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EKF launches next generation Hemo Control POC hemoglobin analyzer

The new Hemo Control offers enhanced on-board Data Management (DM) functions following upgrade with the DM ‘add pack’ if required at a later date.

From EKF Diagnostics 22 Apr 2015

Providing critical protection for patients in the healthcare industry

Without a reliable power protection system in place to condition the voltage supply for the CT scanners, the efficiency of the scanners would be jeopardized...

From ABB Limited 22 Apr 2015

Advances in thoracic surgery: an interview with Dan Wildman, VP Global Franchise Strategy & Innovation- Ethicon

Without a doubt, one of the most significant developments in thoracic surgery was the advent of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery or VATS in the 1990s...

22 Apr 2015

World Veterans Federation supports approved technology for tinnitus relief among veterans

TINNITUS, a debilitating "ringing in the ears", has become the No. 1 service- connected disability among veterans, surpassing post-traumatic stress disorder.

22 Apr 2015

Columbia University School of Nursing receives $6.5 million to educate future nurse leaders

Columbia University School of Nursing has been awarded a $6.5 million grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust for three vital projects that will educate future nurse leaders.

22 Apr 2015

UTEP engineers developing technology that could help predict breast cancer risk

Technology developing at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is on track to predict if and when breast cancer will appear.

22 Apr 2015

Unique approach to academia-industry training could help improve proton therapy treatment

Improving proton therapy for cancer treatment is one of the many advances in accelerator science that have been fast-tracked by a unique approach to academia-industry training, led by the Cockcroft Institute. The two programmes, which have produced 42 highly valued research fellows, are drawing to a conclusion and industry partners are warning of a skills chasm in the very near future unless further training is prioritised.

22 Apr 2015

Winners of GSA poster awards announced at Fungal Genetics Conference

The Genetics Society of America and the community of fungal geneticists are pleased to announce the winners of the GSA poster awards at the 28th Fungal Genetics Conference, which took place in Pacific Grove, CA, March 17-22, 2015.

22 Apr 2015

Beckman researchers analyze vocal movement using new super-fast MRI technique

In order to sing or speak, around one hundred different muscles in our chest, neck, jaw, tongue, and lips must work together to produce sound. Beckman researchers investigate how all these mechanisms effortlessly work together--and how they change over time.

22 Apr 2015

UC Davis assistant professor wins Hartwell Foundation award to explore treatment for juvenile diabetes

UC Davis Assistant Professor Mark Huising is a recipient of The Hartwell Foundation 2014 Individual Biomedical Research Award to support his early-stage research toward a cure for juvenile diabetes. Diabetes affects 10 percent of the entire United States population, including approximately a million children. Remarkably, 40 children every day receive the diagnosis of diabetes.

22 Apr 2015

Cardio3 BioSciences reports absence of short term adverse events in first patient following NKG2D CAR T-cell infusion

Cardio3 BioSciences, soon to be renamed Celyad, a leader in engineered cell-therapy treatments today announced the infusion of the first patient enrolled in the Company’s Phase I clinical trial evaluating the safety and feasibility of its NKG2D CAR T-cell therapy, in cancer patients suffering from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or multiple myeloma (MM).

22 Apr 2015

Rocket carrying Reinnervate's Alvetex Scaffold blasts into Space to find better treatments for bone loss

Market leading 3D cell culture company Reinnervate Ltd, part of the ReproCELL group, today announced that a rocket carrying its Alvetex Scaffold technology blasted into Space this week. Alvetex will be used in experiments on board the International Space Station.

22 Apr 2015

Novel genetic datashare initiative launched to improve detection of inherited breast and ovarian cancers

Quest Diagnostics, the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, and Inserm, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research institution, today launched BRCA Share, a novel datashare initiative they co-founded to provide scientists and laboratory organizations around the world with open access to BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic data.

From Quest Diagnostics 22 Apr 2015

BioReliance inks non-exclusive license agreement with QTS for proprietary B-CLEAR technology

BioReliance, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation's biologics and early-development services business under SAFC Commercial, is pleased to announce a non-exclusive license agreement with Qualyst Transporter Solutions for its proprietary B-CLEAR technology.

21 Apr 2015

Data presented at AACR 2015 recognizes value of EKF PointMan technology for assessing lung cancer mutation status

The PointMan EGFR DNA enrichment kit, a novel method for selective amplification of genotype specific sequences.

From EKF Diagnostics 21 Apr 2015

SQream Technologies releases GenomeStack platform for genome research

SQream Technologies, provider of the world's fastest big data analytics database, today announced the release of GenomeStack, its latest innovative platform developed specifically for genome research.

21 Apr 2015

Tal Medical raises $14 million funding round from new and existing investors

Tal Medical, a clinical-stage medical device company developing a new treatment for depression and other psychiatric disorders, today announced a $14 million funding round from existing investor PureTech, a new institutional investor, and several prominent individual investors.

21 Apr 2015

Medical University of Vienna study supports use of ANGLE's Parsortix system for ovarian cancer study

ANGLE plc, the specialist medtech company, is delighted to announce that the Medical University of Vienna, one of its key opinion leaders, has published highly encouraging results in support of the use of ANGLE's Parsortix system in the detection of ovarian cancer.

21 Apr 2015

New collaboration brings comprehensive genomic profiling to UC Davis

The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have entered into a collaboration with Foundation Medicine, a leading molecular information company. The collaboration brings comprehensive genomic profiling into standard of care at UC Davis, allowing physicians to prescribe the most effective, targeted cancer treatments to patients based on the genomic information specific to each individual's cancer.

21 Apr 2015

CPAP use reduces atrial fibrillation recurrence in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

The use of continuous positive airway pressure was associated with a significant reduction in the recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, according to an analysis of data from past research published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology.

21 Apr 2015

Technology News and Research

EKF launches next generation Hemo Control POC hemoglobin analyzer

Providing critical protection for patients in the healthcare industry

Advances in thoracic surgery: an interview with Dan Wildman, VP Global Franchise Strategy & Innovation- Ethicon

World Veterans Federation supports approved technology for tinnitus relief among veterans

Columbia University School of Nursing receives $6.5 million to educate future nurse leaders

UTEP engineers developing technology that could help predict breast cancer risk

Unique approach to academia-industry training could help improve proton therapy treatment

Winners of GSA poster awards announced at Fungal Genetics Conference

Beckman researchers analyze vocal movement using new super-fast MRI technique

UC Davis assistant professor wins Hartwell Foundation award to explore treatment for juvenile diabetes

Cardio3 BioSciences reports absence of short term adverse events in first patient following NKG2D CAR T-cell infusion

Rocket carrying Reinnervate's Alvetex Scaffold blasts into Space to find better treatments for bone loss

Novel genetic datashare initiative launched to improve detection of inherited breast and ovarian cancers

BioReliance inks non-exclusive license agreement with QTS for proprietary B-CLEAR technology

Data presented at AACR 2015 recognizes value of EKF PointMan technology for assessing lung cancer mutation status

SQream Technologies releases GenomeStack platform for genome research

Tal Medical raises $14 million funding round from new and existing investors

Medical University of Vienna study supports use of ANGLE's Parsortix system for ovarian cancer study

New collaboration brings comprehensive genomic profiling to UC Davis

CPAP use reduces atrial fibrillation recurrence in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

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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