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AuthenTec, UPEK combine to expand fingerprint sensors and identity management software

AuthenTec, a leading provider of security, identity management and touch control solutions, and privately-held UPEK, a leading supplier of fingerprint solutions for consumer, business and government applications, announced that the companies have combined, creating the world's largest provider of fingerprint sensors and identity management software, as well as biometric and embedded security solutions.

7 Sep 2010

Bruker launches Icon desktop MRI systems at 2010 World Molecular Imaging Congress

At the 2010 World Molecular Imaging Congress in Kyoto, Bruker Corporation today announces the introduction of the Icon™, a new easy-to-use 1 Tesla desktop MRI scanner that combines simplicity with compact dimensions, in order to bring preclinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within reach for a broader range of molecular imaging laboratories.

7 Sep 2010

Bend Research expands hot-melt extrusion pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities

Bend Research Inc., a leading independent drug-formulation development and manufacturing company, announced today that it is expanding its pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities for hot-melt extrusion.

7 Sep 2010

University of Maryland School of Medicine orders AVANCE III 950 US2 NMR spectrometer from Bruker

Bruker Corporation announces a major order from the University of Maryland School of Medicine for its ultra-high field AVANCE III 950 US2 NMR spectrometer. The 950 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance magnet and spectrometer will help University of Maryland researchers to unravel the mysteries of molecules and develop new agents to treat cancer, AIDS and other diseases.

7 Sep 2010

miacom diagnostics presents rapid detection method for pneumonia causing pathogens

miacom diagnostics specializes on the development and production of medical tests for the detection of acute infectious diseases. In addition to its existing sepsis kits miacom, diagnostics is now presenting a further CE-marked product based on the same proprietary technology. It is targeted at the rapid detection of clinically most relevant pneumonia causing pathogens.

7 Sep 2010

Bruker announces NIST order for AVANCE III 900 NMR spectrometer

Bruker Corporation, the leader in analytical magnetic resonance instrumentation, today announces a major order from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for its ultra-high field AVANCE™ III 900 US2 NMR spectrometer.

7 Sep 2010

RevMed secures contract with Medical Investment to produce fixed needle safety syringe

RevMed has secured a binding 5 Year contract to produce 5M syringes/month of its 3mL fixed needle safety syringe with Medical Investment Group, LLC (MIG). MIG, a Massachusetts Limited Liability Company, will fulfill this obligation through its relationship with an internationally certified global medical device manufacturer.

7 Sep 2010

FDA grants IRIS clearance for analysis of synovial fluid with iQ200, iRICELL automated microscopy analyzers

IRIS International, Inc., a leading manufacturer of automated in-vitro diagnostic systems and consumables for use in hospitals and commercial laboratories worldwide and provider of high value personalized diagnostics testing services through its CLIA certified molecular diagnostics laboratory, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the analysis of synovial fluid as a new product application in its Body Fluids Module utilizing its iQ®200 and iRICELL® automated microscopy analyzers.

7 Sep 2010

NextGen executes agreement with MKMG to deploy EHR solution

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced it has executed an agreement with Mount Kisco Medical Group, PC (MKMG) to deploy NextGen Ambulatory EHR (Electronic Health Record), NextGen Practice Management, and the NextGen Patient portal.

7 Sep 2010

Medtronic announces international launch of Resolute Integrity Stent System

Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), announces the CE (Conformite Europeene) mark and international launch of the Resolute Integrity Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease, a leading cause of death and poor quality of life.

7 Sep 2010

DSM, PolyTherics enter agreement for HiPEG IFN alpha-2a product development

DSM BioSolutions, DSM's microbial fermentation CMO business unit and PolyTherics Limited an innovator in precision engineering of proteins, today announced that they have entered into an agreement for the process development and manufacture of PolyTherics' lead biobetter product, HiPEG IFN alpha-2a.

