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Data generated on Ion Torrent PGM sequencer to be presented at AGBT

Life Technologies Corporation, today announced that just six weeks following the launch of the Ion Torrent PGM sequencer, independent researchers will present data they generated with the system at the annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) conference.

4 Feb 2011

Study hopes to establish health benefits from cocoa and vitamin C

A study which hopes to establish the health benefits from cocoa and vitamin C is looking for volunteers. Researchers at The University of Nottingham are trying to find ways of helping us maintain muscle mass as we grow old and want to hear from healthy men aged between 18-28 and 65-75.

4 Feb 2011

More careful regulation of FDA's Humanitarian Device Exemption in psychiatric patients needed

Warning that patients could be at risk, an interdisciplinary group of multinational investigators is calling on the U.S. Congress and federal regulators to tighten a law that permits use of brain devices to treat rare neuropsychiatric disorders without supporting clinical trials or stringent patient oversight.

4 Feb 2011

Cardiac team implants pulmonary valve in children without open-heart surgery

The pediatric cardiac team at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital is the first in the region and one of a handful in the nation to implant a pulmonary heart valve without open-heart surgery.

4 Feb 2011

ConforMIS receives FDA 510(k) clearance for iTotal CR Knee Replacement System

ConforMIS has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commercially market its iTotal® CR Knee Replacement System. The iTotal CR is the only true patient-specific system available for patients who would traditionally receive a standard total knee replacement (TKR).

4 Feb 2011

FIND, Cepheid collaborate to develop rapid molecular test for measurement of HIV viral load

Cepheid and FIND today announced a new collaboration to accelerate the development of a rapid molecular test for the measurement of human immunodeficiency virus viral load.

3 Feb 2011

Kiran Consortium, SSI announce alliance to utilize ClickON ClearView 5010

Following a nationwide technology search and industry analysis for a solid testing harness addition to their full-spectrum HIPAA 5010 Compliance Solution, The Kiran Consortium Group, LLC, a privately-owned, global Information Technology advisory and professional services firm, today announced their alliance with The SSI Group, to utilize ClickON ClearView 5010.

3 Feb 2011

Chinese SFDA approves MIT's MED-JET needle-free injection system

Medical International Technology Inc. is pleased to announce its progress in China. Based on the results obtained in two separate pivotal clinical trials over the past six months, the Chinese SFDA authorities have approved and issued to our Joint Venture Corporation the official licence to sell MED-JET products.

3 Feb 2011

Surrogate questions imaging can answer about cancer

A Professor who is investigating how modern body imaging techniques can be adapted to answer new questions - such as the anti-cancer properties of fish oils and green tea, or establishing cause of death in forensic investigation - is to give a free public lecture at the University of Leicester.

3 Feb 2011

Consumer Reports Health unveils ratings of nine common screenings for heart disease

Consumer Reports Health unveils Ratings of nine common screenings for heart disease based on systematic review of evidence; some screenings work well while others deemed not worth the risk for healthy individuals

3 Feb 2011

Acacia subsidiary acquires rights to prescription lens technology patent portfolio

Acacia Research Corporation announced today that a subsidiary has acquired rights to a patent portfolio for prescription lens technology.

3 Feb 2011

Chances of surviving cardiac arrests high in large public venues having AEDs

A study of more than 14,000 men and women whose hearts stopped suddenly suggests that the chances of survival are very high if such cardiac arrests are witnessed in large public venues, including airports, sports arenas or malls. The reasons, researchers say, are that almost four out of five such cases appear to be due to a survivable type of heart rhythm disruption and that big places with lots of people are more likely to have an automated external defibrillator, or AED device, handy, along with those who can apply it as well as CPR.

3 Feb 2011

Scientia Advisors: Unmet need for new medical technologies to treat CVI and blood clots

In light of an aging population and increasing chronic vascular disease, there is a tremendous unmet need for new medical technologies to treat potentially dangerous chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and blood clots, according to a Scientia Advisors review of the vascular device market released today. Both the CVI and the thrombosis segments present significant opportunities for medical device innovators.

