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NIBIO signs collaboration agreement for clinical development of new mucosal TB vaccines

Japan's National Institute of Biomedical Innovation ("NIBIO"), Aeras and Create Vaccine Company, Ltd ("CREATE") announce today that they signed a collaboration agreement on December 26, 2013, on the preclinical and clinical development of new mucosal tuberculosis (TB) vaccines based on NIBIO's human parainfluenza type-2 (rhPIV2) vector technology.

27 Jan 2014

Most high-risk CV devices approved without clinical data

Many cardiac implantable electronic device models currently in use were approved via a Food and Drug Administration review process in which the models were assumed safe and effective based on approval of prior versions of the device, according to a study in the January 22/29 issue of JAMA.

From Medtronic 27 Jan 2014

Evive Health unveils new software delivery platform to support personalized messaging products

Evive Health announced today the release of Evive Evolution 2.0, a software delivery platform to support its personalized messaging products targeted at large employers, health plans and provider systems.

27 Jan 2014

Study: Patients feel safer when they receive surgical safety checklist

Patients feel safer - and likely are safer - when they receive a surgical safety checklist and request that their health care providers use it, suggests a pilot study being presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2014.

25 Jan 2014

Scientists hope crowdfunding may boost crowdsourced research project

What if by collecting vital signs from individual cell phone users around the world, we could map symptoms of disease and see the flu coming like a giant whirling hurricane? A team of engineers, biologists and medical researchers at the University of California, San Diego wants to leverage the widespread use of smart phone technology and cloud computing to build maps of large-scale health problems or environmental damage such as the concentration of heavy metals in drinking water.

25 Jan 2014

Westone to launch TRU hearing protection earpieces at 2014 NAMM Show

Westone, the leader in high performance audio and in-ear monitoring technology, will launch their TRU™ Custom and Universal hearing protection earpieces at the 2014 NAMM Show.

25 Jan 2014

Interplanetary dust particles could deliver water and organics to the Earth, say scientists

Researchers from the University of Hawaii - Manoa (UHM) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and University of California - Berkeley discovered that interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) could deliver water and organics to the Earth and other terrestrial planets.

25 Jan 2014

BIDMC aims to improve family engagement and reduce overall risk of harm in ICU

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is embarking on a new phase of its mission to eliminate preventable harm, using information technology and system science together with patient and family engagement to head off harm before it happens.

25 Jan 2014

UM professors receive grant to help athletes, military members suffering from traumatic brain injury

Athletes, members of the military and others suffering from traumatic brain injury may benefit from research conducted by two University of Montana faculty members through a new $300,000 grant awarded by General Electric Co. and the National Football League.

25 Jan 2014

Researchers develop novel instruments and software for inspecting food microstructure

Applying imaging techniques to food structure is helping scientists devise ways of improving the quality of processed food. Food's microstructure can explain many of its characteristics—be it cake's sponginess, bread's crispness, cracker's crunchiness or fruits' inner gas and water transport system and even colour. Understanding such microstructure and how it changes during food processing is essential to produce high-quality food.

25 Jan 2014

Attentional biases toward emotion help characterize bipolar disorder

Attentional biases toward emotional images are a key feature of bipolar disorder and may contribute to increased vulnerability and continued maintenance of the condition, researchers report.

24 Jan 2014

Looking at electronic health records diverts doctors' attention from patients during office visits

When physicians spend too much time looking at the computer screen in the exam room, nonverbal cues may get overlooked and affect doctors' ability to pay attention and communicate with patients, according to a Northwestern Medicine- study.

24 Jan 2014

Aspirin intake correlates with halted growth of lethal intracranial tumor

Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts General Hospital have demonstrated, for the first time, that aspirin intake correlates with halted growth of vestibular schwannomas (also known as acoustic neuromas), a sometimes lethal intracranial tumor that typically causes hearing loss and tinnitus.

24 Jan 2014

New approaches for emerging technique in diagnostic imaging for breast cancer-MRI with NIRS

Dartmouth engineers and radiologists are developing new approaches for an emerging technique in diagnostic imaging for breast cancer-MRI with near-infrared spectroscopy as reported in the journal Academic Radiology, February 2014.

24 Jan 2014

Top-notch leaders to discuss link between fruit and vegetable production, medical advances

People interested in healthy foods are invited to a day-long conference Feb. 25 in College Station to hear the latest findings on connections between fruit and vegetable production and medical advances.

24 Jan 2014

American Humane and TGen uncover genetic basis of obsessive-compulsive disorder in dogs

Every year, one out of every 88 children in the United States is diagnosed with some form of autism, with these numbers steadily rising over the last decade. Alarmingly, it is believed that now one of every 54 young boys has some form of the disease.

24 Jan 2014

Professor to receive prestigious Humboldt Research Award for groundbreaking work nano-scale systems

Dr. Yuri Lvov, professor of chemistry and T. Pipes Eminent Endowed Chair in Micro and Nanosystems at Louisiana Tech University's Institute for Micromanufacturing, has been selected to receive the prestigious Humboldt Research Award in chemistry, also known as the Humboldt Prize, by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany.

24 Jan 2014

HHS develops national plan to prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections

Independent evaluators have found that measurable progress in reducing the rates of some targeted HAIs has been achieved under the umbrella of a national plan to prevent HAIs that was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

24 Jan 2014

New techniques simplify current test procedures for developing new medications

When developing new medications, biologists and pharma- cologists test different active ingredients and chemical compounds. The main purpose is to find out how biological cells react to these substances.

24 Jan 2014

BIDMC receives FDA approval to use new medical device in patients with severely damaged aortic heart valves

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) yesterday became the first institution in the United States to use a new minimally invasive medical device since it received FDA approval last week.

From Medtronic 24 Jan 2014

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NIBIO signs collaboration agreement for clinical development of new mucosal TB vaccines

Most high-risk CV devices approved without clinical data

Evive Health unveils new software delivery platform to support personalized messaging products

Study: Patients feel safer when they receive surgical safety checklist

Scientists hope crowdfunding may boost crowdsourced research project

Westone to launch TRU hearing protection earpieces at 2014 NAMM Show

Interplanetary dust particles could deliver water and organics to the Earth, say scientists

BIDMC aims to improve family engagement and reduce overall risk of harm in ICU

UM professors receive grant to help athletes, military members suffering from traumatic brain injury

Researchers develop novel instruments and software for inspecting food microstructure

Attentional biases toward emotion help characterize bipolar disorder

Looking at electronic health records diverts doctors' attention from patients during office visits

Aspirin intake correlates with halted growth of lethal intracranial tumor

New approaches for emerging technique in diagnostic imaging for breast cancer-MRI with NIRS

Top-notch leaders to discuss link between fruit and vegetable production, medical advances

American Humane and TGen uncover genetic basis of obsessive-compulsive disorder in dogs

Professor to receive prestigious Humboldt Research Award for groundbreaking work nano-scale systems

HHS develops national plan to prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections

New techniques simplify current test procedures for developing new medications

BIDMC receives FDA approval to use new medical device in patients with severely damaged aortic heart valves

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