at very high risk for developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease,
if it correlated with their risk on developing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes later in life,
and creates a specific number predicting risk. Previous diagnostic tests have been merely positive or negative, stating that a person either has
which a youth is at risk. e are hopeful that this score can be used to assess the baseline risk for adolescents regarding metabolic syndrome
and their risk for future disease and use it as a motivator for individuals to try to change their risk
or get medication to reduce their metabolic syndrome severity and their future risk for disease, Deboer said.
Surgeons aggressively removing a tumor run the risk of damaging normal brain tissue and impairing the patient brain functions;
but concern about the potential risks of PERVS has posed a problem for the field of xenotransplantation for many years,
they would eliminate an important potential safety concern facing this field. ang says the team hopes eventually they can completely eliminate the risk that PERVS could cause disease in clinical xenotransplantation by using modified pig cells to clone a line of pigs that would have their PERV genes inactivated.
and innovation. t is essential for accelerating the pace of discovery and innovation in all fields of inquirynd for the progress of science, engineering, national competitiveness, health and security,
and then purified, avoiding the risk of other contaminant toxins. The Rice researchers combined batroxobin with their synthetic, self-assembling nanofibers,
This leads to a large increase in the amount of a special calcium ion channel in the nerve cells and overall, this significantly boosts the risk of epileptic seizures.
but here wee found that it could help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, as well.
such as digital cameras, night-vision goggles, smoke detectors, surveillance systems, satellites and other devices that rely on electronic light sensors.
These mini drones could be valuable in spying and surveillance; they might also be useful for things like monitoring disaster areas
Hackers sorry, security experts at mobile cybersecurity firm Lookout have compromised successfully a Tesla Model S. This is the third connected car hack in the last two weeks,
or white hats Mahaffey and partner Marc Rogers of web performance and security firm Cloudflare have worked already with Tesla to issue an over-the-air security update the week of Def Con before publishing their findings.
On one occasion, the security guru successfully turned the car off while it was driving."
First, security experts assumed direct, remote control of a new Jeep cherokee, causing parent company Fiat Chrysler to recall 1. 4 million vehicles.
if this past month hasn't opened everyone's eyes to the folly surrounding security in connected cars right now,
which ran the risk of damaging them. Chalasani and his colleagues decided to use low-pressure ultrasound waves
potentially reducing the risk of injury, or atrial fibrillation. t
#Epilepsy drug is approved first FDA 3d printed pill The first 3d printed pill has been approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA.
a development with applications ranging from surgical scopes to security cameras to capture a broader perspective at a fraction of the size required by conventional lenses.
one of the fiercest critics of mass surveillance and tech monopolies, have a proposal for Google to make its search algorithms
and will likely always remain a risk and reward equation, but he predicted that with AIM,
he efficiency gains will be so high that theyl offset the perceived risk How much faster will careening through intersections be compared to carefully stopping?
Zombies ahead and cyclists As with any tech innovation, one of the biggest challenges is security.
saysstevens. imple hacking to clone a bus asking for priority is one level of threat relatively easy
Affecting whole intersection or networked intersections would be a much more major threat, but the designers are aware of this
Kepler says it will still undergo a rigorous environmental impact assessment during the planning process to ensure that it poses no significant risk to marine life and to other users of the sea.
with police and security researcher Brian Krebs communicating much of the available information. Krebs has posted new information on the hack,
Dan Conlon big idea was born after smashing the bell box of a faulty alarm system off the side of his house in the early hours of the morning as the ringing kept the neighbourhood awake.
he said. assumed that there would be loads of easy smartphone connected alarm systems and there were not. e found that a lot of people who own an alarm don bother to set it either
The use of infrasound in commercial alarm systems goes back decades. But costs prohibited the sensors being used widely in home alarms,
which may signal a threat. The device learns over three days how residents come in and out and live.
or at risk of being contaminated by people or machinery i
#OFFICIAL SCIENCE: Men are freezing women out of the workplace As the Northern hemisphere languishes in summer temperatures,
according to a report from security firm Fireeye Labs. The firm found that the HTC One Max,
HTC fixed the vulnerability after being alerted of it, Fireeye says. The One Max had been storing fingerprint data in a specialized bitmap file,
As security researcher and ACLU policy analyst Chris Soghoian points out, HTC is already under order from the Federal trade commission not to mislead consumers on security.
in part because it didn't provide engineers with"adequate security training "and failed to review software for security flaws.
