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New study questions effectiveness of national Silver Alert program

A group of Miami University researchers studying the national Silver Alert program for locating missing adults with dementia or other cognitive impairments question the program's effectiveness and safety, given the speed in which it's being implemented throughout the country.

26 Mar 2010

Telemedicine evaluation of stroke patients results in more accurate diagnoses: Study

A growing number of medical centers that have access to stroke specialists are transmitting their expertise to rural communities via audio/video telemedicine consultation, with significant clinical results, according to a new clinical study that examined trials conducted in Arizona and California.

26 Mar 2010

Traversa Therapeutics, sanofi-aventis sign agreement for development of PTD-DRBD RNAi delivery technology

Traversa Therapeutics announced today the signing of a research agreement with sanofi-aventis for the validation and development of Traversa’s RNAi delivery technology: PTD-DRBD. Under the agreement, the companies will study short interfering RNA (siRNA) complexed to PTD-DRBD, with the ultimate goal of developing drugs using this technology.

26 Mar 2010

Oramed Pharmaceuticals completes Phase 2b study of ORMD-0801 oral insulin capsule

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today the completion of its' pivotal Phase 2b clinical study of its oral insulin capsule, ORMD-0801. The Company expects to report results from this study within the coming weeks.

26 Mar 2010

New PreXion3D Volumetric Imaging Software for 3D CBCT system launched

PreXion, Inc., the leader in high quality 3D Cone Beam Imaging systems for dentistry, today announced that it has launched and started shipping new PreXion3D Volumetric Imaging Software for its 3D Cone Beam Computed Tomography system for dentistry. This new product incorporates a range of advanced features including tools for implant planning and placement and an enhanced version of its PrexViewer software.

26 Mar 2010

Renowned experts discuss key statistics of health care reform at 2010 Keenan Summit

Keenan & Associates, the largest privately-held insurance brokerage and consulting firm in California, convened its sixth annual Keenan Summit on March 3, 2010, in Pasadena, Calif., and on March 4, 2010, in Berkeley. The theme for this year's summit was "Navigating Through Unprecedented Times: Today's Challenges. Tomorrow's Solutions."

26 Mar 2010

Leap Medical secures seed financing to develop innovative technology for detection of brain injuries

Leap Medical Inc., a privately held Medical Device company, announced today that it has successfully secured seed financing in the amount of $1.025 million (Canadian dollars) to develop its innovative technology for the rapid detection of brain injuries and infection.

26 Mar 2010

Fluidigm, SABiosciences partner to create pathway-focused gene expression panels for BioMark system

Fluidigm Corporation and SABiosciences (a QIAGEN Company) today announced that they have teamed up to create over 100 pathway-focused gene expression panels validated for real-time PCR analysis on the Fluidigm BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis. These kits are named the RT² Profiler™ PCR Arrays for the Fluidigm BioMark system.

26 Mar 2010

Aastrom Biosciences' RESTORE-CLI trial: Final patient treated

Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., a leading developer of autologous cellular therapies for the treatment of severe cardiovascular diseases, today reported that the final patient has been treated in the company's ongoing multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled U.S. Phase 2b clinical trial designated RESTORE-CLI. This patient received intramuscular injections of either Aastrom's tissue repair cells (TRCs) or electrolyte solution (placebo) for the treatment of critical limb ischemia (CLI), the end-stage of peripheral arterial disease.

26 Mar 2010

Hybridyne Imaging Technologies – Brookhaven National Lab team vies for top title at 2010 WBT showcase

A team from Hybridyne Imaging Technologies, Inc., and the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory was among over 90 top technology innovators from across the nation and around the world competing in Arlington, Texas, March 16-17, for top honors at the WBT2010 showcase presented by Lockheed Martin.

25 Mar 2010

Fertility industry offers big money to recruit “desirable” egg donors at top universities

Many egg donation agencies and private couples routinely exceed compensation recommendation limits for potential donors, a new study finds.

25 Mar 2010

Malvern exhibits proven PAT solutions for real-time particle sizing at Interphex 2010

Interphex, April 20–22 New York, provides an excellent opportunity to learn how proven PAT (process analytical technology) solutions from Malvern are transforming the control of key unit operations such as milling.

