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Toshiba displays new, advanced ultrasound systems at ACC annual meeting

Health care facilities use ultrasound as a first-line diagnostic exam to quickly and efficiently perform a range of patient exams, including cardiac imaging. Developed to meet these demanding clinical needs, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. will showcase the advanced cardiac capabilities of its AplioTM MX and Aplio ArtidaTM ultrasound systems at this year’s American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting in Atlanta, March 14-16, 2010 (Booth #1944). This is the first appearance of the Aplio MX at ACC.

16 Mar 2010

Fraunhofer USA CMB receives $4.395M award from DARPA to develop H1N1 influenza vaccine

Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology announced today that it has received a $4.395 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a vaccine against H1N1 influenza virus using its plant-based production platform.

16 Mar 2010

Sectra’s operating profit for nine-month period increases 37.3%

IT and medical technology company Sectra’s operating profit for the nine-month period rose by 37.3% to SEK 14.0 million (10.2), corresponding to an operating margin of 2.4% (1.7). Net sales for the period amounted to SEK 592.9 million (599.5).

16 Mar 2010

New research initiative launched to accelerate development of improved crops

A new research initiative has been launched to accelerate the development of improved crops with higher yields and consistent, high quality products. The £6M Crop Improvement Research Club is led by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the UK's largest public funder of agri-food research and includes the Scottish Government and 13 companies representing plant breeders, farmers and food processors.

16 Mar 2010

FDA approves Irvine Scientific's Vit Kit-Freeze and Vit Kit-Thaw for cryopreservation of all stages of embryos

Irvine Scientific, a pioneer in developing products specifically for the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) community, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved their products intended for vitrification of pronuclear (PN) zygotes through day 3 cleavage and blastocyst stage embryos within the fertility area.

16 Mar 2010

COSE statement on health care reform

While a popular target, beating up on health insurance companies will do little to provide changes in insurance costs. Insurance profits and overhead are just a small part of the insurance bill. It's the underlying medical services, technology, tests and drugs that drive cost.

16 Mar 2010

MIT biochemist joins Thomson Reuters’ annual ‘Top 12’ list

The world's "hottest" researcher is biochemist Rudolf Jaenisch from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is joined by scientists scattered from Ann Arbor to Osaka on the annual Thomson Reuters list of the world's 12 hottest researchers.

16 Mar 2010

Most influential advances in cardiopulmonary imaging: High-resolution CT and CT pulmonary angiography

Advances in computed tomography providing high-resolution images of the lungs and a new approach to diagnosis of pulmonary embolism are "the most influential" changes in cardiopulmonary imaging over the past 25 years, according to a panel of experts surveyed in the February Journal of Thoracic Imaging official journal of the Society of Thoracic Radiology and the Japanese and Korean Societies of Thoracic Radiology.

16 Mar 2010

MAQUET's VASOVIEW EVH reduces rates of leg infection in CABG patients

MAQUET Cardiovascular LLC, a leading provider of cardiovascular technologies, today announced that study results published in the January 2010 Annals of Thoracic Surgery demonstrated that coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients who undergo Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting (EVH) demonstrate similar long-term clinical outcomes as patients who undergo traditional "open" vein harvest (OVH) but have significantly reduced rates of leg infection.

16 Mar 2010

CLC bio releases groundbreaking whole-genome de novo assembler

Today, CLC bio released a groundbreaking whole-genome de novo assembler that will assemble genomes of any size, including human and plant genomes on a single workstation computer. Equally important, CLC bio’s de novo assembler is the first assembler that enables molecular biologists to set up, adjust, and run their large genome de novo assemblies through a graphical user-interface.

16 Mar 2010

Validated eC-SSRS solution available for prospective monitoring of suicidal ideation and behaviors

ERT, a leading provider of centralized services to global pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies, announces a pioneering electronic self-rated version of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) to facilitate compliance with regulatory requirements for prospective monitoring of suicidal ideation and behaviors.

16 Mar 2010

HHS announces awards to help states facilitate health information exchange and advance health IT

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced awards to help states facilitate health information exchange and advance health information technology (health IT). Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, today’s awards are part of the $2 billion effort to achieve widespread meaningful use of health IT and provide use of an electronic health record by every citizen by the year 2014.

