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Pathology is the study and diagnosis of disease through examination of organs, tissues, bodily fluids, and whole bodies (autopsies). The term also encompasses the related scientific study of disease processes, called General pathology. Medical pathology is divided in two main branches, Anatomical pathology and Clinical pathology. Veterinary pathology is concerned with animal disease whereas Phytopathology is the study of plant diseases.

Halfpenny Technologies releases new critical value alerting, reporting feature for ITF-GoDoc solution

Halfpenny Technologies, Inc., a leading health information exchange (HIE) solutions provider specializing in laboratory, pathology and physician electronic medical record (EMR) system interoperability, has introduced a new critical value alerting and reporting feature for its ITF-GoDoc solution. ITF-GoDoc enables physicians to securely access laboratory, pathology and radiology result reports from their iPhone, Droid or Blackberry Storm-powered smartphones.

25 May 2010

Researchers use zebrafish as model to analyze function of every known mutation in BBS

A research team led by scientists from the Duke University Medical Center has developed a way to simultaneously look at the effects of 125 mutations occurring on 14 different genes. They used zebrafish as a model to analyze the function of every known mutation in an inherited syndrome called BBS, Bardet-Biedl Syndrome.

25 May 2010

ADDF provides $248,000 grant to ALSP to allow its lead drug candidate towards clinical trials

The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation announced today that it is providing a grant of $248,000 to American Life Science Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to allow for manufacture of its lead drug candidate to be used in preclinical toxicology testing in preparation for entering Phase I clinical trials early in 2011.

25 May 2010

Scientists develop DNA-vaccine that restricts supply of blood to tumours

A DNA-vaccine that restricts the supply of blood to tumours has been developed by scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. The vaccine slows the growth of breast cancer tumours in mice.

24 May 2010

Zotec Partners announces strategic technology alliance with Florida-based MBS

Zotec Partners, an industry leader in medical billing, practice management and Radiology Information Systems software and services, is announcing today a strategic technology alliance with Florida-based Medical Business Service, Inc. This alliance enables Zotec Partners to further penetrate the radiology and pathology markets and strengthen its position as a leader in hospital-based revenue cycle management.

24 May 2010

ZyGEM announces acquisition of MicroLab Diagnostics

ZyGEM Corp. Ltd., today announced that it has acquired MicroLab Diagnostics Inc., a private company developing microfluidic devices for rapid DNA testing. ZyGEM intends to market products integrating its unique DNA extraction and reagents and detection assays with the breakthrough microfluidic chip technology developed by MicroLab, which will operate as a business unit of the new company.

24 May 2010

2010 ASCO Annual Meeting highlights new research findings on cancer

Experts from The Cancer Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center will present new research findings at the 46th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, Illinois.

24 May 2010

Study: Th1 cells play a vital role in pathogenesis of immune-mediated diseases

Current research suggests that T helper-type 1 (Th1) cells, previously thought to mediate autoimmunity, may actual inhibit the development of experimental immune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS), by suppressing Th17 cells.

24 May 2010

New marker may be the significant breakthrough in allergy testing for newborn babies

A simple blood test can now predict whether newborn babies are at high risk of developing allergies as they grow older, thanks to research involving the University of Adelaide.

21 May 2010

PDGFRA gene may lead to effective treatments for paediatric high grade glioma: Study

Scientists have discovered a gene that could lead to more effective treatments for a form of childhood brain cancer called paediatric high grade glioma.

21 May 2010

PTCL trial data on belinostat to be presented at 2010 ASCO Annual Meeting

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial stage biotechnology company with a primary focus in hematology and oncology, today announced that clinical data on belinostat will be presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, to be held June 4-8, 2010 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois, as part of the ASCO proceedings.

21 May 2010

AANS/CNS issue statement on Congress hearing of impact of concussions on high school athletes

On Thursday, May 20, 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor held a hearing to learn more about the impact of concussions on high school athletes and how the injury can impact academic achievement. A concussion is an injury to the brain that results in loss of normal brain function and is usually temporary.

