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Discovery shows how cells decide what to recycle, unlocking debilitating disease's secret

Our bodies recycle proteins, the fundamental building blocks that enable cell growth and development. Proteins are made up of a chain of amino acids, and scientists have known since the 1980s that first one in the chain determines the lifetime of a protein. McGill researchers have finally discovered how the cell identifies this first amino acid - and caught it on camera.

13 Sep 2010

3M Health Information Systems releases ICD-10 Code Translation Tool

3M Health Information Systems, an international leader in ICD-9 and ICD-10 coding and clinical terminology management, has released the 3M ICD-10 Code Translation Tool, now fully integrated with 3M's medical vocabulary server, the 3M Healthcare Data Dictionary, to provide a single source solution for translating and converting ICD-9 based applications to ICD-10.

13 Sep 2010

Keais Records Service launches new online portal

Keais Records Service, established in 1975 as the first litigation support company specializing in records retrieval services, is celebrating its milestone thirty-fifth anniversary by launching a new web site and further enhancing its electronic capabilities to serve the litigation discovery needs of major law firms, insurance companies, corporations and TPAs.

13 Sep 2010

Rib-X Pharmaceuticals presents preclinical data of radezolid drug at ICAAC Conference

Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage antibiotics company with a broad product pipeline based on its innovative discovery platform, today announced the presentation of positive preclinical data for radezolid at the 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) conference.

13 Sep 2010

GE Healthcare to showcase molecular imaging portfolio at WMIC

Reinforcing its commitment to researchers and clinicians, GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company is showcasing a comprehensive molecular imaging portfolio—encompassing tracer development, pre-clinical imaging and highly advanced imaging equipment— to provide insight into the origins of disease, at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC), Booth #212, September 8 through 11 in Kyoto, Japan.

10 Sep 2010

Caliper launches toolkit for direct co-registration of images from multiple preclinical imaging modalities

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery, life sciences research and molecular diagnostics, today introduced software and accessory items to enable the direct co-registration of images from multiple preclinical imaging modalities.

9 Sep 2010

Stereotaxis highlights clinical outcomes of Niobe Magnetic Navigation System in VT ablation

Stereotaxis, Inc. highlighted significant new additions to the body of evidence demonstrating exceptional clinical outcomes achieved with its Niobe® Magnetic Navigation System in ventricular tachycardia ablation.

9 Sep 2010

MAP Pharmaceuticals completes 12 months of treatment in LEVADEX open-label safety trial

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that all non-asthmatic patients and a subset of asthmatic patients have completed 12 months of treatment in the open-label safety trial of LEVADEX™. In addition, the Company has completed patient treatment in a thorough QT trial, the last trial necessary to support a New Drug Application (NDA) for LEVADEX.

8 Sep 2010

RadNet announces acquisition of imaging centers in Northern New Jersey from Progressive Health

RadNet, Inc., a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a network of 191 fully-owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, today reported it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire five imaging centers in Northern New Jersey and a 50% equity interest in a sixth center from Progressive Health, LLC and certain affiliates and related entities.

8 Sep 2010

Monte Carlo technique optimises mammography image quality

A mathematical tool known as a Monte Carlo analysis could help improve the way X-rays are used for mammography and reduce the number of breast cancers missed by the technique as well as avoiding false positives, according to research published this month in the International Journal of Low Radiation.

8 Sep 2010

Carestream Health acquires Quantum Medical Imaging to enhance x-ray system

Carestream Health has acquired Quantum Medical Imaging, LLC, a privately held manufacturer of high quality digital and conventional x-ray systems used by hospitals, imaging centers and health clinics.

8 Sep 2010

Bend Research expands hot-melt extrusion pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities

Bend Research Inc., a leading independent drug-formulation development and manufacturing company, announced today that it is expanding its pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities for hot-melt extrusion.

7 Sep 2010

Ultrasound guidance helps radiologist to identify, treat self-embedding patients

Using ultrasound and a minimally-invasive procedure, radiologists can identify and treat patients who engage in a disturbing self-injury behavior known as self-embedding, according to a new study published in the online edition and October print issue of the journal Radiology.