This was back in February of 2013 several months before the One Max was released, but it speaks to how such a flaw could have slipped through.
But there's still good reason to be concerned about this vulnerability's existence. As Fireeye notes in its report,
He argued that spying on Europeans by the National security agency, as disclosed by Snowden, meant his data privacy rights were not being protected adequately.
"This decision is a major blow for U s. global surveillance that heavily relies on private partners.
The judgement makes it clear that U s. businesses cannot simply aid U s. espionage efforts in violation of European fundamental rights,
the National security agency and other United states security agencies such as the Federal bureau of investigation are able to access it in the course of a mass and indiscriminate surveillance and interception of such data."
and has engaged not in indiscriminate surveillance of anyone, including ordinary European citizens.""The PRISM surveillance program is targeted against particular valid foreign intelligence targets,
is authorized duly by law, and strictly complies with a number of publicly disclosed controls and limitations,
reports (Reuters) Hackers have followed through on a threat to release online a huge cache of data,
they are scored on their financial risk, which screens potential investments so they only see things they can reasonably take on. he user can override their risk profile,
Krieg says. Stash will also show users how others with similar risk profiles are investing through the app
he says. ee not trying to force people out of their comfort zone, he says. e want them to invest in ways they should be investing.
online espionage The White house has set out plans to use economic sanctions against cyber attackers and companies that benefit from the online theft of secrets.
or groups whose cyber attacks result in significant threats to US national security or economic health. It gives authorities the power to freeze assets,
and severity of malicious cyber-enabled activities"pose an"unusual and extraordinary threat"to the national security, foreign policy,
"I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with this threat, "said President Barack Obama in the order.
and power grids are probed for vulnerabilities by foreign governments and criminals.""But he said it is often hard to pursue attackers either because of weak or poorly-enforced foreign laws,
"White house homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco said there had been a significant increase in the frequency, scale and sophistication of cyber incidents targeting the US in the past year.
when it comes to industrial espionage, where attacks may take place over months and years, and even harder to prove that a company has benefited from such an attack t
and security companies,"said a Samsung SDS spokesperson.""We plan to offer clients that need biometrics solution with various business models and offer differentiated authentication services."
Security will be boosted by using biological information as a key the company said. Meanwhile, Samsung last week announced that it aims to become one of the top 10 global IT service companies in the world,
#'Largest'denial-of-service attack hit Asian datacenter this year The largest ever distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack happened earlier this year, according to a threat intelligence and monitoring service.
and dump it into this-because they have that assurance. They feel good about that open-source nature of the interface."
"For security, Google is providing replicated storage and encryption of all data in flight and at rest.
and proactively identify mothers at risk for such illness and provide them with the necessary resources to treat the depression before it takes effect.
because research suggests that children of women who experienced depression during pregnancy have a higher risk of becoming depressed as adults (JAMA Psychiatry).
Heidelberg University Hospital can reduce immediate and long-term risks for mother and for baby. The traditional relationship between patient and doctor still exists
which takes remembering your security password to access accounts of the equation. Yahoo's vice president of product management for consumer platforms Dylan Casey said during the event that the service is the"first step to eliminating passwords."
you can head over to security settings and turn on on-demand passwords. The next step is to register your phone
"the security process arguably is taking a step back from two-step verification, which is slowly being adopted by web services worldwide.
--but also often involves an additional code being sent to a linked mobile device to heighten account security.
or stolen--Yahoo's new scheme could be viewed as a lax security protocol designed to appeal to the general public,
developed by Yahoo and Google after the Edward Snowden US National security agency (NSA) revelations. While Google has said previously it will include encryption services by default within the Android operation system,
Business Premium or Enterprise, coupled with Samsung's Knox security offering. Microsoft also announced today it has expanded bundling deals with Dell,
During the March elections, the NSWEC was left scrambling patching security flaws, including FREAK, in the electronic voting system, according to security researchers at the time.
However, the agency hit back saying that the vulnerabilities in ivote were overstated"."""The proposed FREAK attack requires a high level of technical expertise
and a number of preconditions to be successful, and as such is considered not a real threat to ivote.
We have been advised that the likelihood of someone intercepting votes online using this approach is as real as a malicious postman replacing a postal vote,
security and availability but for a smaller price-tag. The z13 mainframe series can hold up to 10 TBS of memory.
To tackle this problem scientists have come up with a new low-cost simple way to remove arsenic using leftovers from another known health threat--cigarettes.