25 Mar 2010

ASCO, ESMO and OECI endorse WIN Symposium's initiatives on improving outcomes of cancer

The WIN Consortium, supported by its media partner Nature Publishing Group, has opened registration for the second annual WIN Symposium, to be held in the Palais des Congrès, Paris, on the 7th to 9th of July 2010. The WIN Symposium is an open and interactive forum designed to promote rapid translation of ground-breaking personalized cancer medicine discoveries to clinical practice.

25 Mar 2010

Clinical Reference Laboratory completes validation testing of DNA Genotek's Oragene-DNA saliva collection kits

Clinical Reference Laboratory today announced that it has completed validation testing of DNA Genotek's Oragene-DNA saliva collection kits and will adopt Oragene-DNA for use with its molecular diagnostic services.

25 Mar 2010

FDA approves Riverain Medical's Softview Enhanced Chest Imaging technology

Riverain Medical, a leading image enhancement and computer-aided detection company dedicated to providing physicians with tools to assist in image interpretation, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the SoftView Enhanced Chest Imaging technology.

25 Mar 2010

MEDRAD establishes new repair facility in Denver

MEDRAD, Inc. Multi Vendor Service has announced the opening of a repair facility in Denver, Colorado that specializes in 3D/4D ultrasound probes.

25 Mar 2010

PositiveID files patent application for iGlucose system

PositiveID Corporation announced today that it has filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office a non-provisional patent application for its iGlucose system, currently under development, which uses wireless SMS messaging to automatically communicate a diabetic patient’s blood glucose levels from any data-capable glucose meter to an online database.

25 Mar 2010

Drilling technology used to reopen arteries

Then Wilks was referred to Dr. Fred Leya, an interventional cardiologist at Loyola University Health System. Leya used a device similar to a dental drill to reopen three arteries that had turned as hard as bone.

25 Mar 2010

Novel test may help identify newborns with fragile X syndrome

A newly developed test appears highly accurate in identifying newborns with fragile X syndrome—the most common inherited cause of cognitive impairment—as well as identifying couples who are carriers of the causative gene, reports a study in the March issue of Genetics in Medicine, the official peer-reviewed journal of The American College of Medical Genetics.

25 Mar 2010

UNAIDS Executive Director calls for 'serious attention to TB' on World TB Day

In a statement marking World Tuberculosis Day, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe "warned Wednesday that double infections of HIV and TB could become the next new epidemic," the Associated Press reports. Sidibe said, "I'm calling for serious attention to TB, and serious attention to TB-HIV co-infection" (Corder, 3/24).

25 Mar 2010

Technology News and Research

New study questions effectiveness of national Silver Alert program

Telemedicine evaluation of stroke patients results in more accurate diagnoses: Study

Traversa Therapeutics, sanofi-aventis sign agreement for development of PTD-DRBD RNAi delivery technology

Oramed Pharmaceuticals completes Phase 2b study of ORMD-0801 oral insulin capsule

New PreXion3D Volumetric Imaging Software for 3D CBCT system launched

Renowned experts discuss key statistics of health care reform at 2010 Keenan Summit

Leap Medical secures seed financing to develop innovative technology for detection of brain injuries

Fluidigm, SABiosciences partner to create pathway-focused gene expression panels for BioMark system

Aastrom Biosciences' RESTORE-CLI trial: Final patient treated

Hybridyne Imaging Technologies – Brookhaven National Lab team vies for top title at 2010 WBT showcase

Fertility industry offers big money to recruit “desirable” egg donors at top universities

Malvern exhibits proven PAT solutions for real-time particle sizing at Interphex 2010

ASCO, ESMO and OECI endorse WIN Symposium's initiatives on improving outcomes of cancer

Clinical Reference Laboratory completes validation testing of DNA Genotek's Oragene-DNA saliva collection kits

FDA approves Riverain Medical's Softview Enhanced Chest Imaging technology

MEDRAD establishes new repair facility in Denver

PositiveID files patent application for iGlucose system

Drilling technology used to reopen arteries

Novel test may help identify newborns with fragile X syndrome

UNAIDS Executive Director calls for 'serious attention to TB' on World TB Day

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