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Administration tech official says about 40% of HealthCare.gov remains to be built

Henry Chao, who has overseen much of the work on healthcare.gov, said much of the "back office" work, including the system to send insurers their payments, has not been completed.

21 Nov 2013

Cedars-Sinai study presents new insights into mechanisms underlying the symptoms of autism

In what are believed to be the first studies of their kind, Cedars-Sinai researchers recording the real-time firing of individual nerve cells in the brain found that a specific type of neuron in a structure called the amygdala performed differently in people who suffer from autism spectrum disorder than in those who do not.

21 Nov 2013

Zale Lipshy University Hospital receives 2013 Press Ganey Beacon of Excellence Award

Zale Lipshy University Hospital at UT Southwestern Medical Center received the 2013 Press Ganey Beacon of Excellence Award for patient satisfaction, one of only three academic medical centers in the nation and one of 26 health care facilities selected nationally to receive that distinction.

21 Nov 2013

Henry Samueli School of Engineering receives grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine will receive a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for developing a solar stove that enables carbon emissions-free cooking.

21 Nov 2013

Using radiation models to improve cancer therapies: an interview with Adrian Treverton, COO of Xstrahl and Jean-Pierre Wery, President of Crown Bioscience

What we are trying to do is take a cancer model like the PDX model (patient-derived tumor xenograft), which is a human-derived cancer growing in an in vivo model and apply radiation to that model.

From Xstrahl 20 Nov 2013

First Edition: November 20, 2013

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that President Barack Obama places some of the blame for the health law's woes with Republicans, and details of comments by an Obama administration tech official that a large portion of the healthcare.gov 'back office' functions are yet to be built.

20 Nov 2013

DNA vaccine demonstrates potential to prevent and treat deadly MERS coronavirus

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that preclinical testing of a DNA synthetic vaccine for the virulent Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS) induced robust and durable immune responses, demonstrating the potential for a SynCon DNA vaccine to prevent and treat this deadly virus.

20 Nov 2013

Vect-Horus, AAA form scientific collaboration to open new avenues in treatment of brain diseases

Vect-Horus, a French company specialized in the development of vector molecules for the central nervous system, announces today it has signed a scientific collaboration agreement with Advanced Accelerator Applications, a fast growing international player in Molecular Nuclear Medicine. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

20 Nov 2013

Data from CT scans can be used with 3-D printers to make accurate copies of fossilized bones

Data from computed tomography (CT) scans can be used with three-dimensional (3-D) printers to make accurate copies of fossilized bones, according to new research published online in the journal Radiology.

20 Nov 2013

LabStyle Innovations, InnoMed ink distribution agreement for Dario blood glucose monitoring device

LabStyle Innovations Corp., developer of Dario, a cloud-based, mobile health platform for diabetes and related blood glucose monitoring, announced today that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with InnoMed Ltd. to distribute the Dario diabetes management platform's blood glucose monitoring device in New Zealand. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

20 Nov 2013

MO BIO Laboratories announces launch of PowerClean Pro DNA and RNA Clean-Up Kits

MO BIO Laboratories, Inc., the leader in microbial, stool, plant, and soil nucleic acid purification, announces the launch of the PowerClean Pro DNA and RNA Clean-Up Kits, featuring a fast, 7 minute protocol for removal of amplification inhibitors including humic substances, polysaccharides, polyphenolics, heme, and lipids from purified DNA or RNA.

20 Nov 2013

Nonin Medical to exhibit noninvasive medical monitoring tools at MEDICA 2013

Nonin Medical, Inc., a global leader in noninvasive medical monitoring, today announced that the company's Nonin Labs division will be demonstrating the world's smallest regional oximetry system and the first Apple iPhone/iPod-enabled regional oximeter at Hall 11, Stand D42, at MEDICA, Nov. 20-24, at the Messe in Dusseldorf, Germany. The technologies are investigational and do not have a time-table for commercialization.

