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Helicos BioSciences to demonstrate single molecule sequencing using Helicos Genetic Analysis System

Helicos BioSciences and it’s collaborators will deliver presentations featured at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting in Marco Island, Florida, from February 24-27, 2010.

26 Feb 2010

Blair House bipartisan meeting on health insurance reform: Speaker Pelosi's remarks

"As we sit around this table, I think we should be mindful of what they do when they sit around their kitchen table. What we do here must be relevant to their lives. And for them, they don't have time for us to start over. Many of them are at the end of the line with their insurance…I just hope that as we sit around this table, we understand the urgency that the American people have about this issue, how it affects not only their health, but their economic security."

26 Feb 2010

EVA trial: MRI is more accurate for early diagnosis of breast cancer than digital mammography

Do we need a revision of current recommendations for breast cancer screening? According to a recent prospective multicenter cohort study published in the "Journal of Clinical Oncology", this appears advisable at least for young women carrying an increased risk of breast cancer. The results of the EVA trial confirm once more that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is substantially more accurate for early diagnosis of breast cancer than digital mammography or breast ultrasound: MRI is three times more sensitive for breast cancer than digital mammography.

26 Feb 2010

SensAble Technologies announces Release 3 of Dental Lab System

SensAble Technologies, Inc®, a leading provider of touch-enabled 3D modeling systems, dental CAD/CAM solutions and haptic devices, has announced Release 3 of the SensAble Dental Lab System (SDLS), with significant enhancements to this integrated system for creating dental restorations efficiently and more cost-effectively.

26 Feb 2010

MITA announces new radiation dose safeguards for expansively addressing patient safety in medical imaging

As part of its ongoing commitment to ensuring safe, appropriate and effective medical imaging and radiation therapy, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) announced today a new industry-wide commitment to more expansively address patient safety in medical imaging by including new radiation dose safeguards.

26 Feb 2010

RF Kyphoplasty procedure using StabiliT Vertebral Augmentation System: DFine treats over 2000 patients

DFine, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for treating vertebral compression fractures, announced today that over 2,000 patients with over 3000 fractures have been treated globally with the RF Kyphoplasty procedure using the StabiliT® Vertebral Augmentation System.

26 Feb 2010

Pennsylvania Governor's Office receives over $17M to develop PHIX health information "superhighway"

The Governor's Office of Health Care Reform has received more than $17 million in federal Recovery Act funds to help develop a health information "superhighway" to connect health care practitioners, patients, facilities and pharmacies through a secure network giving them the ability to have a complete record of a patient's medical history.

26 Feb 2010

SNI clinical study using ultrasound for treatment of ICH and IVH presented at International Stroke Conference

EKOS Corporation announced today that Dr. David W. Newell, Co–Executive Director, Swedish Neuroscience Institute (Seattle, WA) presented a SNI clinical study known as ‘SLEUTH’ (Safety of Lysis with Ultrasound in the Treatment of Intracerebral (ICH) and Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH) at the American Heart Association International Stroke Conference (San Antonio, TX).

26 Feb 2010

Alegent Health, TeleHealth Services partner in "Generation Patient" enhancement initiative

TeleHealth Services, the nation's leading provider of healthcare grade televisions and on-demand interactive patient education solutions, today announced an extended partnership with Alegent Health. Building upon an existing relationship, Alegent has chosen TeleHealth Services as its interactive patient education and entertainment partner in the health system's unprecedented "Generation Patient" enhancement initiative.

26 Feb 2010

New Robotic Surgical Simulator created for robot-assisted surgery

A collaboration between the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has produced one of the world's first simulators that closely approximates the "touch and feel" of the da Vinci- robotic surgical system.

26 Feb 2010

Supelco launches Ascentis Express Peptide ES-C18 HPLC columns

Supelco, a division of Sigma-Aldrich®, announced today the launch of Ascentis Express Peptide ES-C18, a high-speed, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) column based on a new 160 angstrom Fused-Core™ particle design. This column design exhibits very high column efficiency, providing a stable, reversed phase packing with a pore structure and pore size that is optimized for reversed-phase HPLC separations of peptides and polypeptides.

26 Feb 2010

Researchers keep wary eye on emerging tick-borne diseases in Missouri

Stories of environmental damage and their consequences always seem to take place far away and in another country, usually a tropical one with lush rainforests and poison dart frogs.

