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Lifetime tool for families created through sperm donation

Starting a family the "old-fashioned way" is becoming less common. Only 25% of American households are made up of a husband, wife, and a child. The fertility field is continually growing with advances in scientific technology, and infertile patients have more options for conceiving -- including the use of donor sperm. Along with the medical advances comes the continual need for emotional support for both the parent and children.

14 Jan 2011

Cancer Research UK and CRT select 4 research groups to unravel role of cancer stem cells

Cancer Research UK and its commercial arm Cancer Research Technology (CRT), have established a team of scientists with expertise in cancer stem cell research to identify new targets to detect, monitor and treat cancer.

14 Jan 2011

Collaborative Drug Discovery receives additional grant for TB drug research

Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. (CDD) today announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has extended its previous grant to CDD to create a novel database to spark collaborative efforts to discover more effective drugs against tuberculosis (TB). The TB bacillus infects approximately one third of the world's population and the disease kills over 1.5 million people every year.

From Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. 14 Jan 2011

Ortivus wins procurement order from Southern Älvsborgs Hospital, Sweden

Ortivus have won a procurement of patient monitoring equipment for the cardiology and emergency departments at Southern Älvsborgs Hospital in Borås, Sweden. Furthermore have orders in Italy and Norway been obtained that confirms Ortivus distributor and Value Added Reseller contracts in respective countries.

14 Jan 2011

Aberdeen reports on QAD Enterprise Applications On Demand SaaS solution

QAD Inc., a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, announced today that Aberdeen Group, a leading firm of technology analysts, has published QAD On Demand Gives Manufacturers the Tools They Need to Become Global - its latest Analyst Insight report - in which it cites QAD as a pioneer in delivering a complete Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution in a Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model.

14 Jan 2011

pH Advantage adds Pyranase to facial skin care line

pH Advantage LLC recently added a new breakthrough product to its highly effective facial skin care line. Pyranase is clinically proven to reverse the signs of aging, reduce fine lines and wrinkles and improve the overall texture and appearance of the skin. Pyranase brings the proven effectiveness of a class of plant growth factor (cytokinin) in an enhanced and proprietary molecular formula.

14 Jan 2011

Simulations Plus first quarter consolidated revenues increase 15.4% to record $2.811M

Simulations Plus, Inc., a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today reported financial results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2011 ended November 30, 2010 (1QFY11).

14 Jan 2011

UT Southwestern to register intent to achieve 'meaningful use' of EHRs

As the first major medical center in North Texas to implement electronic medical records in all its clinical practice groups, UT Southwestern Medical Center today applauded the government's initiative to get hospitals and health care providers across the nation to embrace new health care technology. The medical center said it will achieve the goal of "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHR) and register for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

14 Jan 2011

Viking ships 21 3DHD visualization systems in fourth quarter 2010

Viking Systems, Inc. said that the launch of its new 3DHD visualization system is proceeding as planned and that initial market reaction has been very positive.

14 Jan 2011

Endosense, Siemens Healthcare enter joint catheter ablation development project

Endosense, a Swiss medical technology company, and Siemens Healthcare, one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry, have agreed to commence a joint development project intended to integrate the contact-force data provided by Endosense's TactiCath® force-sensing ablation catheter with Siemens' electrophysiology solutions.

14 Jan 2011

Baylor Health Care System to implement standardized, certified EHR

Baylor Health Care System is today announcing its intent to continue to improve the quality of patient care in North Texas through the implementation of the electronic health record (EHR) across the health care system. It is one of thousands of hospitals and eligible professionals across the country officially registering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to demonstrate its commitment to achieve "meaningful use" of EHRs.

14 Jan 2011

BIOTRONIK announces FDA IDE approval and first patient enrollment for TOCCASTAR clinical trial

BIOTRONIK SE Co. & KG highlights two key milestones toward receiving premarket approval (PMA) of the TactiCath, a novel technology for treating atrial fibrillation (AF): FDA IDE (investigational device exemption) approval and the first patient enrollment of the TOCCASTAR (TactiCath Contact Force Ablation Catheter Study for Atrial Fibrillation) clinical trial.

14 Jan 2011

Centice launches integration and solutions platform for Computational Raman Spectroscopy application

Centice Corporation, a pioneer in chemical verification and identification using Raman Spectroscopy and computational sensor technology, announced today the availability of an integration and solutions platform for the application of Computational Raman Spectroscopy to satisfy technology needs in process manufacturing, healthcare, public safety and materials science.

14 Jan 2011

T.A. Sciences receives US patent for TA-65 to tackle aging process

Telomerase Activation Sciences, today announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 7,846,904 to the Geron Corporation. The patent covers the use of certain compounds to upregulate telomerase expression in cells.

14 Jan 2011

CJSM highlights emerging issues in sport medicine

Should electrocardiograms be included in cardiovascular screening of athletes? What's the current status of research into long-term effects of concussions? These and other hot topics are the focus of the January Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, a special issue on "Emerging Issues in Sport Medicine."

14 Jan 2011

Metabolic profiling of tissue samples may transform the way surgeons make decisions

Metabolic profiling of tissue samples could transform the way surgeons make decisions in the operating theatre, say researchers at a new laboratory being launched today. Scientists at Imperial College London, in partnership with clinicians at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, have installed a high resolution solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer in St Mary's Hospital.

13 Jan 2011

Abuse of legal substances

The Internet, smart phones and teens' endless search for self-acceptance in their technology connected yet isolated world is driving a revival of substance abuse of salvia, an herb from flower seeds that induces psychedelic effects but is not detectable with usual drug tests, and synthetic cannabis, a psychoactive herbal and chemical concoction, also undetectable, popularly known around high schools as "spice".

13 Jan 2011

PPPI-III conference to focus on fundamental research and industrial application of particulate processing

Over 80% of all pharmaceutical products are in the solid dosage form. Particulate processes therefore abound in the pharmaceutical industry. These include crystallization; drying, granulation, and coating; tablet compaction; fine powder transport, mixing, and blending. These and other particulate processes are used for the large-scale manufacture of tablets and capsules as well as dry powder inhalants for public consumption.

13 Jan 2011

Apollo Munich Health Insurance honored with Celent Model Insurer Asia 2011 award

Apollo Munich Health Insurance Co. Ltd. (AMHI), was felicitated with the Celent Model Insurer Asia 2011 award in the Policy Administration System (PAS) category. The award recognizes excellence in technology best practices at insurers in Asia, in various categories.

13 Jan 2011

NEJM releases findings about behavioral impact of personal genetic testing

Navigenics, a leading personal genomics company, announced today that The New England Journal of Medicine has published findings from the Scripps Genomic Health Initiative, a research study sponsored by Scripps Translational Science Institute to assess the behavioral impact of personal genetic testing.

13 Jan 2011