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ActiveCare, Vista Therapeutics announce strategic relationship to develop Nano Biosensors for seniors

ActiveCare, Inc. and Vista Therapeutics, Inc. announced today a strategic relationship to develop Nano Biosensors for ActiveCare's products and services to be utilized by the elderly. These Biosensors will allow ActiveCare to continuously monitor specific chronic diseases commonly occurring in the elderly and thus preventively predict and avoid acute medical events. "This technology is designed to prolong and improve the quality of life of our senior population," stated James Dalton, President of ActiveCare.

18 Jun 2010

Naviscan announces presentations on PEM technology at Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting

Naviscan's Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) technology was the focus of several presentations and discussions at the Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. The focus represents a growing interest and validation of how PEM can play an important role in the fight against breast cancer.

18 Jun 2010

General practitioners exchange knowledge, experience via e-mail list started in 1999

Urban Carlén, Department of Applied Information Technology, has studied how a large group of general practitioners interact via an e-mail list. The list started in 1999 and serves as an online community for exchange of knowledge and experience. The submitted e-mails are distributed to all members of the community.

18 Jun 2010

St. Jude Medical's Therapy Cool Flex Ablation Catheter granted European CE Mark approval

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced European CE Mark approval of the Therapy™ Cool Flex™ Ablation Catheter at the 17th World Congress in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiac Techniques (CardioStim). The ablation catheter is the industry's first to have a fully-irrigated and flexible tip, which can potentially improve the safety and efficacy of cardiac ablation procedures.

18 Jun 2010

UCSB physicists create microscopic device to help biologists understand protein folding

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have created a microscopic device to assist biologists in making very fast molecular measurements that aid the understanding of protein folding. This development may help elucidate biological processes associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Since proteins in the body perform different functions according to their shape, the folding process is considered a key area of study.

18 Jun 2010

Gladstone Institute researcher to receive Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology

The non-profit Inamori Foundation (President: Dr. Kazuo Inamori) today announced that Dr. Shinya Yamanaka will receive its 26th annual Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology, which for 2010 focuses on the fields of Biotechnology and Medical Technology. Dr. Yamanaka, 47, will receive the award for his pioneering work in developing a technology to generate pluripotent stem cells that does not require the use of human embryos.

18 Jun 2010

Women receive greater clinical benefit from CRT-Ds than men: Study

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced results from a sub-analysis of the MADIT-CRT trial data that showed women received a greater clinical benefit from its cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) than men. The results were presented during the 17th Cardiostim World Congress by Jonathan Steinberg, M.D., Chief of Cardiology and Director of the Al-Sabah Arrythmia Institute, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York.

18 Jun 2010

Vitrolife acquires 25% participation in HertART Aps

Vitrolife has entered an agreement with the Danish company HertART Aps with regard to product development and distribution of IVF products and at the same time acquires a participation of 25 percent in the company.

18 Jun 2010

Hyperthermia in combination with particle therapy highlighted at DEGRO annual meeting

BSD Medical Corporation today announced that hyperthermia in conjunction with particle therapy was highlighted at the annual meeting of the German Society of Radiation Oncology, which was recently held in Magdeburg, Germany. A total of 2,500 scientists and radiation oncologists attended the meeting.

18 Jun 2010

Agilent launches 1260 Infinity bio-inert quaternary liquid chromatography system

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced the 1260 Infinity bio-inert quaternary liquid chromatography (LC) system designed to characterize and confirm large biomolecules, especially new biological entities (NBEs) and therapeutic monoclonal antibodies.

18 Jun 2010

Bioniche announces issuance of new patents for MCC, Oligonucleotide technology platforms

Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today announced the issuance of a number of patents for its proprietary Mycobacterial Cell Wall-DNA Complex (MCC) composition and its Oligonucleotide technology platform.

18 Jun 2010

Life Technologies announces product launches in concert with ISSCR 8th Annual Meeting

Life Technologies Corporation, a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced activities and product launches in concert with the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 8th Annual Meeting that highlight the company's offerings of complete end-to-end solutions for stem cell research. Stem cell research has been shown to be a critical component of regenerative medicine; a basis for identifying drug targets and drug screening; and an important step in the development of therapies to treat a variety of diseases.

