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Motorcycle helmets reduce spine injuries after collisions

Motorcycle helmets, long known to dramatically reduce the number of brain injuries and deaths from crashes, appear to also be associated with a lower risk of cervical spine injury, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests.

8 Feb 2011

Total flu cover with one shot

In a medical breakthrough, English scientists have developed a so-called “universal” vaccine to influenza - one that protects against all strains of the potentially deadly illness. This would do away with the need for a new vaccine each flu season they say. Seasonal flu affects up to 20 percent of the population and kills an average of 24,600 people each year. This vaccine would act against swine flu as well assure researchers.

8 Feb 2011

Researchers develop reality-based video game therapies to help stroke patients

The Journal of the American Medical Society featured the research of NJIT Associate Professor Sergei Adamovich, a biomedical engineer. Adamovich and his research partners, physical therapists Alma Merians, PhD, PT, and Eugene Tunik, PhD, PT, at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, have developed innovative robotic and virtual reality-based video game therapies to help stroke patients regain use of hands and arms.

8 Feb 2011

RemedyMD announces new ComprehensiveBMT to solve key HSCT research challenges

RemedyMD has identified the need within the HSCT community to build software that can aggregate, link, harmonize, and analyze data from patients and donors and then report data as necessary to the CIBMTR.

8 Feb 2011

Smartphone juggernaut will impact revenues, design strategies, and IP management, say UBM TechInsights

UBM TechInsights today warned the consumer medical device industry that the smartphone juggernaut will impact revenues, design strategies, and intellectual property management for medical devices in the same way it has for many consumer products including cameras, GPS devices and personal media players.

8 Feb 2011

New facilities for developing imaging tests in PESA CNIC-Santander study inaugurated

Felipe P-triz, Secretary of State for Research and Emilio Bot-n, president of Banco Santander have inaugurated today in Banco Santander Finantial City (located in Boadilla del Monte) the new facilities for developing the first imaging tests included in PESA (Progression of Early Subclinical Atherosclerosis) CNIC-Santander study.

8 Feb 2011

Abbott's Ibis, PLEX-ID technologies identify causative organism of plague in Afghanistan

Today, at the American Society for Microbiology Conference on Biodefense and Emerging Diseases, scientists from Abbott Molecular presented data showing the unique power of the company's Ibis technology to identify and further characterize unknown disease-causing pathogens to help aid in the bioforensic analysis of pandemic outbreaks.

8 Feb 2011

Ansaris receives milestone payment for identification of kinase-related compound for cancer, autoimmune diseases

Ansaris announced today that it has received a milestone payment for the successful identification of a kinase-related compound under its drug discovery collaboration with Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Ono will initiate the preclinical study of the identified compound. This collaboration between Ansaris and Ono was established to focus on the discovery of kinase-related compounds for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

8 Feb 2011

Elan 2010 total revenue increases 5% to $1,169.7 million

Elan Corporation, plc today reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2010 financial results and provided financial guidance for 2011.

8 Feb 2011

Almac opens analytical facility at new 240,000 sq. ft. North American Headquarters

Almac's new 240,000 sq. ft. North American Headquarters, built on 40 acres in Souderton, PA, north of Philadelphia is part of the Almac Group's integrated services solutions strategy. The new facility delivers full-service, integrated clinical packaging, drug supply management and technology solutions to pharmaceutical and biotech clients.

8 Feb 2011

Misonix completes product registrations in major Latin American countries

Misonix, a medical device company that designs, manufactures, and markets innovative, therapeutic, ultrasonic products worldwide for wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, neurosurgery, laparoscopic surgery, and other surgical and medical applications, announced the completion of product registrations in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.

8 Feb 2011

Cleveland Clinic, JumpStart Ventures invest $500,000 in SironRX Therapeutics

JumpStart Ventures, the non-profit that invests in and partners with innovative, early-stage companies in Northeast Ohio, and Cleveland Clinic, announced a combined investment commitment of $500,000 in SironRX Therapeutics, Inc. The Cleveland-based company is developing a topical therapy to enhance healing of and decrease scar formation in wounds.

8 Feb 2011

Luminex 2010 revenue increases 17% to $141.6 million

Luminex Corporation today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. Recent

From Luminex 8 Feb 2011

Particle Sciences announces strategic alliance with HORIBA Instruments

Particle Sciences, Inc., a leading pharmaceutical CRO, is pleased to announce the establishment of a strategic alliance with HORIBA Instruments of Irvine, CA, which is the U.S. sales and marketing division of HORIBA Limited of Kyoto, Japan.

8 Feb 2011

Breakthrough in Thermal Gradient's fast PCR technology for molecular diagnostics

Thermal Gradient, a Rochester, NY biotech company, announces a breakthrough in its fast PCR technology for molecular diagnostics. PCR is the preferred critical step in virtually all forms of DNA testing.

8 Feb 2011

MTBC EMR v 5.0 achieves ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification as Complete EHR

MTBC, a unique healthcare IT company, is pleased to announce that its proprietary EHR, MTBC EMR v 5.0, is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR on February 2, 2011 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB).

8 Feb 2011

Tufts announces public launch of Institute for Biomedical Partnerships, HUB website

Tufts University today announced the public launch of the Tufts Institute for Biomedical Partnerships website/HUB: www.tuftspharmapartners.org.

8 Feb 2011

Rush University director receives first $50,000 AACN Impact Research Grant

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recently awarded its first $50,000 AACN Impact Research Grant to Ruth Kleinpell, PhD, RN-CS, FAAN, director, Center for Clinical Research, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, and professor, Rush University College of Nursing.

7 Feb 2011

TOMI announces joint venture agreement with Zera Investments

TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc., a global green leader in infectious disease control and surface and air remediation, announced today a joint venture agreement with Zera Investments PTE. LTD, a Singapore private investment company.

7 Feb 2011

USPTO issues key patent to ISTO's NuQu product for degenerative disc disease treatment

ISTO Technologies, Inc. announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a key patent covering the primary technology for ISTO's NuQu product.

7 Feb 2011

Technology News and Research

Motorcycle helmets reduce spine injuries after collisions

Total flu cover with one shot

Researchers develop reality-based video game therapies to help stroke patients

RemedyMD announces new ComprehensiveBMT to solve key HSCT research challenges

Smartphone juggernaut will impact revenues, design strategies, and IP management, say UBM TechInsights

New facilities for developing imaging tests in PESA CNIC-Santander study inaugurated

Abbott's Ibis, PLEX-ID technologies identify causative organism of plague in Afghanistan

Ansaris receives milestone payment for identification of kinase-related compound for cancer, autoimmune diseases

Elan 2010 total revenue increases 5% to $1,169.7 million

Almac opens analytical facility at new 240,000 sq. ft. North American Headquarters

Misonix completes product registrations in major Latin American countries

Cleveland Clinic, JumpStart Ventures invest $500,000 in SironRX Therapeutics

Luminex 2010 revenue increases 17% to $141.6 million

Particle Sciences announces strategic alliance with HORIBA Instruments

Breakthrough in Thermal Gradient's fast PCR technology for molecular diagnostics

MTBC EMR v 5.0 achieves ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification as Complete EHR

Tufts announces public launch of Institute for Biomedical Partnerships, HUB website

Rush University director receives first $50,000 AACN Impact Research Grant

TOMI announces joint venture agreement with Zera Investments

USPTO issues key patent to ISTO's NuQu product for degenerative disc disease treatment

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