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Methyl-Seq and Ultra-Deep Resequencing applications from RainDance Technologies

RainDance Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, announced today it will extend the capabilities of its Sequence Enrichment Solution by offering Methyl-Seq and Ultra-Deep Resequencing applications.

23 Oct 2009

Verizon Foundation awards $10,000 grant to The Wellness Community of the East Bay

The Wellness Community of the East Bay has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon, to fund the use of technology to identify the best community-based psychological and social support and education strategies for cancer patients and their families.

23 Oct 2009

Study shows appropriate use of CRRT improves AKI patient outcomes

A study appearing today in the New England Journal of Medicine adds to the growing body of evidence supporting continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) as the therapy of choice for treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI) patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).

23 Oct 2009

Vidacare to release results of validation study on its OnControl Bone Marrow System

Vidacare Corporation has completed an analysis and is releasing the results of a validation study on its OnControl™ Bone Marrow System, the first effort in decades to improve the safety, control, and comfort of bone marrow aspiration and biopsy procedures.

23 Oct 2009

UC Riverside researchers create stable "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes"

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have successfully created in the laboratory a class of carbenes, highly reactive molecules, used to make catalysts - substances that facilitate chemical reactions. Until now, chemists believed these carbenes, called "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes" or aNHCs, were impossible to make.

23 Oct 2009

Vasamed partners with BBHOP for peripheral arterial disease research

On Saturday, November 7, 2009 Vasamed Inc., provider of diagnostic technologies that detect peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes, will partner with the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program (BBHOP) in its mission to help African Americans identify the connection between peripheral arterial disease (PAD), diabetes, obesity and hypertension through early detection and referral to appropriate medical resources.

23 Oct 2009

Ambry Genetics awarded CSP status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Ambry Genetics today announced that Ambry is the first organization to achieve Certified Service Provider (CSP) status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System for next-generation sequencing.

23 Oct 2009

Perot Systems to develop plans for Regional Health Information Platform in China

Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) (www.perotsystems.com) announced today that it has signed a healthcare information technology agreement with the Changsha Municipal Government in the Hunan Province of China.

23 Oct 2009

Yissum Research Development signs long-term multi-project collaboration agreement with Roche

Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the University, today announced that it has signed a long-term multi-project research and license collaboration agreement with Roche.

23 Oct 2009

Biotie Therapies enters into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement with YA Global Master

Biotie Therapies Corp. has entered into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement ("SEDA") with YA Global Master SPV Ltd. a fund managed by Yorkville Advisors, LLC of Jersey City, New Jersey, USA ("Yorkville").

23 Oct 2009

Notificateur communications tool: Preventive measure for influenza A virus

In preparation for the second wave of the influenza A (H1N1) virus, Hi-VOS proposes a fast and effective communications tool to help public institutions and businesses better communicate with various groups among the Canadian population: employees, parents, students and clients.

23 Oct 2009

Brain inflammation not linked to Alzheimer's disease

In a surprising reversal of long-standing scientific belief, researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have discovered that inflammation in the brain is not the trigger that leads to buildup of amyloid deposits and development of Alzheimer's disease.

23 Oct 2009

Researchers discover neurons that precisely keep time in the primate brain

Groups of neurons that precisely keep time have been discovered in the primate brain by a team of researchers that includes Dezhe Jin, assistant professor of physics at Penn State University and two neuroscientists from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

23 Oct 2009

Invatec receives approval to market Mo.Ma device

Invatec, a comprehensive innovator of interventional products, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Mo.Ma® Ultra Proximal Cerebral Protection Device for use during carotid artery stenting (CAS).

23 Oct 2009

Seminar focuses on approaches to improve small molecule discovery programs

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, last week held the latest seminar in its "Innovation for Experimentation" series.

23 Oct 2009

Japanese Ministry approves marketing of AMS800 Artificial Urinary Sphincter in Japan

American Medical Systems®, a leading provider of world-class devices and therapies for both male and female pelvic health, today announced that it has received clearance from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) to market and distribute its AMS 800 Artificial Urinary Sphincter (AUS) in Japan, effective September 7, 2009.

23 Oct 2009

BNA launches Health IT Law & Industry Report

To help clarify and analyze the framework of regulation, compliance, and federal and state privacy laws that will govern the more than $30 billion in stimulus funding for health information technology (HIT), specialized news and information publisher BNA has launched the Health IT Law & Industry Report.

23 Oct 2009

New method devised for harvesting purified protein molecules

Drugs based on engineered proteins represent a new frontier for pharmaceutical makers. Even after they discover a protein that may form the basis of the next wonder drug, however, they have to confront a long-standing problem: how to produce large quantities of the protein in a highly pure state.

23 Oct 2009

Ellex Medical Lasers to launch latest version of Eye Cubed diagnostic ultrasound system

Ellex Medical Lasers Limited, a global leader in the design and manufacture of ophthalmic laser and ultrasound systems, today announced that it will introduce the latest version of the Eye Cubed(TM) diagnostic ultrasound system at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), October 24 - 27, 2009 in San Francisco.

23 Oct 2009

Acrongenomics participates in Molecular Vision's 2 million GBP funding round

Acrongenomics, Inc. are pleased to announce that they have continued their support to Molecular Vision, an emerging developer of quantitative point-of-care (POC) diagnostic devices, by participating in its 2 million GBP funding round. Imperial Innovations Group plc (AIM: IVO, 'Imperial Innovations'), a leading technology commercialisation and investment company, led the £2 million funding round by committing £1.5 million.

23 Oct 2009

Technology News and Research

Methyl-Seq and Ultra-Deep Resequencing applications from RainDance Technologies

Verizon Foundation awards $10,000 grant to The Wellness Community of the East Bay

Study shows appropriate use of CRRT improves AKI patient outcomes

Vidacare to release results of validation study on its OnControl Bone Marrow System

UC Riverside researchers create stable "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes"

Vasamed partners with BBHOP for peripheral arterial disease research

Ambry Genetics awarded CSP status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System

Perot Systems to develop plans for Regional Health Information Platform in China

Yissum Research Development signs long-term multi-project collaboration agreement with Roche

Biotie Therapies enters into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement with YA Global Master

Notificateur communications tool: Preventive measure for influenza A virus

Brain inflammation not linked to Alzheimer's disease

Researchers discover neurons that precisely keep time in the primate brain

Invatec receives approval to market Mo.Ma device

Seminar focuses on approaches to improve small molecule discovery programs

Japanese Ministry approves marketing of AMS800 Artificial Urinary Sphincter in Japan

BNA launches Health IT Law & Industry Report

New method devised for harvesting purified protein molecules

Ellex Medical Lasers to launch latest version of Eye Cubed diagnostic ultrasound system

Acrongenomics participates in Molecular Vision's 2 million GBP funding round

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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