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ConforMIS expands Series E financing to $167.7 million

ConforMIS, Inc., a privately held medical device company pioneering patient-specific orthopedic implants, announced today it has expanded its Series E financing to $167.7 million with participation from top-tier Sovereign Wealth Funds, Government Investment Funds and Private Equity Funds in the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

3 Aug 2013

Music that Matters selects NanoTech to provide technology for its IPTV/OTT music channel

Music that Matters is proud to announce that it has selected NanoTech Entertainment (OTCPINK: NTEK) to provide the technology and backbone for its upcoming IPTV/OTT music channel.

3 Aug 2013

Researchers exploit Japanese supercomputer to achieve largest general neuronal network simulation

By exploiting the full computational power of the Japanese supercomputer, K Computer, researchers from the RIKEN HPCI Program for Computational Life Sciences, the Okinawa Institute of Technology (OIST) in Japan and Forschungszentrum J-lich in Germany have carried out the largest general neuronal network simulation to date.

3 Aug 2013

New bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning and incredibly slippery

A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) reported online in the July 31 edition of Nature Communications.

3 Aug 2013

Interactive 3-D simulation platform offers surgical residents to hone patient management skills

A novel interactive 3-dimensional(3-D) simulation platform offers surgical residents a unique opportunity to hone their diagnostic and patient management skills, and then have those skills accurately evaluated according to a new study appearing in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

3 Aug 2013

Combating antibiotic resistance: an interview with Ron Najafi, CEO NovaBay Pharmaceuticals

Approximately 80 years ago the first antibiotic was discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming, for which he was justifiably awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine.

2 Aug 2013

Thermo Fisher Scientific opens cell culture DPM production site in Singapore

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it is expanding its global cell culture and bioprocessing capabilities by opening a new manufacturing plant in Singapore to produce dry powder media, a crucial cell culture raw material used to manufacture biologics, including vaccines, anti-cancer therapeutics, and others.

2 Aug 2013

ImmunoGen reports net loss of $21.9 million in Q4 2013

ImmunoGen, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops anticancer therapeutics using its Targeted Antibody Payload antibody-drug conjugate technology, today reported financial results for the three-month period and fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. ImmunoGen also provided guidance for its 2014 fiscal year and an update on the Company.

2 Aug 2013

NanoString announces Early Access Program for nCounter Elements used in translational research

NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced an Early Access Program for nCounter Elements™, a line of General Purpose Reagents (GPRs) developed specifically to meet the needs of translational research and clinical laboratories.

From NanoString Technologies 2 Aug 2013

AT&T awards grants to Rowan University for strengthening STEM education

Recognizing the importance of strengthening science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, AT&T has contributed $50,000 to Rowan University's Junior Aim High Academy initiative.

2 Aug 2013

Understanding how brain networks function

A boost in the speed of brain scans is unveiling new insights into how brain regions work with each other in cooperative groups called networks.

2 Aug 2013

New technique accelerate tissue repair, reduce costs for chronic wound management

In a small clinical study, researchers administered a new method for treating chronic wounds using a novel ultrasound applicator that can be worn like a band-aid. The applicator delivers low-frequency, low-intensity ultrasound directly to wounds, and was found to significantly accelerate healing in five patients with venous ulcers.

2 Aug 2013

ImmunoGen announces FDA approval of IMGN289 Investigational New Drug

ImmunoGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMGN), a biotechnology company that develops novel anticancer therapeutics using its Targeted Antibody Payload (TAP) ADC technology, today announced that the Company's x (IND) application has been accepted by the US FDA and is now active.

2 Aug 2013

UCLA researchers develop treatment approach for breast cancer metastasized to brain

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) have successfully combined cellular therapy and gene therapy in a mouse model system to develop a viable treatment strategy for breast cancer that has metastasized, or spread, to the patient's brain.

2 Aug 2013

BMC, BUSM and JIPMER to jointly research on tuberculosis

Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine are partnering with the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research to study tuberculosis. This research is supported by a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the Indo-U.S. Vaccine Action Program.

2 Aug 2013

Portable device for point-of-care diagnostic testing to detect cancer at earliest stages

Reaching a clinic in time to receive an early diagnosis for cancer -- when the disease is most treatable -- is a global problem. And now a team of Chinese researchers proposes a global solution: have a user-friendly diagnostic device travel to the patient, anywhere in the world.

2 Aug 2013

Breath analysis: Noninvasive way to quickly determine severity of bacterial infections

Breath analysis may prove to be an accurate, noninvasive way to quickly determine the severity of bacterial and other infections, according to a UC Irvine study appearing online today in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.

2 Aug 2013

MAPS method could speed development of new vaccines for serious pathogens

A new method of vaccine design, called the Multiple Antigen Presentation System, may result in vaccines that bring together the benefits of whole-cell and acellular or defined subunit vaccination.

1 Aug 2013

BD reports quarterly revenues of $2.053 billion for third fiscal quarter

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, today reported quarterly revenues of $2.053 billion for the third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013, representing an increase of 3.6 percent from the prior-year period, or 5.1 percent on a foreign currency-neutral basis.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 1 Aug 2013

Sequenom CMM, CombiMatrix sign collaboration agreement to market CMA testing for NIPT

Sequenom, Inc., a life sciences company providing innovative diagnostic testing and genetic analysis solutions, and CombiMatrix Corporation, a molecular diagnostics laboratory performing DNA-based testing services for developmental disorders and cancer, today jointly announced that the Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine LLC and CombiMatrix have entered into a collaboration agreement to market chromosomal microarray analysis testing services to broaden and confirm the results of noninvasive, prenatal testing to physicians and their patients.

1 Aug 2013

Technology News and Research

ConforMIS expands Series E financing to $167.7 million

Music that Matters selects NanoTech to provide technology for its IPTV/OTT music channel

Researchers exploit Japanese supercomputer to achieve largest general neuronal network simulation

New bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning and incredibly slippery

Interactive 3-D simulation platform offers surgical residents to hone patient management skills

Combating antibiotic resistance: an interview with Ron Najafi, CEO NovaBay Pharmaceuticals

Thermo Fisher Scientific opens cell culture DPM production site in Singapore

ImmunoGen reports net loss of $21.9 million in Q4 2013

NanoString announces Early Access Program for nCounter Elements used in translational research

AT&T awards grants to Rowan University for strengthening STEM education

Understanding how brain networks function

New technique accelerate tissue repair, reduce costs for chronic wound management

ImmunoGen announces FDA approval of IMGN289 Investigational New Drug

UCLA researchers develop treatment approach for breast cancer metastasized to brain

BMC, BUSM and JIPMER to jointly research on tuberculosis

Portable device for point-of-care diagnostic testing to detect cancer at earliest stages

Breath analysis: Noninvasive way to quickly determine severity of bacterial infections

MAPS method could speed development of new vaccines for serious pathogens

BD reports quarterly revenues of $2.053 billion for third fiscal quarter

Sequenom CMM, CombiMatrix sign collaboration agreement to market CMA testing for NIPT

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