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Researchers identify perforant path brain passage associated with Alzheimer's disease

With the help of volunteers aged 18 to 89, UC Irvine researchers have identified for the first time in humans a long-hidden part of the brain called the perforant path. Scientists have struggled for decades to locate the tiny passage, which is believed to deteriorate gradually as part of normal aging and far more quickly due to Alzheimer's disease.

11 Aug 2010

SMI/Omega development team receives fund to develop prototype fast multispectral endoscope

Cascade Technologies, Inc., announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Spectral Molecular Imaging, Inc. (SMI) will receive NIH research funding through a collaboration with Omega Optical of Brattleboro, Vermont. This effort will accelerate development of a new class of medical endoscopes enhanced with proprietary multispectral imaging technology. The principal investigators on the project are Dr. Gary Carver, Director of Research at Omega Optical, and Dr. Daniel L. Farkas, Chairman and CEO of SMI.

11 Aug 2010

Magnetic resonance image analysis helps assessment of prostate cancer severity

Rutgers researchers are developing methods that can accurately assess the severity of prostate cancer by analyzing magnetic resonance images and spectra of a patient's prostate gland. This may help physicians decide more confidently which patients need aggressive treatment and which are better served by "watchful waiting," and could even postpone or eliminate invasive biopsies in patients with low-grade tumors.

11 Aug 2010

Scientists identify chemical system effective in cocaine-addiction cure

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a chemical system in the brain that reacts differently in cocaine addicts, findings that could result in new treatment options for individuals addicted to the drug."We found that the amount of blood flow in areas of the brain known to be involved in the rewarding effects of cocaine and craving was different in cocaine addicts, compared with healthy subjects," said Dr. Bryon Adinoff, professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern and lead author of a study that appeared in Neuropsychopharmacology. "Now we have a new target for pharmacologic intervention."

11 Aug 2010

Scientists develop new method to enable drug release inside cancer cells

Scientists from UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and Korea's Yonsei University have developed an innovative method that enables nanomachines to release drugs inside living cancer cells when activated remotely by an oscillating magnetic field.The new system - the first to utilize a class of porous nanomaterials driven by a magnetic core - has the potential to improve both targeted drug-delivery and magnetic resonance imaging in the treatment of cancer and other diseases.

11 Aug 2010

Breath test to detect cancer: Study

According to researchers cancer may soon be detectable using a breath test. They are now developing sensors that can detect chemical markers of lung, breast, bowel and prostate cancer in a person's breath. The new portable device has been purported as an “electronic nose” that can detect early cancers. As a cancer grows, the surface of the cells emits chemicals. The research found that sensors – involving gold nanoparticles – could be used to detect these chemicals in the breath.

10 Aug 2010

Olympus America introduces new V-System for ERCP procedure

Olympus America Inc., a precision technology leader designing and delivering innovative solutions in medical and surgical products among other core business areas, today launched its new V-System. The new V-System combines Olympus' latest duodenoscope, the TJF-Q180V, with its unique V-System devices for the endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedure.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 10 Aug 2010

Older Americans suffer from full-blown depression: Report

Maureen Duffy's memories of her grandmother are cloudy. Not because of time, but by a condition that cast a shadow over the woman Duffy had visited as a child.

10 Aug 2010

Chindex first-quarter revenue from Healthcare Services division increases 12.3% to $24.7 million

Chindex International, Inc., a leading independent American provider of Western healthcare products and services in the People's Republic of China, today announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, which reflects the three month period ended June 30, 2010.

9 Aug 2010

RadNet second-quarter revenue increases 6.0% to $139.0 million

RadNet, Inc., a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a network of 191 fully-owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, today reported financial results for its second quarter of 2010.

9 Aug 2010

Aquilion ONE 320-detector row CT system reduces radiation exposure

When pediatric patients are imaged using CT, reducing sedation and radiation dose while maintaining the best possible image quality is paramount in delivering care. To provide patients with high-quality CT exams and a reduction in sedation and radiation dose, leading children's hospitals are installing Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s Aquilion ONE 320-detector row CT system.

9 Aug 2010

University of Houston and Texas Instruments collaborate to simplify development of new portable applications

From smart phones to medical equipment, embedded processors are everywhere and getting increasingly more powerful. One University of Houston (UH) professor's work with Texas Instruments (TI) is making it easier to develop these types of systems.

