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Collaborative care planning to improve usage of hearing aids
produced by University of Surrey (Surrey, England: University of Surrey, 2015), 4 mins
This thesis examines the reasons why a significant number of patients do not wear hearing aids, as well as the link to collaborative care planning to improve usage of hearing aids that leads to improved quality of life.
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produced by University of Surrey (Surrey, England: University of Surrey, 2015), 4 mins
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This thesis examines the reasons why a significant number of patients do not wear hearing aids, as well as the link to collaborative care planning to improve usage of hearing aids that leads to improved quality of life.
Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Lecture/presentation
Contributor
University of Surrey
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
University of Surrey
Topic / Theme
Hearing aids, Scientific research
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How Can Biomaterial Scaffolds Help to Repair Damaged Spinal Cords by Guiding Nerves to Grow Across the Injury?
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 12 mins
In the 1980s researchers showed that damaged nerves in the spinal cord have the ability to regrow. Chemical engineers contribute to the field of spinal cord repair by developing biomaterial scaffolds that support cell and nerve growth inside the body after an injury. In the research project explained by LAURA DE L...
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 12 mins
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In the 1980s researchers showed that damaged nerves in the spinal cord have the ability to regrow. Chemical engineers contribute to the field of spinal cord repair by developing biomaterial scaffolds that support cell and nerve growth inside the body after an injury. In the research project explained by LAURA DE LAPORTE in this video, such scaffolds were developed and tested: The special architecture of the developed structures uses oriented chan...
In the 1980s researchers showed that damaged nerves in the spinal cord have the ability to regrow. Chemical engineers contribute to the field of spinal cord repair by developing biomaterial scaffolds that support cell and nerve growth inside the body after an injury. In the research project explained by LAURA DE LAPORTE in this video, such scaffolds were developed and tested: The special architecture of the developed structures uses oriented channels to guide the nerves to grow across the site of injury. Moreover, delivering DNA via the scaffolds resulted in growth of specific proteins that further stimulated the nerve cells to grow. The research project shows that the developed scaffolds can be used twofold: As an architecture, a physical help for the nerves to grow, but also to deliver significant crucial growth factors that are necessary to further stimulate spinal cord repair.
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Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Laura De Laporte, fl. 2004
Person Discussed
Laura De Laporte, fl. 2004
Topic / Theme
Medical tools, Medical treatments and procedures, Scientific research
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How Can Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Be Treated Effectively in a Variety of Patients?
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 12 mins
One the most common types of leukemia is chronic lymphocytic leukemia. To find the right treatment for an individual patient with that disease is a challenging task and many patients develop a resistance against the existing drugs. The purpose of the research presented by BRIGITTE VOIT in this video is to find new...
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 12 mins
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One the most common types of leukemia is chronic lymphocytic leukemia. To find the right treatment for an individual patient with that disease is a challenging task and many patients develop a resistance against the existing drugs. The purpose of the research presented by BRIGITTE VOIT in this video is to find new drugs that reduce cancer cells while not destroying other cells in the body. The researchers created two versions of organic molecules...
One the most common types of leukemia is chronic lymphocytic leukemia. To find the right treatment for an individual patient with that disease is a challenging task and many patients develop a resistance against the existing drugs. The purpose of the research presented by BRIGITTE VOIT in this video is to find new drugs that reduce cancer cells while not destroying other cells in the body. The researchers created two versions of organic molecules called dendrimers, differentiated by type of shell, and compared their effect to that of the commercial drug Fludarabine. The findings are highly relevant for treatment of leukemia: Both types of dendrimers destroy leukemia cells but one of them is more active against cancer cells and at the same time less harmful for healthy cells than Fludarabine. Moreover, the dendrimers have an effect on leukemia cells that are resistant to commonly used treatments.
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Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Brigitte Voit, 1963-
Person Discussed
Brigitte Voit, 1963-
Topic / Theme
Scientific research, Drugs and pharmaceuticals, Cancer, Cancer therapies
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How Can the Toxic Effects of Chemical Compounds on Humans Be Predicted by Means of Crowdsourcing?
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 8 mins
As humans react differently to chemical substances one of the challenges for public health is to establish which compounds are harmful for whom. The research project presented in this video uses crowdsourcing as part of the DREAM challenges as a method to improve research on this topic by involving the scientific...
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 8 mins
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As humans react differently to chemical substances one of the challenges for public health is to establish which compounds are harmful for whom. The research project presented in this video uses crowdsourcing as part of the DREAM challenges as a method to improve research on this topic by involving the scientific community. Data on different reactions to chemical compounds were shared with scientists all over the world. They analyzed the data wit...
As humans react differently to chemical substances one of the challenges for public health is to establish which compounds are harmful for whom. The research project presented in this video uses crowdsourcing as part of the DREAM challenges as a method to improve research on this topic by involving the scientific community. Data on different reactions to chemical compounds were shared with scientists all over the world. They analyzed the data with different methods and every participating group described their methods and findings in detail. JULIO SAEZ-RODRIGUEZ explains how the outcomes show that the combination of all suggestions allowed for a better prediction of reactions to chemicals. In general, the findings show that crowdsourcing has positive effects on science as it accelerates research, and that it is a powerful resource for computational biomedicine.
