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AMIA honors 4 leaders in biomedical and health informatics with Signature Awards

AMIA, the association for informatics professionals, honors four leaders in biomedical and health informatics with Signature Awards to be presented during AMIA's Annual Symposium, Oct. 22-26, an event expected to draw 2,500 informatics professionals to the Washington Hilton over the coming week.

21 Oct 2011

St. Jude Medical third quarter net sales increase 12% to $1.383 billion

St. Jude Medical, Inc. today reported sales and net earnings for the third quarter ended October 1, 2011.

19 Oct 2011

FUTURAGE project to tackle Europe's ageing population over the next 10 years

An ambitious project led by researchers at the University of Sheffield is set to tackle the grand challenge of Europe's ageing population over the next 10 years.

19 Oct 2011

Commercialization strategies for next-generation medicines

The Center for Biotechnology at Stony Brook University, in collaboration with Demy-Colton Life Science Advisors, and key opinion leaders from the biotech and biopharmaceutical industries, academia, medical research foundations, and investment community, has organized a two-day event to forge partnerships to accelerate the development of new treatments for some of the world's most devastating diseases affecting millions.

18 Oct 2011

HMS launches Initiative in Systems Pharmacology

Taking aim at the alarming slowdown in the development of new and lifesaving drugs, Harvard Medical School is launching an Initiative in Systems Pharmacology, a comprehensive strategy to transform drug discovery by convening biologists, chemists, pharmacologists, physicists, computer scientists and clinicians to explore together how drugs work in complex systems.

18 Oct 2011

TPP, University of Dundee sign collaboration agreement for drug development fund

TPP Global Development Ltd announced a collaboration agreement with the University of Dundee to establish a drug development fund.

18 Oct 2011

National award encourages bio-science student researchers

A key challenge for the bio-sciences sector is to keep its best research graduates in science and in Australia. The national student awards recognise and encourage promising research students and raise awareness of biosciences research translation and applications.

17 Oct 2011

Scientists sequence complete genome of naked mole rat

Scientists have sequenced the complete genome of the naked mole rat, a pivotal step to understanding the animal's extraordinarily long life and good health. A colony of more than 2,000 naked mole rats at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio contributed to the findings, published today in the journal Nature.

13 Oct 2011

Two-gene DNA urine test for prostate cancer

In the current debate sparked by the recent USPSTF recommendation on PSA screening, it is clear that better biomarkers than PSA are urgently needed. One new biotechnology that may go a long way in detecting only prostate cancer and reducing unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies and possible subsequent overtreatment, is the development of a new urine test for prostate cancer.

12 Oct 2011

New siRNA treatment reduces damaging inflammation in animals models of several disorders

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers - along with collaborators from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals - have found a way to block, in an animal model, the damaging inflammation that contributes to many disease conditions.

10 Oct 2011

Researchers focus on gelatinase inhibitor compounds to treat neurological diseases

Results of a study by a group of University of Notre Dame researchers represent a promising step on the road to developing new drugs for a variety of neurological diseases.

10 Oct 2011

New set of strategies could improve U.S. health care system for vulnerable populations

A new set of strategies released today by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System could dramatically improve how the U.S. health care system serves vulnerable populations-those in the U.S. who are uninsured, low-income, or members of racial and ethnic minority groups.

7 Oct 2011

Three Penn labs receive NIH grant to speed translation of medical research into patient care

Three labs from the University of Pennsylvania have received $12.5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of its $143.8 million national grant program to challenge the scientific status quo with innovative ideas that have the potential to speed the translation of medical research into improved health for the American public.

4 Oct 2011

OCM announces acquisition of RIN

One Call Medical, Inc. (OCM), the nation's leading provider of specialty services to insurance payers, today announced its acquisition of Raytel Imaging Network, Inc. (RIN), a preferred provider network of diagnostic imaging services, including MRIs and CT scans. This acquisition expands and strengthens OCM's market-leading national diagnostic network.

3 Oct 2011

Four teams receive commercialization grant awards for development of new health-care products

Four Washington-based teams of investigators will receive up to $150,000 each to support commercial development of new health and health-care products, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund announced today.

30 Sep 2011

Plausible way to circumvent drug resistance in breast cancer cells

Breast cancer cells that mutate to resist drug treatment survive by establishing tiny pumps on their surface that reject the drugs as they penetrate the cell membrane - making the cancer insensitive to chemotherapy drugs even after repeated use.

29 Sep 2011

Scientists identify proteasome phosphatase that appears to regulate removal of damaged proteins

A study by scientists at the University of California, San Diego and UC Irvine has identified an enzyme called a proteasome phosphatase that appears to regulate removal of damaged proteins from a cell. The understanding of how this process works could have important implications for numerous diseases, including cancer and Parkinson's disease.

28 Sep 2011

UNC CDTR aims to reduce diabetes-related health disparities

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a $3 million, 5-year grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to establish the UNC Center for Diabetes Translation Research to Reduce Health Disparities.

27 Sep 2011

NIDA announces winners of Avant-Garde Awards for Innovative Medication Development Research

Scientists proposing to develop vaccines against methamphetamine and nicotine have been selected to receive NIDA's second Avant-Garde Awards for Innovative Medication Development Research.

22 Sep 2011

NIH-funded project to develop new class of tissue regeneration therapeutics

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded nearly $2 million to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University to develop a new class of therapeutics for treating traumatic injuries and degenerative diseases.

22 Sep 2011

Translation News and Research

AMIA honors 4 leaders in biomedical and health informatics with Signature Awards

St. Jude Medical third quarter net sales increase 12% to $1.383 billion

FUTURAGE project to tackle Europe's ageing population over the next 10 years

Commercialization strategies for next-generation medicines

HMS launches Initiative in Systems Pharmacology

TPP, University of Dundee sign collaboration agreement for drug development fund

National award encourages bio-science student researchers

Scientists sequence complete genome of naked mole rat

Two-gene DNA urine test for prostate cancer

New siRNA treatment reduces damaging inflammation in animals models of several disorders

Researchers focus on gelatinase inhibitor compounds to treat neurological diseases

New set of strategies could improve U.S. health care system for vulnerable populations

Three Penn labs receive NIH grant to speed translation of medical research into patient care

OCM announces acquisition of RIN

Four teams receive commercialization grant awards for development of new health-care products

Plausible way to circumvent drug resistance in breast cancer cells

Scientists identify proteasome phosphatase that appears to regulate removal of damaged proteins

UNC CDTR aims to reduce diabetes-related health disparities

NIDA announces winners of Avant-Garde Awards for Innovative Medication Development Research

NIH-funded project to develop new class of tissue regeneration therapeutics

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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