7 Sep 2010

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory orders for Vistec's EBPG5200 electron-beam lithography system

Vistec Lithography, a leading supplier of advanced electron-beam lithography systems has announced today that the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) in Braga, Portugal has placed an order for Vistec's electron-beam lithography system EBPG5200. The Portuguese Laboratory is the first fully international research organization in Europe in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

7 Sep 2010

DSM Pharma launches InnoSyn route scouting services for pharmaceutical customers

DSM Pharma Chemicals, a business unit of DSM Pharmaceutical Products, today announced the launch of InnoSyn™ route scouting services. In response to the increasing interest of pharmaceutical customers to outsource the development of robust low-cost manufacturing routes, DSM is offering focused and flexible stand alone route scouting services.

7 Sep 2010

Protagen AG announces € 10.0 Million for second round of finance totaling

Protagen AG, a specialist for in-vitro diagnostics and GMP-compliant protein analysis announced today a second round of finance totalling a volume of € 10.0 Million.

7 Sep 2010

Precision receives stay for patent infringement litigation by Cellectis

Precision BioSciences, Inc., today announced that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina has granted Precision's request to stay patent infringement litigation brought against Precision by Cellectis, SA.

7 Sep 2010

Researchers to develop new treatment strategy for cancer

Cancer is a difficult disease to treat because it's a personal disease. Each case is unique and based on a combination of environmental and genetic factors. Conventional chemotherapy employs treatment with one or more drugs, assuming that these medicines are able to both "diagnose" and "treat" the affected cells. Many of the side effects experienced by chemotherapy patients are due to the fact that the drugs they are taking aren't selective enough.

7 Sep 2010

Survey reveals lack of public awareness about radiotherapy's importance in treating cancer

Only one in ten people know that radiotherapy helps cure forty per cent of cancer patients according to new figures published by Cancer Research UK today.

7 Sep 2010

TimeTemp's shelf-life indicator for food will help Norwegian retailers reduce waste

Norwegian food retailers discard over 50,000 tonnes of food annually - much of it of perfectly good quality. New technology from Norway could substantially reduce this wastefulness.

4 Sep 2010

Kavli Day 2010 at Norwegian University of Science and Technology

In celebration of Kavli Prize Week, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and the Kavli Foundation will hold a series of lectures and events on 9 September 2010 in Trondheim, Norway at the NTNU campus. The event features a number of 2010 Kavli Prize Laureates. The festivities continue after the official celebration, with two symposia sponsored by NTNU, one in neuroscience and one in nanoscience.

4 Sep 2010

PennHIP radiographic method may hold potential to evaluate human susceptibility to hip dysplasia

A study comparing a University of Pennsylvania method for evaluating a dog's susceptibility to hip dysplasia to the traditional American method has shown that 80 percent of dogs judged to be normal by the traditional method are actually at risk for developing osteoarthritis and hip dysplasia, according to the Penn method.

4 Sep 2010

Technology News and Research

AuthenTec, UPEK combine to expand fingerprint sensors and identity management software

Bruker launches Icon desktop MRI systems at 2010 World Molecular Imaging Congress

Bend Research expands hot-melt extrusion pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities

University of Maryland School of Medicine orders AVANCE III 950 US2 NMR spectrometer from Bruker

miacom diagnostics presents rapid detection method for pneumonia causing pathogens

Bruker announces NIST order for AVANCE III 900 NMR spectrometer

RevMed secures contract with Medical Investment to produce fixed needle safety syringe

FDA grants IRIS clearance for analysis of synovial fluid with iQ200, iRICELL automated microscopy analyzers

NextGen executes agreement with MKMG to deploy EHR solution

Medtronic announces international launch of Resolute Integrity Stent System

DSM, PolyTherics enter agreement for HiPEG IFN alpha-2a product development

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory orders for Vistec's EBPG5200 electron-beam lithography system

DSM Pharma launches InnoSyn route scouting services for pharmaceutical customers

Protagen AG announces € 10.0 Million for second round of finance totaling

Precision receives stay for patent infringement litigation by Cellectis

Researchers to develop new treatment strategy for cancer

Survey reveals lack of public awareness about radiotherapy's importance in treating cancer

TimeTemp's shelf-life indicator for food will help Norwegian retailers reduce waste

Kavli Day 2010 at Norwegian University of Science and Technology

PennHIP radiographic method may hold potential to evaluate human susceptibility to hip dysplasia

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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