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Revolutionary new solution for TMJ problems

TMJ disorder can be uncomfortable, annoying -- even painful -- and there are limited to no affordable, natural solutions to fix the problem… until now! One San Diego Natural Dentist is leading the way with a revolutionary new TMJ solution.

15 Jan 2015

BellBrook Labs announces launch of new Transcreener UDP TR-FRET Assay

BellBrook Labs, a leader in high throughput screening assays for drug discovery, announced the launch of a TR-FRET (time resolved Forster resonance energy transfer) version of the company's Transcreener UDP Assay, a high throughput screening assay for glycosyltransferases and other UDP-producing enzymes.

15 Jan 2015

Advanced techniques may lead to screening tool for early detection of autism in children

Autism is a spectrum of closely related disorders diagnosed in patients who exhibit a shared core of symptoms, including delays in learning to communicate and interact socially. Early detection of autism in children is the key for treatments to be most effective and produce the best outcomes.

15 Jan 2015

New computer model could predict responses to disease outbreak

Sometimes the response to the outbreak of a disease can make things worse -- such as when people panic and flee, potentially spreading the disease to new areas. The ability to anticipate when such overreactions might occur could help public health officials take steps to limit the dangers.

15 Jan 2015

Palmetto GBA issues positive coverage policy for GenomeDx's Decipher prostate cancer test

GenomeDx Biosciences today announced that Palmetto GBA, a national contractor that administers Medicare benefits, has issued a positive coverage policy through the MolDX Program for the company's Decipher prostate cancer classifier.

15 Jan 2015

Crown's first European symposium to focus on use of Translational Platforms in oncology drug discovery

Crown Bioscience, Inc., a leading global drug discovery and development service company, has announced its first European symposium, detailing the use of Translational Platforms including Patient-Derived Xenograft (PDX) models in oncology drug discovery and development. The conference will be held on Wednesday 11th February, at the headquarters of One Nucleus in Cambridge, UK and will welcome experts from renowned pharmaceutical companies and prominent academics working in oncology.

15 Jan 2015

UH Case Medical Center, ABL partner to design and validate HIV drug resistance tests

University Hospitals Case Medical Center has signed an agreement with Advanced Biological Laboratories, an information technology and diagnostic company based in Luxembourg, to join efforts on the designing and validation of an HIV drug resistance and tropism assay based on next-generation sequencing (NGS).

14 Jan 2015

Major investment boosts Scotland's gene research

A major investment in gene sequencing technology will secure Scotland's place as a world leader in a genomics revolution that is set to transform healthcare.

14 Jan 2015

Sophia Genetics obtains CE-IVD marking for BRCA1/2 testing solution

Sophia Genetics, the European leader in Data Driven Medicine, has today obtained CE-IVD marking for its solution to detect BRCA1/2 associated genetic variants in live tumours.

14 Jan 2015

Researchers evaluate fitness apps that help users modify their physical activities

Fitness applications (apps) use behavior change techniques (BCTs) to help users modify their physical activities, but which apps and which techniques are most effective? In a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers evaluated 100 top-ranked physical activity apps and analyzed which BCTs are being used in these apps. They determined that at present BCTs have been only narrowly implemented in physical activity apps.

14 Jan 2015

Bayshore Community Hospital releases new Multi-specialty Interventional Suite

Bayshore Community Hospital recently unveiled its new Multi-specialty Interventional Suite, outfitted with advanced technology capable of performing complex minimally invasive cardiovascular, endovascular, and interventional radiology procedures.

14 Jan 2015

QDREC software may help find effective treatment for schistosomiasis

For decades, scientists around the world have worked to develop a treatment for schistosomiasis, a debilitating water-born parasite that affects more than 200 million people worldwide. To aid this research, Rahul Singh, professor of computer science at San Francisco State University, has developed software that solves the key challenge of quantitatively assessing the impact of a drug on the parasite.

14 Jan 2015

Interactive virtual human body: an interview with Frank Sculli, CEO, BioDigital

The BioDigital Human is an interactive, virtual model of the human body that addresses huge deficiencies in health education and communication. From diagnosis to drugs to devices, the human provides an engaging way to really understand complex health information.

13 Jan 2015

Valorem Surgical reports FDA approval and first utilization of MaxiMIS Spinal Fixation System

Valorem Surgical, an early stage medical device company with a platform on surgically treating spinal pathologies through a minimally invasive (MIS) approach, today announced that the Company has received FDA clearance and its first case utilizing its minimally invasive MaxiMIS Spinal Fixation System, performed by board-certified, neurosurgeon, Dr. Jae Lim in Reston, VA.

13 Jan 2015

HealthLoop releases new doctor-patient engagement app

HealthLoop released a new app of its doctor-patient engagement platform today. HealthLoop+ MD is another step forward in bringing the latest technology and innovation of next generation follow-up care to doctors and patients.

13 Jan 2015

eAgile releases new UHF EPC compliant MicroWing inlay

eAgile Inc., a global leader in radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, announced today the release of their new UHF EPC compliant MicroWing inlay. The MicroWing is the size of a paper clip which makes it the smallest RFID inlay available on the market to achieve a greater than 2 meter read range.

13 Jan 2015

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences expands range of Avanti High Performance centrifuges

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences continues to expand its range of Avanti High Performance centrifuges with the launch of the Avanti JXN-30.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Centrifugation 13 Jan 2015

eLearning effective for training health professionals, say Imperial researchers

Electronic learning could enable millions more students to train as doctors and nurses worldwide, according to research.

13 Jan 2015

HLI gains access to PGDx's cancer genomics solutions to expand cancer genome analysis

Personal Genome Diagnostics, Inc., a provider of advanced cancer genome analysis and testing services, and Human Longevity, Inc., the human health information technology and health care company, today announced that HLI will have access to PGDx's cancer genomics solutions to expand its analysis of cancer genomes, including CancerSelect, PlasmaSelect, CancerXome, METDetect and CancerComplete.

12 Jan 2015

Tandem Diabetes Care receives FDA clearance to market t:flex Insulin Pump

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., a medical device company and manufacturer of the t:slim Insulin Pump, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted the Company clearance to market the t:flex Insulin Pump. At 480 units, the insulin reservoir of the t:flex Pump has the largest capacity currently available in the United States.

12 Jan 2015

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Revolutionary new solution for TMJ problems

BellBrook Labs announces launch of new Transcreener UDP TR-FRET Assay

Advanced techniques may lead to screening tool for early detection of autism in children

New computer model could predict responses to disease outbreak

Palmetto GBA issues positive coverage policy for GenomeDx's Decipher prostate cancer test

Crown's first European symposium to focus on use of Translational Platforms in oncology drug discovery

UH Case Medical Center, ABL partner to design and validate HIV drug resistance tests

Major investment boosts Scotland's gene research

Sophia Genetics obtains CE-IVD marking for BRCA1/2 testing solution

Researchers evaluate fitness apps that help users modify their physical activities

Bayshore Community Hospital releases new Multi-specialty Interventional Suite

QDREC software may help find effective treatment for schistosomiasis

Interactive virtual human body: an interview with Frank Sculli, CEO, BioDigital

Valorem Surgical reports FDA approval and first utilization of MaxiMIS Spinal Fixation System

HealthLoop releases new doctor-patient engagement app

eAgile releases new UHF EPC compliant MicroWing inlay

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences expands range of Avanti High Performance centrifuges

eLearning effective for training health professionals, say Imperial researchers

HLI gains access to PGDx's cancer genomics solutions to expand cancer genome analysis

Tandem Diabetes Care receives FDA clearance to market t:flex Insulin Pump

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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