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MHS receives CMMI grant to provide comprehensive healthcare to people with severe mental illness

Montefiore Health System today announced receipt of a four-year, $9.6 million grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to fund a unique patient-centered approach to providing comprehensive healthcare to those with severe mental illness (SMI).

23 Oct 2015

Alaska pollock gelatin can be used to treat pulmonary diseases

In recent years, patients with pulmonary emphysema have been increasing mainly among middle-aged and elderly males due to aging and excessive smoking. Emphysema makes brittle lungs, and in severe cases, holes develop in the lung tissue, causing air leakage. Researchers at NIMS developed a new sealant to close holes developed in lungs and blood vessels using Alaska pollock gelatin.

23 Oct 2015

Stem cell biology and gene-editing techniques offer hope for kidney regeneration

Mini-kidney organoids have now been grown in a laboratory by using genome editing to re-create human kidney disease in petri dishes.

23 Oct 2015

Researchers reveal why malaria vaccine provides only moderate protection among vaccinated children

Using new, highly sensitive genomic sequencing technology, an international team of researchers has found new biological evidence to help explain why the malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S/AS01 (called RTS,S) provided only moderate protection among vaccinated children during clinical testing.

23 Oct 2015

Frost & Sullivan honours recipients of 2015 Excellence in Best Practices Awards

On Thursday, October 22, Frost & Sullivan honoured recipients of its 2015 Excellence in Best Practices Awards Banquet in Monaco. With a festive ambiance and exciting Awards, the event brought together top executives to celebrate their success.

23 Oct 2015

High Performance Control System for Microscope Automation

The ProScan® III system from Prior Scientific provides a flexible, high performance control system for Prior microscope accessories including motorised stages, focusing devices, filter wheels, illumination devices, shutters as well as robotic sample loaders for well plates and slides.

From Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. 22 Oct 2015

Early Parkinson's diagnosis may be possible using skin odour

A study has been launched to identify small molecules secreted by the skin that are believed to emit a subtle but unique scent in people in the early stages of Parkinson’s.

22 Oct 2015

Virtual training tool may help doctors to develop their communication skills

UNIVERSITY of Huddersfield researcher Yeshwanth Pulijala is dedicated to bringing about big improvements in medical training by harnessing the power of virtual reality and 3D technology. Now, he is part of a team that has developed the prototype for an innovative tool that will enable doctors to develop their communication skills - including the breaking of bad news - by conducting a simulated interview with a virtual patient.

22 Oct 2015

Researchers use cutting edge genomic methods to explain protective effects of malaria vaccine candidate

An international team led by researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have used cutting edge genomic methods to uncover key biological insights that help explain the protective effects of the world's most advanced malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S).

22 Oct 2015

Major UK trial to examine role of aspirin in cancer recurrence

The world's largest ever clinical trial looking at whether taking aspirin every day stops some of the most common cancers coming back, launches across the UK today (Thursday).

22 Oct 2015

Michelson Diagnostics’ VivoSight OCT scanner provides accurate diagnosis of early-stage BCC, reduces skin biopsies by 36%

Michelson Diagnostics, a medical device company focused on applications of multi-beam Optical Coherence Tomography technology, today announces data showing that use of its VivoSight OCT scanner significantly improves diagnosis of basal-cell carcinoma at an earlier stage and reduces diagnostic biopsies by 36%.

22 Oct 2015

Berkeley Lab researchers set out to help develop world's first total-body PET scanner

Scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have set out to help build the world's first total-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, a medical imaging device that could change the way cancers and other diseases are diagnosed and treated.

22 Oct 2015

Two-stage CDS system reduces risk of adverse outcomes for sepsis patients

Sepsis is an inflammatory response to infection that's known to develop in hospital settings and can turn deadly when it's not discovered early on. In a new study, a hospital surveillance program focusing on reducing the risks of sepsis, known as the two-stage Clinical Decision Support (CDS) system, was found to reduce the risk of adverse outcomes, such as death and hospice discharge for sepsis patients, by 30% over the course of one year.

