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...device could greatly simplify the surgery required to deal with aneurysm, according to a research team at Stanford University. An aneurysm -- a ballooning of a weakened artery -- frequently occurs on the aorta, the critical vessel which carries blood from the heart. Developing painlessly and often undetected, aneurysms can burst without warning and cause death. The current surgery to deal with aortic aneurysm is very complicated: doctors open the chest and replace the fragile portion of the artery with a graft from another one in the body. The new experimental device, basically a cylindrical patch that reinforces the weakened area...
...least 34 passengers aboard a ferry drowned when a freighter plowed into the vessel in Manila Bay last night. Most of the 600 people aboard the ferry were asleep and heard no warning alarms when the accident occurred. Ships in the area picked up 451 people from the sea; the rescue effort and investigation continue. The collision left a three foot hole in the lower deck of the ferry. Many of the dead were women and children found inside cabins. The accident occurred the day the ferry company went public.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
...stirring a debate about an aeronautical phenomenon called wake vortex. That dry bit of technical jargon refers to the rotating, high-energy tornadoes that spiral behind and downward from the wing tips of an aircraft. Such turbulence behaves much like the wake of a ship: the heavier the vessel's displacement weight, the more violent and long lasting the disturbance. In air, as on water, if a craft trails this whirling vortex too closely, it can be buffeted brutally. For more than a decade the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates accidents, has exhorted the Federal Aviation Administration...
...significance of Folkman's finding lies in the protein's ability to inhibit angiogenesis (blood vessel growth), said Noel Bouck, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Northwestern University Medical School. "In order to grow, tumors must produce new blood vessels," she said...
...When we arrived in the middle of the night," said Jan Thure Tornroos, captain of the Finnish ferry Mariella, which was the first vessel on the scene, "we could see people floating about in the water and hear them screaming for help." The Mariella managed to rescue 17. "There were hundreds of bodies bobbing up and down," said Hemming Eriksson, a passenger on a second ferry that responded to the postmidnight mayday message. "Many were dressed only in underwear and life jackets. Some of them moved, so you could see they were living, but we could not get them...