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Synapse Biomedical, IFR to commercialize implantable systems that restore muscle function in paralyzed patients

Case Western Reserve University's Institute for Functional Restoration (IFR) and Synapse Biomedical Inc. have entered a partnership to commercialize fully implantable systems that restore muscle function in paralyzed patients.

16 Oct 2015

International consortium provides standard protocol for using Oxford Nanopore's DNA-sequencing device

The MinION, a handheld DNA-sequencing device developed by Oxford Nanopore, has been tested and evaluated by an independent, international consortium coordinated by EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).

16 Oct 2015

Rutgers-led research consortium receives NIH grant to support continuous manufacturing systems for pharmaceuticals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded $4.9 million in grant funding to institutions in a research consortium based at the Rutgers University School of Engineering to support the introduction of continuous manufacturing techniques for pharmaceuticals.

16 Oct 2015

SleepRate introduces Sleep-Life Balance Program to help people reach important personal goals

SleepRate, a company that improves sleep for better health, announced the introduction of its Sleep-Life Balance Program, designed to help people reach important personal goals -- weight loss, enhanced athletic performance and improved focus and productivity – by simply detecting and fixing unhealthy sleep patterns.

15 Oct 2015

BDSI announces FDA approval of BUNAVAIL sNDA for manufacturing specification change

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the company's Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for a manufacturing specification change for BUNAVAIL (buprenorphine and naloxone) buccal film (CIII).

15 Oct 2015

Global Health Film Festival programme published for 30 and 31 October

The full programme has been published for the first Global Health Film Festival to be held on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE. A collaboration between the Royal Society Medicine, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the festival aims to use film and media as a catalyst to inspire change in health and development.

15 Oct 2015

ADMT announces filing of FDA 510(k) application for Angiodroid The CO2 Injector for Angiography

ADM Tronics Unlimited, Inc. has announced that a Premarket Notification 510(k) application has been filed with the US Food and Drug Administration for Angiodroid The CO2 Injector for Angiography (the "Angiodroid Injector") by Angiodroid America, Inc., a subsidiary of Angiodroid, Srl, in affiliation with Triotech Ventures and ADMT, as previously announced.

15 Oct 2015

Boehringer Ingelheim, Lilly announce availability of Synjardy tablets in U.S. pharmacies

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company announced that Synjardy (empagliflozin/metformin hydrochloride) tablets are now available by prescription in pharmacies across the United States.

14 Oct 2015

Researchers one step closer to finding effective drug for alcohol dependence

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden might be one step closer to finding an effective drug for alcohol dependence. In two separate studies, they show that the so-called dopamine stabilizer OSU6162 can reduce the craving for alcohol in alcohol dependent people and normalises the level of dopamine in the brain reward system of rats that have consumed alcohol over a long period of time.

14 Oct 2015

Alternative tobacco products pose a new challenge in the war against tobacco

The increasing use of alternative tobacco products, such as water pipes and e-cigarettes, by children under the age of 18 is a burgeoning public health crisis, researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center write in a commentary in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

14 Oct 2015

How important is a mother’s diet before pregnancy? An interview with Dr Matt Silver

In humans, much is already known about the impact of maternal undernutrition during pregnancy, and its impact on growth, development and disease throughout the life course. However, until recently little was known about the effects of the nutritional environment around the time of conception.

14 Oct 2015

Forces in external environmental and oxidation are greatest threats to DNA, study finds

A study led by Indiana University biologist Patricia Foster and colleagues has found that forces in the external environment and oxidation are the greatest threats to an organism's ability to repair damage to its own DNA.

14 Oct 2015

SonaCare Medical's Sonablate 450 focused ultrasound system receives FDA approval for ablation of prostate tissue

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved SonaCare Medical's Sonablate 450 focused ultrasound system for the ablation of prostate tissue. Focused ultrasound enables treatment of organ-confined prostate disease while preserving surrounding healthy tissue, without radiation or surgery.

