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DotWell partners with INX to implement Cisco VoIP phone and voicemail solution

INX Inc., has been contracted to deploy a Cisco-centric network and Unified Communications solution for DotWell.

8 Sep 2011

Aggressive medical treatment without stenting better for high-risk stroke patients

An article appearing in the Sept. 7 New England Journal of Medicine, reporting on National Institutes of Health research on brain stents, says aggressive medical treatment without stenting is better for high-risk stroke patients.

8 Sep 2011

UVB light processing boosts vitamin D in mushrooms

A new commercial processing technology is suitable for boosting the vitamin D content of mushrooms and has no adverse effects on other nutrients in those tasty delicacies, the first study on the topic has concluded. The technology, which involves exposing mushrooms to the same kind of ultraviolet light that produces suntans, can greatly boost mushrooms' vitamin D content. It appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

8 Sep 2011

ITFoM FET Flagship pilot project to be presented at European Parliament seminar

On 20 September 2011, the Information Technology: Future of Medicine (ITFoM) FET Flagship pilot project will be presented at a seminar in the European Parliament.

8 Sep 2011

IFT member explains facts about antioxidants

IFT Member Claudia Fajardo-Lira, PhD, Professor of Food Science and Nutrition at California State University-Northridge, explains the facts about antioxidants.

8 Sep 2011

Innovative UMD-based food safety program to launch on Sept. 15

Amid ongoing concerns about E. coli, Salmonella and other food-borne illnesses, a new facility will take a unique approach to make imports bound for the United States safer: Give foreign technicians who test those foods intensive, hands-on lab training in U.S. government methods, standards and technology, as well as acceptable alternatives.

8 Sep 2011

Scientists invent new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles

A team of Penn State University scientists has invented a new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles -- structures that are composed of two or more kinds of materials in an extremely small particle that is visible only with an electron microscope.

8 Sep 2011

Kennet announces $25M investment in WorldOne

Kennet Partners, the technology growth equity investor, has announced a $25 million investment in WorldOne, a market leader in global healthcare data collection. The financing will be used to accelerate WorldOne's global expansion and to fund continued development of new business lines.

8 Sep 2011

Ohio Third Frontier grants to advance Philips Healthcare Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded $2.5 million in research grants to advance the Philips Healthcare Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center, a collaboration among Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Philips Healthcare. The research projects are part of $30 million in funding awarded throughout the State of Ohio this week by the Ohio Third Frontier Commission.

8 Sep 2011

GE Healthcare granted exclusive distribution rights to KC BioMedix NTrainer neurostimulation system

GE Healthcare, Inc. and KC BioMedix, Inc. today announced an agreement that grants GE Healthcare's Maternal Infant Care division exclusive rights for distribution and marketing of the KC BioMedix NTrainer pulsatile neurostimulation system.

8 Sep 2011

Developing technologies to improve treatment of craniosynostosis in babies

Engineers and surgeons are working together to improve the treatment of babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the bone plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Treating this condition typically requires surgery after birth to remove portions of the fused skull bones, and in some cases the bones grow together again too quickly -- requiring additional surgeries.

8 Sep 2011

NJIT to honor electrical engineer for nanotechnology research

What do brilliantly colored glass, advanced batteries, and innovative technology for the regulation of brain functions have in common? They are nano-scale structures far smaller than the wavelengths of energy coursing through them in different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, said NJIT Professor Haim Grebel.

8 Sep 2011

Study: Protein's structural arrangement can change its signaling function

In a joint study, scientists from the California and Florida campuses of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that changes in a protein's structure can change its signaling function and they have pinpointed the precise regions where those changes take place.

8 Sep 2011

Aternity FPI Platform selected for Centene's strategic end user experience management initiatives

Aternity Inc., the industry's technology leader in end user experience management solutions for Global 1000 enterprises, announced today that Centene Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and leading multi-line healthcare enterprise that provides programs and related services to the rising number of under-insured and uninsured individuals, has selected the Aternity Frontline Performance Intelligence (FPI) Platform for its strategic end user experience management initiatives.

7 Sep 2011

Simulations Plus preliminary fourth quarter revenues increase 6.9% to $1.426 million

Simulations Plus, Inc., a leading provider of consulting services and software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today released preliminary revenues for its fourth fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2011, ended August 31, 2011 (4QFY11), and for the entire fiscal year 2011 (FY11).

7 Sep 2011

PSI to develop statewide enterprise content management solution for Maryland DHR

Policy Studies Inc. (PSI), a recognized expert in systems design and development for health and human services (HHS) programs, announced today that the Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR) awarded PSI a 34-month contract to develop and implement a statewide enterprise content management solution (ECMS) to help manage and store DHR's hundreds of thousands of documents. Initial work on the project started on August 1.

7 Sep 2011

St. Jude Medical receives approval for CRT-D quadripolar pacing system in India

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced the approval of the industry's first quadripolar pacing system for cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) in India. The Promote Quadra CRT-D offers physicians the ability to more effectively and efficiently manage the ever-changing pacing needs of patients with heart failure.

7 Sep 2011

First aesthetic laser device for long-term reduction in appearance of cellulite

Cynosure, Inc., a leader in laser- and light-based treatments for minimally invasive and non-invasive aesthetic applications, received a medical device licence issued by Health Canada for the Company's Cellulaze Cellulite Laser Workstation for the reduction in the appearance of cellulite.

7 Sep 2011

BioLineRx, Tel Aviv University sign license agreement to develop and commercialize BL-7050

BioLineRx, a biopharmaceutical development company, today announced that it has signed a worldwide, exclusive license agreement with Ramot at Tel Aviv University Ltd., the technology transfer company of Tel Aviv University, for the development and commercialization of BL-7050, a novel, orally-available treatment for neuropathic and inflammatory pain.

7 Sep 2011

SFDA approves MedWaves' AveCure microwave coagulation-ablation system for cancer

MedWaves' AveCure microwave coagulation-ablation (MWA) system uses microwave energy to volumetrically coagulate-ablate (destroy) soft-tissue lesions safely, effectively, precisely and with repeatability.

7 Sep 2011

Technology News and Research

DotWell partners with INX to implement Cisco VoIP phone and voicemail solution

Aggressive medical treatment without stenting better for high-risk stroke patients

UVB light processing boosts vitamin D in mushrooms

ITFoM FET Flagship pilot project to be presented at European Parliament seminar

IFT member explains facts about antioxidants

Innovative UMD-based food safety program to launch on Sept. 15

Scientists invent new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles

Kennet announces $25M investment in WorldOne

Ohio Third Frontier grants to advance Philips Healthcare Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center

GE Healthcare granted exclusive distribution rights to KC BioMedix NTrainer neurostimulation system

Developing technologies to improve treatment of craniosynostosis in babies

NJIT to honor electrical engineer for nanotechnology research

Study: Protein's structural arrangement can change its signaling function

Aternity FPI Platform selected for Centene's strategic end user experience management initiatives

Simulations Plus preliminary fourth quarter revenues increase 6.9% to $1.426 million

PSI to develop statewide enterprise content management solution for Maryland DHR

St. Jude Medical receives approval for CRT-D quadripolar pacing system in India

First aesthetic laser device for long-term reduction in appearance of cellulite

BioLineRx, Tel Aviv University sign license agreement to develop and commercialize BL-7050

SFDA approves MedWaves' AveCure microwave coagulation-ablation system for cancer

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