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BioClinica, CPI and Medtentia partner for eClinical and Imaging Core Lab solutions

BioClinica, Inc., a global provider of clinical trial management solutions, today announced an agreement for BioClinica Express EDC, data management, and imaging core lab services with Finnish company Medtentia International, in partnership with the contract research organization (CRO) clinicalprojects international (CPI).

From Clario 4 Mar 2013

Horizon forms 3 new Centers of Excellence for gene editing in Asia

Horizon Discovery (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has established three new Centers of Excellence (CoE's) for gene editing in Asia.

4 Mar 2013

New intelligent LED driver for mobile phone cameras from ams

ams AG, a leading worldwide designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs for consumer & communications, industrial & medical and automotive applications, today introduced a new intelligent LED driver for mobile phone cameras that maximizes the brightness of the flash without causing the phone's battery to fall below its minimum operating voltage.

4 Mar 2013

Researchers discover how LRRK2 mutations in familial Parkinson's damage brain cells

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered how the most common genetic mutations in familial Parkinson's disease damage brain cells.

4 Mar 2013

IDC lead author outlines critical issues that impact diabetes management

Most adults and children with type 1 diabetes are not in optimal glycemic control, despite advances in insulin formulations and delivery systems and glucose monitoring approaches. Critical barriers to optimal glycemic control remain.

3 Mar 2013

Clothing closely linked to peak performance for skiers

The sport of cross-country skiing has always been preoccupied with its skis and waxing. Research now demonstrates that to shave off those extra hundredths of a second, competitive skiers should pay more attention to their clothing.

3 Mar 2013

Shrinking U.S. investment in scientific R&D 'affects the whole world'

In his State of the Union address on February 12, President Barack Obama "called for a new era of scientific discovery," an Economist editorial states, adding, "This would mean spending more on research."

2 Mar 2013

Significant link between defective viruses and increased rate of transmission of major disease

Defective viruses, thought for decades to be essentially garbage unrelated to the transmission of normal viruses, now appear able to play an important role in the spread of disease, new research by UCLA life scientists indicates.

2 Mar 2013

Sustained funding necessary for success of global polio eradication plan

"We are teaming up to tackle one of the most ambitious public health goals ever set: eradicating polio, a disease that has haunted humanity at least since ancient Egypt," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg L.P., and Bill Gates, chair of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, write in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece.

2 Mar 2013

Three Penn students develop award-winning healthcare technology

Three students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing have developed award-winning healthcare technology.

2 Mar 2013

NextGen Ambulatory EHR version 5.8 receives ONC HIT certification

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today that its NextGen Ambulatory EHR version 5.8 is compliant with the ONC 2014 Edition criteria and was certified as a Complete EHR on March 1, 2013 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, an ONC-ACB, in accordance with the applicable Eligible certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

2 Mar 2013

Registration open for Society of Interventional Radiology's Annual Scientific Meeting

Online meeting registration is open for the Society of Interventional Radiology's Annual Scientific Meeting April 13 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

1 Mar 2013

RNA interference identifies function of genes linked with cardiovascular disease

Studies screening the genome of hundreds of thousands of individuals (known as Genome-wide association studies or GWAS) have linked more than 100 regions in the genome to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

1 Mar 2013

Study shows how theranostic nanoparticles can effectively deliver cancer drugs to tumour cells

Tiny particles filled with a drug could be a new tool for treating cancer in the future. A new study published by Swedish scientists in Particle & Particle Systems Characterization shows how such nanoparticles can be combined to secure the effective delivery of cancer drugs to tumour cells - and how they can be given properties to make them visible in MR scanners and thus rendered trackable.

1 Mar 2013

Toshiba launches new Aquilion ONE/ ViSION Edition

The Toshiba family of Aquilion CT scanners has recently been expanded to include the new Aquilion ONE/ ViSION Edition, a faster version of the very successful Aquilion ONE, of which over 700 have been ordered globally.

1 Mar 2013

Weekend reading: Navigating treatment; Can a robot replace your doctor?

Your pathology report indicates that you have stomach cancer. Hearing those words conveying yet another cancer-related diagnosis - my fourth since the age of 20 - I felt, at the age of 57, as though I had been airdropped into a foreign country.

1 Mar 2013

Urea cycle disorder patient successfully treated by Promethera(R) HepaStem in Phase I/II trial in France

Promethera Biosciences, a Belgian biotechnology company developing Promethera(R) HepaStem, a cell-based therapy for the treatment of liver-based metabolic diseases including Crigler-Najjar Syndrome and Urea Cycle Disorders, announced that it has successfully treated a patient with liver progenitor cells enrolled in its Phase I/II trial.

1 Mar 2013

Thyroid hormone may help reduce heart damage in humans with cardiac diseases

Thyroid hormone treatment administered to rats at the time of a heart attack (myocardial infarction) led to significant reduction in the loss of heart muscle cells and improvement in heart function, according to a study published by a team of researchers led by A. Martin Gerdes and Yue-Feng Chen from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine.

1 Mar 2013

Close-up look at sexting practices of urban ethnic minority youths

Sexting, the use of technology to send or receive sexually explicit messages, photos, or videos, is a relatively new trend and, in many cases, has legal implications. As many as 25-50% of young people may participate in sexting.

1 Mar 2013

UT Arlington receives new $7.5 million gift from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments

A new $7.5 million gift from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments to The University of Texas at Arlington will support one of the most significant installments of advanced scientific equipment in the United States, propelling the University to new heights of discovery and innovation.

1 Mar 2013

Technology News and Research

BioClinica, CPI and Medtentia partner for eClinical and Imaging Core Lab solutions

Horizon forms 3 new Centers of Excellence for gene editing in Asia

New intelligent LED driver for mobile phone cameras from ams

Researchers discover how LRRK2 mutations in familial Parkinson's damage brain cells

IDC lead author outlines critical issues that impact diabetes management

Clothing closely linked to peak performance for skiers

Shrinking U.S. investment in scientific R&D 'affects the whole world'

Significant link between defective viruses and increased rate of transmission of major disease

Sustained funding necessary for success of global polio eradication plan

Three Penn students develop award-winning healthcare technology

NextGen Ambulatory EHR version 5.8 receives ONC HIT certification

Registration open for Society of Interventional Radiology's Annual Scientific Meeting

RNA interference identifies function of genes linked with cardiovascular disease

Study shows how theranostic nanoparticles can effectively deliver cancer drugs to tumour cells

Toshiba launches new Aquilion ONE/ ViSION Edition

Weekend reading: Navigating treatment; Can a robot replace your doctor?

Urea cycle disorder patient successfully treated by Promethera(R) HepaStem in Phase I/II trial in France

Thyroid hormone may help reduce heart damage in humans with cardiac diseases

Close-up look at sexting practices of urban ethnic minority youths

UT Arlington receives new $7.5 million gift from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments

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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