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Researchers use microengineered device to show how EMT cancer cells migrate

Using a microengineered device that acts as an obstacle course for cells, researchers have shed new light on a cellular metamorphosis thought to play a role in tumor cell invasion throughout the body.

18 Aug 2014

Jopari Solutions to introduce new medical EDI tools at 2014 WCEC

Jopari Solutions, a principal supplier of workers' compensation eBilling and payment services, is adding significant new capabilities to the Company's leading EDI product suite, to be unveiled at the Workers' Compensation Institute's 69th Annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference, August 17-20, 2014 in Orlando, FL.

18 Aug 2014

Neurotechnology releases easy-to-use software solution, NCheck Bio Attendance 2.1

Neurotechnology, a provider of high-precision biometric identification technologies, today announced the release of NCheck Bio Attendance 2.1, an easy-to-use software solution that utilizes fingerprint or face biometrics for tracking of time and attendance.

18 Aug 2014

Scientists develop algorithm to uncover genomic insertions and deletions involved in autism, OCD

With three billion letters in the human genome, it seems hard to believe that adding a DNA base here or removing a DNA base there could have much of an effect on our health.

18 Aug 2014

UH Case Medical Center offers new FDA-approved treatment for obstructive sleep apnea

University Hospitals Case Medical Center is the first in Ohio and among the first in the United States to begin offering a new FDA-approved treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

16 Aug 2014

Scientists create computer algorithm for cell and tissue engineering

In a boon to stem cell research and regenerative medicine, scientists at Boston Children's Hospital, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Boston University have created a computer algorithm called CellNet as a "roadmap" for cell and tissue engineering, to ensure that cells engineered in the lab have the same favorable properties as cells in our own bodies.

16 Aug 2014

New x-ray imaging system helps monitor effectiveness of treatment for cystic fibrosis

Scientists have developed an x-ray imaging system that enables researchers to see 'live' how effective treatments are for cystic fibrosis.

16 Aug 2014

Philosys receives FDA approval for Gmate SMART Blood Glucose Monitoring System

Philosys announces it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510K approval for the highly anticipated Gmate SMART Blood Glucose Monitoring System. The Gmate SMART meter is the size of a quarter and connects to the headphone jack on the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, while using the free Gmate® SMART app to deliver blood glucose test results, without the use of an adapter or Bluetooth device.

16 Aug 2014

BioTek continues to set the standard in microplate instrumentation

BioTek continues to set the standard in microplate instrumentation by designing practical functionality, user-friendly software, and affordable modularity as seen in the new Synergy™ HTX Multi-Mode Microplate Reader. This new system is offered as an entry-level multi-mode reader to automate UV-Vis absorbance, fluorescence, luminescence and AlphaScreen®/AlphaLISA® assays in 6- to 384-well microplates in 2 µL samples with BioTek’s Take3 Micro-Volume plates.

15 Aug 2014

Researchers develop new lung-on-chip model for laboratory studies of respiratory challenges

Researchers at RTI International, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have developed a new lung-on-chip microdevice for laboratory studies of respiratory challenges and therapeutics. The microdevice includes multiple vertically stacked cellular layers that mimic the structure of the airway tissue.

15 Aug 2014

Researchers develop artificial connection from brain to legs by bypassing with computer interface

Gait disturbance in individuals with spinal cord injury is attributed to the interruption of neural pathways from brain to the spinal locomotor center, whereas neural circuits locate below and above the lesion maintain most of their functions.

14 Aug 2014

Leica Biosystems, ACD co-market RNAscope LS ISH assays and BOND RX instrument

Leica Biosystems and Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. (ACD) have announced the co-marketing of ACD's RNAscope® LS ISH assays with Leica Biosystems' BOND RX research staining platform.

From Advanced Cell Diagnostics 13 Aug 2014

VolitionRx installs automated liquid handling system to increase rate of blood sample analysis

VolitionRx Limited, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for different types of cancer, today announced it has installed a Tecan EVO200 automated liquid handling system in its Namur, Belgium laboratory.

13 Aug 2014

"Self-fitting" material precisely fills bone defects and acts as scaffold for new bone growth

Injuries, birth defects (such as cleft palates) or surgery to remove a tumor can create gaps in bone that are too large to heal naturally. And when they occur in the head, face or jaw, these bone defects can dramatically alter a person's appearance.

13 Aug 2014

MRI technology improves prostate cancer diagnosis

Oncologists at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center are the first in San Diego to meld magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology with a traditional ultrasound prostate exam to create a three-dimensional map of the prostate that allows physicians to view growths that were previously undetectable.

13 Aug 2014

Researchers determine safety and effectiveness of neurostimulation to treat chronic pain

Chronic pain, which persists despite the fact that an injury has healed, can last for many months or years and may affect up to 15 percent of the adult population at any point in time.

13 Aug 2014

Canadian government to donate experimental vaccine to combat Ebola virus

The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, today announced that the Government of Canada will donate doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada to the World Health Organization (WHO) in its role as an international coordinating body in responding to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

13 Aug 2014

Device / Technology News

Researchers use microengineered device to show how EMT cancer cells migrate

Jopari Solutions to introduce new medical EDI tools at 2014 WCEC

Neurotechnology releases easy-to-use software solution, NCheck Bio Attendance 2.1

Scientists develop algorithm to uncover genomic insertions and deletions involved in autism, OCD

UH Case Medical Center offers new FDA-approved treatment for obstructive sleep apnea

Scientists create computer algorithm for cell and tissue engineering

New x-ray imaging system helps monitor effectiveness of treatment for cystic fibrosis

Philosys receives FDA approval for Gmate SMART Blood Glucose Monitoring System

BioTek continues to set the standard in microplate instrumentation

Researchers develop new lung-on-chip model for laboratory studies of respiratory challenges

Researchers develop artificial connection from brain to legs by bypassing with computer interface

Leica Biosystems, ACD co-market RNAscope LS ISH assays and BOND RX instrument

VolitionRx installs automated liquid handling system to increase rate of blood sample analysis

"Self-fitting" material precisely fills bone defects and acts as scaffold for new bone growth

MRI technology improves prostate cancer diagnosis

Researchers determine safety and effectiveness of neurostimulation to treat chronic pain

Canadian government to donate experimental vaccine to combat Ebola virus

Free Online Certificate Course spreads awareness and knowledge about Ebola virus

Left fornical crus injury impairs selective verbal memory, shows study

Imaging system rapidly detects molecular marker in brain gliomas, enables removal of tumor

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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