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BTA Charitable Foundation to gift $1 million to Courage Centre at GRH

In a landmark giving announcement for the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation (GRHF), the Building Trades of Alberta (BTA) Charitable Foundation announced today that they will give $1 million to the Courage Centre at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital (GRH). The Charitable Foundation is the beneficiary of the philanthropic efforts of the Building Trades of Alberta's 16 affiliated unions and 22 locals with a combined membership of over 60,000 unionized skilled trades people.

23 Apr 2010

World's smallest and lightest microscope for telemedicine applications

Aydogan Ozcan, whose invention of a novel lensless imaging technology for use in telemedicine could radically transform global health care, has now taken his work a step further ― or tinier: The UCLA engineer has created a miniature microscope, the world's smallest and lightest for telemedicine applications.

23 Apr 2010

OXiGENE applies for voluntary delisting from SSE, continues to be listed on NASDAQ

OXiGENE, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat cancer and eye diseases, today announced that it has applied for the voluntary delisting of OXiGENE common shares from the Stockholm Stock Exchange (SSE). The company will continue to be listed on the NASDAQ Global Markets exchange.

23 Apr 2010

Interdisciplinary research leads to first known use of smart nanofilm on living tissue

Louisiana Tech students Mridhula Thangaraj and Chris Monceaux will participate in a symposium on 'Regenerative Medicine - Wound Healing' at the 2010 Experimental Biology meeting, April 24-28 at the Anaheim Convention Center.

23 Apr 2010

COSMOS project launched to investigate link between use of mobile phones and health problems

A new decades-long study launches today to investigate whether there is a link between the use of mobile phones and long-term health problems such as cancer.

23 Apr 2010

Researchers use electronic medical records for injury management and surveillance during marathon

Henry Ford Hospital researchers have brought the use of electronic medical records out of the hospital setting and into the streets by using the technology for a marathon.

23 Apr 2010

TUM scientists collaborate with Fujitsu Laboratories of Japan to commercialize biosensor chip

In the battle against cancer and other diseases, precise analysis of specific proteins can point the way toward targeted treatments. Scientists at theTechnische Universitaet Muenchen, together with Fujitsu Laboratories of Japan, have developed a novel biosensor chip that not only recognizes proteins that are characteristic for specific diseases, but also can show if these proteins are changed through the influence of disease or drugs.

23 Apr 2010

BUSM professor receives Individual Biomedical Research Award

Richard Goldstein, PhD, a professor of pediatrics, division of pediatric infectious diseases, at Boston University School of Medicine, has been awarded an Individual Biomedical Research Award by The Hartwell Foundation and will receive $300,000 over three years as a Hartwell Investigator for his project titled, "A Vaccine Against Streptococcus Pneumoniae Based on Bacterial Surface Proteins Phylogenically Certified as Highly Conserved."

23 Apr 2010

Gelesis presents Attiva data at AACE 19th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress

Boston-based medical technology firm Gelesis, Inc. unveiled its capsulated device Attiva™, and presented data showing that Attiva™ significantly increased the post-meal feeling of satiety and reduced hunger between meals in obese patients. This data was presented today at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 19th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress.

23 Apr 2010

Genetic tests that may replace biopsies

Genetic tests conducted on blood samples may replace the current biopsies when it comes to checking if immune systems are rejecting new organs of heart transplant patients. The test would be far less invasive and uncomfortable as compared to the biopsies, not to mention more affordable.

23 Apr 2010

IAVI, Lentigen to design preventive AIDS vaccine

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and Lentigen today announced a collaboration to design a preventive AIDS vaccine based on Lentigen's technology. The candidate AIDS vaccine will be devised to safely mimic biological aspects of HIV infection and tested first in pre-clinical studies as part of an initial 18-month agreement.

