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Encore Path signs license agreement for UMB technology that helps stroke patients redevelop natural gait

The University of Maryland, Baltimore's Office of Research and Development announced that Encore Path, Inc. of Baltimore signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement for a device technology invented jointly by researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Maryland Baltimore County that helps stroke patients retrain their bodies to walk.

5 Jun 2010

HHF to open Terni Human Health Bioscience Institute

The Human Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 2006 to develop and fund biomedical research in Italy, will open the Terni Human Health Bioscience Institute for the investigation of breast, brain and lung cancer on June 7th in Terni, Italy.

5 Jun 2010

Endologix named as Orange County's Outstanding Company in Medical Technology

Endologix, Inc., developer of minimally invasive treatments for aortic disorders, announced today that TechAmerica has named Endologix as Orange County's Outstanding Company in Medical Technology. The award was presented to Endologix at the 17th Annual TechAmerica High-Tech Innovation Awards on June 2, 2010 in Irvine, CA.

5 Jun 2010

Walter Reed Army Medical Center to treat pain patients with CTT's Calmare Pain Therapy Treatment

Competitive Technologies, Inc. announced today that the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., has joined the growing list of organizations that will treat pain patients with CTT's Calmare Pain Therapy Treatment, as authorized by the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command.

5 Jun 2010

Biomet Biologics initiates enrollment in MarrowStim P.A.D. Kit IDE trial for critical limb ischemia

Biomet, a global leader in the manufacture of orthopedic and biotechnology products, announced today that its subsidiary, Biomet Biologics, has enrolled the first subject into its multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial for critical limb ischemia (CLI).

5 Jun 2010

Vivakor reduces long and short term debt

Vivakor, Inc. today announced the Company has reduced its long and short term debt by an additional $510,000 by converting those debts to shares of common stock. This substantial debt reduction through conversion to stock finalizes the acquisition payments for Health America Inc. and the VIVASLICES MRI software technology, which the company purchased in August of 2008.

4 Jun 2010

Novartis cancels Emisphere Technologies' Convertible Promissory Note

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an expanded relationship with Novartis Pharma AG pursuant to which Novartis has cancelled the Company's Convertible Promissory Note. The Note was originally issued to Novartis on December 1, 2004 in connection with the Research Collaboration and Option License Agreement between the parties of that date and was originally due December 1, 2009. Previously, Novartis had agreed to extend the maturity date to June 4, 2010.

4 Jun 2010

Reprints Desk to sponsor and exhibit at two pharmaceutical marketing events

Derycz Scientific, Inc., a company that is pioneering a fresh way of facilitating the flow of information from content publishers to enterprise customers and their constituents, today announced that Reprints Desk, an award-winning provider of information services and content workflow solutions, will sponsor and exhibit at two pharmaceutical marketing events: Digital Pharma West, being held in San Francisco from June 28-30, 2010, and Digital Pharma East, being held in Philadelphia from October 18-20, 2010.

4 Jun 2010

Freescale Semiconductor develops portable medical kiosk to run routine health screenings at home

As the population continues to age and medical monitoring becomes more integrated into everyday living, healthcare professionals are constantly striving to find new ways to monitor patients with improved accuracy, speed and end-user convenience. Taking an active part in this initiative, Freescale Semiconductor, partnering with Pounce Consulting, developed a portable, easy-to-use telemonitoring reference design, which allows patients and physicians to run routine health screenings at home or remotely.

4 Jun 2010

Masimo SET pulse oximetry screening effective for early diagnosis of critical CHD in newborns

Masimo, the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry™ and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that a new clinical study published online in the German pediatric journal, Klinische Padiatrie, showed that adding Masimo SET pulse oximetry screening to the physical examination of newborns was an effective method to achieve early diagnosis of critical congenital heart disease (CHD).

4 Jun 2010

Researchers generate the first comprehensive genetic parts list of mouse hypothalamus

A Johns Hopkins and Japanese research team has generated the first comprehensive genetic "parts" list of a mouse hypothalamus, an enigmatic region of the brain — roughly cherry-sized, in humans — that controls hunger, thirst, fatigue, body temperature, wake-sleep cycles and links the central nervous system to control of hormone levels.

