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CLC bio signs partnership agreement with Ion Torrent

CLC bio, the world's leading bioinformatics solution provider, today announced a partnership with Ion Torrent, a new sequencing company started by Dr. Jonathan Rothberg, the founder of 454 Life Sciences. The partnership will ensure that data can directly flow off of the Ion Personal Genome Machine sequencer and into CLC bio's solutions, like CLC Genomics Workbench or CLC Genomics Server.

30 Mar 2010

Ascent Therapeutics is now Anchor Therapeutics

Ascent Therapeutics announced today that it has adopted a new name — Anchor Therapeutics. Anchor Therapeutics reflects the Company's core technology and its commitment to building solid, dependable value for patients, partners and investors via its proprietary platform technology.

30 Mar 2010

Campbell Soup honored for commitment to food allergy safety, awareness and education

Campbell Soup Company was recently honored by the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network for its commitment to food allergy safety, awareness and education.

30 Mar 2010

Investment report on Fonar from InvestorSoup.com

InvestorSoup.com announces an investment report featuring Fonar Corp. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and pertinent industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

30 Mar 2010

USPTO issues patent for Incisive Surgical's proprietary INSORB Absorbable Skin Stapling Technology

Incisive Surgical, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark office has issued the company a patent for its proprietary INSORB® Absorbable Skin Stapling Technology. The patent broadly covers the wound closure stapling apparatus.

30 Mar 2010

Bayshore Home Health deploys WinMagic's SecureDoc full-disk encryption software

Bayshore Home Health, Canada's largest provider of home and community health care services, is installing WinMagic's SecureDoc full-disk encryption software on all laptops and tablets used by the company, including those utilized by clinical managers and nurses.

30 Mar 2010

MedBuild receives MBI's 2010 Awards of Distinction for Nash Memorial Hospital Project

Modular Building Institute has named MedBuild, a healthcare division of ModSpace, first-place winner for their 2010 Awards of Distinction. MBI gave MedBuild top honors in its permanent healthcare category for its construction of the patient-ready imaging suite at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount, N.C.

30 Mar 2010

Ohio Board of Pharmacy approves CPSI's CPOE, E-MAR and Pharmacy applications

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare information technology to community and specialty hospitals, announced today that the Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE), Electronic Medication Administration Record (E-MAR) and Pharmacy applications of the CPSI System have achieved "approvable" status from the Ohio Board of Pharmacy. To achieve "approvable" status, CPSI worked with the Board to enhance the security of CPSI's medication management solutions and validate compliance with the Board's standards for the integration of positive caregiver identification.

30 Mar 2010

Study suggests two distinct versions of multiple sclerosis

There may be two distinct versions of multiple sclerosis, a study in both animal models and human blood samples suggests. What's more, a patient's responsiveness to the most popular first-line drug for this episodic and all-too-often recurring autoimmune condition seems to depend on which version that patient has.

30 Mar 2010

Irvine Scientific's Vit Kit- Freeze, Vit Kit- Thaw and Oil for Embryo Culture receive CE mark approval

Irvine Scientific, a leader in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), announced today it received CE mark approval for its Vit Kit®- Freeze, Vit Kit®- Thaw and Oil for Embryo Culture. This news accompanies the recent announcement of CE mark approval for a number of other media for ART from Irvine Scientific.

30 Mar 2010

A-Life Medical renews extensive contract for CAC services with Associated Billing Services

A-Life Medical, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of computer-assisted coding (CAC) products and services to the healthcare industry, announced today the renewal of an extensive contract with Associated Billing Services, Inc. Associated Billing Services provides medical billing and accounts receivable management services throughout Arizona. The company has worked with A-Life Medical for four years.

30 Mar 2010

VECTRA X3 3D Imaging System now available at Staten Island Special Surgery

Probably most known for the Staten Island Ferry, New York City's fifth and often "Forgotten Borough" does not possess a reputation for being a leading destination for cutting-edge medical procedures. That is, until now. This month, prominent Manhattan plastic surgeon, Dr. Andrew Klapper, brings his more than ten years of experience and revolutionary surgical techniques, along with the most advanced 3D imaging technology available to his new Staten Island medical practice, Staten Island Special Surgery.

