BIOPROSTHESES: Degradable collagen tube implants may be useful in peripheral nerve regeneration.
Injuries to peripheral nerves in a limb cause paralysis and might mean amputation. In this study, scientists based in the USA looked at degradable devices for treating nerve damage as a substitute for current techniques. The damaged nerves cannot regenerate spontaneously, and this, along with the limitations of autograft...

Living skin equivalent performs well in comparative study.
Tissue-engineered living skin equivalent (LSE) is a safe and usable form of tissue therapy, conclude USA-based scientists who carried out a comparative study of LSE, autograft and occlusive dressing in acute human donor site wounds. The LSE is made from cultured cells from human neonatal foreskin combined...

Cardiac defect repair may help in treatment/prevention of migraines.
The first prospective, randomized, controlled study to evaluate the potential relationship between a common heart defect, a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and certain migraine attacks will go ahead in the UK. The study will also look at effective treatment. Enrolment is expected to be completed during 2005. ...

calendar.
April 2000 2-6 April 2000, Orlando, Florida, USA 2nd World Congress on Microwave & Radio Frequency Processing Bridging Science, Technology and Applications Contact: The American Ceramic Society, PO Box 6136, Westerville, OH 43086-6136, USA. Tel: +1-614-899-4700; Fax: +1-614-899-6109. E-mail:...

Death And The Sun.
Death And The Sun Edward Lewine Houghton Mifflin 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 www.hmco.com 061826325X $24.00 1-800-225-3362 Few books are written these days on the politically-incorrect (in the USA anyway) art of bullfighting, so it's refreshing...

Directors Roster: a quarterly record of new director appointments.
THE DIRECTORS & BOARDS Directors Roster--a quarterly record of new director appointments--is compiled from public and private sources by the editorial staff of DIRECTORS & BOARDS and is sponsored by Heidrick & Struggles. Please forward your directors' appointments to kmccarthy@directorsandboards.com. Submissions of new directors and appointments are...

Backchannelmedia's DRTV snapshots.
Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. Backchannelmedia Inc., 107 South Street, Boston, MA 02111. Phone: (617) 728-3626; Fax: (617) 517-7777. E-mail: ajohnson@backchannelmedia.com. Source of data: Tribune Media Services, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Acxiom. Research time period: September 2006. Backchannelmedia Inc. is a strategic television media services firm providing comprehensive...

Conferences/workshops.
August 18-19 Sports Nutrition Workshop, Providence, RI. Contact: Nancy Clark, Sports Nutrition Workshop, P.O. Box 650124, West Newton, MA, 02465; (501) 821-6651; NClarkRD@aol.com October 6-7 Sports Nutrition Workshop, Boston, MA. Contact: Nancy Clark (see August 18-19). October 7-10 American...

Directory: insurance company software directory.
Below are paid listings of specialty software packages for insurance companies, risk managers and brokers. This guide is not intended to be a complete directory but is an overview of some of the packages available. Suppliers themselves have provided this data. To obtain more information on any of the...

Calendar of events.
Camps/Clinics October 8-15 Lake Powell Houseboat Experience 2005; Bullfrog Marina, Lake Powell, UT. Contact: Matt Feeney; (303/877) 679-2770, (303) 670-8290 (FAX): Adaptive Adventures--Evergreen, PO Box 2245. Evergreen, CO 80437: lakepowell@adaptiveadventures.org: www. adaptiveadventures.org. October 14-16 Allsports Camp, Warm Springs, GA. Contact: Bob...