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Benitec announces USPTO's reversal of all previous rejections in '099 Graham patent appeal

Benitec Limited, a leading Australian based company specialising in RNA interference (RNAi) technology is pleased to announce the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences decision ("the Decision") reversing all previous rejections in the US 6,573,099 (the '099 Graham patent) appeal.

4 Oct 2010

USDA NIFA awards $3.8M to develop healthier food products for humanitarian assistance programs

The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded nearly $3.8 million to develop healthier food products for humanitarian assistance programs.

4 Oct 2010

Welch Allyn launches Connex ProBP handheld automated digital blood pressure device

Welch Allyn, a leading global provider of frontline medical products and solutions, today introduced the Connex® ProBP™ 3400, an automated digital blood pressure device designed to fit in the palm of the hand. Borrowing Welch Allyn SureBP™ technology from the company's multiparameter vital signs devices, the Connex ProBP delivers fast, accurate blood pressure readings with the durability of Welch Allyn's popular hospital-grade vital signs devices.

4 Oct 2010

Researchers find new way to increase number of blood-forming stem cells when grown outside the body

One of the major challenges in stem cell transplants is how to obtain sufficient numbers of these remarkably rare cells to put into patients. To help overcome this issue, research from the Centenary Institute, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney has found a way to increase the number of blood-forming stem cells when growing them outside of the body.

4 Oct 2010

Researchers identify ways to predict embryonic developmental success

Two-thirds of all human embryos fail to develop successfully. Now, in a new study, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that they can predict with 93 percent certainty which fertilized eggs will make it to a critical developmental milestone and which will stall and die. The findings are important to the understanding of the fundamentals of human development at the earliest stages, which have largely remained a mystery despite the attention given to human embryonic stem cell research.

4 Oct 2010

Researchers create new cell lines from mesenchymal stem cells

Biomedical researchers at the University at Buffalo have engineered adult stem cells that scientists can grow continuously in culture, a discovery that could speed development of cost-effective treatments for diseases including heart disease, diabetes, immune disorders and neurodegenerative diseases.

4 Oct 2010

CAD usage in screening, diagnostic mammography increases: Study

The use of computer-aided detection (CAD) is increasing, in both screening and diagnostic mammography, according to a study in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

4 Oct 2010

Researchers find gene variations in PDE11A enzyme can increase risk for prostate cancer

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found that variations in a gene for an enzyme involved in cell energy metabolism appear to increase the risk for prostate cancer.

4 Oct 2010

NIH announces it will share IP rights to some AIDS drugs in UNITAID Patent Pool

The NIH announced Thursday it will share intellectual property rights on some AIDS drugs in a patent pool designed to make treatments more widely available to the poor, Reuters reports.

4 Oct 2010

NIH awards Scripps Research grants to study the mechanisms of protein complex

For Immediate Release -Scripps Research Institute scientists have been awarded approximately $65 million in four five-year grants as part of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) latest round of structural biology funding. The projects will focus on determining the shapes and functions of proteins and protein complexes that are important in biology and medicine.

4 Oct 2010

CWRU researcher receives New Innovator Award to advance synthetic platelet technology

A Case Western Reserve University researcher will receive a $2.3 million New Innovator Award today to further develop and broaden the uses of synthetic platelets and the technology that makes them work.

4 Oct 2010

UCLA receives contract to study proteins involved in cardiovascular disease development

UCLA has received a five-year, $12.5 million contract award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to spearhead an international consortium of medical experts that will study proteins that may be involved in the development of cardiovascular disease.

4 Oct 2010

ArborGen files registration statement with Securities and Exchange Commission

ArborGen Inc., the world's leading developer of biotechnology tree seedling products and one of the largest providers of conventional and technology-enhanced seedlings to the global commercial forestry industry, announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.

4 Oct 2010

HHS consumer website adds new features; health law provisions affecting open season

HealthCare.Gov, the consumer health care insurance website run by the federal government, unveiled a slew of new features this morning. Consumers can find pricing information for 4,400 individual and family health plans offered by more than 225 insurance carriers, Plan information will be updated monthly, said Todd Park, HHS chief technology officer.

4 Oct 2010

BMC researchers receive grants to study effectiveness of integrative medicine in underserved patients

Two Boston Medical Center (BMC) researchers have each been awarded grants from the NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) to study the effectiveness of integrative medicine in underserved patients.

4 Oct 2010

Shoulder pain costs American health system $7 billion

25 out of 1,000 visits to the family doctor are related to shoulder pain. This is currently the cause of 13% of sick leaves, and it costs the American health system 7 billion dollars.

1 Oct 2010

RadNet completes acquisition of Image Medical

RadNet, Inc., a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a network of 191 fully-owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, today reported it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Image Medical Corporation, parent of eRAD, Inc.

1 Oct 2010

Health insurance prices, restrictions now on federal consumer website

Kaiser Health News staff writer Jessica Marcy talked with Todd Park, the chief technology officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Karen Pollitz, who heads the consumer support division at HHS Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, about the detailed health plan cost and benefits information unveiled today on Healthcare.gov.

1 Oct 2010

Medicago announces official groundbreaking ceremony for U.S. plant-based commercial grade vaccine facility

Medicago U.S.A. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Medicago Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and affordable vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced that company executives, along with U.S. Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) and U.S. Congressman David Price (D-NC), are holding an official groundbreaking ceremony this morning for its U.S. plant-based commercial grade vaccine facility in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

1 Oct 2010

Collagen Matrix's new Collagen Dental Membrane granted FDA 510(k) clearance

Collagen Matrix, Inc., the leader in collagen- and mineral-based matrix engineering, announced today that it has received FDA's 510(k) clearance of a new Collagen Dental Membrane derived from porcine dermis indicated for use in oral surgical procedures involving guided tissue and bone regeneration.

1 Oct 2010

Technology News and Research

Benitec announces USPTO's reversal of all previous rejections in '099 Graham patent appeal

USDA NIFA awards $3.8M to develop healthier food products for humanitarian assistance programs

Welch Allyn launches Connex ProBP handheld automated digital blood pressure device

Researchers find new way to increase number of blood-forming stem cells when grown outside the body

Researchers identify ways to predict embryonic developmental success

Researchers create new cell lines from mesenchymal stem cells

CAD usage in screening, diagnostic mammography increases: Study

Researchers find gene variations in PDE11A enzyme can increase risk for prostate cancer

NIH announces it will share IP rights to some AIDS drugs in UNITAID Patent Pool

NIH awards Scripps Research grants to study the mechanisms of protein complex

CWRU researcher receives New Innovator Award to advance synthetic platelet technology

UCLA receives contract to study proteins involved in cardiovascular disease development

ArborGen files registration statement with Securities and Exchange Commission

HHS consumer website adds new features; health law provisions affecting open season

BMC researchers receive grants to study effectiveness of integrative medicine in underserved patients

Shoulder pain costs American health system $7 billion

RadNet completes acquisition of Image Medical

Health insurance prices, restrictions now on federal consumer website

Medicago announces official groundbreaking ceremony for U.S. plant-based commercial grade vaccine facility

Collagen Matrix's new Collagen Dental Membrane granted FDA 510(k) clearance

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