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Cellectricon introduces Dynaflow Resolve Temperature Control system for ion channel research

Cellectricon, a leading provider of advanced cell-based screening technologies and services, launches the Dynaflow Resolve Temperature Control system at Neuroscience 2013 (San Diego), booth #933.

From Cellectricon 12 Nov 2013

FDA Advisory Committee votes in favor of Cochlear Nucleus Hybrid L24 Implant System

Cochlear Limited, the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, announced today that an advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration voted favorably on the Cochlear Nucleus Hybrid L24 Implant System.

12 Nov 2013

Kaiser Permanente's Medicare health plan website launches new seminar search tool

Kaiser Permanente's highly rated Medicare health plan website, kp.org/medicare, has launched a new feature that is designed to help seniors find information more easily and conveniently.

12 Nov 2013

Leica Biosystems launches new Novocastra HD menu for hematopathology

Leica Biosystems announces the launch of the fourth Novocastra HD menu, focused on hematopathology. Previously launched were the Novocastra HD menus for breast, head & neck and dermatopathology.

12 Nov 2013

Peripheral prism glasses provide simple mobility rehabilitation intervention for hemianopia

More than a million Americans suffer from hemianopia, or blindness in one half of the visual field in both eyes as the result of strokes, tumors or trauma. People with hemianopia frequently bump into walls, trip over objects, or walk into people on the side where the visual field is missing.

12 Nov 2013

IEEE-SA, Continua partner to broaden adoption of standards-based technologies for healthcare arena

IEEE Standards Association and Continua Health Alliance today announced they have signed a strategic agreement to help accelerate and broaden the adoption of globally relevant standards-based technologies for the healthcare arena.

12 Nov 2013

New data plotting tool from F1000Research

A condition of publishing in the Open Access life sciences journal F1000Research is that authors make the data underlying their findings publicly available alongside the article. Openly sharing data is an important step in helping tackle issues around the lack of reproducibility of much published research, as well as enabling data reuse.

12 Nov 2013

Case Western researchers develop robotic catheter to improve treatment of arterial fibrillation

In a matter of years, a doctor may see real-time images of a patient's beating heart and steer a robotic catheter through its chambers using the push and pull of magnetic fields while the patient lies inside a magnetic resonance imager.

11 Nov 2013

New biosensor could help doctors devise new ways to minimize brain damage during heart surgery

Johns Hopkins engineers and cardiology experts have teamed up to develop a fingernail-sized biosensor that could alert doctors when serious brain injury occurs during heart surgery. By doing so, the device could help doctors devise new ways to minimize brain damage or begin treatment more quickly.

11 Nov 2013

INTEGRA launches new PIPETBOY acu 2 serological pipettor

Building upon over 30 years of unmatched quality and hundreds of thousands of instruments in use worldwide - INTEGRA announces the launch of the new PIPETBOY acu 2 serological pipettor.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 11 Nov 2013

PharMerica’s e-prescribing solution set to deliver quality patient care

PharMerica Corporation, a leading institutional pharmacy, specialty infusion and hospital services company servicing healthcare facilities in the United States, today announced that it has been certified by Surescripts to receive controlled and non-controlled substance prescription orders electronically.

11 Nov 2013

Cycling champion Cadel Evans takes part in cutting edge cardiopulmonary research

As the first Australian to win the Tour de France, cycling champion Cadel Evans has already pedalled his way into our hearts. Now he is taking part in world-leading cardiopulmonary research – by pedalling inside an MRI scanner.

11 Nov 2013

UAB surgical team performs first surgery using VIPAAR and Google Glass

A University of Alabama at Birmingham surgical team has performed the first surgery using a virtual augmented reality technology called VIPAAR in conjunction with Google Glass, a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display. The combination of the two technologies could be an important step toward the development of useful, practical telemedicine.

11 Nov 2013

BioInvent International receives US patent for drug discovery technology F.I.R.S.T.

BioInvent International AB today announces that it has been granted a US patent for its antibody and concomitant target discovery technology F.I.R.S.T.

11 Nov 2013

Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute buys first Renaissance system

Mazor Robotics Ltd., the developer of Renaissance, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, announced today that Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute, located in Ft. Pierce, FL, has purchased its first Renaissance system.

11 Nov 2013

ReShape Duo Intragastric Balloon treatment for weight loss meets primary efficacy endpoints

ReShape Medical, Inc. today announced that its REDUCE Trial for the ReShape Duo Intragastric Balloon, a non-surgical treatment for weight loss, has met its primary efficacy endpoints.

11 Nov 2013

New therapeutic at-home gaming program for stroke patients

Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have developed a therapeutic at-home gaming program for stroke patients who experience motor weakness affecting 80 percent of survivors.

11 Nov 2013

Olympus hosts fourth annual neuroimaging symposium on functional brain imaging with cellular resolution

Olympus is hosting its fourth annual neuroimaging symposium in conjunction with the 2013 meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) on Monday, November 11 in San Diego. The Olympus Neuroimaging Symposium will be held near the Convention Center at the San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina, San Diego Ballroom – Salon A, beginning at 6:30pm. The symposium and reception are open to all media and SfN registered attendees.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 8 Nov 2013

Cancer detection programme using PENTAX Medical equipment achieves remarkable results

PENTAX Medical equipment has been used to set up a pioneering head and neck cancer detection programme at a hospital Trust in Coventry, which has achieved remarkable results; reduced the length of time the patient stays in hospital and reduced costs.

From PENTAX Medical Company 8 Nov 2013

Volition’s NuQ-5mc assay detects 75% of patients with colorectal cancer

VolitionRx Limited, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for different types of cancer, today announces the publication of preliminary data from an ongoing independent trial of one of its NuQ assays.

8 Nov 2013

Device / Technology News

Cellectricon introduces Dynaflow Resolve Temperature Control system for ion channel research

FDA Advisory Committee votes in favor of Cochlear Nucleus Hybrid L24 Implant System

Kaiser Permanente's Medicare health plan website launches new seminar search tool

Leica Biosystems launches new Novocastra HD menu for hematopathology

Peripheral prism glasses provide simple mobility rehabilitation intervention for hemianopia

IEEE-SA, Continua partner to broaden adoption of standards-based technologies for healthcare arena

New data plotting tool from F1000Research

Case Western researchers develop robotic catheter to improve treatment of arterial fibrillation

New biosensor could help doctors devise new ways to minimize brain damage during heart surgery

INTEGRA launches new PIPETBOY acu 2 serological pipettor

PharMerica’s e-prescribing solution set to deliver quality patient care

Cycling champion Cadel Evans takes part in cutting edge cardiopulmonary research

UAB surgical team performs first surgery using VIPAAR and Google Glass

BioInvent International receives US patent for drug discovery technology F.I.R.S.T.

Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute buys first Renaissance system

ReShape Duo Intragastric Balloon treatment for weight loss meets primary efficacy endpoints

New therapeutic at-home gaming program for stroke patients

Olympus hosts fourth annual neuroimaging symposium on functional brain imaging with cellular resolution

Cancer detection programme using PENTAX Medical equipment achieves remarkable results

Volition’s NuQ-5mc assay detects 75% of patients with colorectal cancer

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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