20 Nov 2013

Obama tells insurers his 'fix' may cost them

President Barack Obama acknowledged to insurance executives that reinstating millions of insurance policies might cost them, according to Politico. Other media outlets report that brokers are worried about their role in the insurance marketplace and how one company is forecasting that a failure to enroll the uninsured could cut prescription drug sales by 30 percent in 2017.

20 Nov 2013

NSU researchers selected to participate in DoD Gulf War Illness Research Program Consortium

Nova Southeastern University President and CEO George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., recently announced that a NSU research team led by Mariana Morris, Ph.D., and Nancy Klimas, M.D., was selected by the U.S. Department of Defense as one of two DoD Gulf War Illness Research Program Consortium awardees.

20 Nov 2013

Study: Most popular apps for iPhones lack some basic strategies to help smokers quit

An estimated 11 million smokers in the United States own a smartphone and increasingly they're turning to apps in an attempt to quit. But many of the most popular anti-smoking apps for iPhones or Androids lack some basic strategies that are known to help smokers quit, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

20 Nov 2013

Topokine initiates Phase 2 clinical trial of XAF5 Gel for double chin treatment

Topokine Therapeutics has initiated dosing in a Phase 2, randomized controlled clinical trial of XAF5 Gel for reduction of excess submental fat, commonly known as "double chin." XAF5 Gel is a proprietary skin formulation of a compound already known to reduce fat around the human eye. Study participants are applying XAF5 Gel or placebo once a night to skin under the chin.

20 Nov 2013

Boston Scientific's Direxion Torqueable Microcatheter receives FDA clearance and CE Mark approval

Further bolstering its market-leading portfolio of peripheral embolization technologies, Boston Scientific Corporation has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance and CE Mark approval for its Direxion Torqueable Microcatheter.

20 Nov 2013

Study reveals substantial economic impact of HAIs following cardiac surgery

After cardiac surgery, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are common complications associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and use of resources.

19 Nov 2013

AGA, Covidien partner to improve lives of people struggling with digestive diseases

The American Gastroenterological Association Institute announced today that Covidien, a leading global provider of health-care products, recently agreed to expand its corporate grant to the AGA Institute.

19 Nov 2013

Curie-Cancer inks partnership agreements with Meiogenix to develop SpiX technology

Curie-Cancer, the body responsible for developing Institut Curie's industry partnership activity, today announces two three-year partnership agreements with Meiogenix, a French SME. Meiogenix develops SpiX technology under license from Institut Curie and Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique.

19 Nov 2013

Technology News and Research

Administration tech official says about 40% of HealthCare.gov remains to be built

Cedars-Sinai study presents new insights into mechanisms underlying the symptoms of autism

Zale Lipshy University Hospital receives 2013 Press Ganey Beacon of Excellence Award

Henry Samueli School of Engineering receives grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Using radiation models to improve cancer therapies: an interview with Adrian Treverton, COO of Xstrahl and Jean-Pierre Wery, President of Crown Bioscience

First Edition: November 20, 2013

DNA vaccine demonstrates potential to prevent and treat deadly MERS coronavirus

Vect-Horus, AAA form scientific collaboration to open new avenues in treatment of brain diseases

Data from CT scans can be used with 3-D printers to make accurate copies of fossilized bones

LabStyle Innovations, InnoMed ink distribution agreement for Dario blood glucose monitoring device

MO BIO Laboratories announces launch of PowerClean Pro DNA and RNA Clean-Up Kits

Nonin Medical to exhibit noninvasive medical monitoring tools at MEDICA 2013

Obama tells insurers his 'fix' may cost them

NSU researchers selected to participate in DoD Gulf War Illness Research Program Consortium

Study: Most popular apps for iPhones lack some basic strategies to help smokers quit

Topokine initiates Phase 2 clinical trial of XAF5 Gel for double chin treatment

Boston Scientific's Direxion Torqueable Microcatheter receives FDA clearance and CE Mark approval

Study reveals substantial economic impact of HAIs following cardiac surgery

AGA, Covidien partner to improve lives of people struggling with digestive diseases

Curie-Cancer inks partnership agreements with Meiogenix to develop SpiX technology

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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