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Innovative health care information technology solutions to improve quality of patient care

Methodist Hospital of Arcadia, California, has launched an integrated deployment of innovative health care information technology (HIT) solutions designed to help improve the quality of patient care and deliver operational efficiencies. MedPlus®, the health care information technology subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), provided the integrated solution to help Methodist reduce the length of stay associated with patients and help realize gains in efficiency and revenue.

5 Oct 2009

New consumer At-Home Skin Typing and Analysis Kit unveiled

Reveal Sciences, LLC, a cosmetics and aesthetics innovation company pioneering breakthrough skin care diagnostics, has announced the launch of the new consumer At-Home Skin Typing and Analysis Kit.

5 Oct 2009

Pharmacogenomics Centre deploys the Isilon IQ to accelerate its next-generation genetic sequencing operations

Isilon® Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN), the proven leader in scale-out NAS, today announced that Pharmacogenomics Centre, a partnership between Genome Quebec and the Montreal Heart Institute focused on enhancing new and existing drug development research programs through the inclusion of genetic information, has deployed Isilon IQ to accelerate its next-generation genetic sequencing operations.

5 Oct 2009

Lupin grants Salix exclusive rights to its bioadhesive drug delivery technology for use with rifaximin

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. today announced that as of September 30, 2009 Lupin Ltd. granted Salix the exclusive right in the United States to its bioadhesive drug delivery technology for use with rifaximin. Salix and Lupin have entered into a development, commercialization and license agreement under which the two companies will collaborate in the development and commercialization of a product incorporating rifaximin and utilizing Lupin’s proprietary technology.

5 Oct 2009

Hansen Medical to exhibit its Lynx Robotic Ablation Catheter at the workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias

Hansen Medical, Inc. will showcase its new Lynx Robotic Ablation Catheter for the first time at Venice Arrhythmias 2009, the 11th International Workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias, Oct. 4-7, in Venice, Italy. The Lynx catheter is a small, flexible irrigated ablation catheter for customers in Europe to offer stability during the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF).

5 Oct 2009

IMRISNV and IMRIScardio to be installed in BWH's AMIGO suite

IMRIS Inc. ("IMRIS" or the "Company") and Brigham and Women's Hospital, ("BWH") today announced a comprehensive agreement in support of BWH's vision of bringing the most advanced multi-modality image guided therapy suite in the world to its facility in Boston, Massachusetts.

3 Oct 2009

SIS files a patent aplication for a method of generating structured light for 3D image rendering

Spatial Integrated Systems, Inc. ("SIS"), a leader in the development and integration of solutions incorporating next-generation digital 3D data capture and processing technologies, announced today that a United States patent application has been published for "system and method for generating structured light for 3-dimensional image rendering" under Publication No. US2009/0169095A1.

3 Oct 2009

Diamedix files a 510(k) premarket submission with the FDA for its Mago4S assay system

IVAX Diagnostics, Inc. announced today that its U.S. subsidiary headquartered in Florida, Diamedix Corporation, has filed a 510(k) premarket submission with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for its next -generation fully automated Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (“ELISA”) system for autoimmune and infectious disease testing, named the Mago®4S.

1 Oct 2009

Grand Opportunity grant to pursue "whole-genome" sequencing of patients with autism

Children's Hospital Boston, with the Broad Institute and Harvard Medical School, has been awarded a Grand Opportunity grant from the National Institute of Mental Health as part of the federal stimulus package, to pursue "whole-genome" sequencing of patients with autism, using new technologies for rapid DNA sequencing to better understand autism's causes.

1 Oct 2009

HHS awards $46 million to 84 grantees under SCF program

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded $46 million to 84 grantees under a new program, the Strengthening Communities Fund (SCF), created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The purpose of the grants is to improve the ability of nonprofit organizations to promote the economic recovery of people with low incomes.

1 Oct 2009

OICR completes evaluation of NEB's new reagents for use with the Illumina Genome Analyzer

Dr. John McPherson, Platform Leader, Cancer Genomics and High-Throughput Screening, and Dr. Kamran Shazand, Project Manager, of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) led a team of scientists who have completed a thorough evaluation of the NEBNext(TM) DNA Sample Prep Reagents for use with OICR's Illumina® Genome Analyzer II.