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Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Julio Saez-Rodriguez, fl. 2010
Person Discussed
Julio Saez-Rodriguez, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Scientific method, Scientific research
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How Can Vaccine Design Be Modified by the Use of Synthetic Sugars?
(Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 8 mins
Streptococcus pneumoniae kills millions of people worldwide. For the subgroup serotype 8, prevalent in the United States and Western Europe, there is no vaccine to date. In this video, PETER H. SEEBERGER explains the approach of his research group to create a synthetic sugar vaccine against this bacterial infectio...
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(Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 8 mins
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Streptococcus pneumoniae kills millions of people worldwide. For the subgroup serotype 8, prevalent in the United States and Western Europe, there is no vaccine to date. In this video, PETER H. SEEBERGER explains the approach of his research group to create a synthetic sugar vaccine against this bacterial infection that works in mice. They relied on synthetic chemistry to assemble sugar chains from monomers; the researchers then connected them to...
Streptococcus pneumoniae kills millions of people worldwide. For the subgroup serotype 8, prevalent in the United States and Western Europe, there is no vaccine to date. In this video, PETER H. SEEBERGER explains the approach of his research group to create a synthetic sugar vaccine against this bacterial infection that works in mice. They relied on synthetic chemistry to assemble sugar chains from monomers; the researchers then connected them to a carrier protein and tested whether they were immunogenic – causing an immune response in living organisms – and whether they were protective. Thus they succeeded in creating the vaccine. Their results have inspired further work in the area in the hope of finding a vaccine for humans. On a fundamental level, the researchers also found that the way in which sugars are presented to the immune system matters with respect to immunogenicity and protection. This has strong implications for future vaccine design.
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Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Peter H. Seeberger, 1966-
Person Discussed
Peter H. Seeberger, 1966-
Topic / Theme
Antibiotics, Glucose, Artificial sweeteners, Chemistry
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A New Generation of X-ray Detectors
presented by Hashini Thirimanne, fl. 2017; produced by University of Surrey (Surrey, England: University of Surrey, 2017), 3 mins
Winner of the 2017 University of Surrey competition.
Winner of the 2017 University of Surrey competition. X-ray detectors find uses in many areas, such as healthcare, homeland security, environmental monitoring, and academic research. Current solid-state detectors are made from rigid, brittle materials making them expensive to manufacture and susceptible to physical...
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presented by Hashini Thirimanne, fl. 2017; produced by University of Surrey (Surrey, England: University of Surrey, 2017), 3 mins
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Winner of the 2017 University of Surrey competition. X-ray detectors find uses in many areas, such as healthcare, homeland security, environmental monitoring, and academic research. Current solid-state detectors are made from rigid, brittle materials making them expensive to manufacture and susceptible to physical damage, thus limiting their size. These issues are addressed by our novel X-ray detector, made by printing an ‘X-ray sensitive ink€..
Winner of the 2017 University of Surrey competition. X-ray detectors find uses in many areas, such as healthcare, homeland security, environmental monitoring, and academic research. Current solid-state detectors are made from rigid, brittle materials making them expensive to manufacture and susceptible to physical damage, thus limiting their size. These issues are addressed by our novel X-ray detector, made by printing an ‘X-ray sensitive ink’ on any surface, up to any size. These detectors are 100 times more sensitive than established solid-state detector technologies. They are flexible, and thinner than paper, allowing them to conform to any desired shape, and they can be operated using wrist watch batteries. This new generation of detectors produce an electrical response when exposed to an X-ray and can be used in many applications, such as dose evaluation during cancer therapy, portable security screening, and medical imaging in the field, amongst others.
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Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Lecture/presentation
Contributor
University of Surrey
Author / Creator
Hashini Thirimanne, fl. 2017
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
University of Surrey
Topic / Theme
Scientific research, Technology, Medical facilities, Medical treatments and procedures
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What Do We Know About the Potential of Endothelial Cells in Treating Acute Lung Injury?
(Germany: Latest Thinking), 10 mins
A positive outcome of an acute lung injury, a by-product of sepsis, is closely linked to a repair process in which endothelial progenitor cells are involved. These cells derive from the bone marrow and circulate in the blood stream. In the past ten years a lot was published on endothelial regeneration. The paper p...
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(Germany: Latest Thinking), 10 mins
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A positive outcome of an acute lung injury, a by-product of sepsis, is closely linked to a repair process in which endothelial progenitor cells are involved. These cells derive from the bone marrow and circulate in the blood stream. In the past ten years a lot was published on endothelial regeneration. The paper presented in this video aims at bringing together this research to create an overview of what has been achieved already, how the finding...
A positive outcome of an acute lung injury, a by-product of sepsis, is closely linked to a repair process in which endothelial progenitor cells are involved. These cells derive from the bone marrow and circulate in the blood stream. In the past ten years a lot was published on endothelial regeneration. The paper presented in this video aims at bringing together this research to create an overview of what has been achieved already, how the findings contrast and amend each other and what is still unknown and worth tackling. NEYSAN RAFAT explains that the different studies such as animal studies, clinical studies and in-vitro studies can be compared even though there are two methods used which often come to contrasting results. Based on this gathered knowledge future ways of therapy using endothelial regeneration can be examined.
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Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Instructional material
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Neysan Rafat, fl. 2010
Person Discussed
Neysan Rafat, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
General medical conditions, Scientific research, Medical innovations
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