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Athletes may face future health problems despite their rigorous exercise routines, says study

For today's athletes, size and strength can mean the difference between championships, scholarships and million-dollar paydays. But new research comparing the signs of metabolic syndrome in professional baseball and football players, presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's 74th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego, reveals that the larger professional athletes - specifically football linemen - may encounter future health problems despite their rigorous exercise routines.

26 Oct 2009

Cardio Vascular Medical Device releases shareholders update

Cardio Vascular Medical Device Corp., a leading developer of advanced cardiovascular surgery technology, today released a brief shareholders update.

26 Oct 2009

Dey Pharma launches EpiPen Auto-Injector

Dey Pharma, L.P., a subsidiary of Mylan Inc., today launched a newly designed, patient-friendly EpiPen® Auto-Injector 0.3/0.15 mg. This next-generation EpiPen Auto-Injector maintains the simplicity, speed, safety and reliability of EpiPen Auto-Injector with several new, user-friendly features, including being the only auto-injector with needle-protection before and after use.

26 Oct 2009

Sunquest Information Systems achieves best ever results in fiscal year 2009 ending May 31

Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a privately held market leader in laboratory and diagnostic information systems, today announced that the Fiscal Year 2009 ending May 31 was its most successful in the 30 year history of the company. This success is continuing into the new fiscal year, as sales orders for first quarter FY 2010, ending August 31, 2009 increased more than 30 percent compared to the same quarter a year ago.

26 Oct 2009

AFER and Pfizer Ophthalmics initiate awards recognizing the achievements of Dr. Carl B. Camras

The ARVO Foundation for Eye Research (AFER) and Pfizer Ophthalmics are pleased to announce a series of awards named in honor of Carl B. Camras, MD. Up to three awards of $10,000 each will be presented annually for a period of 10 years to early career researchers.

24 Oct 2009

Columbia Laboratories to raise funds through sale of its common stock and warrants

Columbia Laboratories, Inc. today announced that it has priced a transaction to raise up to approximately $11,772,000 through the sale of up to approximately 10,900,000 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 5,450,000 shares of its common stock in a registered direct offering. The common stock and warrants will be sold in units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase 0.5 shares of common stock.

24 Oct 2009

ROI calculator for healthcare organizations

ColdSparkTM, a BakBone Software® company (OTCBB: BKBO), and leader in next-generation enterprise messaging infrastructure, today announced the availability of a return on investment (ROI) calculator on their Web site.

24 Oct 2009

Clinical results of FlexStent Femoropopliteal Self Expanding Stent System presented

Interim six month clinical results on the use of the FlexStent Femoropopliteal Self Expanding Stent System in the Superficial Femoral Artery were presented today at the VIVA conference by Dr. William Gray of NY Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital.

24 Oct 2009

IDEXX Laboratories reports increased revenues for 2009 third quarter

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., today reported that revenues for the third quarter of 2009 were $259.1 million compared to $251.1 million for the third quarter of 2008.

23 Oct 2009

Methyl-Seq and Ultra-Deep Resequencing applications from RainDance Technologies

RainDance Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, announced today it will extend the capabilities of its Sequence Enrichment Solution by offering Methyl-Seq and Ultra-Deep Resequencing applications.

23 Oct 2009

Ambry Genetics awarded CSP status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Ambry Genetics today announced that Ambry is the first organization to achieve Certified Service Provider (CSP) status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System for next-generation sequencing.

23 Oct 2009

NNu Skin Enterprises signs research agreements to develop next-generation skin care and nutritional products

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. today announced that it has entered into research agreements with Stanford University and LifeGen Technologies, a genomics company based in Madison, Wis. LifeGen co-founders, Richard Weindruch, Ph.D., and Tomas Prolla, Ph.D., will also hold positions on the newly formed Nu Skin Anti-aging Scientific Advisory Board.

23 Oct 2009

SAEC to collaborate with HMORN to improve the safe use of drugs

The International Serious Adverse Events Consortium (SAEC) announced today it will collaborate with the HMO Research Network (HMORN) to improve the safe use of drugs by exploring why the genetic makeup of some individuals makes them more likely to experience serious drug-related adverse events (SAEs).

22 Oct 2009

PureSafety launches industry’s first Learning and Safety Management System

PureSafety, a leading provider of training, safety, occupational health and medical management software and information solutions, today announced the release of the industry’s first Learning and Safety Management System (LSMS).

22 Oct 2009

Edwards Lifesciences announces third quarter 2009 results

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, a world leader in products and technologies to treat advanced cardiovascular disease, today reported net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 of $73.5 million, or $1.25 per diluted share, compared to net income of $32.9 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, for the same period in 2008.

22 Oct 2009

Illumina announces 2010 roadmap for Infinium whole-genome genotyping platform

At the 59th annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Illumina, Inc. today announced its 2010 roadmap for the Infinium whole-genome genotyping platform, offering products capable of analyzing up to five million (5M) variants per sample.

From Illumina, Inc. 22 Oct 2009

AAAS and partners to launch online social-networking sites for scientists

To help scientists and science trainees who hope to translate laboratory research into clinical medicine and to help minority scientists navigate their career paths, AAAS, Science Careers, and Science are launching a pair of online social-networking sites.

22 Oct 2009

Curis to outline Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitor at Annual BIO Investor Forum

Curis, Inc. , a drug development company seeking to develop next generation targeted small molecule drug candidates for cancer treatment, today announced that the Company will be presenting at the 8th Annual BIO Investor Forum at 4:30 p.m. PDT (7:30 p.m. EDT) on October 28, 2009, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California.

21 Oct 2009

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center collaborates with Navigenics to make personalized genomics available to doctors in training

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Navigenics, Inc., a leading personal genomics company, today announced a collaboration to make personalized genomics available to doctors in training.

21 Oct 2009

Applied Biosystems announces the commercial availability of SOLiD 3 Plus System

Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation today announced the commercial availability of the SOLiD™ 3 Plus System, an enhanced next-generation genomic analysis platform designed to allow researchers to move one step closer to performing mainstream sequencing of personal genomes for clinical research and personalized medicine.

21 Oct 2009

Next Generation News and Research

Athletes may face future health problems despite their rigorous exercise routines, says study

Cardio Vascular Medical Device releases shareholders update

Dey Pharma launches EpiPen Auto-Injector

Sunquest Information Systems achieves best ever results in fiscal year 2009 ending May 31

AFER and Pfizer Ophthalmics initiate awards recognizing the achievements of Dr. Carl B. Camras

Columbia Laboratories to raise funds through sale of its common stock and warrants

ROI calculator for healthcare organizations

Clinical results of FlexStent Femoropopliteal Self Expanding Stent System presented

IDEXX Laboratories reports increased revenues for 2009 third quarter

Methyl-Seq and Ultra-Deep Resequencing applications from RainDance Technologies

Ambry Genetics awarded CSP status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System

NNu Skin Enterprises signs research agreements to develop next-generation skin care and nutritional products

SAEC to collaborate with HMORN to improve the safe use of drugs

PureSafety launches industry’s first Learning and Safety Management System

Edwards Lifesciences announces third quarter 2009 results

Illumina announces 2010 roadmap for Infinium whole-genome genotyping platform

AAAS and partners to launch online social-networking sites for scientists

Curis to outline Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitor at Annual BIO Investor Forum

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center collaborates with Navigenics to make personalized genomics available to doctors in training

Applied Biosystems announces the commercial availability of SOLiD 3 Plus System

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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