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University Of Luxembourg physicist receives Umicore Scientific Award for pioneering work in thin film photovoltaics

Dr Dominik Berg, University of Luxembourg, has received the -10 000 Umicore Scientific Award for his ground breaking PhD work in the field of thin film photovoltaics. Dr Berg's entry was one of 35 submitted from all over Europe.

6 May 2013

Empa receives Innovation Prize at for co-developing sheet to prevent bedsores

Empa, in conjunction with the company Schoeller Medical AG and the Swiss ParaplegicCentre, has won the Innovation Prize at the international Techtextil trade fair.

6 May 2013

"Minimalist" shoes allow runner to imitate barefoot running, protect sole and toe

For tens of thousands of years, humans ran on bare feet. Then we developed an assortment of specialized shoes, including - particularly since the 1960s - a seemingly limitless variety of running shoes.

6 May 2013

Prompt use of AED can increase the survival rates of people who suffer cardiac arrest

Prompt use of an automated external defibrillator, or AED, can greatly increase the survival rates of people who suffer a cardiac arrest.

6 May 2013

Scientists develop NMR spectrometer for data analysis

In a world first, scientists from the Institute of Food Research (IFR) on the Norwich Research Park have been test-driving a prototype instrument that promises to revolutionise access to a potent laboratory analysis technique called NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance).

6 May 2013

New technology can help save millions of infant lives

Thanks to new federal funding, low-cost, easily accessible technology invented by a Simon Fraser University engineering professor and his graduate students is closer to helping to save millions of infant lives.

6 May 2013

Study: Surgeons training in robotic surgery learned best when three different teaching methods are used

By developing a new way to compare techniques for teaching robotic surgery, doctors at The Methodist Hospital and the University of Southern California report in an upcoming issue of the British Journal of Urology International that surgeons training in robotic surgery learned best when three different teaching methods were used.

6 May 2013

Researchers create new screening tool to identify suicidal youths

Nearly one in five children and teens found to be at risk for suicide report that there are guns in their homes, and 15 percent of those at risk for suicide with guns in the home know how to access both the guns and the bullets, according to a study to be presented Monday, May 6, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC.

6 May 2013

Survey shows electronic bullying is common among high school students

Step into a class of 30 high school students and look around. Five of them have been victims of electronic bullying in the past year.

6 May 2013

Pharmapendium adds new module to benefit researchers and toxicologists

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announces that PharmaPendium, the leading source of preclinical, clinical and post-market data, has added a new module to its content base, the Metabolizing Enzymes and Transporters Module.

6 May 2013

New protocol for reducing the use of SPECT SPI is found to be diagnostically safe

A new stress test protocol that investigates reducing the use of perfusion imaging in low risk patients undergoing SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging for possible angina symptoms was found to be diagnostically safe, revealed a US retrospective analysis.

6 May 2013

Sedasys gets PMA approval from FDA for SEDASYS System

Sedasys, a Division of Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted PMA approval for the SEDASYS System, the first computer-assisted personalized sedation system.

5 May 2013

STD Med receives second Certificate of Good Practices for Manufacturing of Class III Medical Devices

STD Med, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received a second Certificate of Good Practices for Manufacturing of Class III Medical Devices from ANVISA, the Brazilian National Surveillance Agency (Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria –ANVISA).

5 May 2013

Novel screening method for identifying inhibitors of EZH2 methyltransferase

Tumor repressor genes, which inhibit tumor formation, can be "turned off" due to undesirable molecular changes affecting the chromosomes on which the genes reside. Understanding and being able to control these alterations could lead to new approaches for activating or inactivating genes linked to cancer.

5 May 2013

New FDA-approved method for detecting diabetic neuropathy

Details of a new method to detect diabetic neuropathy in patients in less than five minutes using their sweat glands was presented today at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 22nd Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress in Phoenix, Arizona by Aaron I. Vinik, M.D., Ph.D., F.C.P., M.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., Professor of Medicine and Director of Research and the Neuroendocrine Unit at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

4 May 2013

Hospital users rated Hitachi Medical Systems #1 MR vendor for third consecutive year

For the third consecutive year (twelve consecutive calendar quarters), hospital users have rated Hitachi Medical Systems #1 MR vendor according to the Q1 2013 MD Buyline User Satisfaction Ratings Report.

4 May 2013

DVS Sciences announces introduction of new products for single cell analysis

DVS Sciences, Inc., a privately held innovator of novel multi-parameter single-cell analyzers and reagents for biological research, today announced the introduction of the new CyTOF 2 Mass Cytometer and new MaxPar Panel Kits designed specifically for simultaneous high-parameter single cell analysis.

4 May 2013

New computational method for assessing lung cancer tumors

Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have collaborated with researchers in China, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany to devise a new computational method for assessing lung cancer tumors using CT, PET or MRI diagnostic technologies.

3 May 2013

New evidence-based guideline for using WSI systems for diagnostic work

The College of American Pathologists released today a new evidence-based guideline, "Validating Whole Slide Imaging for Diagnostic Purposes in Pathology." The guideline is the first of its kind and is now available in the CAP's peer-reviewed journal, Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.

3 May 2013

New technology to study interactions between metal elements, molecules in living organisms

Metal elements and molecules interact in the body but visualizing them together has always been a challenge. Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies in Japan have developed a new molecular imaging technology that enables them to visualize bio-metals and bio-molecules simultaneously in a live mouse.

3 May 2013

Device / Technology News

University Of Luxembourg physicist receives Umicore Scientific Award for pioneering work in thin film photovoltaics

Empa receives Innovation Prize at for co-developing sheet to prevent bedsores

"Minimalist" shoes allow runner to imitate barefoot running, protect sole and toe

Prompt use of AED can increase the survival rates of people who suffer cardiac arrest

Scientists develop NMR spectrometer for data analysis

New technology can help save millions of infant lives

Study: Surgeons training in robotic surgery learned best when three different teaching methods are used

Researchers create new screening tool to identify suicidal youths

Survey shows electronic bullying is common among high school students

Pharmapendium adds new module to benefit researchers and toxicologists

New protocol for reducing the use of SPECT SPI is found to be diagnostically safe

Sedasys gets PMA approval from FDA for SEDASYS System

STD Med receives second Certificate of Good Practices for Manufacturing of Class III Medical Devices

Novel screening method for identifying inhibitors of EZH2 methyltransferase

New FDA-approved method for detecting diabetic neuropathy

Hospital users rated Hitachi Medical Systems #1 MR vendor for third consecutive year

DVS Sciences announces introduction of new products for single cell analysis

New computational method for assessing lung cancer tumors

New evidence-based guideline for using WSI systems for diagnostic work

New technology to study interactions between metal elements, molecules in living organisms

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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