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Consumers share tales of success, frustration buying coverage

A couple of consumers vaulted into the headlines as the first to complete the sign-up process for health coverage through new online marketplaces. Other shoppers, including those who have coverage but who are looking for better, lower-cost options, tell their stories, too.

5 Oct 2013

Researchers develop new method to identify genes involved in kidney diseases

Understanding how genes act in specific tissues is critical to our ability to combat many human diseases, from heart disease to kidney failure to cancer. Yet isolating individual cell types for study is impossible for most human tissues.

5 Oct 2013

Merck Canada Awards $15.5M To Four Universities

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4 Oct 2013

Designer Baby Patent Awarded To 23Andme

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4 Oct 2013

BioTek’s cell imaging multi-mode reader wins New Product Innovation Award

BioTek’s Cytation™3 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader was recently honored with the first annual New Product Innovation Award, given by MipTec organizers at the 2013 MipTec Conference & Exhibition in Basel, Switzerland. Cytation3 was one of three winning products announced at the exhibition on September 25, 2013.

4 Oct 2013

Eppendorf Sponsoring Shared Lab Space At Cambridge, MA

Eppendorf North America is now a sponsor of LabCentral, a shared laboratory space designed to be a catalyst for entrepreneurs and life science startups. The 27,000 square-foot facility is slated for opening November 1, 2013, and will be located at Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA, in the Cambridge Biotech Innovation Hub.

From Eppendorf 4 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 4, 2013

Today's headlines include continued status reports on state and federal health exchanges as well as the ongoing Capitol Hill budget drama.

4 Oct 2013

High-dose statins could have added benefit of reducing gum inflammation

The use of high-dose statins to lower cholesterol in heart disease patients appears to have the added benefit of reducing gum inflammation, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

4 Oct 2013

Active ingredient of ipecac syrup inhibits growth of cancer cells

An old home remedy called ipecac syrup, once stocked in medicine cabinets in case of accidental poisoning, is showing promise as a new chemotherapy drug for bladder cancer.

4 Oct 2013

State highlights: Calif. hospitals will partner, not merge; states prep for EMS changes; Texas ads to target Wendy Davis

Amid growing health care consolidation as Obamacare rolls out, UC Irvine and MemorialCare Health System have agreed to a partnership deal. The UC Board of Regents said Wednesday it has approved an affiliation between UC Irvine Health and MemorialCare, two major hospital systems in Southern California. It's not a merger and both will remain independent (Terhune, 10/2).

4 Oct 2013

Scientists uncover new approach to develop induced pluripotent stem cells for in vivo disease modeling

In a paper in Cell Stem Cell, a team led by researchers in the Boston Children's Hospital's Stem Cell Transplantation Program reports a new approach for turning induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells for in vivo disease modeling.

4 Oct 2013

Scientists identify chemical agents that block flu virus's ability to replicate itself in cell culture

A new way to attack flu viruses is taking shape in laboratories at Rutgers University, where scientists have identified chemical agents that block the virus's ability to replicate itself in cell culture.

4 Oct 2013

PET/CT imaging provides valuable insight to predict risk of rupture abdominal aortic aneurysms

Several newly identified markers could provide valuable insight to predict the risk of rupture abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), according to new research published in the October issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

4 Oct 2013

Autism Speaks launches the Preclinical Autism Consortium for Therapeutics

Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, today announced the launch of the Preclinical Autism Consortium for Therapeutics (PACT).

4 Oct 2013

Viewpoints: Obamacare's redistribution will 'wreck' U.S. work ethic; health law problems can't obscure pent up demand

A new wave of redistribution will arrive in America on Jan. 1, primarily thanks to the Affordable Care Act. The president's health-insurance plan forces those who hire, work and produce to pay full price for health care, while creating generous discounts for practically everyone else (Casey B. Mulligan, 10/2).

4 Oct 2013

Kavli Foundation endows new institute at UC Berkeley

The Kavli Foundation has endowed a new institute at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to explore the basic science of how to capture and channel energy on the molecular or nanoscale, with the potential for discovering new ways of generating energy for human use.

4 Oct 2013

Kessler Foundation and VA New Jersey collaborate to study cognitive fatigue in Gulf War veterans

A major grant totaling $761,222 from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Clinical Science Research and Development, involves a collaboration between Kessler Foundation and the VA New Jersey Health Care System. Glenn Wylie, DPhil is principal investigator for the study, "Examination of Cognitive Fatigue in Gulf War Illness using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging."

4 Oct 2013

Cholesterol-lowering drugs could be alternative treatment for people who take statins

A new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs that target a recently discovered regulator of harmful cholesterol could be an alternative or complementary treatment for the 30 million people who take statins, after the first trial in humans confirms the technique’s feasibility and safety.

4 Oct 2013

Cynvenio launches ClearID Breast Cancer monitoring program

Cynvenio, a cancer diagnostics company focused on transforming cancer treatment and management through the molecular analysis of tumor biomarkers in blood, today launched a new weapon in the fight against breast cancer, the ClearID Breast Cancer monitoring program.

4 Oct 2013

Men who believe in God less likely to take drugs than atheists

Young Swiss men who say that they believe in God are less likely to smoke cigarettes or pot or take ecstasy pills than Swiss men of the same age group who describe themselves as atheists. Belief is a protective factor against addictive behaviour. This is the conclusion reached by a study funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

4 Oct 2013

Research News and Research

Consumers share tales of success, frustration buying coverage

Researchers develop new method to identify genes involved in kidney diseases

Merck Canada Awards $15.5M To Four Universities

Designer Baby Patent Awarded To 23Andme

BioTek’s cell imaging multi-mode reader wins New Product Innovation Award

Eppendorf Sponsoring Shared Lab Space At Cambridge, MA

First Edition: October 4, 2013

High-dose statins could have added benefit of reducing gum inflammation

Active ingredient of ipecac syrup inhibits growth of cancer cells

State highlights: Calif. hospitals will partner, not merge; states prep for EMS changes; Texas ads to target Wendy Davis

Scientists uncover new approach to develop induced pluripotent stem cells for in vivo disease modeling

Scientists identify chemical agents that block flu virus's ability to replicate itself in cell culture

PET/CT imaging provides valuable insight to predict risk of rupture abdominal aortic aneurysms

Autism Speaks launches the Preclinical Autism Consortium for Therapeutics

Viewpoints: Obamacare's redistribution will 'wreck' U.S. work ethic; health law problems can't obscure pent up demand

Kavli Foundation endows new institute at UC Berkeley

Kessler Foundation and VA New Jersey collaborate to study cognitive fatigue in Gulf War veterans

Cholesterol-lowering drugs could be alternative treatment for people who take statins

Cynvenio launches ClearID Breast Cancer monitoring program

Men who believe in God less likely to take drugs than atheists

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