20 May 2010

Natural molecule in body counters progression of osteoarthritis: Scientists

An international team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute in California and the National Research Institute for Child Health and Development in Japan has discovered that a natural molecule in the body counters the progression of osteoarthritis. The findings could one day lead to new therapies for some common diseases of aging.

19 May 2010

Researchers identify cancer gene that could help fight paediatric glioma

Researchers have identified an important cancer gene that could lead to more effective drugs being developed to fight paediatric high grade glioma, a disease which currently has a poor prognosis.

19 May 2010

VBI researchers establish new tree of life for gamma-proteobacteria

A new "tree of life" has been constructed by researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech for the gamma-proteobacteria, a large group of medically and scientifically important bacteria that includes Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, and other disease-causing organisms.

18 May 2010

Launch Diagnostics to distribute MDI's Detect-Ready MRSA assay in UK, France and Republic of Ireland

Molecular Detection Inc. (MDI), a company developing Detect-Ready™ assays designed to increase the speed and accuracy of infectious disease diagnosis, and Launch Diagnostics Ltd. today announced an exclusive distribution agreement for MDI's Detect-Ready MRSA assay in the UK, France and Republic of Ireland.

18 May 2010

Health Discovery receives MICO Award from MDB Capital at Bright Lights Conference

Health Discovery Corporation announced today it received the prestigious MICO Award presented by MDB Capital Group, San Francisco, Calif., at its invitation-only Bright Lights Conference held May 11-12, 2010. Health Discovery Corporation was chosen from among 1,600 publicly traded, small cap companies.

18 May 2010

FibroGen's FG-3019 human monoclonal antibody against CTGF reverses progression of lung fibrosis

FibroGen, Inc. today announced that administration of investigational therapy FG-3019, a human monoclonal antibody against connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), reversed the process of fibrosis in a preclinical model of radiation-induced lung fibrosis, a finding that has implications for treating multiple types of fibrotic disease.

18 May 2010

ACM Global renews CAP accreditation for the third time

ACM Global Central Laboratory, the global central lab that continually defines the customer-service standard with its flexible approach, has renewed its College of American Pathologists accreditation for the third time based on the results of a recent onsite inspection.

17 May 2010

Researchers identify protein involved in pushing bladder tumors to become invasive

Bladder cancer often becomes aggressive and spreads in patients despite treatment, but now researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have identified a protein they believe is involved in pushing tumors to become invasive - and deadly.

15 May 2010

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Halfpenny Technologies releases new critical value alerting, reporting feature for ITF-GoDoc solution

Researchers use zebrafish as model to analyze function of every known mutation in BBS

ADDF provides $248,000 grant to ALSP to allow its lead drug candidate towards clinical trials

Scientists develop DNA-vaccine that restricts supply of blood to tumours

Zotec Partners announces strategic technology alliance with Florida-based MBS

ZyGEM announces acquisition of MicroLab Diagnostics

2010 ASCO Annual Meeting highlights new research findings on cancer

Study: Th1 cells play a vital role in pathogenesis of immune-mediated diseases

New marker may be the significant breakthrough in allergy testing for newborn babies

PDGFRA gene may lead to effective treatments for paediatric high grade glioma: Study

PTCL trial data on belinostat to be presented at 2010 ASCO Annual Meeting

AANS/CNS issue statement on Congress hearing of impact of concussions on high school athletes

Natural molecule in body counters progression of osteoarthritis: Scientists

Researchers identify cancer gene that could help fight paediatric glioma

VBI researchers establish new tree of life for gamma-proteobacteria

Launch Diagnostics to distribute MDI's Detect-Ready MRSA assay in UK, France and Republic of Ireland

Health Discovery receives MICO Award from MDB Capital at Bright Lights Conference

FibroGen's FG-3019 human monoclonal antibody against CTGF reverses progression of lung fibrosis

ACM Global renews CAP accreditation for the third time

Researchers identify protein involved in pushing bladder tumors to become invasive

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