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New technology involving adipose stem cells may one day cure patients with severe wounds: Researchers

New technology developed by University of Virginia inventors involving adipose stem cells - adult stem cells found in fatty tissue - could one day be used to treat patients with severe wounds and other serious conditions.

8 Jun 2010

TMI announces development of new clinical imaging system

With the results of the clinical trial at Duke University Medical Center completed, and the pending publication of the results, TMI is pleased to announce the development of their new clinical imaging system.

8 Jun 2010

A-Life Medical debuts on Healthcare Informatics 100

A-Life Medical, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of computer-assisted coding (CAC) products and services to the healthcare industry, announced today that it has been included in the Healthcare Informatics 100, a listing comprising the top 100 healthcare information technology (IT) vendors, according to this leading trade journal. The list appeared in the publication's June 2010 issue.

8 Jun 2010

CMI must implement payment initiatives to improve health care delivery, reduce spending: New article

The new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation must be inclusive and flexible in developing and implementing payment initiatives, continuously monitor their impact, and rapidly disseminate them if they appear to be successful, in order to realize the potential for improved health care delivery and reduced spending, according to a new Health Affairs article by Commonwealth Fund researchers.

8 Jun 2010

Augmentation with Wright's GRAFTJACKET Matrix improves repair healing for large rotator cuff tears

Wright Medical Group, Inc., a global orthopaedic medical device company, announced today that results of a prospective, randomized controlled clinical study evaluating biologic augmentation of challenging arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs with GRAFTJACKET® Matrix were presented by F. Alan Barber, MD at the recent Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) annual meeting.

8 Jun 2010

Outsource Testing expands Healthcare Quality Management software services program

Consumers are being charged too much, healthcare providers are facing rising costs and Congress has been left trying to fix it all. Premier IT service provider Outsource Testing, Inc. (OST) has announced the successful expansion of their Healthcare Quality Management software services program. The program provides comprehensive professional services to Healthcare organizations throughout the country.

8 Jun 2010

Research findings open door to development of new therapies for lymphomas, leukemias

Scripps Research Institute scientists have discovered a new way to target and destroy a type of cancerous cell. The findings may lead to the development of new therapies to treat lymphomas, leukemias, and related cancers.

8 Jun 2010

Optomap Retinal Exam allows patients take complete look at eyes

Have you been putting off a trip to the optometrist because you dread getting your eyes dilated? While your doctor has said that dilation is the most important part of your eye exam, the discomfort, blurry vision and silly sunglasses associated with the eye drops are enough to make you put off scheduling a regular appointment. Now thanks to new state-of-the-art equipment, there are no more excuses for putting off your appointment.

8 Jun 2010

Sorin Group acquires Gish Biomedical from Ventizz Capital Partners

Sorin Group, a global company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today that it has acquired Gish Biomedical from Ventizz Capital Partners, a private equity group focused on technology-oriented companies.

8 Jun 2010

Quintiles announces comprehensive suite of PI3K biomarker assays

Quintiles today announced a comprehensive suite of biomarker assays to help biopharmaceutical companies investigate the phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3K) cancer survival pathway, the focus of numerous anti-cancer therapies under development. Understanding the PI3K pathway is essential in developing new medicines to inhibit or block this pathway, thereby cutting off a metabolic function needed for certain cancers to survive.

8 Jun 2010

Rice University students develop new device to help children with acute respiratory infections

Gently, gently. That's how babies should be handled, and it was the prime consideration when a team of Rice University seniors developed a device that could save babies' lives.

8 Jun 2010

PET imaging with flurpiridaz F 18 better than technetium-99m sestamibi SPECT for CAD detection

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic medical imaging, today announced preliminary data from a single site participating in the multicenter Phase 2 clinical trial that showed that Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging with its novel investigational agent flurpiridaz F 18 injection (formerly known as BMS747158) provided better image quality than technetium-99m sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), the current standard for the non-invasive detection of coronary artery disease (CAD).

8 Jun 2010

Chronix' DNA blood tests detect prostate, breast cancer with 92% sensitivity and 100% specificity

Chronix Biomedical today reported new data further demonstrating that its DNA blood tests have the potential to accurately detect early stage breast and prostate cancers. Chronix's proprietary technology identifies disease-specific genetic fingerprints based on DNA fragments that are released into the bloodstream by damaged and dying (apoptotic) cells.

