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MGH investigators identify inflammatory molecule that plays key role in lupus

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have identified an inflammatory molecule that appears to play an essential role in the autoimmune disorder systemic lupus erythematosus, commonly known as lupus.

7 Apr 2015

Radlink, DePuy Synthes sign exclusive worldwide sales agency agreement

Radlink, Inc., an emerging global leader in advanced medical imaging technology, announced today that it has signed an exclusive worldwide sales agency agreement with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Synthes Companies. The contractual partnership provides for the exclusive worldwide distribution of Radlink's advanced imaging products, including the revolutionary Galileo Positioning System (GPS) featuring Surgeon's Checklist software, through DePuy Synthes Companies' sales representatives worldwide.

6 Apr 2015

Quest Diagnostics grants Supplier Excellence Awards to five companies

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today awarded Supplier Excellence Awards to five companies at its 2015 Supplier Forum.

From Quest Diagnostics 2 Apr 2015

VSV-based vaccine yields promising results for rapid development of effective Ebola vaccine

A live vaccine based on the "Vesicular Stomatitis Virus" (VSV) has yielded highly promising results for the rapid development of an effective vaccine against the Ebola virus. This vaccine would only need to be injected once for long-lasting immunoprotection.

2 Apr 2015

PAREXEL introduces new version of Regulatory Information Management platform

PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today introduced the latest version of its Regulatory Information Management (RIM) platform: LIQUENT InSight 6.0.

From Parexel 31 Mar 2015

Ebola epidemic reveals critical weaknesses in global public health system

In the year since the World Health Organization (WHO) was first notified of an outbreak of what proved to be Ebola virus disease in the west African country of Guinea, more than 24,000 cases have been reported and over 10,000 individuals have died - primarily in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

30 Mar 2015

DePuy Synthes inks sales agreement with Radlink to offer real-time image guidance with hip replacement systems

DePuy Synthes Companies has signed an exclusive worldwide sales agreement with Radlink, Inc., an emerging global leader in advanced medical imaging technology, to offer real-time image guidance with its hip replacement systems. The agreement further demonstrates DePuy Synthes Companies’ ongoing commitment to help improve patient outcomes, increase patient satisfaction and reduce costs.

27 Mar 2015

VIVA physician selected as new Fellows in the Society of Interventional Radiology

Dr. John D. Statler, a board-certified, fellowship-trained Interventional Radiologist with Virginia Interventional & Vascular Associates, is one of only 23 physicians nationwide selected this year as new Fellows in the Society of Interventional Radiology.

26 Mar 2015

Pentax Medical announces new chief marketing officer and Americas region president

David Woods, the current president of PENTAX Medical of the Americas, has been appointed as the new global Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), effective April 1, 2015...

25 Mar 2015

Multimodality at the Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging: an interview with Professor Mark Lythgoe, UCL

Imaging techniques used to live in medical physics departments, where physicists worked on them, but now we're seeing biologists, cell biologists and developmental biologists looking at cellular processes and it's those advances that are really enabling imaging to move forward in a way that it hasn't previously been able to...

From Bruker BioSpin Group 25 Mar 2015

New work flow system may improve patient appointments, reduce time-consuming work

Both patients and physicians may benefit from a "work flow" system developed at military medical facilities and tested at a Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center clinic, according to results of an efficiency study.

20 Mar 2015

New MRI technique from NIST may help diagnose TBI in U.S. veterans

More than 300,000 U.S. veterans have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in recent years, a legacy of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. But these numbers don't tell the whole story. While severe TBI can be obvious, milder cases involving symptoms such as memory loss or inability to concentrate are difficult to confirm and treat.

20 Mar 2015

SST Group to become exclusive distributor for MPTronic's RDM solution in U.S. and Canada

SST Group, Inc., a leading provider of DICOM distribution solutions in the United States, is excited to announce its partnership with MPTronic, a leading developer of Radiation Dose Monitoring systems in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

18 Mar 2015

Patients with multiple narrowed arteries have better outcomes with CABG than with PCI

Despite the advent of a new generation of stents, patients with multiple narrowed arteries in the heart who received coronary artery bypass grafting fared better than those whose arteries were opened with balloon angioplasty and stents in a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's 64th Annual Scientific Session.

17 Mar 2015

MGH study suggests that bariatric surgery can reduce risk of asthma attacks

A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators suggests that bariatric surgery can significantly reduce the risk of asthma attacks - also called exacerbations - in obese patients with asthma.

16 Mar 2015

Social media ratings may influence patient perceptions of hospitals, quality of care

Social media has become an important way for institutions to communicate - both sending messages and receiving feedback - with clients and with the general public.

13 Mar 2015

Vrije University Brussels installs MILabs PET-SPECT-CT-MRI platform for nanobody research

The comprehensive MILabs PET-SPECT-CT-MR preclinical platform combines the best PET-SPECT functional imaging capabilities (sub-half-mm SPECT resolution and sub-mm PET resolution) with high resolution anatomical imaging from an integrated X-ray CT subsystem and/or a compact cryogen free 1.5 T MRI unit

13 Mar 2015

VS120 – fast and precise fluorescence slide scanning

Olympus’ award winning VS120 virtual slide systems have been updated to enable precision and accuracy in high-speed fluorescence and brightfield scanning – with the ability to scan a brightfield slide in under two minutes.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 11 Mar 2015

VS120 – fast and precise fluorescence slide scanning

11 Mar 2015

CPRIT awards research and recruitment grants to improve cancer research

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers more than $7.5 million in research grants to improve diagnostic and therapeutic services and research relating to cancers of the brain, breast, throat, and bone, as well as to improve scientific understanding of cancer biology.

9 Mar 2015

Medical Imaging News and Research

MGH investigators identify inflammatory molecule that plays key role in lupus

Radlink, DePuy Synthes sign exclusive worldwide sales agency agreement

Quest Diagnostics grants Supplier Excellence Awards to five companies

VSV-based vaccine yields promising results for rapid development of effective Ebola vaccine

PAREXEL introduces new version of Regulatory Information Management platform

Ebola epidemic reveals critical weaknesses in global public health system

DePuy Synthes inks sales agreement with Radlink to offer real-time image guidance with hip replacement systems

VIVA physician selected as new Fellows in the Society of Interventional Radiology

Pentax Medical announces new chief marketing officer and Americas region president

Multimodality at the Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging: an interview with Professor Mark Lythgoe, UCL

New work flow system may improve patient appointments, reduce time-consuming work

New MRI technique from NIST may help diagnose TBI in U.S. veterans

SST Group to become exclusive distributor for MPTronic's RDM solution in U.S. and Canada

Patients with multiple narrowed arteries have better outcomes with CABG than with PCI

MGH study suggests that bariatric surgery can reduce risk of asthma attacks

Social media ratings may influence patient perceptions of hospitals, quality of care

Vrije University Brussels installs MILabs PET-SPECT-CT-MRI platform for nanobody research

VS120 – fast and precise fluorescence slide scanning

VS120 – fast and precise fluorescence slide scanning

CPRIT awards research and recruitment grants to improve cancer research

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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