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Agena Bioscience acquires Sequenom’s Bioscience business

Agena Bioscience, Inc., a portfolio company of Telegraph Hill Partners (THP), today acquired the Bioscience business of Sequenom, Inc., which sells the MassARRAY® System for mass spectrometry-based detection of nucleic acids in research and clinical laboratories.

31 May 2014

Researchers develop virtual platform that measures level of addiction of smokers

In Mexico, 21.7 percent of the population smokes, which is associated with 95 percent of  lung cancer cases and the development of 29 more different conditions.

31 May 2014

Researchers make headway in fabricating blood vessels using 3D bioprinting technique

The tangled highway of blood vessels that twists and turns inside our bodies, delivering essential nutrients and disposing of hazardous waste to keep our organs working properly has been a conundrum for scientists trying to make artificial vessels from scratch.

31 May 2014

Novozymes Biopharma to assess novel subunit vaccine candidate using Veltis technology

Novozymes Biopharma has entered a new collaborative research agreement with one of the world’s top vaccine companies. The partnership will enable the company to evaluate Novozymes Biopharma's modified recombinant human albumin (rAlbumin) Veltis technology, to assess the dosing and performance of a novel subunit antigen vaccine candidate.

30 May 2014

EKF, GILUPI report data on circulating tumour cell DNA enrichment, mutation detection

EKF and GILUPI, announce results from collaborative work using GILUPI CellCollector and EKF Molecular’s PointMan DNA Enrichment technology.

From EKF Diagnostics 30 May 2014

Online and mobile apps designed for health and well-being are often short-lived

According to a doctoral thesis by Research Scientist Kirsikka Kaipainen from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, online and mobile applications for stress management and healthy eating reach a large number of users but their appeal tends to be short-lived.

30 May 2014

Researchers create experimental blood test that determines BHI by gauging performance of mitochondria

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine have created an experimental blood test that, for the first time, determines a "Bioenergetic Health Index," or BHI, by gauging the performance of mitochondria, the cell's energy powerhouses.

30 May 2014

Scientists discover effective way to screen bats in hibernation for white-nose syndrome

Scientists working to understand the devastating bat disease known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) now have a new, non-lethal tool to identify bats with WNS lesions -ultraviolet, or UV, light.

30 May 2014

Active Implants receives IDE approval to conduct NUsurface Meniscus Implant trial for knee osteoarthritis

Active Implants, the technology leader in cushion-bearing orthopedics for treatment of osteoarthritis, today announced it has received Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval to conduct a pivotal clinical trial of the NUsurface® Meniscus Implant in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

30 May 2014

New powerful tool helps identify disease-causing mutations in families

Scientists at the University of Utah (U of U), the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and colleagues have developed a powerful tool called pVAAST that combines linkage analysis with case control association to help researchers and clinicians identify disease-causing mutations in families faster and more precisely than ever before.

30 May 2014

Zilver® PTX® drug-eluting stent from Cook Medical receives positive one-year follow-up results

One-year follow-up data from 907 Japanese patients who received the Zilver® PTX® drug-eluting stent showed positive results in keeping open the superficial femoral artery (SFA). The postmarket surveillance (PMS) study, designed to evaluate the stent’s performance in real-world patient use, was presented at the 2014 Euro PCR meeting.

From COOK MEDICAL INC. 29 May 2014

Innovative device has potential to reduce hemorrhage, save lives

Removing a malignant tumor from the head of the pancreas is a risky and demanding operation. The surgeon must carefully navigate around the stomach, the gallbladder, the bile duct, lymph nodes, and several high-pressure blood vessels.

29 May 2014

Culture-based tests can help in accurate diagnosis of sore throats

Clinical guidelines conflict on testing teens and adults whose symptoms point to a possible strep throat.

29 May 2014

Endomagnetics develops new probe for SentiMag instrument

Endomagnetics, the company developing a portfolio of products to improve the standard of cancer care, has developed a new, higher performance probe for its popular SentiMag instrument.

29 May 2014

RBCC’s BiO Assay wins grant from CASIS for Biological Research in Microgravity

The BiO Assay, a 3D Bioprinting technology being promoted around the world by the joint venture of Rainbow Coral Corp. (OTCBB: RBCC) and Nano3D Biosciences (n3D), has been awarded a research grant from the Center for Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS)—the sole manager of the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory.

29 May 2014

Atlantis Healthcare publishes innovative psychology-based model to improve adherence

Health psychology experts from Atlantis Healthcare, a global company specializing in patient adherence solutions, have published a review supporting an innovative psychology-based model for understanding treatment non-adherence and designing behavior change interventions to improve adherence.

29 May 2014

Noninvasive laser therapy triggers stem cells to repair enamel of teeth

A Harvard-led team is the first to demonstrate the ability to use low-power light to trigger stem cells inside the body to regenerate tissue, an advance they reported in Science Translational Medicine.

29 May 2014

NASA evalutes force shoe technology

Maintaining astronaut bone and muscle health in microgravity is an ongoing concern for NASA, and now the agency is "forcing" the issue with a new investigation.

29 May 2014

MRI detects invasive breast tumours at very early stages in survivors of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma

The largest clinical study to evaluate breast cancer screening of female survivors of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), who are at increased risk because they received chest radiation, shows that magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) detected invasive breast tumours at very early stages, when cure rates are expected to be excellent.

29 May 2014

New nanoscale structures capable of introducing "cocktail" of multiple drugs into cancer cells

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed daisy-shaped, nanoscale structures that are made predominantly of anti-cancer drugs and are capable of introducing a "cocktail" of multiple drugs into cancer cells.

29 May 2014

Device / Technology News

Agena Bioscience acquires Sequenom’s Bioscience business

Researchers develop virtual platform that measures level of addiction of smokers

Researchers make headway in fabricating blood vessels using 3D bioprinting technique

Novozymes Biopharma to assess novel subunit vaccine candidate using Veltis technology

EKF, GILUPI report data on circulating tumour cell DNA enrichment, mutation detection

Online and mobile apps designed for health and well-being are often short-lived

Researchers create experimental blood test that determines BHI by gauging performance of mitochondria

Scientists discover effective way to screen bats in hibernation for white-nose syndrome

Active Implants receives IDE approval to conduct NUsurface Meniscus Implant trial for knee osteoarthritis

New powerful tool helps identify disease-causing mutations in families

Zilver® PTX® drug-eluting stent from Cook Medical receives positive one-year follow-up results

Innovative device has potential to reduce hemorrhage, save lives

Culture-based tests can help in accurate diagnosis of sore throats

Endomagnetics develops new probe for SentiMag instrument

RBCC’s BiO Assay wins grant from CASIS for Biological Research in Microgravity

Atlantis Healthcare publishes innovative psychology-based model to improve adherence

Noninvasive laser therapy triggers stem cells to repair enamel of teeth

NASA evalutes force shoe technology

MRI detects invasive breast tumours at very early stages in survivors of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma

New nanoscale structures capable of introducing "cocktail" of multiple drugs into cancer cells

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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