BiotechMashup

Treating non-osteoporotic compression fractures in patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, shows that the use of vertebroplasty -- a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists using imaging guidance that stabilizes collapsed vertebrae with the injection of medical-grade bone cement into the spine -- results in a reduction of pain, medication usage and disability, according to researchers in the largest study of its kind.

(Society of Interventional Radiology) Treating non-osteoporotic compression fractures in patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, shows that the use of vertebroplasty -- a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists using imaging guidance that stabilizes collapsed vertebrae with the injection of medical-grade bone cement into the spine -- results in a reduction of pain, medication usage and disability, according to researchers in the largest study of its kind at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla.

(Monash University) An international team of scientists, led by Monash University researchers, has found that antioxidants commonly touted for their health-promoting benefits, could contribute to the early onset of type 2 diabetes.

(University of Melbourne) A research team led by the University of Melbourne and Monash University, Australia, has discovered why people can develop life-threatening allergies after receiving treatment for conditions such as epilepsy and AIDS.

(Monash University) In the first trial of its kind in the world, researchers at Monash University's Centre for Obesity Research and Education will examine the benefits of a gastric banding procedure on overweight people with Type 2 diabetes.

(Monash University) Monash University biomedical scientists have identified a new way to treat castrate resistant cells in prostate cancer sufferers -- the most common cancer in Australian men.

(Monash University) In a world first, a Monash University-led international research team has developed an innovative way to boost the output of the next generation of solar cells.Scientists at Monash University, in collaboration with colleagues from the universities of Wollongong and Ulm in Germany, have produced tandem dye-sensitized solar cells with a three-fold increase in energy conversion efficiency compared with previously reported tandem dye-sensitized solar cells.

(Monash University) For the first time, scientists at Monash University's Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories In Clayton, Australia have shown that they can make human stem cells from healthy adult kidneys without working on human embryos, circumventing ethical concerns around this research.

(Monash University) An international study involving Monash University mathematician Dr. Malcolm Clark has been used to demonstrate the impact of global warming and to predict the effect further warming will have on plant life.