4 Jun 2010

Particle Sciences adds Dried Blood Spot Analysis capability to Analytic Services offerings

Particle Sciences has expanded its Bioanalytic Service's offerings to include Dried Blood Spot LC/MS/MS analysis (DBS). DBS is a growing area of interest because of its advantages in sample collection, stability, and simplified storage requirements. By using DBS, sample collection and processing is greatly simplified resulting in decreased costs, increased safety and greater comfort for test subjects.

4 Jun 2010

Lumeris releases innovative technology platform to improve quality of care delivered to consumers

Lumeris, a leader in provider performance management technology and services for the health care industry, today announced the general market release of its innovative technology platform that helps health plans and other health care delivery organizations reduce the cost and improve the quality of care delivered to consumers.

4 Jun 2010

Strategy for harnessing physics for health

Following a workshop hosted by the CERN European particle physics laboratory in February, doctors and physicists today published a strategy for harnessing physics for health. Techniques developed for physics research have a long history of application in medicine. Today's news recognises that synergy, and sets out a programme of strengthened collaboration.

4 Jun 2010

Scancell's ImmunoBody vaccine technologies to be combined with ImmuneRegen's Homspera

Scancell Holdings Plc, the developer of therapeutic cancer vaccines, today announces a strategic collaboration with ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IR BioSciences Holdings, Inc.. Under the agreement, Scancell and ImmuneRegen will work together to investigate the synergy between ImmuneRegen's Homspera® and Scancell's ImmunoBody® vaccine technologies.

4 Jun 2010

A sense of humor keeps people healthy

A sense of humor helps to keep people healthy and increases their chances of reaching retirement age. But after the age of 70, the health benefits of humor decrease, researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have found.

4 Jun 2010

Caltech biologists pinpoint molecular changes that help allow global spread of resistance to Tamiflu

Biologists at the California Institute of Technology have pinpointed molecular changes that helped allow the global spread of resistance to the antiviral medication Tamiflu (oseltamivir) among strains of the seasonal H1N1 flu virus.

4 Jun 2010

Private cordblood banking receives support from world-renowned stem cell experts

Four world-renowned stem cell experts have recently given their full support to private cordblood banking. The four scientists supported the "Family Cord Blood Bank" which has just been established in the US by CORD:USE.

4 Jun 2010

Optomap Retinal Exam: A substitute for eye dilation

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.

4 Jun 2010

Study: Rash adolescent behaviors tied to biological motivations

There are biological motivations behind the stereotypically poor decisions and risky behavior associated with adolescence, new research from a University of Texas at Austin psychologist reveals.

4 Jun 2010

Technology News and Research

Encore Path signs license agreement for UMB technology that helps stroke patients redevelop natural gait

HHF to open Terni Human Health Bioscience Institute

Endologix named as Orange County's Outstanding Company in Medical Technology

Walter Reed Army Medical Center to treat pain patients with CTT's Calmare Pain Therapy Treatment

Biomet Biologics initiates enrollment in MarrowStim P.A.D. Kit IDE trial for critical limb ischemia

Vivakor reduces long and short term debt

Novartis cancels Emisphere Technologies' Convertible Promissory Note

Reprints Desk to sponsor and exhibit at two pharmaceutical marketing events

Freescale Semiconductor develops portable medical kiosk to run routine health screenings at home

Masimo SET pulse oximetry screening effective for early diagnosis of critical CHD in newborns

Researchers generate the first comprehensive genetic parts list of mouse hypothalamus

Particle Sciences adds Dried Blood Spot Analysis capability to Analytic Services offerings

Lumeris releases innovative technology platform to improve quality of care delivered to consumers

Strategy for harnessing physics for health

Scancell's ImmunoBody vaccine technologies to be combined with ImmuneRegen's Homspera

A sense of humor keeps people healthy

Caltech biologists pinpoint molecular changes that help allow global spread of resistance to Tamiflu

Private cordblood banking receives support from world-renowned stem cell experts

Optomap Retinal Exam: A substitute for eye dilation

Study: Rash adolescent behaviors tied to biological motivations

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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