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Tadpole Endoscope improves diagnostic procedures for various cancers

Engineers have developed a new medical device aimed at improving diagnostic procedures for various cancers: the Tadpole Endoscope (TE).

14 Sep 2015

Oxis Biotech executes worldwide license agreement to develop, commercialize novel cancer therapy

Oxis Biotech, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxis International, Inc., announced today the execution of an exclusive worldwide license agreement to further develop and commercialize DT2219ARL, a novel therapy for the treatment of various human B cell cancers, leukemias and lymphomas.

8 Sep 2015

Offers from Eppendorf Advantage to improve laboratory efficiency

For researchers and technicians requiring the highest levels of confidence, accuracy, and reliability, the latest Eppendorf Advantage™ offers provide premium solutions for greater laboratory efficiency. Customers can benefit from savings of up to 30% off selected products, until December 2015. In line with their renowned expertise, Eppendorf continues to provide the high-quality solutions for cell biology processes.

7 Sep 2015

Trajan launches prototype blood collection and storage device, hemaPEN

In a world where health care costs are escalating and demands on health care systems are becoming overwhelming, Trajan Scientific and Medical (Trajan) today announces the innovation of hemaPEN, a prototype blood collection and storage device.

4 Sep 2015

Four Next-Generation Preclinical Imaging Systems introduced

Bruker today introduces four important new preclinical imaging systems at the World Molecular Imaging Congress 2015

From Bruker BioSpin Group 3 Sep 2015

Researchers develop new method that can target drug delivery to the lung

Researchers from Columbia Engineering and Columbia University Medical Center have developed a new method that can target delivery of very small volumes of drugs into the lung.

3 Sep 2015

University of Maryland Medicine offers MRI-guided focused ultrasound treatment to Parkinson's patients

University of Maryland Medicine (the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine) and its Center for Metabolic Imaging and Image-Guided Therapeutics (CMIT) has begun to use MRI-guided focused ultrasound on a deep structure within the brain related to Parkinson's disease - the globus pallidus.

2 Sep 2015

High speed cellFRAP imaging platform for dynamic in-vivo processes

Olympus introduces a flexible and accurate cellFRAP imaging platform specifically for the acquisition, monitoring and analysis of dynamic in-vivo processes by photomanipulation techniques. The easy-to-use platform delivers excellent optical performance and µs-precise control.

1 Sep 2015

Resverlogix presents new data on RVX-208 orally active BET inhibitor at ESC Congress 2015

Resverlogix Corp. is pleased to announce that Dr. Norman Wong, chief scientific officer of Resverlogix Corp. presented new data at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2015 in a poster presentation titled: "RVX-208, an orally active BET inhibitor, lowers CVD risk by activities beyond raising ApoA-I/HDL."

31 Aug 2015

MRA therapy does not improve outcome in heart attack patients without heart failure

Heart attack patients without heart failure derive no benefit from the addition of mineralocortoid receptor antagonists (MRA), to standard therapy, results of the ALBATROSS study show.

31 Aug 2015

Former football star Beau Orth set to take the stand in multimillion dollar medical malpractice trial

Former football star Beau Orth, known to many Las Vegans as "Orth," is set to take the stand Friday in the multimillion dollar malpractice trial over a surgery he claims ended his playing career and caused lifelong injuries.

29 Aug 2015

Amedica announces release of Valeo II LL interbody fusion device

Amedica Corporation, an innovative biomaterial company which develops and manufactures silicon nitride as a platform for biomedical applications, is pleased to announce the release of its silicon nitride lateral lumbar interbody fusion device.

26 Aug 2015

European chestnut leaves contain ingredients with power to disarm deadly staph bacteria

Leaves of the European chestnut tree contain ingredients with the power to disarm dangerous staph bacteria without boosting its drug resistance, scientists have found.

24 Aug 2015

Study shows how single-cell organisms can somersault or bend their bodies

In a paper appearing in Scientific Reports today, the motion of micro-organisms as they swim through various types of fluid channels show "quite strange and new" responses for single cell organisms, including the performance of somersaults, meandering wanderings, and even a ballistic type of behavior, wrote Sunghwan "Sunny" Jung, a member of the Virginia Tech Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics.

20 Aug 2015

MRI scanners can steer cell-based, tumour busting therapies to exact target sites in the body

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered MRI scanners, normally used to produce images, can steer cell-based, tumour busting therapies to specific target sites in the body.

19 Aug 2015

Scientists discover special brain mechanism that can retrieve unconscious memories

Some stressful experiences - such as chronic childhood abuse - are so overwhelming and traumatic, the memories hide like a shadow in the brain.

18 Aug 2015

Researchers describe central role of mTOR in ageing and age-related diseases

For some, TOR may bring to mind a Celtic mountain or perhaps an Internet privacy group. In the world of molecular biology it's a cellular pathway that's found in everything from yeast to mammals.

18 Aug 2015

VA study examines use of medicinal maggots to heal diabetic foot ulcers

Maggot, or larval, therapy has been around since ancient times as a way to heal wounds. Now, the method has gone high-tech--in some ways--and it's being tested in a rigorous clinical trial at the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Gainesville, Fla. Recruitment is now underway.

18 Aug 2015

VTT develops miniature gas sensor for mobile devices to detect internal air problems

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a miniature gas sensor that can be connected to mobile devices. Gas measurements made with smartphones will make activities such as the detection of internal air problems easier. In addition, sleep quality will be measurable with greater precision, using mobile healthcare applications which gauge carbon dioxide quantities.

13 Aug 2015

Lighthouse Group: Pharmaceutical SMEs must act quickly on pensions auto-enrolment scheme

Many of the country’s 1.8 million small employers approaching their pensions auto-enrolment staging dates are in danger of missing deadlines by underestimating the amount of data needed to complete the process, warns Lighthouse Group, one of the UK’s leading financial advisers.

12 Aug 2015

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Tadpole Endoscope improves diagnostic procedures for various cancers

Oxis Biotech executes worldwide license agreement to develop, commercialize novel cancer therapy

Offers from Eppendorf Advantage to improve laboratory efficiency

Trajan launches prototype blood collection and storage device, hemaPEN

Four Next-Generation Preclinical Imaging Systems introduced

Researchers develop new method that can target drug delivery to the lung

University of Maryland Medicine offers MRI-guided focused ultrasound treatment to Parkinson's patients

High speed cellFRAP imaging platform for dynamic in-vivo processes

Resverlogix presents new data on RVX-208 orally active BET inhibitor at ESC Congress 2015

MRA therapy does not improve outcome in heart attack patients without heart failure

Former football star Beau Orth set to take the stand in multimillion dollar medical malpractice trial

Amedica announces release of Valeo II LL interbody fusion device

European chestnut leaves contain ingredients with power to disarm deadly staph bacteria

Study shows how single-cell organisms can somersault or bend their bodies

MRI scanners can steer cell-based, tumour busting therapies to exact target sites in the body

Scientists discover special brain mechanism that can retrieve unconscious memories

Researchers describe central role of mTOR in ageing and age-related diseases

VA study examines use of medicinal maggots to heal diabetic foot ulcers

VTT develops miniature gas sensor for mobile devices to detect internal air problems

Lighthouse Group: Pharmaceutical SMEs must act quickly on pensions auto-enrolment scheme

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