7 Sep 2010

Emerald BioStructures, SomaLogic announce strategic collaboration for SOMAmers

Emerald BioStructures, a leading provider of integrated structural biology services, and SomaLogic, Inc., a diagnostics and biomarker discovery company, today announced that they have entered into a strategic collaboration for the structure-based design of chemically modified DNA aptamers and small molecule therapeutics, based on crystal structures of important protein targets bound to high affinity SOMAmers.

3 Sep 2010

Research on immune system can develop new therapy for inflammation, tumors

In two closely related studies, two teams of Scripps Research Institute scientists have discovered the underlying mechanisms that activate a type of immune cell in the skin and other organs. The findings may lead to the development of new therapies to treat inflammation, wounds, asthma, and malignant tumors.

3 Sep 2010

Canon introduces CXDI-70C Wireless Digital Radiography System at Canon Expo 2010

Canon Expo 2010 in New York City ushers in a new era of mobility and flexibility, including the addition of the Company's first wireless detector, the CXDI-70C Wireless Digital Radiography System. Featuring a versatile 14-inch by 17-inch image area, same dimensions ISO 4090 film cassette and cable-free image transfer, the new wireless detector weighs 7.5 pounds-the lightest wireless detector in industry to date-and provides medical practitioners with greater device portability and extraordinary image quality.

2 Sep 2010

Researchers clear hurdle on path toward gene-therapy treatment for disease

One of the most difficult aspects of working at the nanoscale is actually seeing the object being worked on. Biological structures like viruses, which are smaller than the wavelength of light, are invisible to standard optical microscopes and difficult to capture in their native form with other imaging techniques.

2 Sep 2010

Marianjoy Rehabilitation receives grant for dysphagia treatment

The Tellabs Foundation has awarded Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital a grant of $100,000 for the Swallowing & Voice Center; one of seven centers in Marianjoy's Assistive Rehabilitation Technology Institute. The grant will meet a crucial need for Marianjoy to help treat over 1,500 individuals with dysphagia or swallowing difficulties each year.

2 Sep 2010

InfraReDx receives 510(k) clearance to market LipiScan IVUS Coronary Imaging System

InfraReDx, Inc., a medical device company developing intelligent cardiovascular diagnostic imaging technologies, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration to market the LipiScan IVUS Coronary Imaging System. LipiScan IVUS is the first cardiac catheter to combine intravascular ultrasound and near-infrared spectroscopy to help cardiologists identify and characterize the plaques that complicate stenting and are associated with acute coronary events.

2 Sep 2010

Tooth brush in a teenager’s stomach

A 15-year-old girl in New Zealand came to the emergency department at an Auckland hospital after accidentally swallowing her 19-centimetre toothbrush. The case study was published in the New Zealand Medical Journal.

31 Aug 2010

X Ray News and Research

Discovery shows how cells decide what to recycle, unlocking debilitating disease's secret

3M Health Information Systems releases ICD-10 Code Translation Tool

Keais Records Service launches new online portal

Rib-X Pharmaceuticals presents preclinical data of radezolid drug at ICAAC Conference

GE Healthcare to showcase molecular imaging portfolio at WMIC

Caliper launches toolkit for direct co-registration of images from multiple preclinical imaging modalities

Stereotaxis highlights clinical outcomes of Niobe Magnetic Navigation System in VT ablation

MAP Pharmaceuticals completes 12 months of treatment in LEVADEX open-label safety trial

RadNet announces acquisition of imaging centers in Northern New Jersey from Progressive Health

Monte Carlo technique optimises mammography image quality

Carestream Health acquires Quantum Medical Imaging to enhance x-ray system

Bend Research expands hot-melt extrusion pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities

Ultrasound guidance helps radiologist to identify, treat self-embedding patients

Emerald BioStructures, SomaLogic announce strategic collaboration for SOMAmers

Research on immune system can develop new therapy for inflammation, tumors

Canon introduces CXDI-70C Wireless Digital Radiography System at Canon Expo 2010

Researchers clear hurdle on path toward gene-therapy treatment for disease

Marianjoy Rehabilitation receives grant for dysphagia treatment

InfraReDx receives 510(k) clearance to market LipiScan IVUS Coronary Imaging System

Tooth brush in a teenager’s stomach

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