18 Jun 2010

Applied BioCode's novel BMB technology to be presented at Biodetection Technologies 2010 Conference

Applied BioCode, Inc. announced today a presentation to be given on their Barcoded Magnetic Beads technology at the Biodetection Technologies 2010 Conference in Arlington, Virginia. The presentation is titled "Multiplexed Assays Go Digital" and will be given by Dr. Winston Ho, President at Applied BioCode, on June 18, 2010.

18 Jun 2010

Report: Proper contact lens replacement schedule compliance associated with better vision, comfort

A report published in the journal Optometry & Vision Science demonstrated that patients who replaced their silicone hydrogel contact lenses according to the manufacturer recommended replacement frequency experienced better comfort and vision at the end of the day than non-compliant patients. The analysis was part of a larger study sponsored by CIBA VISION, which was developed to investigate contact lens replacement schedule compliance.

18 Jun 2010

New multimillion dollar BSL-3 laboratory complex at Nigerian National TB and Leprosy Training Center

This week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director, Dr. Tom Frieden, visited the Nigerian National TB and Leprosy Training Center (NTBLTC) to tour a multimillion dollar laboratory complex established by the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Institute of Human Virology-Nigeria. This U.S.-Nigeria partnership was established in 2004 through funding from the CDC and the President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

18 Jun 2010

Richmond Bone & Joint Clinic deploys NCR MediKiosk patient self-service solution

Richmond Bone & Joint Clinic (RBJC), an orthopedic specialty practice, has deployed the leading patient self-service solution from NCR Corporation in three of its four Houston-area locations. The NCR MediKiosk solution automates and speeds routine processes by allowing RBJC patients to check-in for scheduled appointments and remit co-pays and outstanding balances via self-service kiosks.

18 Jun 2010

Review of possible uses, limits of WB-MRI procedure

Thanks to technical progress, there are now new areas in which whole body magnetic resonance imaging can be used. In the current edition of Deutsches -rzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107[22]: 383-9), Gerwin Schmidt and his coauthors present a review of possible uses, together with the limits of this radiation-free diagnostic procedure.

18 Jun 2010

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia first in region to implant transcatheter pulmonary heart valves

Signaling a new frontier in the treatment of congenital heart disease (CHD), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is the first hospital in our region to implant transcatheter pulmonary heart valves in children with heart defects. This minimally invasive procedure gives patients a non-surgical option in their ongoing treatment.

18 Jun 2010

NMT Medical receives preliminary results for CLOSURE I PFO/stroke and transient ischemic attack trial

NMT Medical, Inc., an advanced medical technology company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary implant technologies that allow interventional cardiologists to treat structural heart disease through minimally invasive, catheter-based procedures, today announced that it has received preliminary results for CLOSURE I, its patent foramen ovale (PFO)/stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) trial in the U.S.

18 Jun 2010

Transdel, JMSR enter into licensing agreement

Transdel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Jan Marini Skin Research, Inc. have entered into a licensing agreement providing JMSR with the exclusive U.S. rights to Transdel's transdermal delivery technology for use in an anti-cellulite cosmeceutical product for the dermatological market.

18 Jun 2010

Device / Technology News

ActiveCare, Vista Therapeutics announce strategic relationship to develop Nano Biosensors for seniors

Naviscan announces presentations on PEM technology at Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting

General practitioners exchange knowledge, experience via e-mail list started in 1999

St. Jude Medical's Therapy Cool Flex Ablation Catheter granted European CE Mark approval

UCSB physicists create microscopic device to help biologists understand protein folding

Gladstone Institute researcher to receive Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology

Women receive greater clinical benefit from CRT-Ds than men: Study

Vitrolife acquires 25% participation in HertART Aps

Hyperthermia in combination with particle therapy highlighted at DEGRO annual meeting

Agilent launches 1260 Infinity bio-inert quaternary liquid chromatography system

Bioniche announces issuance of new patents for MCC, Oligonucleotide technology platforms

Life Technologies announces product launches in concert with ISSCR 8th Annual Meeting

Applied BioCode's novel BMB technology to be presented at Biodetection Technologies 2010 Conference

Report: Proper contact lens replacement schedule compliance associated with better vision, comfort

New multimillion dollar BSL-3 laboratory complex at Nigerian National TB and Leprosy Training Center

Richmond Bone & Joint Clinic deploys NCR MediKiosk patient self-service solution

Review of possible uses, limits of WB-MRI procedure

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia first in region to implant transcatheter pulmonary heart valves

NMT Medical receives preliminary results for CLOSURE I PFO/stroke and transient ischemic attack trial

Transdel, JMSR enter into licensing agreement

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