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Boomers face dearth of home caregivers; Medicare expands home-care pilot project

As baby boomers age, the U.S. will face a challenge trying to fill more than 1 million new home care positions to meet their needs, The Associated Press reports. In the meantime, Medicare is adding more groups to a pilot program aimed at lowering costs for Medicare beneficiaries by providing them with home-based care.

14 Aug 2012

FDA extends PDUFA target action date for review of Santarus' UCERIS NDA

Santarus, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) target action date for the review of the New Drug Application (NDA) for UCERIS (budesonide) tablets 9 mg for the induction of remission of mild to moderate active ulcerative colitis from October 16, 2012 to January 16, 2013.

14 Aug 2012

Carnegie Mellon University awarded CURE grant by the Pennsylvania Department of Health

Pennsylvania Department of Health Executive Deputy Secretary Michael Wolf today presented a Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement Program, or CURE, grant to Carnegie Mellon University. The $983,783 grant will be used for a two-year research project focused on cancer treatment technologies.

13 Aug 2012

Quintiles acquires premier provider of genomics testing and analysis

To help biopharmaceutical companies dramatically improve drug development productivity and deliver greater value, Quintiles today announced the acquisition of Expression Analysis, Inc. (EA), a premier provider of genomics testing and analysis to biopharma, academic, government and non-profit customers.

13 Aug 2012

FUJIFILM releases FDR D-EVO 24x30cm Cesium Iodide flat panel detector at 40th AHRA

Today at the 40th Annual AHRA Meeting and Exposition, FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. announced the commercial availability of the FDR D-EVO 24x30cm Cesium Iodide flat panel detector, the latest addition to one of the most diverse family of DR products available today.

13 Aug 2012

New class of polymers resistant to bacterial attachment

Using state-of-the-art technology scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a new class of polymers that are resistant to bacterial attachment. These new materials could lead to a significant reduction in hospital infections and medical device failures.

13 Aug 2012

Biosense Webster launches new CARTO 3 Multi-Electrode Mapping Version

Biosense Webster, Inc., a worldwide leader in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, announced the launch of the new CARTO 3 MEM (Multi-Electrode Mapping) Version in the United States.

13 Aug 2012

Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreements for patient lifts and lateral transfer devices

The Premier healthcare alliance today announced new agreements for patient lifts and lateral transfer devices have been awarded.

13 Aug 2012

NIH awards ADi Phase II SBIR grant to scan Plasmodium falciparum proteome for protective antigens

Antigen Discovery, Inc. today announced that it has received a Phase II Small Business Innovation and Research award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. The three-year award, totaling approximately $ 2.5 million, is a continuation of a Phase I SBIR grant to scan the Plasmodium falciparum proteome for protective antigens.

13 Aug 2012

FDA clears Stryker’s Trevo Pro Retriever to treat acute ischemic stroke

Stryker Neurovascular announced today that its Trevo Pro Retriever has been granted 510(k) market clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Trevo Pro Retriever is the next generation in clot removal technology from Stryker, utilizing proprietary Stentriever Technology for optimized clot integration and retrieval in patients experiencing acute ischemic stroke.

From Stryker 13 Aug 2012

SAIC acquires maxIT Healthcare

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced it has completed the acquisition of maxIT Healthcare Holdings, Inc., a leading healthcare IT (Information Technology) consulting firm based in Westfield, Ind.

13 Aug 2012

Scientists discover new class of polymers that are resistant to bacterial attachment

13 Aug 2012

New 3-D view of the body's response to infection

A new 3-D view of the body's response to infection - and the ability to identify proteins involved in the response - could point to novel biomarkers and therapeutic agents for infectious diseases.

13 Aug 2012

Medical ethics: an interview with Anita Silvers

Medical ethics assists healthcare professionals to make decisions respectful of persons who happen to be their patients.

13 Aug 2012

Six ONR-funded researchers receive Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers

Six researchers funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) were honored with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the nation's highest honor for young scientists and engineers, officials announced Aug.10.

13 Aug 2012

HDAC8 gene mutations cause Cornelia deLange syndrome

Genetics researchers have identified a key gene that, when mutated, causes the rare multisystem disorder Cornelia deLange syndrome (CdLS). By revealing how mutations in the HDAC8 gene disrupt the biology of proteins that control both gene expression and cell division, the research sheds light on this disease, which causes intellectual disability, limb deformations and other disabilities resulting from impairments in early development.

13 Aug 2012

Study investigates why organisms retain seemingly unnecessary stages in their development

Why, after millions of years of evolution, do organisms build structures that seemingly serve no purpose? A study conducted at Michigan State University and published in the current issue of The American Naturalist investigates the evolutionary reasons why organisms go through developmental stages that appear unnecessary.

13 Aug 2012

Research on language gene seeks to uncover origins of the singing mouse

Singing mice (Scotinomys teguina) are not your average lab rats. Their fur is tawny brown instead of the common white albino strain; they hail from the tropical cloud forests in the mountains of Costa Rica; and, as their name hints, they use song to communicate.

12 Aug 2012

Scientists take step toward developing blood test for Alzheimer's

The possibility of an inexpensive, convenient test for Alzheimer's disease has been on the horizon for several years, but previous research leads have been hard to duplicate.

12 Aug 2012

Oil derived from wild almond tree seeds may help fight obesity, diabetes

A future weapon in the battle against obesity and diabetes could come in the form of an oil derived from the seeds of wild almond trees, according to researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

10 Aug 2012

Technology News and Research

Boomers face dearth of home caregivers; Medicare expands home-care pilot project

FDA extends PDUFA target action date for review of Santarus' UCERIS NDA

Carnegie Mellon University awarded CURE grant by the Pennsylvania Department of Health

Quintiles acquires premier provider of genomics testing and analysis

FUJIFILM releases FDR D-EVO 24x30cm Cesium Iodide flat panel detector at 40th AHRA

New class of polymers resistant to bacterial attachment

Biosense Webster launches new CARTO 3 Multi-Electrode Mapping Version

Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreements for patient lifts and lateral transfer devices

NIH awards ADi Phase II SBIR grant to scan Plasmodium falciparum proteome for protective antigens

FDA clears Stryker’s Trevo Pro Retriever to treat acute ischemic stroke

SAIC acquires maxIT Healthcare

Scientists discover new class of polymers that are resistant to bacterial attachment

New 3-D view of the body's response to infection

Medical ethics: an interview with Anita Silvers

Six ONR-funded researchers receive Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers

HDAC8 gene mutations cause Cornelia deLange syndrome

Study investigates why organisms retain seemingly unnecessary stages in their development

Research on language gene seeks to uncover origins of the singing mouse

Scientists take step toward developing blood test for Alzheimer's

Oil derived from wild almond tree seeds may help fight obesity, diabetes

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