16 Mar 2010

InnerPulse selects Dassault Systemes' Abaqus FEA software

Dassault Systèmes, a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that InnerPulse, a medical device company pioneering a novel technology for those patients with cardiac rhythm disorders, has selected Abaqus finite element analysis (FEA) software from the SIMULIA to assist in development of their technology designed in SolidWorks CAD software.

16 Mar 2010

A guide on ethics and neuroscience

As scientists continue to explore how the brain works, using ever more sophisticated technology, it seems likely that new findings will radically alter the traditional understanding of human nature.

16 Mar 2010

Unani.ca consumer-minded PEHR now available in Canadian marketplace

The McGill University Health Centre announced today that anyone with an Internet access and a desire to manage his or her health and well-being can now subscribe to Unani.ca. Co-developed with Quebec-owned Medical.MD, Unani.ca is the first consumer-minded personal electronic health record (PEHR) in the Canadian marketplace that combines the expertise of a world-class academic health centre with that of award-winning information-technology developers.

16 Mar 2010

Drug-eluting stents offer new hope to patients with critical limb ischemia

In the United States, more than 100,000 amputations are performed each year on individuals with critical limb ischemia, the most severe form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The number one priority in treating these patients is to re-establish blood flow to avoid limb amputation.

16 Mar 2010

Uterine fibroids: Promising new minimally invasive treatment using high-energy ultrasound waves

There's a new interventional radiology tool showing promise in the treatment of uterine fibroids: magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), a minimally invasive treatment that uses high-energy ultrasound waves to generate heat at a specific point to destroy uterine fibroid tissue and relieve symptoms.

16 Mar 2010

Indiana receives $10.3M federal grant to enhance quality and reach of existing health information technology

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program announced the award today of a four-year, $10.3 million grant to the State of Indiana to further enhance the quality and reach of the state's existing health information technology delivery system to improve health outcomes for Hoosiers and reduce costs across the continuum of health care.

16 Mar 2010

SBS, ALA merger awaits membership approval

For the past 18 months, the Society for Biomolecular Sciences and the Association for Laboratory Automation have been strategizing a merger to unite their complementary missions within the context of one inclusive organization -- the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening. The SBS-ALA merger awaits membership approval via a proxy voting process.

16 Mar 2010

Houston scientists unveil new technique for growing 3-D cell cultures

The film "Avatar" isn't the only 3-D blockbuster making a splash this winter. A team of Houston scientists this week unveiled a new technique for growing 3-D cell cultures, a technological leap from the flat petri dish that could save millions of dollars in drug-testing costs. The research is reported in Nature Nanotechnology.

16 Mar 2010

Technology News and Research

Toshiba displays new, advanced ultrasound systems at ACC annual meeting

Fraunhofer USA CMB receives $4.395M award from DARPA to develop H1N1 influenza vaccine

Sectra’s operating profit for nine-month period increases 37.3%

New research initiative launched to accelerate development of improved crops

FDA approves Irvine Scientific's Vit Kit-Freeze and Vit Kit-Thaw for cryopreservation of all stages of embryos

COSE statement on health care reform

MIT biochemist joins Thomson Reuters’ annual ‘Top 12’ list

Most influential advances in cardiopulmonary imaging: High-resolution CT and CT pulmonary angiography

MAQUET's VASOVIEW EVH reduces rates of leg infection in CABG patients

CLC bio releases groundbreaking whole-genome de novo assembler

Validated eC-SSRS solution available for prospective monitoring of suicidal ideation and behaviors

HHS announces awards to help states facilitate health information exchange and advance health IT

InnerPulse selects Dassault Systemes' Abaqus FEA software

A guide on ethics and neuroscience

Unani.ca consumer-minded PEHR now available in Canadian marketplace

Drug-eluting stents offer new hope to patients with critical limb ischemia

Uterine fibroids: Promising new minimally invasive treatment using high-energy ultrasound waves

Indiana receives $10.3M federal grant to enhance quality and reach of existing health information technology

SBS, ALA merger awaits membership approval

Houston scientists unveil new technique for growing 3-D cell cultures

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