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Medical image exchange: an interview with Willie Tillery, CEO of Accelarad

Accelarad’s team first recognized the need for the virtualization of radiology more than 10 years ago. Over the past six years, the industry has readily adopted cloud-based medical image exchanges, as evidenced by the thousands of physicians who share nearly half a billion images via Accelarad each year.

18 Nov 2013

Researchers develop novel system to image worm brain activity

A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and The Rockefeller University in New York has developed a novel system to image brain activity in multiple awake and unconstrained worms. The technology, which makes it possible to study the genetics and neural circuitry associated with animal behavior, can also be used as a high-throughput screening tool for drug development targeting autism, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and other brain disorders.

18 Nov 2013

E-Rare funding recommended for European young investigators network for Usher syndrome

Based on a ranking list that was established by the EU Scientific Evaluation Committee, the E-Rare funding bodies recommended the European young investigators network for Usher syndrome coordinated by Dr. Kerstin Nagel-Wolfrum from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz for funding. Out of 82 submitted projects, EUR-USH was among the 11 excellent scientific projects that were chosen after a competitive two-step scientific evaluation by peers. In October 2013, researchers held their kick-off meeting in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

16 Nov 2013

ETPN and NANOMED 2020 honor Endomagnetics with Nanomedicine Award

Endomagnetics, the company co-founded in the United Kingdom by a University of Houston researcher to develop products to improve the standard of breast cancer care, has been named one of two winners of an inaugural Nanomedicine Award in the European Union.

15 Nov 2013

Early detection of breast cancer could soon be possible with blood test

What could someday be the first blood test for the early detection of breast cancer was shown in preliminary studies to successfully identify the presence of breast cancer cells from serum biomarkers, say the Houston Methodist Research Institute scientists who are developing the technology.

15 Nov 2013

Scientists discover new drug mechanism to reduce risk of infections

Scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered the exact mode of action by plerixafor, a drug commonly prescribed to stimulate immune responses in patients suffering from neutropenia, which causes them to become prone to oral, skin, genital infections and in worst cases, a fatal whole-body infection.

15 Nov 2013

Annexin A5 protein may have therapeutic potential for treatment of sepsis

Sepsis is the leading cause of in-hospital death and there is no specific treatment for it. Now, research led by Dr. Qingping Feng of Western University (London, Canada) suggests a protein called recombinant human annexin A5 may have therapeutic potential for the treatment of this disease. The paper is published in advance, online in Critical Care Medicine.

15 Nov 2013

Kaiser Permanente to open doors to brand new specialty center in Lone Tree, Colorado

After years of planning, construction and preparation, Kaiser Permanente will open the doors to a brand new specialty center in Lone Tree on December 2nd. This is the largest construction project and the most significant addition to the health plan's brick-and-mortar presence in Colorado in nearly a decade.

15 Nov 2013

Global Genomics Group, Metabolon partner to discover novel targets for cardiovascular diseases

Global Genomics Group and Metabolon today announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement to investigate biological networks and pathways in order to discover novel biomarkers and pharmaceutical targets for cardiovascular diseases.

15 Nov 2013

Medical device to reduce frequency of seizures in epilepsy patients gets FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a device to help reduce the frequency of seizures in epilepsy patients who have not responded well to medications.

14 Nov 2013

Gray matter changes reflect psychosis burden

Changes in gray matter volume may be associated with psychosis burden rather than clinical diagnosis, research suggests.

14 Nov 2013

Svelte completes enrollment in drug-eluting coronary stent Integrated Delivery System study

Svelte Medical Systems today announced enrollment of the final patient in the DIRECT II (Direct Implantation of Rapamycin-Eluting stents with bioabsorbable drug Carrier Technology) clinical study. DIRECT II is a prospective, randomized study comparing the safety and efficacy of the Svelte drug-eluting coronary stent Integrated Delivery System (IDS) to the Medtronic Resolute Integrity drug-eluting stent in 159 patients at 19 investigative sites.

From Medtronic 14 Nov 2013

New research devises effective way to evaluate severity of pulmonary hypertension

An aim to improve the outlook for people suffering from pulmonary hypertension is the focus of research at Griffith University.

14 Nov 2013

Single dose of intranasal insulin can help improve cognitive function in diabetes patients

In recent years, the link between type 2 diabetes and dementia has become widely recognized. Older individuals with diabetes develop Alzheimer's disease at an earlier age, and are more likely to develop vascular dementia than people who do not have diabetes.

14 Nov 2013

TAU researchers join top scientists in Switzerland to kick off neuroscience project

Between October 6 and 11, 2013, Tel Aviv University researchers participated in the kickoff in Switzerland of the Human Brain Project, a decade-long global initiative to leverage human intelligence and computing power to better understand the human brain.

14 Nov 2013

Bay Area Surgical Management reaches agreement to become in-network provider for Cigna

Bay Area Surgical Management, one of the largest and fastest growing ambulatory surgery center providers in the San Francisco Bay Area, has reached an agreement to become an in-network provider for Cigna, one of the country's largest health insurance companies.

13 Nov 2013

White matter integrity supports heritability of bipolar disorder

Researchers have detected widespread white matter integrity reductions in patients with bipolar disorder, which extend to their unaffected siblings.

13 Nov 2013

NGAGE signs five-year representation deal with SIEMENS Healthcare

NGAGE US LLC today announced the signing of a five-year representation agreement with SIEMENS Healthcare of Malvern, PA. Under the agreement, NGAGE will complement the direct sales force of SIEMENS by deploying teams of sales executives in selected products and geographies. NGAGE will focus on two market segments: Women's Health and Diagnostic Imaging in targeted growth areas.

13 Nov 2013

New biomedical instrument anticipated to help breakthroughs in animal, human health

A Kansas State University team recently received a nearly $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Major Research Institute for a biomedical instrument that is anticipated to help with breakthroughs in animal and human health as well as cancer treatment.

13 Nov 2013

Latest techniques for diagnosing, treating heart failure to be presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2013

The latest science on the role of imaging in diagnosing and treating heart failure will be presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2013, the official annual meeting of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). It takes place during 11-14 December in Istanbul, Turkey, at the Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar Convention & Exhibition Centre (ICEC).

13 Nov 2013

Imaging News and Research

Medical image exchange: an interview with Willie Tillery, CEO of Accelarad

Researchers develop novel system to image worm brain activity

E-Rare funding recommended for European young investigators network for Usher syndrome

ETPN and NANOMED 2020 honor Endomagnetics with Nanomedicine Award

Early detection of breast cancer could soon be possible with blood test

Scientists discover new drug mechanism to reduce risk of infections

Annexin A5 protein may have therapeutic potential for treatment of sepsis

Kaiser Permanente to open doors to brand new specialty center in Lone Tree, Colorado

Global Genomics Group, Metabolon partner to discover novel targets for cardiovascular diseases

Medical device to reduce frequency of seizures in epilepsy patients gets FDA approval

Gray matter changes reflect psychosis burden

Svelte completes enrollment in drug-eluting coronary stent Integrated Delivery System study

New research devises effective way to evaluate severity of pulmonary hypertension

Single dose of intranasal insulin can help improve cognitive function in diabetes patients

TAU researchers join top scientists in Switzerland to kick off neuroscience project

Bay Area Surgical Management reaches agreement to become in-network provider for Cigna

White matter integrity supports heritability of bipolar disorder

NGAGE signs five-year representation deal with SIEMENS Healthcare

New biomedical instrument anticipated to help breakthroughs in animal, human health

Latest techniques for diagnosing, treating heart failure to be presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2013

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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