3 Feb 2011

New device to treat heart hiccups

"It took off to about 160 beats per minute and then dropped to 50. It seemed confused. Then it went back to normal," recalled Tsuji, 47, an avid cyclist, of that day in 2003. "I didn't notice any symptoms at that point, so I blew it off. I figured there was something wrong with it."

3 Feb 2011

Researchers develop hard X-ray laser to determine structure of biomolecules

Unraveling the molecular basis of life is an age-old quest of humanity. A breakthrough towards this goal was reported in a pair of studies published Feb. 3 in the scientific journal Nature, detailing a new method developed to determine structures of biomolecules based on diffraction from protein nanocrystals that are so small that they are not even visible under the microscope.

3 Feb 2011

HMORN, iSAEC collaborate to enroll subjects in SAE research project using EMR database

The International Serious Adverse Events Consortium announced today a new collaboration with the HMO Research Network to enroll subjects in research to identify genetic markers that may help predict risk associated with a range of serious drug-related adverse events.

3 Feb 2011

Cervical cancer screening rates are quite low among older, poorer South Asians

Immigrant women in Ontario are not screened for cervical cancer as often as native-born Canadians, with the lowest rates being among older, poorer South Asians, new research shows.

3 Feb 2011

DNAnexus announces new cloud-based tools for analyzing large-scale genomic variation datasets

DNAnexus, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based solutions for analyzing, visualizing, and managing next-generation sequencing data, today announced the availability of a comprehensive set of new informatics tools that enable life science researchers to efficiently analyze and manage large-scale genomic variation datasets in a cloud-based workflow.

3 Feb 2011

New replacement valve can help patients to avoid multiple open-heart surgeries

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of major birth defects in the U.S., affecting about 34,000 babies each year. Twenty percent of these patients are born with a malformation of the pulmonary valve, which is a flap-like opening on the right side of the heart that is responsible for regulating the blood flow to the lungs. Now, a new replacement valve being used at Rush University Medical Center can help patients with damaged heart valves delay or avoid multiple open-heart surgeries.

3 Feb 2011

Researchers design nanoparticles that make blood clots visible to CT scanner

For almost two decades, cardiologists have searched for ways to see dangerous blood clots before they cause heart attacks. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report that they have designed nanoparticles that find clots and make them visible to a new kind of X-ray technology.

3 Feb 2011

Device / Technology News

Data generated on Ion Torrent PGM sequencer to be presented at AGBT

Study hopes to establish health benefits from cocoa and vitamin C

More careful regulation of FDA's Humanitarian Device Exemption in psychiatric patients needed

Cardiac team implants pulmonary valve in children without open-heart surgery

ConforMIS receives FDA 510(k) clearance for iTotal CR Knee Replacement System

FIND, Cepheid collaborate to develop rapid molecular test for measurement of HIV viral load

Kiran Consortium, SSI announce alliance to utilize ClickON ClearView 5010

Chinese SFDA approves MIT's MED-JET needle-free injection system

Surrogate questions imaging can answer about cancer

Consumer Reports Health unveils ratings of nine common screenings for heart disease

Acacia subsidiary acquires rights to prescription lens technology patent portfolio

Chances of surviving cardiac arrests high in large public venues having AEDs

Scientia Advisors: Unmet need for new medical technologies to treat CVI and blood clots

New device to treat heart hiccups

Researchers develop hard X-ray laser to determine structure of biomolecules

HMORN, iSAEC collaborate to enroll subjects in SAE research project using EMR database

Cervical cancer screening rates are quite low among older, poorer South Asians

DNAnexus announces new cloud-based tools for analyzing large-scale genomic variation datasets

New replacement valve can help patients to avoid multiple open-heart surgeries

Researchers design nanoparticles that make blood clots visible to CT scanner

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