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Metabolomics tools predict who can benefit from treatment with certain antidepressants

Duke Medicine researchers have identified biochemical changes in people taking antidepressants - but only in those whose depression improves. These changes occur in a neurotransmitter pathway that is connected to the pineal gland, the part of the endocrine system that controls the sleep cycle, suggesting an added link between sleep, depression and treatment outcomes.

19 Jul 2013

WuXi buys Provantis Portal Remote Study Monitoring solution from Instem

Instem, a leading provider of IT solutions to the global early development healthcare market, announced today that WuXi AppTec, a leading supplier of R&D services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries with operations in China and the United States, has purchased the Provantis Portal Remote Study Monitoring solution.

19 Jul 2013

Spinal Restoration: Success criteria not met for primary analysis of Phase III study of Biostat System

Spinal Restoration, Inc. announced today that the success criteria for primary analysis of the Phase III Investigational New Drug study of the Biostat System were not met. The proportions of successful patients that received BIOSTAT BIOLOGX Fibrin Sealant or saline injection were not statistically significantly different when analyzed at the 26-week primary endpoint.

19 Jul 2013

Three key technologies receive £85 million investment for capital equipment from EPSRC

Three key technologies, identified in the pre-budget statement by The Chancellor of the Exchequer as part of the government's 'eight great technologies' to drive UK growth, are to receive an -85 million investment for capital equipment.

19 Jul 2013

HemoShear announces milestone in development of predictive drug safety systems

HemoShear, LLC, a leading developer of human-relevant systems for drug development and discovery, today announced an important milestone in the development of systems that predict safety of new drugs and chemicals.

19 Jul 2013

Aquavit Pharmaceuticals signs licensing agreement with U-Bio Med for microneedle technology

Aquavit Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces it has signed a definitive licensing agreement with U-Bio Med Inc., a medical technology device company in South Korea, for the worldwide commercialization of the company's microneedle device technology.

19 Jul 2013

Safe Life FZC employs NanoSeptic self-cleaning products to combat MERS outbreak

Safe Life FZC, a new breed of healthcare distributors based in United Arab Emirates, is employing the latest technology to combat dangerous outbreaks like the deadly Coronavirus or MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome).

18 Jul 2013

Inovio's electroporation technology enhances ability of DNA therapy to stimulate blood vessel growth

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the use of its proprietary electroporation technology significantly enhanced the ability of a DNA therapy to stimulate blood vessel growth, which may be beneficial for the treatment of critical limb ischemia and other forms of peripheral arterial disease.

18 Jul 2013

Health law computer database 'hub' links 7 agencies, spurs privacy concerns

A computer system designed to determine which Americans get what subsidies to help them buy health coverage will be hugely important to the success or failure of Obamacare, Bloomberg reports. And new federal data show doctors have filed more than 190 million prescriptions electronically.

18 Jul 2013

Scientists develop iKnife that helps surgeons identify cancerous tissues

Scientists have developed an "intelligent knife" that can tell surgeons immediately whether the tissue they are cutting is cancerous or not.

18 Jul 2013

TSRI scientists study 3-D structure of glucagon receptor for treatment of diabetes

The study is reported on July 17, 2013, in an advance online edition of the journal Nature, alongside a British laboratory's structural study of another member of the same class of receptors-known as "class B" G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).

18 Jul 2013

Innovative manufacturing technologies increase demand for gluten-free foods

New technologies and ingredients are improving the taste, appearance and nutritional content of gluten-free food products, a market that is expected to grow to $6 billion by 2017, according to a presentation today at the 2013 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Food Expo- in Chicago.

18 Jul 2013

Spectrum researchers closer to predicting patients’ risk for heart attacks

We may be closer to predicting who is at risk for a heart attack, according to a recently published Spectrum Health study. Researchers with Spectrum Health's Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute used new imaging technology on patients being treated for heart attacks.

18 Jul 2013

Study may allow more patients to benefit from transcatheter aortic valve replacement

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has launched an investigational study with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) that may allow more patients to benefit from transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), a minimally invasive procedure that delivers a replacement heart valve via a catheter.

18 Jul 2013

Social media and DNA fingerprinting played important role in alerting strep outbreak

Facebook posts helped alert public health officials to a strep throat outbreak among a high school dance team in 2012, and DNA fingerprinting led investigators to pasta prepared by a previously ill parent as the likely source.

18 Jul 2013

Microfuge 20 and 20R microcentrifuges from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences simplify setup, offer increased speed and capacity

Microfuge 20 and 20R microcentrifuges from Beckman Coulter are designed to meet the specific requirements of a wide range of research applications.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Centrifugation 17 Jul 2013

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals signs license agreement with UMB for novel drug delivery platform

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it has signed an exclusive license agreement with the University of Maryland, Baltimore for a novel drug delivery platform, Nano-Polymer-Drug Conjugate Systems.

17 Jul 2013

Device / Technology News

Metabolomics tools predict who can benefit from treatment with certain antidepressants

WuXi buys Provantis Portal Remote Study Monitoring solution from Instem

Spinal Restoration: Success criteria not met for primary analysis of Phase III study of Biostat System

Three key technologies receive £85 million investment for capital equipment from EPSRC

HemoShear announces milestone in development of predictive drug safety systems

Aquavit Pharmaceuticals signs licensing agreement with U-Bio Med for microneedle technology

Safe Life FZC employs NanoSeptic self-cleaning products to combat MERS outbreak

Inovio's electroporation technology enhances ability of DNA therapy to stimulate blood vessel growth

Health law computer database 'hub' links 7 agencies, spurs privacy concerns

Scientists develop iKnife that helps surgeons identify cancerous tissues

TSRI scientists study 3-D structure of glucagon receptor for treatment of diabetes

Innovative manufacturing technologies increase demand for gluten-free foods

Spectrum researchers closer to predicting patients’ risk for heart attacks

Study may allow more patients to benefit from transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Social media and DNA fingerprinting played important role in alerting strep outbreak

Microfuge 20 and 20R microcentrifuges from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences simplify setup, offer increased speed and capacity

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals signs license agreement with UMB for novel drug delivery platform

ComQi, Aceso partner to serve healthcare sector with turn-key digital media solutions

NPS MedicineWise: Ask your doctor the right questions about medicines, medical tests

OGT produces free-to-download whitepaper on targeted resequencing strategies

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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