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PENTAX Medical enters into agreement with Avantis Medical Systems to distribute Third Eye Panoramic device in the U. S.

PENTAX Medical Company, a healthcare industry leader in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, announced it has entered into an agreement with California-based, Avantis Medical Systems, Inc. to distribute through its U.S. salesforce, the Avantis Third Eye Panoramic device, a wide-angle visualization tool that significantly expands the view obtained from traditional colonoscopes during screenings for colon cancer.

From PENTAX Medical Company 6 Jun 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

Artificial intelligence is a large field with a multitude of techniques based of different ideas.

From Huron Technologies 6 Jun 2018

Finnish research solves family blood mystery

It's the late 1970s, and a man with an unexplained high hemoglobin level (Hb) is referred to Namsos Hospital north of Trondheim, Norway. It turns out that four members of his family have the same condition. Doctor Kjell Kanelønning is the physician who treats the family.

6 Jun 2018

Cedars-Sinai study identifies gut gas associated with diarrhea

Cedars-Sinai investigators have for the first time identified a gas produced in gut that could improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients with two common intestinal illnesses - small intestine bacterial overgrowth and irritable bowel syndrome.

6 Jun 2018

Acoustic technology could offer new way to diagnose IBS

Utilizing newly adapted artificial intelligence, researchers have developed an acoustic belt that offers a new way to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome by listening to the noises in a patient's gut, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2018.

5 Jun 2018

HIV diagnoses continue to increase among African-Americans

African-Americans are still much more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than white Americans. A new paper on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the African-American community shows that despite recent drops in HIV diagnoses across every population in the US, there are still great disparities between ethnic groups.

5 Jun 2018

Thermo Scientific and Evosep join hands to develop robust, high-throughput workflows for clinical proteomics

(June 4, 2018) Today, at the 66th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Thermo Scientific and Evosep announced a joint effort to develop and promote robust, high-throughput workflows for clinical proteomics.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 5 Jun 2018

Bedfont chosen as finalist in 2 categories for KEiBA 2018

The Kent Excellence in Business Awards recognizes companies across Kent and rewards their excellence and achievements.

From Bedfont® Scientific Ltd 5 Jun 2018

Genopole opens application process for Shaker and Booster programs to international candidates

Genopole, a French biocluster dedicated to research in the fields of genetics and biotechnology, today announces that it is now accepting applications for the third intake of its support programs titled Shaker, designed for people running innovative projects, and Booster, aimed at companies that are less than two years old.

5 Jun 2018

Lonza and Innosieve Diagnostics enter into distribution agreement for innovative bioburden testing method

Lonza Pharma & Biotech and Innosieve Diagnostics announced today an exclusive distribution agreement for rapid bioburden testing technology. This agreement expands Lonza’s extensive offering of endotoxin products, services and software and provides pharmaceutical testing professionals with a comprehensive set of quality control tools.

From Lonza 5 Jun 2018

Brain mechanism gives people confidence that what they see is real

Researchershave uncovered a mechanism involved in visual awareness that gives people confidence that what they see is real.

5 Jun 2018

Next-generation cardiac pump device improves long-term outcomes and decreases cost of care

In a presentation at the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, and in a simultaneous publication in Circulation, investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital presented evidence that a next-generation cardiac pump device not only improves long-term outcomes but may also decrease cost of care over time for heart failure patients.

5 Jun 2018

Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc. Receives 2017 Aspen Award

Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc. Receives 2017 Aspen Award for the Advancement of Upstream Bioprocessing.

5 Jun 2018

New technology enables round the clock observation of dementia patients in their own homes

Innovative new technology will enable people with dementia to receive round the clock observation and live independently in their own homes, a new study in the Journal PL0S One reports.

5 Jun 2018

MIT researchers develop wireless system to power devices implanted deep inside human body

MIT researchers, working with scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital, have developed a new way to power and communicate with devices implanted deep within the human body. Such devices could be used to deliver drugs, monitor conditions inside the body, or treat disease by stimulating the brain with electricity or light.

5 Jun 2018

New study describes brain functions that provide confidence about things seen

There's a long way to go before neuroscience can fathom the vastness of human consciousness, but researchers pushing that envelope have uncovered a mechanism that helps create a simple visual awareness.

5 Jun 2018

New algorithm may be the key to optimizing alertness with caffeine

According to a recent study, a newly developed algorithm may be the key to optimizing alertness with caffeine.

4 Jun 2018

Limited health literacy blocks heart disease prevention and treatment

Limited healthy literacy is a major barrier blocking many people from achieving good cardiovascular health or benefiting from effective treatment for heart attacks, heart failure, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases, according to a scientific statement published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

4 Jun 2018

Outsiders swoop in vowing to rescue rural hospitals short on hope — and money

Beau Gertz faced a crowd of worried locals at this town's senior center, hoping to sell them on his vision for their long-beloved — but now bankrupt — hospital.

4 Jun 2018

Bubble pop? Brownie batter? Vapes’ added flavors fuel e-cig debate

A heated debate is redrawing alliances in the tobacco control movement as federal officials wrestle with how to regulate the growing e-cigarette market.

4 Jun 2018

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PENTAX Medical enters into agreement with Avantis Medical Systems to distribute Third Eye Panoramic device in the U. S.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

Finnish research solves family blood mystery

Cedars-Sinai study identifies gut gas associated with diarrhea

Acoustic technology could offer new way to diagnose IBS

HIV diagnoses continue to increase among African-Americans

Thermo Scientific and Evosep join hands to develop robust, high-throughput workflows for clinical proteomics

Bedfont chosen as finalist in 2 categories for KEiBA 2018

Genopole opens application process for Shaker and Booster programs to international candidates

Lonza and Innosieve Diagnostics enter into distribution agreement for innovative bioburden testing method

Brain mechanism gives people confidence that what they see is real

Next-generation cardiac pump device improves long-term outcomes and decreases cost of care

Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc. Receives 2017 Aspen Award

New technology enables round the clock observation of dementia patients in their own homes

MIT researchers develop wireless system to power devices implanted deep inside human body

New study describes brain functions that provide confidence about things seen

New algorithm may be the key to optimizing alertness with caffeine

Limited health literacy blocks heart disease prevention and treatment

Outsiders swoop in vowing to rescue rural hospitals short on hope — and money

Bubble pop? Brownie batter? Vapes’ added flavors fuel e-cig debate

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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