23 Apr 2010

NeoStem signs Collaborative Research Agreement with ImmuneRegen BioSciences

NeoStem, Inc., an international biopharmaceutical company with operations in the U.S. and China and ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IR BioSciences Holdings, Inc., announced today that they have entered into a Collaborative Research Agreement, focused on the development of an advanced, adult human stem cell product.

23 Apr 2010

FDA grants conditional approval for first approved Total Spine Arthroplasty system clinical study

Flexuspine, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted conditional approval to begin the initial phase of the Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) for a feasibility study of its FSU device. This is the first approved clinical study for a Total Spine Arthroplasty system in the U.S.

23 Apr 2010

Cytori announces launch of PureGraft 250 fat grafting technology at ASAPS meeting

Cytori announces the product launch of PureGraft 250, a revolutionary fat grafting technology that standardizes the graft preparation process for use in aesthetic body contouring at the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons meeting.

23 Apr 2010

Boston Scientific introduces new Kinetix Guidewire for use in PCI procedures

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced the launch of its new Kinetix™ Guidewire for use in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures. Guidewires are small flexible wires physicians use to deliver interventional devices such as drug-eluting stents. The Kinetix Guidewire features a unique micro-cut nitinol sleeve designed for significantly improved torque control compared to conventional spring coil guidewires.

23 Apr 2010

Acacia Research reports record first-quarter license fee revenues of $39.77M

Acacia Research Corporation today reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

23 Apr 2010

CRT teams up with The University of Auckland to discover novel treatments for cancer

Cancer Research Technology - Cancer Research UK's development and commercialisation arm has teamed up with The University of Auckland to advance the discovery of new molecular targeted compounds for the treatment of leukaemia.

23 Apr 2010

AB SCIEX to collaborate in disease studies with Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced that it is collaborating with the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, one of the world's leading centers for biomedical research, to improve disease studies. The project is focused on better understanding cancer, diabetes and heart disease by advancing the study of proteins through the use of an emerging mass spectrometry platform currently under development by AB SCIEX.

22 Apr 2010

Align Technology reports 28.5% increase year-over-year in first-quarter revenues

Align Technology, Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, ended March 31, 2010.

22 Apr 2010

Mystic Pharmaceuticals granted U.S. patent covering VRx2 drug delivery platform technology

Mystic Pharmaceuticals today announced it has been granted U.S. Patent 7,669,597, a key technology of its VRx2™ drug delivery platform. The VRx2™ Delivery Platform provides preservative free, precision dose delivery for ophthalmic and intranasal drugs and biologics.

22 Apr 2010

Technology News and Research

BTA Charitable Foundation to gift $1 million to Courage Centre at GRH

World's smallest and lightest microscope for telemedicine applications

OXiGENE applies for voluntary delisting from SSE, continues to be listed on NASDAQ

Interdisciplinary research leads to first known use of smart nanofilm on living tissue

COSMOS project launched to investigate link between use of mobile phones and health problems

Researchers use electronic medical records for injury management and surveillance during marathon

TUM scientists collaborate with Fujitsu Laboratories of Japan to commercialize biosensor chip

BUSM professor receives Individual Biomedical Research Award

Gelesis presents Attiva data at AACE 19th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress

Genetic tests that may replace biopsies

IAVI, Lentigen to design preventive AIDS vaccine

NeoStem signs Collaborative Research Agreement with ImmuneRegen BioSciences

FDA grants conditional approval for first approved Total Spine Arthroplasty system clinical study

Cytori announces launch of PureGraft 250 fat grafting technology at ASAPS meeting

Boston Scientific introduces new Kinetix Guidewire for use in PCI procedures

Acacia Research reports record first-quarter license fee revenues of $39.77M

CRT teams up with The University of Auckland to discover novel treatments for cancer

AB SCIEX to collaborate in disease studies with Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital

Align Technology reports 28.5% increase year-over-year in first-quarter revenues

Mystic Pharmaceuticals granted U.S. patent covering VRx2 drug delivery platform technology

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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