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Direct RNA sequencing performed using Helicos’ True Single Molecule Sequencing technology

Helicos BioSciences Corporation a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies, today announced the publication of a landmark study in which Helicos’ True Single Molecule Sequencing (tSMS)™ technology was used to directly sequence individual molecules of RNA. The paper appeared yesterday in the on-line edition of Nature and will appear in an upcoming 2009 print issue of Nature.

24 Sep 2009

An updated HIPAA Privacy series released by LearnSomething

Keeping pharmacy staff and healthcare industry staff current on evolving HIPAA guidelines can be time-consuming and costly. An efficient and economical solution is on schedule from LearnSomething, the leading provider of eLearning for retail pharmacy and health care industries.

24 Sep 2009

William A. Berry & Son acquired by Suffolk Construction Company

Suffolk Construction Company, New England’s largest construction company announced today that they have acquired William A. Berry & Son (Berry), the second largest construction company in the region.

24 Sep 2009

Customized prosthesis from Custom-fit

Custom-fit is a European funded project, coordinated by Delcam, which has developed a new and cost effective way to manufacture fully customised products, individually designed starting from body geometries and putting together rapid manufacturing, information technologies and material science.

24 Sep 2009

Commitments announced at the Clinton Global Initiative

The second day of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) came to a close with a special session on Northern Ireland, following afternoon plenary and breakout sessions that focused on harnessing innovation for development.

24 Sep 2009

Stereotaxis showcases its remote magnetic navigation technology at TCT symposium

Stereotaxis, Inc. is showcasing the value of its technologies for interventional procedures at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium in San Francisco this week.

24 Sep 2009

Mayo Clinic Health Manager users have access to blood pressure trackers

As part of Mayo Clinic and Microsoft Corp.'s shared vision to help families take better care of their health, the two companies have made enhancements to Mayo Clinic Health Manager, a free online application designed to help people organize and better manage their health. People with conditions such as hypertension and high cholesterol will now have access to a variety of trackers and up-to-date information to help keep their conditions under control.

24 Sep 2009

CICbioGUNE develops Tandem-repeated Ubiquitin Binding Entities for purifying ubiquitylated proteins

LifeSensors, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in protein expression technologies and ubiquitin pathway research tools, announced today their worldwide, exclusive license for high affinity ubiquitin traps. These new research tools, developed by Dr. Manuel S. Rodriguez of the proteomics unit of the CICbioGUNE in Spain, will be launched in October 2009.

24 Sep 2009

Study compares benefits of laparoscopic and traditional open surgery for prostate cancer

The more things change, the more they stay the same, as the proverb goes. A study appearing in an upcoming edition of The Journal of Oncology appears to prove just that. The study compares the benefits of laparoscopic surgery versus traditional open surgery in the treatment of prostate cancer. With traditional surgery, surgeons remove the prostate gland via an incision below the belly button.

24 Sep 2009

Opexa Therapeutics' endeavor in the field of stem cell technology

Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPXA), a company developing Tovaxin®, a personalized T-cell immunotherapy for multiple sclerosis (MS), today announced that it has achieved its first technology transfer milestone in connection with the company’s recently announced exclusive stem cell agreement with Novartis, one of the world’s largest healthcare companies. The milestone was completed on schedule and triggers a payment of $500,000 to Opexa.

24 Sep 2009

Global Med to market the Spanish verIDhemos transfusion safety system

Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. an international healthcare information technology company, today announced that it has signed a binding letter of intent with verIDentia SL of Macanet De La Selva, Girona, Spain for its verIDhemos transfusion safety system. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

24 Sep 2009

Pre-clinical data demonstrates advantages of Combo Stent

OrbusNeich announced today that pre-clinical data involving porcine coronary models demonstrate that the company's Combo Bio-engineered Sirolimus Eluting Stent (Combo Stent) may offer advantages to the Cypher(R) sirolimus eluting stent and the XIENCE(TM) V everolimus eluting stent.

24 Sep 2009

Collaborative clinical care network at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Fostering innovation to speed the improvement of health care is the goal of an $8.3 million grant to researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

24 Sep 2009

NIH awards three UNC Scientists for high risk and innovative research

Three scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have received prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aimed at encouraging "high risk" and innovative research.

24 Sep 2009

New software to be demonstrated at the International CTIA WIRELESS IT & Entertainment 2009

AuthenTec, the world’s leading provider of smart sensor based solutions, announced that it will demonstrate its newest mobile products and software, and will highlight new commercially released phones that incorporate its award-winning technology at International CTIA WIRELESS IT & Entertainment 2009 in San Diego.

24 Sep 2009

McGill University receives $17,600,000 from Canada Research Chairs program

Nineteen McGill University researchers exploring issues from biomaterials to global climate change to advanced mathematics are among the 181 newly appointed or renewed Canada Research Chairs announced September 23 by the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology.)

24 Sep 2009

$Cardiogenesis sponsors educational symposium on refractory angina treatment method$

Cardiogenesis sponsors educational symposium on refractory angina treatment method

Cardiogenesis Corporation, a market leader in laser transmyocardial revascularization (TMR), today announced that it sponsored an educational symposium yesterday in conjunction with the 21st Annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting in San Francisco.

24 Sep 2009

PNNL Department of Energy researcher earns prestigious NIH Director's New Innovator Award

An analytical chemist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been recognized with a National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award. The award will support Wei-Jun Qian's drive to make new research and clinical diagnostic tools that are dramatically more sensitive, reliable and faster than current technologies.

24 Sep 2009

TRUEresult store brand blood glucose monitoring system more accurate than name brand products: Study

Home Diagnostics, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of diabetes testing supplies, today announced that a new study has shown that its TRUEresult® store brand blood glucose monitoring system is comparable to the performance of more expensive name brand systems.

24 Sep 2009

ThromboGenics completes enrollment for MIVI-TRUST clinical trial

ThromboGenics NV, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative treatments for eye disease, vascular disease and cancer, announces today that it has completed the enrolment of the US Phase III trial evaluating microplasmin for the non-surgical treatment of eye disease.

24 Sep 2009

Technology News and Research

Direct RNA sequencing performed using Helicos’ True Single Molecule Sequencing technology

An updated HIPAA Privacy series released by LearnSomething

William A. Berry & Son acquired by Suffolk Construction Company

Customized prosthesis from Custom-fit

Commitments announced at the Clinton Global Initiative

Stereotaxis showcases its remote magnetic navigation technology at TCT symposium

Mayo Clinic Health Manager users have access to blood pressure trackers

CICbioGUNE develops Tandem-repeated Ubiquitin Binding Entities for purifying ubiquitylated proteins

Study compares benefits of laparoscopic and traditional open surgery for prostate cancer

Opexa Therapeutics' endeavor in the field of stem cell technology

Global Med to market the Spanish verIDhemos transfusion safety system

Pre-clinical data demonstrates advantages of Combo Stent

Collaborative clinical care network at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

NIH awards three UNC Scientists for high risk and innovative research

New software to be demonstrated at the International CTIA WIRELESS IT & Entertainment 2009

McGill University receives $17,600,000 from Canada Research Chairs program

Cardiogenesis sponsors educational symposium on refractory angina treatment method

PNNL Department of Energy researcher earns prestigious NIH Director's New Innovator Award

TRUEresult store brand blood glucose monitoring system more accurate than name brand products: Study

ThromboGenics completes enrollment for MIVI-TRUST clinical trial

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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