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Beaumont and GVSU team up to develop lifesaving cough-assist device

The act of coughing may seem annoying, but for those who can no longer cough on their own because of a medical condition, it's a matter of life and death. Today, more people are surviving brain/spinal cord injuries caused by stroke and automobile accidents.

7 May 2018

Novel 3D cancer model to accelerate development of new and better treatments

A scientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, working with local biotech company HemoShear Therapeutics, has created a three-dimensional model of a cancer tumor that he says has the potential to replicate the complex nature and behavior of a real tumor.

7 May 2018

New review of infants with congenital hyperinsulinism shows surgery benefits

A review of nearly 500 cases of infants with severe congenital hyperinsulinism who underwent partial or near-total removal of their pancreas for persistent hypoglycemia at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia showed that surgeons can cure virtually all patients with the focal, or localized, form of the rare genetic disease.

7 May 2018

Tufts CTSI receives 2018 Clinical and Translational Science Award

Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center today announced that the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences has named Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute a recipient of the 2018 Clinical and Translational Science Awards.

7 May 2018

New tool to track interactions among brain cells in action

It's a neuroscientist's dream: being able to track the millions of interactions among brain cells in animals that move about freely, behaving as they would under natural circumstances. New technology developed at The Rockefeller University represents a big step toward realizing that goal.

7 May 2018

Brain-imaging study adds new evidence that infants track other people's beliefs

A brain-imaging study offers new support for the idea that infants can accurately track other people's beliefs.

7 May 2018

New chemical sensing chip could detect cocaine within minutes

What if you could test for cocaine, opioids and marijuana as quickly as a breathalyzer identifies alcohol? A new, low-cost chemical sensing chip brings us one step closer to this technology, which has long been on the wish list of police officers and others looking to monitor drug use and curb dangerous driving.

7 May 2018

OU researchers receive $5.7 million NIH grant to accelerate antibiotic discovery

University of Oklahoma professors, Helen Zgurskaya and Valentin Rybenkov, and team are addressing the challenge and critical need for new antibiotics that can fight infections caused by the multi-drug resistant bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, considered an urgent threat by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

7 May 2018

Tradeshow Talks with Keneric Healthcare

Tradeshow Talks with Keneric Healthcare at Health GB 2018.

7 May 2018

T-System joins with Precision Practice Management to develop dynamic solution for urgent care setting

As urgent care centers continue to grow in popularity among patients and healthcare systems alike, they need technology and services to help enhance both clinical and business processes.

7 May 2018

OMNIS Sample Robot offers reliable automation for serial volumetric Karl Fischer titration

Automating volumetric titration in whole series of samples used to be a challenge: Firstly, risk of ambient moisture compromising sample integrity.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 7 May 2018

Fujitsu announces development of molecular simulation technology for drug discovery

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Fujitsu Limited today announced the development of molecular simulation technology for drug discovery that can accurately estimate binding affinity, which represents the degree to which proteins that can cause diseases (target proteins) bind to chemical substances that could become candidate drugs.

7 May 2018

Kessler Foundation joins with Virtualware to create VR-based treatment for spatial deficit after stroke

Kessler Foundation, a leader in rehabilitation research, has partnered with Virtualware Group, an international leader in immersive and interactive technologies, to create a virtual reality (VR) based treatment for spatial neglect, the most common spatial deficit after stroke.

7 May 2018

New computerized test could lead to earlier and efficient ADHD diagnoses

The prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnoses in children and young people has increased, but diagnostic practice among clinicians remains variable, with significant diagnostic delays and reliance on subjective assessments.

4 May 2018

Study shows advantages of using decellularized muscle to promote tissue regeneration

A new comparative study showed the advantages of using donor decellularized muscle to promote functional tissue regeneration at the site of bulk skeletal muscle loss due to trauma or surgery.

4 May 2018

NucleoBio's new test kit could accurately reveal results of prostate cancer screening

Recognizing that prostate cancer in men is misdiagnosed, NucleoBio Inc. is developing a new product, Prostac, that will accurately reveal results of a prostate cancer screening.

4 May 2018

Targeted 'click-to-release' chemotherapy leads to potent antitumor activity in mice

Antibody Drug Conjugates are relatively new anti-cancer drugs. They consist of an antibody to which a cell-killing molecule (chemotherapy) is attached. Antibodies can recognize and bind to certain receptors (the 'hands' on the outside of a cell) in a very targeted way.

4 May 2018

Powered stapler use linked to reduced rates of bleeding complications in VATS lobectomy patients

Bleeding complications dropped by nearly half when surgeons used a powered stapler as opposed to a manual device in what researchers say is the first real-world assessment of the two technologies in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer.

4 May 2018

Sylentis presents clinical study results of new treatment for dry eye syndrome

Sylentis, Pharmaceutical Company belonging to the PharmaMar Group, has presented results from the clinical studies carried out with tivanisiran for the treatment of dry eye syndrome and that has enabled the start-up of the Phase III "Helix" clinical trial.

3 May 2018

Cancer Center at BIDMC announces launch of new Immunotherapy Institute

The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center today announced the launch of a new clinical and research institute that will build on BIDMC's long history of leadership in immunotherapy and cell therapeutics.

3 May 2018

Technology News and Research

Beaumont and GVSU team up to develop lifesaving cough-assist device

Novel 3D cancer model to accelerate development of new and better treatments

New review of infants with congenital hyperinsulinism shows surgery benefits

Tufts CTSI receives 2018 Clinical and Translational Science Award

New tool to track interactions among brain cells in action

Brain-imaging study adds new evidence that infants track other people's beliefs

New chemical sensing chip could detect cocaine within minutes

OU researchers receive $5.7 million NIH grant to accelerate antibiotic discovery

Tradeshow Talks with Keneric Healthcare

T-System joins with Precision Practice Management to develop dynamic solution for urgent care setting

OMNIS Sample Robot offers reliable automation for serial volumetric Karl Fischer titration

Fujitsu announces development of molecular simulation technology for drug discovery

Kessler Foundation joins with Virtualware to create VR-based treatment for spatial deficit after stroke

New computerized test could lead to earlier and efficient ADHD diagnoses

Study shows advantages of using decellularized muscle to promote tissue regeneration

NucleoBio's new test kit could accurately reveal results of prostate cancer screening

Targeted 'click-to-release' chemotherapy leads to potent antitumor activity in mice

Powered stapler use linked to reduced rates of bleeding complications in VATS lobectomy patients

Sylentis presents clinical study results of new treatment for dry eye syndrome

Cancer Center at BIDMC announces launch of new Immunotherapy Institute

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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