http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu A blog of news and ideas in biomedicine Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:16:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2013/02/20/the-science-of-the-supply-room/comment-page-1/#comment-11797 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:16:13 +0000 http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/?p=9860#comment-11797 [...] from the automotive industry to equip the supply rooms at the Center for Care and Discovery with an RFID-enabled inventory system that makes sure everything you need is always in [...]

]]> http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2013/02/19/humans-and-chimps-share-genetic-strategy-in-battle-against-pathogens/comment-page-1/#comment-11796 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:16:10 +0000 http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/?p=9856#comment-11796 [...] Tuesday we wrote about a new genome-wide analysis study by Molly Przeworski that found genetic variations common to both humans and chimpanzees. This suggests that certain [...]

]]> http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2013/02/18/an-implant-that-helps-als-patients-breathe-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-11795 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:16:07 +0000 http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/?p=9837#comment-11795 [...] Lasaro, a grandmother of four with Lou Gehrig’s disease who was our first patient to have a device called a diaphragm pacing system implanted to help her breathe. The device first gained fame when it was used with actor Christopher Reeve, and it helps patients [...]

]]> http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2013/02/13/from-a-no-name-virus-to-a-cure-treatment-options-blossom-for-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-11662 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:32:54 +0000 http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/?p=9801#comment-11662 [...] we wrote about the work of Donald Jensen, director of our Center for Liver Diseases, in developing new treatments for hepatitis C that essentially amount to a cure for this disease that affects an estimated 4 million [...]

]]> http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2013/02/11/a-gps-for-personalized-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-11661 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:32:52 +0000 http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/?p=9775#comment-11661 [...] Monday, we wrote about the 1200 Patients project created by Peter O’Donnell, in which patients have their DNA analyzed ahead of time to see [...]

]]> http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2013/02/11/a-gps-for-personalized-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-11612 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:03:00 +0000 http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/?p=9775#comment-11612 [...] A GPS for Personalized Medicine (sciencelife.uchospitals.edu) [...]

]]> http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2013/02/07/virtual-reality-training-for-surgery-on-an-even-bigger-scale/comment-page-1/#comment-11554 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:13:44 +0000 http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/?p=9739#comment-11554 [...] also blogged a couple of posts on Jack Gilbert’s Hospital Microbiome Project and a stunning data visualization presented at the Computation [...]

]]> http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2013/02/06/meet-your-roommates-at-our-new-hospital/comment-page-1/#comment-11553 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:13:41 +0000 http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/?p=9731#comment-11553 [...] also blogged a couple of posts on Jack Gilbert’s Hospital Microbiome Project and a stunning data visualization presented at the Computation [...]

]]> http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2013/02/06/the-list-of-explanations-for-ocean-acidification-keeps-getting-smaller/comment-page-1/#comment-11552 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:13:39 +0000 http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/?p=9720#comment-11552 [...] This Wednesday we caught up with Cathy Pfister and Tim Wootton, who have spent the past 20 years studying marine life around tiny Tatoosh Island in Washington. They recently published a paper about some of their observations that makes an even stronger case for how increased carbon emissions in the atmosphere are changing our oceans. [...]

]]> http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2013/02/04/sma-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-11551 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:13:37 +0000 http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/?p=9707#comment-11551 [...] Monday we shared the story of Trish Dilg, a young mother of triplets who had been suffering from a mysterious digestive disorder until our GI experts and surgeons were able to diagnose it and make a simple fix to get her back to [...]

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