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AliveCor Mobile ECG now available in Canada

AliveCor, Inc., the leader in FDA-cleared ECG technology for smartphones, announced today that the AliveCor Mobile ECG is now available for patients and physicians in Canada. With the AliveCor Mobile ECG and the AliveECG app users can instantly detect the presence of atrial fibrillation (AF or AFib), a leading cause of stroke, in an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) and manage their heart health with an FDA-cleared and Health Canada Licensed electrocardiogram ECG monitor, anywhere and at anytime.

From AliveCor, Inc. 19 Jun 2015

Alexza updates, amends ADASUVE (Staccato loxapine) commercial partnerships with Ferrer and Teva

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has updated and amended its ADASUVE (Staccato loxapine) commercial partnerships with Grupo Ferrer Internacional, S.A. and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Ferrer is Alexza's commercial partner for ADASUVE in the European Union, Latin America, the Commonwealth of Independent States and other countries in Europe.

19 Jun 2015

DICOM Grid recognized with SIIA CODiE Award for Best Health and Medical Information Solution

DICOM Grid, the #1 medical image exchange vendor, announced today that it was recognized as the winner of the 2015 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Health and Medical Information Solution. Winners were announced today during a luncheon at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C.

19 Jun 2015

Florida Institute finalizes funding agreement with TransGenex Nanobiotech

The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with TransGenex Nanobiotech, Inc., a company that is developing nano-scale technologies for novel, cost-effective diagnostic and therapeutic agents against cancers and other inflammatory diseases.

19 Jun 2015

GE Healthcare, TeleTracking Technologies sign collaboration agreement to optimize hospital operations

With a shared vision of reducing waste, optimizing hospital operations, and improving care delivery, GE Healthcare and TeleTracking Technologies, Inc. announce a new collaboration agreement.

19 Jun 2015

CellResearch receives new patent approval from USPTO for stem cell technology

CellResearch Corporation Pte Ltd, a Singaporean company that specializes in stem cell technology, has received approval for its latest patent on 6 May 2015 from the US Patent and Trademark Office.

18 Jun 2015

NIH researchers develop 'placenta-on-a-chip' to study role of placenta in pregnancy

National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have developed a "placenta-on-a-chip" to study the inner workings of the human placenta and its role in pregnancy. The device was designed to imitate, on a micro-level, the structure and function of the placenta and model the transfer of nutrients from mother to fetus. This prototype is one of the latest in a series of organ-on-a-chip technologies developed to accelerate biomedical advances.

18 Jun 2015

NIBIB-funded researcher develops new technique for tissue analysis

An NIBIB-funded researcher has developed a new technique that creates digital pictures of a tissue's chemical composition using light and a computer. The technique replaces the need for dyes or stains, which can be costly and require significant time and effort to apply.

18 Jun 2015

Johns Hopkins researchers develop new imaging technology to help remove brain tumors safely

Brain surgery is famously difficult for good reason: When removing a tumor, for example, neurosurgeons walk a tightrope as they try to take out as much of the cancer as possible while keeping crucial brain tissue intact — and visually distinguishing the two is often impossible.

18 Jun 2015

Hitachi High-Technologies, QIAGEN form new strategic partnership to advance molecular testing

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation and QIAGEN N.V. have entered into a long-term strategic collaboration involving initiatives to deliver important advances in molecular testing.

From QIAGEN Manchester Limited 18 Jun 2015

University of Bristol researchers develop new technology to increase protection against bacterial infection

A new technology which could increase protection against antibacterial and antifungal infection for weeks, months or years has been developed by researchers at the University of Bristol.

18 Jun 2015

ExCellThera's stem cell expansion approach may benefit AML patients undergoing transplants

Patients suffering from acute myeloid leukemia, who require stem cell transplantation as part of their treatment,may now benefit from a new best-in-class process that improves the viability and success of cord blood stem cell transplantation.

18 Jun 2015

New study could speed delivery of hospital discharge summary, potentially reduce hospital readmissions

New research could soon automate hospital discharge communication, adding critical data and cutting the time it takes the information to reach community health care providers from weeks to hours.

18 Jun 2015

Singapore's first large-scale pre-pregnancy study launched

KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore Institute for Clinical Science of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, the National University of Singapore and the National University Health System have launched Singapore's first large-scale pre-conception study which will involve 1,000 local couples.

18 Jun 2015

QUT-led workplace intervention program helps truckies eat healthier

A Queensland University of Technology-led workplace intervention program which saw a 15 per cent drop in drivers self-reporting their BMI as obese, has helped truckies eat healthier, exercise more and lose weight.

18 Jun 2015

Scientists explain the existence of intrinsic chirality in ordinary nanocrystals

A team of scientists from ITMO University and Trinity College Dublin published first experimental results showing that ordinary nanocrystals possess intrinsic chirality and can be produced under normal conditions as a half-and-half mixture of mirror images of each other.

18 Jun 2015

Beckman Coulter brings new thinking to new lab challenges at EuroMedLab 2015

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics supports IFCC-EFLM EuroMedLab 2015 with a showcase of solutions to improve workflow for the diagnostics laboratory. Held from 22-24 June 2015 at the Paris Palais des Congrès France, the company demonstrates its dedication to moving the clinical diagnostic lab forward with its total laboratory solution—from automation, chemistry, immunoassay and haematology to microbiology and its new molecular diagnostics system.

From Beckman Coulter Diagnostics 18 Jun 2015

Technology News and Research

AliveCor Mobile ECG now available in Canada

Alexza updates, amends ADASUVE (Staccato loxapine) commercial partnerships with Ferrer and Teva

DICOM Grid recognized with SIIA CODiE Award for Best Health and Medical Information Solution

Florida Institute finalizes funding agreement with TransGenex Nanobiotech

GE Healthcare, TeleTracking Technologies sign collaboration agreement to optimize hospital operations

CellResearch receives new patent approval from USPTO for stem cell technology

NIH researchers develop 'placenta-on-a-chip' to study role of placenta in pregnancy

NIBIB-funded researcher develops new technique for tissue analysis

Johns Hopkins researchers develop new imaging technology to help remove brain tumors safely

Hitachi High-Technologies, QIAGEN form new strategic partnership to advance molecular testing

University of Bristol researchers develop new technology to increase protection against bacterial infection

ExCellThera's stem cell expansion approach may benefit AML patients undergoing transplants

New study could speed delivery of hospital discharge summary, potentially reduce hospital readmissions

Singapore's first large-scale pre-pregnancy study launched

QUT-led workplace intervention program helps truckies eat healthier

Scientists explain the existence of intrinsic chirality in ordinary nanocrystals

Beckman Coulter brings new thinking to new lab challenges at EuroMedLab 2015

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