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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

Teleflex enters into definitive agreement to sell its SSI Surgical Services for $25 million

Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical technology products, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its SSI Surgical Services Inc. business to a privately-owned multi-service line healthcare company for approximately $25 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close before the end of the first quarter of 2010.

25 Feb 2010

MiMedx Group completes corporate and technology branding initiative

MiMedx Group, Inc. announced today that it has completed its corporate and technology branding initiative. In concert with its branding initiative, the Company also announced that it has recently launched an updated website.

25 Feb 2010

Bruker fourth-quarter GAAP revenue up 16%

Bruker Corporation today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.

25 Feb 2010

Texas Plant-Expressed Vaccine Consortium announces biotherapeutic manufacturing initiative for infectious diseases

Leaders of the Texas Plant-Expressed Vaccine Consortium today announced a biotherapeutic manufacturing initiative designed to show proof of concept for a landmark new technology that could dramatically increase the nation's capability to produce vaccines for infectious diseases, including influenza.

25 Feb 2010

Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum in Winston-Salem

A spray-on skin product and an injectable cell therapy for heart attack patients are among 17 regenerative medicine technologies that will be showcased during the Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum, set for April 6-8 in Winston-Salem.

25 Feb 2010

Elsevier introduces new online book series for scientific community

Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, announced today the launch of Elsevier Insights, a new online book series covering topics in areas such as life and physical sciences, engineering, computer science, tourism, and finance.

25 Feb 2010

Nancy Pelosi speaks in support of Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act

Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor today in support of H.R. 4626, the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, which passed by a overwhelming bipartisan vote of 406 to 19. Below are the Speaker's remarks.

25 Feb 2010

Saint Louis County Justice Services awards alcohol monitoring contract to EMASS

Eastern Missouri Alternative Sentencing Services (EMASS) has announced that Saint Louis County Justice Services awarded their alcohol monitoring contract for the county's DUI offenders to EMASS and their transdermal alcohol sensors, known as SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitors).

25 Feb 2010

Technology News and Research

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

Teleflex enters into definitive agreement to sell its SSI Surgical Services for $25 million

MiMedx Group completes corporate and technology branding initiative

Bruker fourth-quarter GAAP revenue up 16%

Texas Plant-Expressed Vaccine Consortium announces biotherapeutic manufacturing initiative for infectious diseases

Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum in Winston-Salem

Elsevier introduces new online book series for scientific community

Nancy Pelosi speaks in support of Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act

Saint Louis County Justice Services awards alcohol monitoring contract to EMASS

Industry Focus eBook - Analytical Chemistry (2nd Edition) eBook

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

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How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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