7 Aug 2010

TrueBeam technology reduces cancer radiation treatment time

The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center is among the world's first to begin using radiation technology that dramatically reduces treatment times.UAB's Hazelrig-Salter Radiation Oncology Center is the third U.S. site to acquire TrueBeam technology. TrueBeam, by Varian Medical Systems Inc., can complete a standard 40-minute radiation therapy in less than a minute for select patients. The precision of the instrument, measured in increments of less than a millimeter, comes from real-time patient imaging, positioning, beam shaping and many other data points synchronized continually as treatment progresses.

7 Aug 2010

Norwegian cervical screening program begins reimbursing for liquid-based cytology

Hologic, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced that on July 1, 2010, the Norwegian cervical screening program began reimbursing for liquid-based cytology (LBC).

6 Aug 2010

Repligen total revenue for first-quarter fiscal 2011 increases 39% to $7.01 million

Repligen Corporation today reported results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, ended June 30, 2010. Total revenue for the first quarter was $7,010,000 compared to total revenue of $5,061,000 for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, an increase of $1,949,000 or 39%. Bioprocessing product revenue for the first quarter was $4,269,000 compared to $2,473,000 for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, an increase of $1,796,000 or 73%.

5 Aug 2010

Beckman Coulter announces contract with CML for high quality diagnostic services

Beckman Coulter, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of products that simplify, automate, and innovate complex biomedical testing, today announced a record contract with CML HealthCare of Toronto, Canada. According to the company, the deal represents the largest contract of any Canadian diagnostics company for a single testing site.

From Beckman Coulter Diagnostics 5 Aug 2010

Scientists to develop new antibiotics to tackle infection-causing bacteria

Detailed pictures published today reveal how a new type of experimental antibiotic can kill bacteria that are already resistant to existing treatments. The findings could ultimately help scientists to develop new antibiotics to tackle the bacteria responsible for many hospital and community-acquired infections.

5 Aug 2010

Posterior parietal cortex brain activity linked with subjects’ performance perceptions

Our belief as to whether we will likely succeed or fail at a given task-and the consequences of winning or losing-directly affects the levels of neural effort put forth in movement-planning circuits in the human cortex, according to a new brain-imaging study by neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology.

5 Aug 2010

AG Mednet receives patent for diagnostic imaging studies

AG Mednet, the world's largest diagnostic imaging network, announced today that the U.S. Patent Office had granted the company patent number 7765109, "Systems and methods for providing diagnostic imaging studies to one or more interpreters and selecting one or more of the interpreters to provide an interpretation of the images based on one or more variables." The patent broadly encompasses a number of key innovations in the field, all of which are made a reality for the first time by AG Mednet to all its users worldwide.

5 Aug 2010

Detection of Alzheimer's before symptoms occur

Research is on to detect the dreaded Alzheimer's disease even before any symptoms occur. In a newly proposed diagnostic criteria developed by experts from the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association three stages of the disease viz. pre-clinical Alzheimer's, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's dementia are described.

4 Aug 2010

Imaging News and Research

Researchers identify perforant path brain passage associated with Alzheimer's disease

SMI/Omega development team receives fund to develop prototype fast multispectral endoscope

Magnetic resonance image analysis helps assessment of prostate cancer severity

Scientists identify chemical system effective in cocaine-addiction cure

Scientists develop new method to enable drug release inside cancer cells

Breath test to detect cancer: Study

Olympus America introduces new V-System for ERCP procedure

Older Americans suffer from full-blown depression: Report

Chindex first-quarter revenue from Healthcare Services division increases 12.3% to $24.7 million

RadNet second-quarter revenue increases 6.0% to $139.0 million

Aquilion ONE 320-detector row CT system reduces radiation exposure

University of Houston and Texas Instruments collaborate to simplify development of new portable applications

TrueBeam technology reduces cancer radiation treatment time

Norwegian cervical screening program begins reimbursing for liquid-based cytology

Repligen total revenue for first-quarter fiscal 2011 increases 39% to $7.01 million

Beckman Coulter announces contract with CML for high quality diagnostic services

Scientists to develop new antibiotics to tackle infection-causing bacteria

Posterior parietal cortex brain activity linked with subjects’ performance perceptions

AG Mednet receives patent for diagnostic imaging studies

Detection of Alzheimer's before symptoms occur

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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