14 Oct 2015

Neighbourhood exposure to fast food outlets associated with lower BMD and BMC in newborns

New research from the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton in the UK indicates that neighbourhood exposure to fast food outlets is potentially linked to poorer bone development in early childhood.

13 Oct 2015

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment now available in the U.S. to treat prostate cancer

A minimally-invasive treatment just became available to men suffering from prostate cancer in the United States. After more than 10 years of clinical trials, the Food and Drug Administration on October 9 approved the use of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), a procedure that can zero in on cancer cells while protecting surrounding tissue and minimizing chances for erectile and urinary dysfunction associated with other treatments.

13 Oct 2015

RE.WORK showcases future technology and innovations in deep learning software

The future of technological innovation is a broad topic with endless opportunities in every scientific field. RE.WORK’s two most recent concurrent conferences ‘RE.WORK: Future Technology’ and ‘RE.WORK: Deep Learning’, in part focussed on putting healthcare in the context of the wider technological revolution.

13 Oct 2015

Quest Diagnostics provides Dako’s PD-L1 complementary diagnostic test for non-squamous non-small cell carcinoma

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that it now provides clinical laboratory testing using the PD-L1 IHC 28-8 pharmDx immunohistochemistry test, available through Dako, an Agilent Technologies company.

From Quest Diagnostics 13 Oct 2015

Research findings open up new avenues for treatment of people with anorexia nervosa

When people with anorexia nervosa decide what to eat, they engage a part of the brain associated with habitual behavior. This finding by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute, the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, and New York University was published today in Nature Neuroscience.

13 Oct 2015

Palm Beach Vapors unveils safe, fully customizable vaping technology for tobacco users

Millions of smokers worldwide have used vaping to help finally break free from the shackles of tobacco. An April 2015 study released by a team of researchers at Kings College London showed electronic cigarettes to be up to 95 percent less harmful than traditional cigarette smoking.

13 Oct 2015

CVMA applauds Governor Brown for signing landmark antibiotics bill

The California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) applauds Governor Jerry Brown for signing SB 27 (Hill) into law. This bill sets aggressive, groundbreaking standards for antimicrobial drug use in California livestock and will positively impact antibiotic resistance in both humans and animals.

13 Oct 2015

Food News and Research

Synapse Biomedical, IFR to commercialize implantable systems that restore muscle function in paralyzed patients

International consortium provides standard protocol for using Oxford Nanopore's DNA-sequencing device

Rutgers-led research consortium receives NIH grant to support continuous manufacturing systems for pharmaceuticals

SleepRate introduces Sleep-Life Balance Program to help people reach important personal goals

BDSI announces FDA approval of BUNAVAIL sNDA for manufacturing specification change

Global Health Film Festival programme published for 30 and 31 October

ADMT announces filing of FDA 510(k) application for Angiodroid The CO2 Injector for Angiography

Boehringer Ingelheim, Lilly announce availability of Synjardy tablets in U.S. pharmacies

Researchers one step closer to finding effective drug for alcohol dependence

Alternative tobacco products pose a new challenge in the war against tobacco

How important is a mother’s diet before pregnancy? An interview with Dr Matt Silver

Forces in external environmental and oxidation are greatest threats to DNA, study finds

SonaCare Medical's Sonablate 450 focused ultrasound system receives FDA approval for ablation of prostate tissue

Neighbourhood exposure to fast food outlets associated with lower BMD and BMC in newborns

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment now available in the U.S. to treat prostate cancer

RE.WORK showcases future technology and innovations in deep learning software

Quest Diagnostics provides Dako’s PD-L1 complementary diagnostic test for non-squamous non-small cell carcinoma

Research findings open up new avenues for treatment of people with anorexia nervosa

Palm Beach Vapors unveils safe, fully customizable vaping technology for tobacco users

CVMA applauds Governor Brown for signing landmark antibiotics bill

Enhancing confidence in chemical ionization spectrometry data eBook

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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