Sunday, June 3, 2012
Tooth sensors can identify bacteria that cause ulcers
Yet another wonderful theragnostic innovation. Consider now the ability to do this in another kind of ulcer- a foot ulcer. Imagine also the ability to identify when a bacterial "family" is intent on expanding beyond their cozy biofilm home. The future is here, folks. Please let's not ignore it! http://buff.ly/Ma0xZ8
Peoples' movements will replace our silly passwords. Stay tuned (or just keep fidgeting in your chair)
This from Chris Wilson at NYT this morning:
A team of Dutch and Italian researchers has found that the way you move your phone to your ear while answering a call is as distinct as a fingerprint. You take it up at a speed and angle that’s almost impossible for others to replicate. Which makes it a more reliable password than anything you’d come up with yourself. (The most common iPhone password is “1234.”) Down the line, simple movements, like the way you shift in your chair, might also replace passwords on your computer. It could also be the master key to the seven million passwords you set up all over the Internet but keep forgetting.
A team of Dutch and Italian researchers has found that the way you move your phone to your ear while answering a call is as distinct as a fingerprint. You take it up at a speed and angle that’s almost impossible for others to replicate. Which makes it a more reliable password than anything you’d come up with yourself. (The most common iPhone password is “1234.”) Down the line, simple movements, like the way you shift in your chair, might also replace passwords on your computer. It could also be the master key to the seven million passwords you set up all over the Internet but keep forgetting.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Obesity: The Global State of Play from the WHO
• Incidence of Obesity and Diabetes go hand in hand
• Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980.
• In 2008, 1.5 billion adults, 20 and older, were overweight. Of
these over 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were
obese.
• Overall, more than one in ten of the world’s adult population was obese.
• In 2010, around 43 million children under five were overweight.
• 65% of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity
kills more people than being underweight.
• Nearly 43 million children under the age of five were overweight in 2010.
• Obesity is preventable.
• At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or
obese.
• 44% of the diabetes burden, 23% of the ischaemic heart disease
burden and between 7% and 41% of certain cancer burdens are
attributable to overweight status and obesity
More information can be had here at the World Health Organization's Obesity Factsheet. Remember, this is not just diabetes, not just obesity, but diabesity.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
En route to UPMC
terrific symposium at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
University of Arizona's SALSA and iCAMP Mentor Top Budding Junior Scientists
The University of Arizona's Dr. Bijan Najafi, Associate Professor of Surgery and Founder of the Interdisciplinary Consortium for Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP) and David G. Armstrong, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) participated in sponsorship of students in the novel Keep Engaging Youth in Science (KEYS) program. "We're grateful to KEYS' leadership for offering the opportunity to these young, bright minds", noted Dr. Armstrong. "The ability to take ambitious students and nudge them in the direction where they are in a better position for a lifetime of making a difference is the greatest experience one can have." Dr. Najafi went further "We love having them with us. Our postdocs love it. Our medical students love it. It is a win, win, win, win." The program, which lasts seven weeks each summer, allows top secondary school students the opportunity to pair up with top scientists in a laboratory environment.
From Left:
Anahi Herrera (student), Dr. Bijan Najafi, Prof. David G. Armstrong, Poorva Rajguru (student), at the University of Arizona's BIO5 KEYS student luncheon
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