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Neuronetrix announces FDA approval of COGNISION System for clinical use

Neuronetrix today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance (K141316) from the United States Food and Drug Administration to market the COGNISION System for clinical use.

21 Feb 2015

New partnership aims to create stem cell resource to study psychiatric disorders

The New York Stem Cell Foundation and the Stanley Center at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard are partnering to create a foundational stem cell resource to study psychiatric disorders through the production of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines from individuals with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders.

20 Feb 2015

Study: Growth hormone can improve social impairment in patients with Phelan-McDermid syndrome

A growth hormone can significantly improve the social impairment associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in patients with a related genetic syndrome, according to a pilot study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published yesterday on Pub Med, a public database of biomedical topics maintained by the National Institutes of Health (study originally published in the December 12 issue of the journal Molecular Autism).

20 Feb 2015

VirMedica acquires assets of TransEngen

VirMedica, a leading provider of technology solutions designed to optimize the commercialization of specialty pharmaceutical products, announced today that VirMedica, Inc. has acquired the assets of TransEngen, Inc. The $15 million dollar financing was led by Nashville-based Petra Capital Partners along with Menlo Park-based HealthQuest Capital.

19 Feb 2015

IDRI Announces $4M BARDA Cooperative Agreement To Establish Adjuvant Hub

The international outbreak of Ebola in 2014 serves as a reminder for the need to be proactive in preparing for the rapid spread of any newly emerging or re-emerging infectious disease. IDRI today announces it has received $4 million in funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to develop an adjuvant manufacturing hub with both preclinical and clinical expertise to facilitate pandemic influenza preparedness in developing countries.

19 Feb 2015

New NIH grant to support development of rapid method for diagnosing mucormycosis

Speed is essential in treating deadly mucormycosis fungal infections, but a quick diagnosis is difficult because no routine blood test exists.

19 Feb 2015

Pioneering Separations Company Quad Technologies Set To Revolutionize Cell Isolation Following Successful Investment

Quad Technologies Inc (“Quad”), developer of a novel separation technology, has formally announced its entry into the cell separation market.

19 Feb 2015

TNF signaling molecule triggers Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis

Cells lining the intestinal tract form a critical barrier, protecting our bodies from the billions of bacteria living in the gut. Breaches in this barrier are driven largely by a single signaling molecule called tumor necrosis factor (TNF), elevated amounts of which are associated with inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

17 Feb 2015

POCARED Diagnostics announces closure of another $15M in funding

POCARED Diagnostics Ltd. is an Israeli-based Diagnostics and Pre-analytical technology manufacturer with offices in the United States announced they have closed another $15 Million in funding.

17 Feb 2015

ASU to host inaugural meeting for brand new scientific society in Tempe, Arizona

Arizona State University will host a premiere opportunity to engage and mingle with luminaries in the burgeoning field of evolutionary medicine, a new interdisciplinary approach that is becoming an essential perspective in our view of disease, today's medical practice and the worldwide impact on public health as it hosts the Inaugural International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health Meeting, March 19-21, 2015 in Tempe, Arizona.

17 Feb 2015

UMHS opens Massey Emergency Critical Care Center

They come from highway accident scenes and nursing home beds, from factories and farm fields, from suburban homes, downtown sidewalks and small community hospitals.

16 Feb 2015

Tissue and cell diagnostics market reaches $7.7 billion in 2014

With fast and effective testing techniques, the tissue and cell diagnostics market was estimated to have reached $7.7 billion in 2014 for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) and other reagents used by clinical laboratories, according to Kalorama Information.

16 Feb 2015

Techimmuna may help diagnose rheumatoid arthritis

NCBJ POLATOM Radioisotope Centre has just introduced a new product to the nuclear medicine preparations market. Techimmuna will help to diagnose various cases of inflammation, in particular rheumatoid arthritis.

16 Feb 2015

R. Bryan Miller Symposium to spotlight special focus on rare disease research

The University of California, Davis Department of Chemistry will spotlight a special focus on rare disease research with this year's 15th annual R. Bryan Miller Symposium. Experts in rare diseases will gather at the UC Davis Conference Center March 5 for a conference highlighting the opportunities and challenges in applying cutting edge technologies and "precision medicine" to better treat conditions that together affect millions of people, especially children.

16 Feb 2015

Recipients of 2015 AACC and NACB Awards announced

AACC and its academy, the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015 AACC and NACB Awards, which honor laboratory medicine professionals worldwide for advancing the field of clinical laboratory testing.

14 Feb 2015

Great Basin Scientific begins clinical trial for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli diagnostic test

Great Basin Scientific, Inc., today announced it has initiated a clinical trial for its Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) diagnostic test.

13 Feb 2015

SRI Biosciences awarded contract to develop novel polymers to neutralize chemical, biological threats

SRI Biosciences, a division of SRI International, has been awarded a $10 million contract under a DARPA program to reimagine how proteins are constructed and to develop novel medicines and diagnostics as countermeasures to chemical and biological threats.

12 Feb 2015

Henry Schein's net sales increase 7.0% to $2.7 billion in fourth quarter 2014

Henry Schein, Inc., the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners, today reported record financial results for the fourth quarter.

11 Feb 2015

UM one step closer to developing potential drug for treating brain cancer

Promentis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced it will enter an exclusive agreement with UM to commercialize a discovery made by a team of UM faculty scientists that has the potential to treat brain cancer and possibly other disorders of the central nervous system.

11 Feb 2015

Blood gas POCT seminar video published online by sphere medical - new clinical resources centre added to sphere medical’s website

Sphere Medical, innovator in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, has published online a video of an industry seminar on ‘True Point-of-Care Testing’ presented by Dr. Tom Clutton-Brock, Senior Lecturer Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Birmingham at the AAGBI 2014 Annual Congress.

10 Feb 2015

Diagnostics News and Research

Neuronetrix announces FDA approval of COGNISION System for clinical use

New partnership aims to create stem cell resource to study psychiatric disorders

Study: Growth hormone can improve social impairment in patients with Phelan-McDermid syndrome

VirMedica acquires assets of TransEngen

IDRI Announces $4M BARDA Cooperative Agreement To Establish Adjuvant Hub

New NIH grant to support development of rapid method for diagnosing mucormycosis

Pioneering Separations Company Quad Technologies Set To Revolutionize Cell Isolation Following Successful Investment

TNF signaling molecule triggers Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis

POCARED Diagnostics announces closure of another $15M in funding

ASU to host inaugural meeting for brand new scientific society in Tempe, Arizona

UMHS opens Massey Emergency Critical Care Center

Tissue and cell diagnostics market reaches $7.7 billion in 2014

Techimmuna may help diagnose rheumatoid arthritis

R. Bryan Miller Symposium to spotlight special focus on rare disease research

Recipients of 2015 AACC and NACB Awards announced

Great Basin Scientific begins clinical trial for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli diagnostic test

SRI Biosciences awarded contract to develop novel polymers to neutralize chemical, biological threats

Henry Schein's net sales increase 7.0% to $2.7 billion in fourth quarter 2014

UM one step closer to developing potential drug for treating brain cancer

Blood gas POCT seminar video published online by sphere medical - new clinical resources centre added to sphere medical’s website

Event guide: 16th Clinical Biomarkers & CDx Summit Europe eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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