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Imaxio's pro-immunogenic technology used in tuberculosis vaccine phase I clinical study

Imaxio, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in vaccines and genomics, announces today that IMX313, its proprietary pro-immunogenic technology, has been administered for the first time in humans in a tuberculosis vaccine phase I clinical study. The trial is being conducted by the Jenner Institute at Oxford University, England.

3 Sep 2013

Scientists estimate minimum of 320,000 viruses in mammals

Scientists estimate that there is a minimum of 320,000 viruses in mammals awaiting discovery. Collecting evidence of these viruses, or even a majority of them, they say, could provide information critical to early detection and mitigation of disease outbreaks in humans.

3 Sep 2013

Scientists determine new strategy to estimate total viral diversity in mammals

EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, and the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health announced a new strategy to identify the total number of wildlife viruses that could potentially cause emerging disease outbreaks that threaten both public and wildlife health.

3 Sep 2013

University of Warwick professor wins Discovery STAR Award to identify new treatment for Chagas disease

Domainex Ltd., a drug discovery company specialising in translational research support, has announced that the recipient of its first Discovery STAR Award; Professor Vilmos Fulop of the University of Warwick.

3 Sep 2013

New quick test promises to reduce economic, health burden of syphilis cases in Latin America

Demystifying the chemical processes that create a wine's aroma, and the invaluable potential application of that understanding in winemaking, is the new objective of scientists in Uruguay who, with European partners, also recently sequenced the genome of the high-value Tannat grape, from which "the most healthy of red wines" are fermented.

2 Sep 2013

ddPCR technology can be used to reproducibly quantify microRNA in plasma

A study published online in Nature Methods today demonstrated that Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR-) technology can be used to precisely and reproducibly quantify microRNA (miRNA) in plasma and serum across different days, paving the way for further development of miRNA and other nucleic acids as circulating biomarkers.

2 Sep 2013

Pacemakers implanted for slow heart rhythm restore life expectancy to normal levels

Pacemakers implanted for slow heart rhythm restore life expectancy to normal levels, reveals research presented at ESC Congress 2013 today by Dr Erik O. Udo from the Netherlands. The findings provide a new reference point for the prognosis of modern pacemaker patients.

2 Sep 2013

Roche's Herceptin formulation wins EU approval for treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that the European Commission has granted Roche European Union marketing authorization for the use of a time-saving subcutaneous formulation of Herceptin (trastuzumab) for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer.

2 Sep 2013

Reverse innovation in global health systems: learning from low-income countries

The idea that insights from the healthcare systems of low-income countries might be transferable from low to high-income countries is becoming increasingly common in global health and innovation publications.

31 Aug 2013

Royal Philips Electronics launches EPIQ ultrasound system to create ultrasound images

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced the launch of EPIQ ultrasound system, offering an entirely new level of clinical confidence with a first-of-its-kind ultrasound architecture that is a totally new approach to creating ultrasound images without compromise.

From Philips Healthcare 31 Aug 2013

LNHASC selects Clinical Outcomes Management Systems Interactive as Preferred Partner

The Louisiana Nursing Home Association Service Corporation (LNHASC) has chosen COMS Interactive, LLC (Clinical Outcomes Management Systems or COMS) as a Preferred Partner.

31 Aug 2013

CP Family releases video showing children with cerebral palsy playing video games using new technology

Cerebral Palsy Family Network has released a video showing children and teens with cerebral palsy delighting in playing video games using a new technology. The players, some with visual impairment, used gestures instead of keyboards.

31 Aug 2013

Viewpoints: Tying 'social safeguards' to work may not be best policy; GOP missing an opportunity by not offering alternative to health law; food makers' health claims 'hard to swallow'

In May, the head of [Trader Joe's] ... sent a confidential memo to employees notifying them of changes to their health coverage, retirement program and wages. ... He pledged to reduce workers' healthcare costs 10% for the remainder of the year while the company determines its response to changes under the Affordable Care Act. ...

31 Aug 2013

Chemical attacks in Syria can pose threat to US, says Homeland Security medical officer

The chemical attacks in Syria could lower the bar for use of chemical weapons by terrorist organizations or rogue nations that could eventually pose a threat to the United States, says Alexander Garza, M.D., former assistant secretary of health affairs and chief medical officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

31 Aug 2013

Lignol announces financial results for 2013

Lignol Energy Corporation, a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sector, today announced its financial results for the year ended April 30, 2013 (all figures in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise noted).

31 Aug 2013

Meda signs agreement to acquire Acton Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Meda has signed an agreement to acquire the US development company Acton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Acton") including the proprietary product Aerospan. Aerospan is an inhaler for the treatment of asthma that contains the active substance Flunisolide.

31 Aug 2013

Mayo Clinic tests feasibility of telemedicine robot to assess athletes during football games

There will be a new face at Northern Arizona University football games this fall - only this face will be on a robot on wheels.

31 Aug 2013

Researchers study reproductive stage that remains most mysterious

Mississippi State University scientists are working to find out why some pregnancies are successful and others are not.

31 Aug 2013

Supreme Court ruling on gene patenting and modern risks raised by industry/academic interaction need change

The law that has helped medical discoveries make the leap from university labs to the marketplace for more than 30 years needs revising, in part to ensure the American people benefit from science their tax dollars have paid for, says a University of Michigan Medical School physician and medical historian.

30 Aug 2013

Researchers raise awareness about ovarian cancers into synagogues across the country

This fall, the University of Pennsylvania's Basser Research Center for BRCA is taking its lifesaving efforts to raise awareness about hereditary breast and ovarian cancers on the road and into synagogues across the country.

30 Aug 2013

Technology News and Research

Imaxio's pro-immunogenic technology used in tuberculosis vaccine phase I clinical study

Scientists estimate minimum of 320,000 viruses in mammals

Scientists determine new strategy to estimate total viral diversity in mammals

University of Warwick professor wins Discovery STAR Award to identify new treatment for Chagas disease

New quick test promises to reduce economic, health burden of syphilis cases in Latin America

ddPCR technology can be used to reproducibly quantify microRNA in plasma

Pacemakers implanted for slow heart rhythm restore life expectancy to normal levels

Roche's Herceptin formulation wins EU approval for treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer

Reverse innovation in global health systems: learning from low-income countries

Royal Philips Electronics launches EPIQ ultrasound system to create ultrasound images

LNHASC selects Clinical Outcomes Management Systems Interactive as Preferred Partner

CP Family releases video showing children with cerebral palsy playing video games using new technology

Viewpoints: Tying 'social safeguards' to work may not be best policy; GOP missing an opportunity by not offering alternative to health law; food makers' health claims 'hard to swallow'

Chemical attacks in Syria can pose threat to US, says Homeland Security medical officer

Lignol announces financial results for 2013

Meda signs agreement to acquire Acton Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Mayo Clinic tests feasibility of telemedicine robot to assess athletes during football games

Researchers study reproductive stage that remains most mysterious

Supreme Court ruling on gene patenting and modern risks raised by industry/academic interaction need change

Researchers raise awareness about ovarian cancers into synagogues across the country

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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