26 Feb 2010

NCCN Guidelines: Chemosensitivity/resistance assays to be part of Principles of Chemotherapy section

Precision Therapeutics announced today that The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® recently updated the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines for Oncology for Ovarian Cancer Including Fallopian Tube Cancer and Primary Peritoneal Cancer to include the use of chemosensitivity/resistance assays as part of the Principles of Chemotherapy section.

26 Feb 2010

Pall Corporation announces next generation, 96-well AcroPrep Advance filter plates

Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, has introduced its next generation 96-well filter plate that delivers consistency and reproducibility in applications, such as neonatal screening and multiplexing. The Pall AcroPrep Advance filter plate employs new design features that provide uniform filtration rates, lowers hold-up volumes and ensures consistent sample/bead recovery from the wells.

From Pall Corporation 26 Feb 2010

Manhattan Scientifics completes agreement to acquire all commercial rights to Senior Scientific

Manhattan Scientifics Inc., a nanomedicine technology transfer and commercialization pioneer, today announced completion of its agreement to acquire all commercial rights to the body of work of nuclear physicist Edward R. Flynn, PhD and his company, Senior Scientific LLC.

26 Feb 2010

Ferring Pharmaceuticals, GSN sign agreement to test Parental Support technology

Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Gene Security Network announced that they have signed an agreement to conduct a clinical trial of GSN's advanced preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) technology, Parental Support™.

26 Feb 2010

Lawsuit alleges Medtronic illegally marketed stent device for unapproved use

A complaint filed in federal court last week "alleges Medtronic Inc. illegally marketed a relatively obscure medical device called a biliary stent in ways not approved by federal regulators," The (Minneapolis-St. Paul) Star Tribune reports.

25 Feb 2010

4medica to present IHR solution at Interoperability Showcase in Atlanta

4medica, the leading independent provider of Web-based connectivity between physicians and clinical laboratories, announced today that it will demonstrate the versatility of its Integrated Health Record (IHR™) solution at the 2010 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Interoperability Showcase at booth #233 in Hall C of the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from March 1-3, 2010.

25 Feb 2010

Patented chemical derived from sugar may be an alternative for BPA

Michael Jaffe, a professor of biomedical engineering at NJIT, has received a patent for a chemical derived from sugar. This new material is a derivative of isosorbide and may be able to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in a number of consumer products, including the lining of tin cans.

25 Feb 2010

Nightingale reports revenue of $4.4M for third-quarter fiscal 2010

Nightingale Informatix Corporation, an application service provider (ASP) of electronic medical record (EMR) software and related services announces its financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2009. All results are reported in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.

25 Feb 2010

Technology News and Research

Helicos BioSciences to demonstrate single molecule sequencing using Helicos Genetic Analysis System

Blair House bipartisan meeting on health insurance reform: Speaker Pelosi's remarks

EVA trial: MRI is more accurate for early diagnosis of breast cancer than digital mammography

SensAble Technologies announces Release 3 of Dental Lab System

MITA announces new radiation dose safeguards for expansively addressing patient safety in medical imaging

RF Kyphoplasty procedure using StabiliT Vertebral Augmentation System: DFine treats over 2000 patients

Pennsylvania Governor's Office receives over $17M to develop PHIX health information "superhighway"

SNI clinical study using ultrasound for treatment of ICH and IVH presented at International Stroke Conference

Alegent Health, TeleHealth Services partner in "Generation Patient" enhancement initiative

New Robotic Surgical Simulator created for robot-assisted surgery

Supelco launches Ascentis Express Peptide ES-C18 HPLC columns

Researchers keep wary eye on emerging tick-borne diseases in Missouri

NCCN Guidelines: Chemosensitivity/resistance assays to be part of Principles of Chemotherapy section

Pall Corporation announces next generation, 96-well AcroPrep Advance filter plates

Manhattan Scientifics completes agreement to acquire all commercial rights to Senior Scientific

Ferring Pharmaceuticals, GSN sign agreement to test Parental Support technology

Lawsuit alleges Medtronic illegally marketed stent device for unapproved use

4medica to present IHR solution at Interoperability Showcase in Atlanta

Patented chemical derived from sugar may be an alternative for BPA

Nightingale reports revenue of $4.4M for third-quarter fiscal 2010

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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