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AtlantiCare to implement MEDai's Risk Navigator predictive analytic solution

AtlantiCare, the largest health system in southeastern New Jersey, will allow its healthcare providers to better manage patient populations and track clinical and financial objectives with quality-focused tools from Elsevier/MEDai, a leading provider of predictive analytic solutions.

4 Apr 2011

BUSPH, The Partnership at Drugfree.org collaborate to increase 'Join Together' resource utilization

The Partnership at Drugfree.org, in cooperation with the Boston University School of Public Health, announced today that Join Together has become part of the 25-year-old nonprofit organization based in New York City.

4 Apr 2011

AtlantiCare to use MEDai's Risk Navigator solutions for patient management

4 Apr 2011

New data: Quadruple therapy can effectively treat patients with HCV

Exciting new data presented today at the International Liver CongressTM 2011 show that quadruple therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients suppressed the emergence of resistant variants and resulted in a 100% rate of sustained virological response - undetectable HCV RNA - 12 weeks after treatment.

4 Apr 2011

Experts must monitor new antiviral compounds for HCV treatment

Data presented at the International Liver CongressTM highlight the fact that new novel antiviral compounds for the treatment of hepatitis C virus must be prescribed and monitored by experts and specialists to ensure resistance is minimised.

2 Apr 2011

EPIDEMICS³ International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics to take place in Boston, in Nov 2011

Following the inaugural Epidemics¹ Conference in Asilomar, USA in 2008, and the second conference Epidemics² in Athens, Greece in 2009, both highly successful meetings with both more than 230 participants, the organizers are pleased to announce that the Third International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics - EPIDEMICS³ - will take place in Boston, USA, in November 2011.

1 Apr 2011

Opinions: Foreign aid; Congressman's global war on abortion

The idea that wealthy countries have a moral obligation to provide aid to poor nations "persists in the face of overwhelming evidence that such 'aid' does the world's poor more harm than good," Marian Tupy, a senior fellow at the Legatum Institute in London, writes in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece.

1 Apr 2011

Cellectis 2010 total operating revenues increase 55% to EUR 15.8M

Cellectis, the genome engineering specialist, has announced its consolidated financial results for the financial year ended December 31, 2010.

31 Mar 2011

TAP announces new corporate identity

The Automation Partnership, a leading supplier of innovative automation for life science applications today announced that the company will now be known as TAP Biosystems.

30 Mar 2011

Multiple drugs bonded to 'transport vehicle' bypass healthy cells to attack breast cancer from inside

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have employed a strategy using a mouse model to target important mechanisms inside the most challenging breast cancer cells. Earlier studies at Cedars-Sinai found a similar approach effective in attacking malignant brain tumor targets.

30 Mar 2011

New guidelines highlight genetic testing use in heart arrhythmia clinical management

The Canadian Cardiovascular Society and Canadian Heart Rhythm Society have produced the first-ever comprehensive guidelines on the use of genetic testing in the clinical management of inherited heart rhythm disorders, released in the March/April issue of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology published by Elsevier.

29 Mar 2011

Scientist develops new model to understand peoples' behaviors during flu outbreaks

When influenza pandemics arrive, the specter of disease spread through person-to-person contact can mean that schools close, hand sanitizer sales rise, and travellers stay home. But is severing social and business interactions with our neighbors really better than taking a chance on getting sick?

29 Mar 2011

Improved technology is improving outcomes for cardiac stent patients

While coronary artery bypass surgery has long been the standard treatment for patients with the most extensive forms of coronary artery disease, the results of a recent study by an international team of researchers suggests that advances in technology appear to be narrowing the "benefit gap" between the two approaches. The results of the study appear in the March 17, 2011 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

28 Mar 2011

FDA approves ipilimumab for metastatic melanoma treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today its approval of a new treatment for advanced melanoma, the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat form of skin cancer.

28 Mar 2011

Teleflex to distribute Perouse line of POLYSITE intravenous implantable infusion ports

Teleflex Incorporated, a global provider of medical technology products, announced a global distribution agreement with Perouse Medical under which Teleflex will distribute the Perouse line of POLYSITE® intravenous implantable infusion ports.

25 Mar 2011

EndyMed's 3DEEP RF technology in real-time skin impedance measurements published in peer reviewed paper

EndyMed Medical, Ltd., a leader in the use of multi-source radiofrequency for professional aesthetic treatments, announced today the publication of the latest peer reviewed paper on 3DEEP radiofrequency technology, "A novel method for real-time skin impedance measurement during radiofrequency skin tightening treatments".

24 Mar 2011

Collaborative study may lead to strategies to reduce antibiotic resistance

In a study that literally analyzed competing bacteria fighting it out to the death, a University of Houston (UH) researcher and his colleagues identified evolutionary 'winners' and 'losers.' Continuing research to understand the basis of these fates may become a useful tool is designing roadblocks to antibiotic resistance.

24 Mar 2011

New research provides evidence that brain's sensory recalibration can occur instantly

New research provides the first evidence that sensory recalibration - the brain's automatic correcting of errors in our sensory or perceptual systems - can occur instantly.

24 Mar 2011

Life Technologies enters clinical trials for DNA SBT platform for analysis of Human Leukocyte Antigen system

Life Technologies Corporation today announced that it is the first life science tools provider entering clinical trials to prove the safety and effectiveness of their DNA sequence-based typing (SBT) platform for analysis of the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) system. Submission for 510(k) clearance of this SBT platform will follow completion of the clinical trials, which is anticipated this summer.

21 Mar 2011

Opinions: Japan nuclear concerns; cash on delivery; G20's role in ensuring global food security

"What we are learning in the age of globalization is that frightening and tragic events in any part of the world can trigger amygdala responses in people thousands of miles away. The amygdala, a tiny almond-shaped body inside the human brain, controls fearfulness and, more importantly, anxiety," Laurie Garrett, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, writes in a CNN opinion piece.

19 Mar 2011

Evolution News and Research

AtlantiCare to implement MEDai's Risk Navigator predictive analytic solution

BUSPH, The Partnership at Drugfree.org collaborate to increase 'Join Together' resource utilization

AtlantiCare to use MEDai's Risk Navigator solutions for patient management

New data: Quadruple therapy can effectively treat patients with HCV

Experts must monitor new antiviral compounds for HCV treatment

EPIDEMICS³ International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics to take place in Boston, in Nov 2011

Opinions: Foreign aid; Congressman's global war on abortion

Cellectis 2010 total operating revenues increase 55% to EUR 15.8M

TAP announces new corporate identity

Multiple drugs bonded to 'transport vehicle' bypass healthy cells to attack breast cancer from inside

New guidelines highlight genetic testing use in heart arrhythmia clinical management

Scientist develops new model to understand peoples' behaviors during flu outbreaks

Improved technology is improving outcomes for cardiac stent patients

FDA approves ipilimumab for metastatic melanoma treatment

Teleflex to distribute Perouse line of POLYSITE intravenous implantable infusion ports

EndyMed's 3DEEP RF technology in real-time skin impedance measurements published in peer reviewed paper

Collaborative study may lead to strategies to reduce antibiotic resistance

New research provides evidence that brain's sensory recalibration can occur instantly

Life Technologies enters clinical trials for DNA SBT platform for analysis of Human Leukocyte Antigen system

Opinions: Japan nuclear concerns; cash on delivery; G20's role in ensuring global food security

Industry Focus eBook - Forensics & toxicology (2nd edition) eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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