Ultimately this work could be especially useful in reducing risk of secondary bacterial pneumonias during seasonal
but in the case of traumatic injury or stroke they become a pathway of vulnerability that allows swelling.
Dr Burton has found that applying a drug that closes the water channels can inhibit initial water entry helping to close the window of vulnerability.
and increasing the risk of stroke. In the UK carotid artery disease is treated most commonly by an invasive surgical procedure called endarterectomy.
The procedure is less invasive causing only minor bruising in the groin no risk of nerve damage and a lower heart attack risk than endarterectomy.
The risk of any stroke in five years was 15.2%in the stenting group compared to 9. 4%in the endarterectomy group
We have shown also that the risk of stroke during the procedure is no higher for stenting than for endarterectomy in younger patients.
The risks of each procedure are different and will vary depending on the patient but stenting should be offered as an option to many more patients under the age of 70.
and is at risk of having a major stroke. Preventative procedures to treat such carotid artery stenosis are therefore crucial.
Both procedures carry their own risks and these will need to be considered for each individual patient.
which will help people significantly reduce their stroke risk. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by University college London.
For the first time knowledge about the individual patient's genetic risk profile is being used. The treatment completely restores the capacity to secrete insulin
which is impaired by the risk gene. The concept of treatment personalized to the individual's risk profile has great potential.
Our results show that it is possible to block the effects of a common risk gene for type 2 diabetes says Anders Rosengren the diabetes researcher at Lund University in charge of the project.
A milestone was an article in the journal Science in 2009. At the time several research teams from Lund University were able to report that a common gene variant in the population makes insulin-producing cells sensitive to stress hormones.
With a known disease mechanism and a method to neutralise it the obvious next step was to test it on patients. 50 patients with type 2 diabetes were recruited. 21 of them did not have the risk variant
Not unexpectedly the secretion was 25 per cent worse in patients who had the risk gene.
Yohimbin neutralised the effects of the risk gene. The carriers of the risk gene gained the same capacity to secrete insulin as those without the risk variant observes Yunzhao Tang principal author of the recently published article.
Yohimbin must be modified to minimise side-effects in this case raised blood pressure and we need the help of a cooperation partner to achieve this.
The substance must also be tested on more patients before it can become a clinical drug says Anders Rosengren adding purely theoretically the drug should be effective for the 40 per cent of type 2 diabetes sufferers who are carriers of the genetic risk variant.
In addition there is little risk of turning off untargeted genes the way RNA interference techniques do.
and evaluate a person's risk for developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But determining the body's metabolic response to fructose has been much more difficult
All of these increase the risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Fructose is a pervasive presence throughout our foods:
and reduce the risk of the treatment leaving permanent effects said White. We found that we are able to have a really good rate of a good cosmetic outcome in 80-to-90 percent of the women who go through this treatment.
The authors are also able to optimise the energy mix according to three selected criteria namely economy environment and supply security.
Suicide risk could be reduced by changing the style of reportingbut that's not all. A very specific problem arises from this
The suicide risk can be reduced as a result. Journalists should therefore take care to present as correct a view as possible of suicidal tendencies
For the water to reach the households in a clean state via the distribution network a team headed by microbiologist Ursula Obst who directs the partial project for water processing and water quality assurance developed methods for the central semi
In case of strong rainfall there is a high risk of the germs entering the groundwater especially in a karst region Fuchs says.
but is often a necessary evil in medical treatments where clotting is a risk. Devising a way to prevent blood clotting without using anticoagulants is one of the holy grails in medicine said Don Ingber M d Ph d. Founding Director of Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and senior author of the study.
#Computerized surveillance system quickly detects disease outbreaks among preschoolers A web-based system that allows preschools
or dislodged this cumbersome solution carries the risk of infection. Measuring ICP using cables become particularly challenging
and vital-sign data (such as body temperature heart rate and blood pressure) in the electronic health record of hospital inpatients to identify those at risk for sepsis.
or biological contaminants with far-reaching implications for public health including homeland security concerns. Applying world class research to water quality has to be viewed as a critical component for sustaining society as a whole says Clarkson University President Tony Collins. As healthy water becomes increasingly scarce establishing real-time data as the new standard for understanding water quality around the globe
New research suggests these patients may be increased at risk of an unusual and aggressive form of skin cancer.
"In-field detection of chemical and biological threats is the challenge that we are trying to address,
including homeland security, forensics and environmental monitoring, and medical diagnostic applications.""For example, Tian noted, the plasmonic paper can be used to detect target molecules that serve as indicators for diseases such as kidney cancer."
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