30 Mar 2010

Chromatin expands operations to 5,000 square foot facility in University of Illinois' Research Park

The University of Illinois today announces that Chromatin, Inc., a biotechnology company that has occupied space in the University's Research Park since 2005 as part of the EnterpriseWorks incubator, is expanding operations and graduating to a 5,000 square foot facility in the Research Park. The expansion marks the company's continued significant progress in commercializing its proprietary technology, including mini-chromosomes which were originally developed at the University of Chicago by company co-founder and CEO Daphne Preuss.

30 Mar 2010

Regenstrief Institute awarded Recovery Act contract to automate disability case determinations

The Regenstrief Institute has been awarded a Recovery Act contract to help the U.S. Social Security Administration and Indiana healthcare providers shorten and improve the process of making disability case determinations through automation. Work is scheduled to begin March 31.

30 Mar 2010

'Because Life is for Living' campaign launched to raise awareness about brachytherapy

Former England Rugby World Cup winner Matt Dawson today launched the 'Because Life is for Living' campaign to raise awareness about brachytherapy, a very precise and highly effective form of radiotherapy to treat cancer.

30 Mar 2010

Sectra's method for effective multi-site workflow and rapid image data delivery receives U.S. patent

“Two crucial challenges for the future of radiology are the ever-growing size of imaging data sets and the increased needs for sharing and remote reading. Sectra's innovation has enabled us to create unique and future-proof solutions to these challenges”

30 Mar 2010

U.Va. develops Prostate Exam Simulator

Early detection through physical examination is one of the key factors in successfully treating prostate cancer.

30 Mar 2010

Researchers working on full-page Braille display system to help blind read better

Imagine if your computer only allowed you to see one line at a time, no matter what you were doing - reading e-mail, looking at a Web site, doing research. That's the challenge facing blind computer users today. But new research from North Carolina State University is moving us closer to the development of a display system that would allow the blind to take full advantage of the Web and other computer applications.

30 Mar 2010

New therapeutic approaches against lymphoid tumors

Helmholtz Zentrum M-nchen has launched a new cooperative project with SIRION BIOTECH GmbH in Martinsried to develop new therapeutic approaches against lymphoid tumors. With a two-year grant from the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, the two partners will seek to further develop lentiviral vector systems to better understand the disease mechanisms of this cancer form and to devise approaches for treatment.

30 Mar 2010

BRIC ministers reach agreement on promoting global food security

Brazil, Russia, India and China, collectively known as BRIC, have reached an agreement to promote global food security, the Moscow Times reports (Anishyuk, 3/29).

30 Mar 2010

Technology News and Research

CLC bio signs partnership agreement with Ion Torrent

Ascent Therapeutics is now Anchor Therapeutics

Campbell Soup honored for commitment to food allergy safety, awareness and education

Investment report on Fonar from InvestorSoup.com

USPTO issues patent for Incisive Surgical's proprietary INSORB Absorbable Skin Stapling Technology

Bayshore Home Health deploys WinMagic's SecureDoc full-disk encryption software

MedBuild receives MBI's 2010 Awards of Distinction for Nash Memorial Hospital Project

Ohio Board of Pharmacy approves CPSI's CPOE, E-MAR and Pharmacy applications

Study suggests two distinct versions of multiple sclerosis

Irvine Scientific's Vit Kit- Freeze, Vit Kit- Thaw and Oil for Embryo Culture receive CE mark approval

A-Life Medical renews extensive contract for CAC services with Associated Billing Services

VECTRA X3 3D Imaging System now available at Staten Island Special Surgery

Chromatin expands operations to 5,000 square foot facility in University of Illinois' Research Park

Regenstrief Institute awarded Recovery Act contract to automate disability case determinations

'Because Life is for Living' campaign launched to raise awareness about brachytherapy

Sectra's method for effective multi-site workflow and rapid image data delivery receives U.S. patent

U.Va. develops Prostate Exam Simulator

Researchers working on full-page Braille display system to help blind read better

New therapeutic approaches against lymphoid tumors

BRIC ministers reach agreement on promoting global food security

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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