22 Oct 2015

Gait analysis could lead to reduced falls, injuries in people with glaucoma

Washington State University researchers have developed a way to carefully analyze a person's gait with sensors, an innovation that could lead to reduced falls and injuries in people with glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness in the United States.

22 Oct 2015

New generation of RNAscope products for RNA-biomarker analysis in FFPE tissue released

Advanced Cell Diagnostics Inc. (ACD), the market leader in tissue-based RNA analysis tools for molecular pathology, has announced the release of its next version RNAscope® in situ hybridization (ISH) assay – RNAscope 2.5.

From Advanced Cell Diagnostics 21 Oct 2015

MetaVision SafeTrack chosen by University Hospital Southampton for electronic observations

iMDsoft announced that University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) in the UK chose MetaVision SafeTrack™, iMDsoft's new mobile electronic observation solution, for all 1237 of its general ward level 1 beds. This agreement follows the hospital's choice of the MetaVision® Patient Data Management System (PDMS) for all of their high acuity environments.

21 Oct 2015

Confocal microscope designed specifically for scientists launched by Caliber ID

Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. (Caliber I.D.), an Andover, MA-based medical technologies company with more than 20 years of experience in the design and development of innovative imaging solutions for the examination of tissue at the cellular level, has introduced its first confocal microscope exclusively for the research scientist, the RS-G4.

21 Oct 2015

New Olympus SD-OSR microscope offers both super-resolution and confocal modes in a single system

The new Olympus SD-OSR microscope system features both confocal and super-resolution modes. The technology combines 120-nanometer (nm) resolution, a cell depth penetration of more than 50 microns, and an image speed of three frames per second (3fps) for advanced live cell imaging.

From Yokogawa Life Science 21 Oct 2015

LSTM CL3 lab refurbished by Medical Air Technology

Medical Air Technology (MAT) recently completed a project at the prestigious Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), increasing laboratory capacity to accommodate a new machine for counting and profiling cells. Founded in 1898, LSTM is the oldest School in Tropical Medicine in the world, and recognised globally for its groundbreaking research into infectious, debilitating and disabling diseases.

20 Oct 2015

Bioengineers develop continuously tunable method to find and quantify DNA, RNA biomarkers

A Rice University laboratory has developed a continuously tunable method to find and quantify DNA and RNA biomarkers.

20 Oct 2015

Technology News and Research

MHS receives CMMI grant to provide comprehensive healthcare to people with severe mental illness

Alaska pollock gelatin can be used to treat pulmonary diseases

Stem cell biology and gene-editing techniques offer hope for kidney regeneration

Researchers reveal why malaria vaccine provides only moderate protection among vaccinated children

Frost & Sullivan honours recipients of 2015 Excellence in Best Practices Awards

High Performance Control System for Microscope Automation

Early Parkinson's diagnosis may be possible using skin odour

Virtual training tool may help doctors to develop their communication skills

Researchers use cutting edge genomic methods to explain protective effects of malaria vaccine candidate

Major UK trial to examine role of aspirin in cancer recurrence

Michelson Diagnostics’ VivoSight OCT scanner provides accurate diagnosis of early-stage BCC, reduces skin biopsies by 36%

Berkeley Lab researchers set out to help develop world's first total-body PET scanner

Two-stage CDS system reduces risk of adverse outcomes for sepsis patients

Gait analysis could lead to reduced falls, injuries in people with glaucoma

New generation of RNAscope products for RNA-biomarker analysis in FFPE tissue released

MetaVision SafeTrack chosen by University Hospital Southampton for electronic observations

Confocal microscope designed specifically for scientists launched by Caliber ID

New Olympus SD-OSR microscope offers both super-resolution and confocal modes in a single system

LSTM CL3 lab refurbished by Medical Air Technology

Bioengineers develop continuously tunable method to find and quantify DNA, RNA biomarkers

The Critical Role of Sample Storage in Drug Discovery and Development

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

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