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Cascade reaffirms position on non-invasive detection of melanoma by SkinSpect device

Cascade Technologies, Corp. announced today that, in response to significant recent attention to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel evaluation of Mela Sciences' MelaFind device, the company has received a number of inquiries about its similar instrument.

20 Nov 2010

Franklin ranked among top 10 hospitals in New York State for joint replacement

Franklin Hospital is ranked the best on Long Island for joint replacement outcomes and also is tops in Nassau County for its overall success in orthopedics and joint replacement, according to the latest national study by HealthGrades.

20 Nov 2010

GRRL Tech offers students career insight into STEM industries

With record-breaking attendance, Tech Collective's 10th annual GRRL Tech event today welcomed more than 525 female high school students as well as over 90 educators and business professionals to the Roger Williams University Bristol campus.

20 Nov 2010

New multimode imaging could help detect blood stain at crime-scene investigations

Chemists at the University of South Carolina have developed a camera with the ability to see the invisible and more. The new technology, called multimode imaging in the thermal infrared, could eventually be used in crime-scene investigations, since it can capture blood stains that the human eye can't see.

20 Nov 2010

HealthPort enters agreement with CompuGroup to sell Solution Services Division

Today, HealthPort, a leading health information technology provider announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Solution Services Division based out of Columbia, SC to CompuGroup Medical AG.

20 Nov 2010

PROTOX closes first tranche of investment by Warburg Pincus

Protox Therapeutics Inc., a leader in the development of receptor targeted therapeutic fusion proteins, today announced it has closed the first tranche of the investment by Warburg Pincus. The investment was approved by 100% of the votes cast by shareholders at the recent special shareholders meeting.

20 Nov 2010

Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy reduces pain and improves function in knee osteoarthritis patients

The first American study that positions Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP) as a viable means in managing knee osteoarthritis, appeared today in the December issue of the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AJPMR). The study, authored by Dr. Steven Sampson of the Orthohealing Center in Los Angeles, details the account of 14 patients with primary and secondary knee osteoarthritis receiving three platelet-rich plasma injections in the affected knee at 4-week intervals with one year follow up.

20 Nov 2010

Siemens to unveil Biograph mMR system at RSNA Annual Meeting

At the 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), November 28 - December 2 in Chicago, Siemens Healthcare (Booth #822, East Building/Lakeside Center, Hall D) will unveil the Biograph mMR, the world's first integrated whole-body molecular Magnetic Resonance (MR) system with simultaneous data acquisition technology, currently undergoing clinical use testing.

20 Nov 2010

NEXTERONE Premixed Injection uses CyDex Captisol technology platform

CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that Prism Pharmaceuticals' NEXTERONE (amiodarone HCL) Premixed Injection, which recently received supplemental new drug application (sNDA) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, makes use of the patent-protected CyDex Captisol technology platform.

20 Nov 2010

GE Healthcare Canada wins ITAC 2010 Company of the Year Award

GE Healthcare Canada, a global leader in information technology, has won the Information Technology Association of Canada's (ITAC) 2010 Company of the Year Award. This award recognizes a distinguished for-profit healthcare IT company that has demonstrated excellence in the Canadian health informatics industry over the past twelve months. GE Healthcare won the award as the solutions provider for several major image exchange projects funded by Canada Health Infoway and eHealth Ontario.

20 Nov 2010

NexACT technology improves oral delivery of five small molecule drugs

Apricus Biosciences, Inc., today announced data from animal studies showing that the NexACT technology significantly improved the oral delivery of five small molecule drugs tested, with the best improvements up to 20-fold, in terms of improvement in absorption.

20 Nov 2010

Boston Scientific signs definitive agreement to acquire Sadra Medical

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement, under which Boston Scientific will acquire Sadra Medical, Inc., a development-stage company in Los Gatos, California. Sadra is developing the first fully repositionable device for percutaneous aortic valve replacement to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis.

20 Nov 2010

Antares advances VIBEX QS platform for highly-viscous drug injection

Antares Pharma, Inc., a leader in self-injection drug delivery technology, today announced the latest advancement in its proprietary line of VIBEX auto-injectors.

20 Nov 2010

U.S. falling short of its goals to improve access to clean water, sanitation worldwide, report says

The U.S. is falling short on its goal of improving conditions for the 2.6 billion people worldwide without access to clean water and sanitation despite the fact the Water for the Poor Act became law in 2005, according to a report released Thursday by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), WaterAid, CARE and 11 other organization, Food Safety News reports.

19 Nov 2010

Biorem third quarter gross profit decreases from $2,348,000 to $1,816,000

BIOREM Inc. today announced its results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2010. Biorem's complete 2010 third quarter financial statements and MD&A have been filed on SEDAR

19 Nov 2010

Glenn Foundation awards $60,000 grant to Scripps' scientist for biomedical research

While scientists depend on grants for their research, applying for them is a long and frequently frustrating process. For one Scripps Research Institute scientist, however, the process was shorter.

19 Nov 2010

AVEO's RON antibody shows anti-tumor activity in human cancer xenografts

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing cancer therapeutics, today announced preclinical data from AVEO's anti-RON antibody program which demonstrated the successful identification of antibodies with potent anti-tumor activity that demonstrated inhibition of the function of both wild type RON and the RONΔ160 variant, as well as a potential biomarker to identify tumors likely to respond to treatment with the anti-RON antibody.

19 Nov 2010

Acacia subsidiary receives patents for wireless physiological monitoring technology

Acacia Research Corporation announced today that a subsidiary has acquired 11 patents for wireless physiological monitoring technology.

19 Nov 2010

ImmunoGen presents positive data on IMGN388 anticancer compound at EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium

ImmunoGen, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops antibody-based anticancer products using its Targeted Antibody Payload (TAP) technology, today announced the presentation of encouraging clinical data for the Company's IMGN388 anticancer compound at the 22nd EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics taking place in Berlin, Germany.

19 Nov 2010

Personalised medicine could help develop effective treatments for serious diseases

Personalised medicine is a field that holds a lot of promise as a provider of practices and technology that could help develop more effective treatments for serious diseases such as cancer. Personalised medicine involves tailoring treatment according to the genetic profile and molecular makeup of each patient.

19 Nov 2010

Technology News and Research

Cascade reaffirms position on non-invasive detection of melanoma by SkinSpect device

Franklin ranked among top 10 hospitals in New York State for joint replacement

GRRL Tech offers students career insight into STEM industries

New multimode imaging could help detect blood stain at crime-scene investigations

HealthPort enters agreement with CompuGroup to sell Solution Services Division

PROTOX closes first tranche of investment by Warburg Pincus

Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy reduces pain and improves function in knee osteoarthritis patients

Siemens to unveil Biograph mMR system at RSNA Annual Meeting

NEXTERONE Premixed Injection uses CyDex Captisol technology platform

GE Healthcare Canada wins ITAC 2010 Company of the Year Award

NexACT technology improves oral delivery of five small molecule drugs

Boston Scientific signs definitive agreement to acquire Sadra Medical

Antares advances VIBEX QS platform for highly-viscous drug injection

U.S. falling short of its goals to improve access to clean water, sanitation worldwide, report says

Biorem third quarter gross profit decreases from $2,348,000 to $1,816,000

Glenn Foundation awards $60,000 grant to Scripps' scientist for biomedical research

AVEO's RON antibody shows anti-tumor activity in human cancer xenografts

Acacia subsidiary receives patents for wireless physiological monitoring technology

ImmunoGen presents positive data on IMGN388 anticancer compound at EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium

Personalised medicine could help develop effective treatments for serious diseases

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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