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Corizon Health partners with MBI to provide health services to the District of Columbia's DOC

Corizon Health, the nation's leader in correctional healthcare solutions, announced today it has partnered with D.C.-based MBI Health Services, LLC to provide health services to the District of Columbia's Department of Corrections.

12 Mar 2015

Oxis Biotech executes licensing agreement with MCIT for development of antibody-drug conjugates

Oxis Biotech, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxis International, Inc., announced today the execution of a definitive licensing and development agreement with MultiCell Immunotherapeutics, Inc. concerning the development of certain antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs).

12 Mar 2015

Two researchers win Humanity in Science prize for developing new antimalarial drug production methods

Prof. Dr. Peter H. Seeberger, a director at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam and a professor of chemistry at Freie Universität Berlin, and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg and a professor of chemical engineering at the Otto-von Guericke-University in Magdeburg, won the Humanity in Science prize for their groundbreaking work in developing new production methods for antimalarial drugs.

12 Mar 2015

Clinical trial examines uncertainty about when to give blood transfusions after cardiac surgery

New research has shown that patients having heart surgery do not benefit if doctors wait until a patient has become substantially anaemic before giving a transfusion.

12 Mar 2015

CUGH conference brings world's leading researchers together to tackle global health challenges

The sixth annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health conference is creating a stir by bringing together some of the world's leading researchers to tackle many of the biggest global health challenges we face.

12 Mar 2015

Simple blood test could be developed to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, say UCLA researchers

UCLA researchers have provided the first evidence that a simple blood test could be developed to confirm the presence of beta amyloid proteins in the brain, which is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.

12 Mar 2015

BU study explores birth outcomes for women who receive fertility treatment

Birth outcomes for babies whose mothers used assisted reproductive technology (ART) are better in some cases, and worse in others, than for subfertile women who did not use ART, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by Boston University School of Public Health researchers.

12 Mar 2015

Rat study reveals role of lead in schizophrenia

A study of the brains of rats exposed to lead has uncovered striking similarities with what is known about the brains of human schizophrenia patients, adding compelling evidence that lead is a factor in the onset of schizophrenia.

12 Mar 2015

Implantable defibrillators help patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy live longer

Newly published research led by the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Tufts Medical Center in Boston shows that implantable defibrillators (ICDs), along with other modern treatments, have reduced mortality rates and are helping patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) live longer, including normal life expectancy.

12 Mar 2015

Fourth patient dosed in Benitec Biopharma's Phase I/IIa hepatitis C trial

Benitec Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on providing potentially curative therapies with its proprietary gene-silencing technology called ddRNAi or "expressed RNAi," today announced that the fourth patient in the company's Phase I/IIa dose escalation clinical trial of its lead program TT-034 for treating hepatitis C was dosed at the Duke Clinical Research Unit.

11 Mar 2015

BeiGene chooses SAFC's CHOZN Platform to support oncology drug development

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation today announced that SAFC Commercial, its custom manufacturing services business unit, has entered a commercial sales and service contract with leading biopharmaceutical company, BeiGene.

11 Mar 2015

Chromogenex US, LiLa sign distribution agreement for i-lipo and i-lipo Ultra body sculpting systems

Chromogenex US, Inc., of Howell, Michigan, the sister company of Chromogenex Technologies, Ltd., and LiLa Enterprise, LLC of Suwanee, Georgia, announced today a strategic alliance wherein Chromogenex US appoints LiLa the exclusive distributor for the i- lipo and i-lipo Ultra body sculpting systems that employ low level laser technology for smoothing cellulite, fat reduction and body shaping treatments.

11 Mar 2015

Xylem’s YSI biochemistry analyzer ideal for food process applications

The 2900 Series Biochemistry Analyzers from YSI, a Xylem brand, deliver rapid, accurate biochemistry analysis and provide several data management solutions for making process and quality assurance decisions in food process applications.

11 Mar 2015

Intraprise Healthcare launched to provide strategic solutions to healthcare market

Intraprise Solutions, a technology professional services firm with nearly two decades of experience in health information technology today announced the launch of Intraprise Healthcare, a dedicated business division within Intraprise Solutions. Intraprise Healthcare provides strategic consulting and software engineering solutions to the healthcare market.

11 Mar 2015

Understanding the role of next generation sequencing in stratified cancer medicine

Oxford Gene Technology, The Molecular Genetics Company, has teamed up with clinical research experts in a new article available online, discussing the role of next generation sequencing (NGS) in cancer medicine.

From Oxford Gene Technology 11 Mar 2015

Wearable Technology Show 2015 opens in London

The Wearable Technology Show – the world’s biggest dedicated wearables event – opens its doors in London next Tuesday. With 110 exhibitors and nearly 200 speakers, the event has more than doubled in size since its launch last March and is already respected globally as the ultimate destination for everyone involved in wearables.

11 Mar 2015

New medical innovations to be presented at Royal Society of Medicine summit

A super-slim wearable sensor developed by sixteen-year old school student Kenneth Shinozuka from the US will be one of the highlights at the Spring medical innovations summit at the Royal Society of Medicine on Saturday 18 April.

11 Mar 2015

Quest Diagnostics to provide whole exome sequencing service to diagnose neurological disorders

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced the availability of Neurome, a whole exome sequencing service designed to aid the diagnosis of rare neurological disorders in pediatric populations.

From Quest Diagnostics 10 Mar 2015

TeleTracking receives 'KLAS Category Leader' award and 2014 Building Better Health Award

TeleTracking Technologies, Inc. achieved highly coveted honors at home and abroad in 2014, capturing the "KLAS Category Leader" award from U.S. healthcare market research leader KLAS and the "2014 Building Better Health Award" in the United Kingdom.

10 Mar 2015

Varian Medical Systems plans to expand operations in Fulton County, Georgia

Varian Medical Systems, the world's leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer as well as a premier supplier of X-ray imaging components, today announced that it will expand its operations in Fulton County, Georgia. Company officials anticipate that this expansion will enable it to better serve its East Coast customers and accommodate anticipated growth that will create up to 100 new high-paying technical jobs over the next five years.

10 Mar 2015

Technology News and Research

Corizon Health partners with MBI to provide health services to the District of Columbia's DOC

Oxis Biotech executes licensing agreement with MCIT for development of antibody-drug conjugates

Two researchers win Humanity in Science prize for developing new antimalarial drug production methods

Clinical trial examines uncertainty about when to give blood transfusions after cardiac surgery

CUGH conference brings world's leading researchers together to tackle global health challenges

Simple blood test could be developed to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, say UCLA researchers

BU study explores birth outcomes for women who receive fertility treatment

Rat study reveals role of lead in schizophrenia

Implantable defibrillators help patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy live longer

Fourth patient dosed in Benitec Biopharma's Phase I/IIa hepatitis C trial

BeiGene chooses SAFC's CHOZN Platform to support oncology drug development

Chromogenex US, LiLa sign distribution agreement for i-lipo and i-lipo Ultra body sculpting systems

Xylem’s YSI biochemistry analyzer ideal for food process applications

Intraprise Healthcare launched to provide strategic solutions to healthcare market

Understanding the role of next generation sequencing in stratified cancer medicine

Wearable Technology Show 2015 opens in London

New medical innovations to be presented at Royal Society of Medicine summit

Quest Diagnostics to provide whole exome sequencing service to diagnose neurological disorders

TeleTracking receives 'KLAS Category Leader' award and 2014 Building Better Health Award

Varian Medical Systems plans to expand operations in Fulton County, Georgia

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