From New England Biolabs 1 Oct 2009

Danya International bags contract to operate NPIN for CDC

Danya International, Inc., a communications, research, and technology firm, has been awarded a contract to continue its performance in operating the National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NPIN provides the latest information, resources, and technology focused on preventing HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, and tuberculosis.

1 Oct 2009

St. Mary Medical Center offers Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery treatment to fight cancer

For patients diagnosed with a brain tumor, St. Mary Medical Center is among the first in the region to offer Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) as a breakthrough treatment to fight cancer. Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery is a one-time application of a large-dose radiation precisely targeting a tumor.

1 Oct 2009

ORBIS' Childhood Blindness Initiative aims to develop 50 pediatric ophthalmology centers across India

ORBIS International's flagship Flying Eye Hospital arrived in Jaipur, India with its international team of volunteer eye care specialists and global sponsor Alcon, Inc. (NYSE: ACL), the world's leading eye care company.

1 Oct 2009

Emergent BioSolutions receives NIAID funding support for dmPA7909 anthrax vaccine candidate

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced today that it was awarded a cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, to further the development of one of Emergent’s advanced anthrax vaccine candidates known as dmPA7909.

30 Sep 2009

Global use of biofuels expected to double by 2015

Despite a number of key issues such as land use and competition for feedstocks supplies for traditional food and feed uses, global use of biofuels is excepted to more than double from 2009 to 2015, according to a new global analysis released today by Hart's Global Biofuels Center.

30 Sep 2009

ARRA stimulus funds fuel research projects across America

The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and The Science Coalition (TSC) today released highlighted examples of the important scientific work happening across the country as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The brief report summarizes just a handful of the thousands of projects benefiting from stimulus dollars.

30 Sep 2009

FEMA grant for designing next generation firefighter gloves

What is one of the biggest complaints firefighters have about their job? It's their gloves. While the current gloves are designed to provide protection against extreme temperatures, they are often bulky and inflexible. Through a recent Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant, researchers at North Carolina State University will attempt to redesign the traditional firefighter glove to provide fire protection with less bulk and greater hand dexterity.

30 Sep 2009

Computable Genomix to release new online genomics research tool

Memphis-based Computable Genomix today announced it will launch a contest on Oct. 1, 2009, to coincide with the release of GeneIndexer, the company’s next-generation Web-based text-mining tool.

30 Sep 2009

ASU receives $32 million as research grants

Arizona State University researchers to date have received more than $32 million in stimulus package research grants. For ASU, which has played a very active role in attracting this additional funding, much of these research funds have gone for projects that meet challenges currently confronting society.

30 Sep 2009

Next Generation News and Research

Innovative health care information technology solutions to improve quality of patient care

New consumer At-Home Skin Typing and Analysis Kit unveiled

Pharmacogenomics Centre deploys the Isilon IQ to accelerate its next-generation genetic sequencing operations

Lupin grants Salix exclusive rights to its bioadhesive drug delivery technology for use with rifaximin

Hansen Medical to exhibit its Lynx Robotic Ablation Catheter at the workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias

IMRISNV and IMRIScardio to be installed in BWH's AMIGO suite

SIS files a patent aplication for a method of generating structured light for 3D image rendering

Diamedix files a 510(k) premarket submission with the FDA for its Mago4S assay system

Grand Opportunity grant to pursue "whole-genome" sequencing of patients with autism

HHS awards $46 million to 84 grantees under SCF program

OICR completes evaluation of NEB's new reagents for use with the Illumina Genome Analyzer

Danya International bags contract to operate NPIN for CDC

St. Mary Medical Center offers Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery treatment to fight cancer

ORBIS' Childhood Blindness Initiative aims to develop 50 pediatric ophthalmology centers across India

Emergent BioSolutions receives NIAID funding support for dmPA7909 anthrax vaccine candidate

Global use of biofuels expected to double by 2015

ARRA stimulus funds fuel research projects across America

FEMA grant for designing next generation firefighter gloves

Computable Genomix to release new online genomics research tool

ASU receives $32 million as research grants

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