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Digital health app facilitates early detection, treatment of COPD exacerbation symptoms

A digital health application for reporting symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) facilitated early detection and treatment of COPD exacerbation symptoms, according to an analysis from the Temple Lung Center published by Telemedicine and eHealth.

19 Oct 2015

NYSCF, CBR collaborate to customize creation of high-quality stem cell lines

The New York Stem Cell Foundation and Cbr Systems, Inc. DBA Cord Blood Registry today announced a collaboration to customize the creation of high-quality stem cell lines. NYSCF will create induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines from umbilical cord tissue collected after birth from healthy newborns provided by CBR.

19 Oct 2015

University of Maryland develops GammaPod system to treat early-stage breast cancer

After more than a decade of research and development, researchers in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine will begin enrolling patients in the first clinical trial of GammaPod, a new high-precision, image-guided radiation therapy system specifically designed to treat early-stage breast cancer.

19 Oct 2015

New UCL study highlights genes associated with schizophrenia and obesity

Genes involved in schizophrenia and obesity have been highlighted in a new UCL study, which could lead to a better understanding of the DNA variants which affect risk of these conditions and aid the development of improved strategies for prevention and treatment.

18 Oct 2015

Doctors use MR-guided focused ultrasound to treat essential tremor

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is one of six locations nationally - and the only one in the Midwest - studying the safety and effectiveness of a promising new technology using MR-guided focused ultrasound to treat patients suffering from essential tremor as part of a multi-center FDA trial.

18 Oct 2015

Bolton Medical reports first commercial implant of TREO Abdominal Stent-Graft System

Bolton Medical, a subsidiary of the WerfenLife Company, announced the first commercial implant of the TREO Abdominal Stent-Graft System by Professor Giovanni Torsello, MD, Director of the Center for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at St. Franciscus Hospital Muenster in Munster, Germany.

16 Oct 2015

UM SOM researchers to initiate first clinical trial of GammaPod system in patients with early-stage breast cancer

16 Oct 2015

Analysis of high-throughput sequencing data reveals new genes linked to chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Johannes Reiter, former PhD student in the group of Krishnendu Chatterjee at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), is co-author of a Nature paper on genetic alterations that drive the progression and relapse of cancer.

16 Oct 2015

Synapse Biomedical, IFR to commercialize implantable systems that restore muscle function in paralyzed patients

Case Western Reserve University's Institute for Functional Restoration (IFR) and Synapse Biomedical Inc. have entered a partnership to commercialize fully implantable systems that restore muscle function in paralyzed patients.

16 Oct 2015

International consortium provides standard protocol for using Oxford Nanopore's DNA-sequencing device

The MinION, a handheld DNA-sequencing device developed by Oxford Nanopore, has been tested and evaluated by an independent, international consortium coordinated by EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).

16 Oct 2015

Rutgers-led research consortium receives NIH grant to support continuous manufacturing systems for pharmaceuticals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded $4.9 million in grant funding to institutions in a research consortium based at the Rutgers University School of Engineering to support the introduction of continuous manufacturing techniques for pharmaceuticals.

16 Oct 2015

BAM Project authors propose creation of national network of neurotechnology centers

The authors of the original proposal for the Brain Activity Map (BAM) Project, which inspired the White House's BRAIN Initiative, issued today a position statement in Neuron proposing the creation of a national network of neurotechnology centers.

16 Oct 2015

Sanofi Pasteur, IDRI establish Global Health Vaccine Center of Innovation

In an effort to accelerate timelines and decrease development costs of life-saving vaccines, the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) and Sanofi Pasteur today announce the establishment of the Global Health Vaccine Center of Innovation (GHVCI), to be headquartered at IDRI in Seattle.

16 Oct 2015

Scientists use new technology to create gene expression map of inner ear cell development

Using a sensitive new technology called single-cell RNA-seq on cells from mice, scientists have created the first high-resolution gene expression map of the newborn mouse inner ear.

16 Oct 2015

Study finds link between microbial signatures and triple negative breast cancer

Cancer is a result of normal cellular functions going wildly awry on a genetic level. That fact has been known for some time, but increasing evidence is showing that the human microbiome, the diverse population of microorganisms within every person, may play a key role in either setting the stage for cancer or even directly causing some forms of it.

16 Oct 2015

US and German researchers team up to advance quality control of human stem cells

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in California, USA, and two German institutes, the Center for Integrated Psychiatry Kiel (ZIP) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, have announced a partnership to advance the quality control of human stem cells.

16 Oct 2015

Big data and analytics expected to play major role in Singapore’s healthcare market

Continuous data collection for chronic illness management is crucial to deliver personalized care for patients. In the era of globalization, patients still do not have the right tools to collect and share their physiological information on a frequent, real time basis.

16 Oct 2015

Researchers introduce free iOS app to learn about autism in young children

A team of researchers and software developers from Duke University and the Duke Medical Center has introduced a free iOS app to learn more about autism in young children living around the world.

16 Oct 2015

Lack of patient understanding of the true cost of medication non-adherence

A new report released today, Friday 16th October, by Omnicell, throws the spotlight on the ‘missing millions’ in the NHS and the staggering cost to the nation of medication non-adherence.

16 Oct 2015

Rare disease diagnosis available in days not years: BIA announcement

It currently takes 5 years on average to diagnose a child with a rare genetic disease, so he or she can receive the most appropriate care. This is set to change with an agreement facilitated by Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) between Congenica and 5 of its member hospitals, which will see them adopt the company’s world leading Sapientia™ technology.

16 Oct 2015

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Digital health app facilitates early detection, treatment of COPD exacerbation symptoms

NYSCF, CBR collaborate to customize creation of high-quality stem cell lines

University of Maryland develops GammaPod system to treat early-stage breast cancer

New UCL study highlights genes associated with schizophrenia and obesity

Doctors use MR-guided focused ultrasound to treat essential tremor

Bolton Medical reports first commercial implant of TREO Abdominal Stent-Graft System

UM SOM researchers to initiate first clinical trial of GammaPod system in patients with early-stage breast cancer

Analysis of high-throughput sequencing data reveals new genes linked to chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Synapse Biomedical, IFR to commercialize implantable systems that restore muscle function in paralyzed patients

International consortium provides standard protocol for using Oxford Nanopore's DNA-sequencing device

Rutgers-led research consortium receives NIH grant to support continuous manufacturing systems for pharmaceuticals

BAM Project authors propose creation of national network of neurotechnology centers

Sanofi Pasteur, IDRI establish Global Health Vaccine Center of Innovation

Scientists use new technology to create gene expression map of inner ear cell development

Study finds link between microbial signatures and triple negative breast cancer

US and German researchers team up to advance quality control of human stem cells

Big data and analytics expected to play major role in Singapore’s healthcare market

Researchers introduce free iOS app to learn about autism in young children

Lack of patient understanding of the true cost of medication non-adherence

Rare disease diagnosis available in days not years: BIA announcement

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