8 Jun 2010

Greatbatch celebrates 50th anniversary of first successful US human cardiac pacemaker implantation

Greatbatch, Inc. is proud to join the medical community in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first successful implantation of the human cardiac pacemaker in the United States. The pacemaker was designed, developed and implanted by Wilson Greatbatch in conjunction with William M. Chardack, M.D. and Andrew A. Gage, M.D.

8 Jun 2010

US Court lifts stay on Cook's endovascular technology patent infringement case against Endologix

The United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, has ruled in favor of Cook Incorporated in its decision to lift the stay on Cook's patent infringement case against Endologix, Inc.. With this ruling, the case, filed by Cook on October 6, 2009, will now proceed. The complaint claims infringement by Endologix of two Cook patents for endovascular technologies, one of Cook's leading technology portfolios.

8 Jun 2010

Can-Fite BioPharma opens CF101 IND for psoriasis with US FDA

Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd, a biotechnology company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, announced today that it has opened Investigational New Drug application (IND) with the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA). The IND is for Can-Fite's lead compound, CF101, for the treatment of patients with psoriasis. This is the third US IND for CF101, and the fourth for Can-Fite.

8 Jun 2010

First clinical data for ImmunoGen's IMGN388 anticancer compound presented at ASCO Annual Meeting

ImmunoGen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that develops targeted anticancer therapeutics, today announced the presentation of the first clinical data for the Company's IMGN388 anticancer compound at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology being held in Chicago, IL.

8 Jun 2010

PhotoMedex announces combination study of XTRAC Velocity laser and Clobex spray for generalized psoriasis

PhotoMedex, Inc. announced today that John Koo, MD will be the principal investigator in a clinical study assessing the efficacy of the XTRAC Velocity® excimer laser in the treatment of generalized psoriasis when used in combination with Clobex® spray. Dr. Koo is Professor and Vice Chairman in the Department of Dermatology at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. Spearheading the study will be Dr. Koo's colleague, Tina Bhutani, MD.

8 Jun 2010

EKOS receives $2.7M grant to develop product for treatment of ICH

EKOS Corporation announced today that they received a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for the development of a product to provide therapy for intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke.

7 Jun 2010

Masimo announces full market release of Rainbow Acoustic Monitoring to provide RRa

Masimo, the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today the full market release of its latest medical technology breakthrough—Masimo Rainbow Acoustic Monitoring— providing continuous and noninvasive respiration rate that is accurate, easy-to-use, and enhances patient tolerance.

7 Jun 2010

Technology News and Research

New technology involving adipose stem cells may one day cure patients with severe wounds: Researchers

TMI announces development of new clinical imaging system

A-Life Medical debuts on Healthcare Informatics 100

CMI must implement payment initiatives to improve health care delivery, reduce spending: New article

Augmentation with Wright's GRAFTJACKET Matrix improves repair healing for large rotator cuff tears

Outsource Testing expands Healthcare Quality Management software services program

Research findings open door to development of new therapies for lymphomas, leukemias

Optomap Retinal Exam allows patients take complete look at eyes

Sorin Group acquires Gish Biomedical from Ventizz Capital Partners

Quintiles announces comprehensive suite of PI3K biomarker assays

Rice University students develop new device to help children with acute respiratory infections

PET imaging with flurpiridaz F 18 better than technetium-99m sestamibi SPECT for CAD detection

Chronix' DNA blood tests detect prostate, breast cancer with 92% sensitivity and 100% specificity

Greatbatch celebrates 50th anniversary of first successful US human cardiac pacemaker implantation

US Court lifts stay on Cook's endovascular technology patent infringement case against Endologix

Can-Fite BioPharma opens CF101 IND for psoriasis with US FDA

First clinical data for ImmunoGen's IMGN388 anticancer compound presented at ASCO Annual Meeting

PhotoMedex announces combination study of XTRAC Velocity laser and Clobex spray for generalized psoriasis

EKOS receives $2.7M grant to develop product for treatment of ICH

Masimo announces full market release of Rainbow Acoustic Monitoring to provide RRa

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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