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Sphere Medical publishes white paper on blood conservation in critical care

Sphere Medical, innovator in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, has published a white paper exploring the issues in critical care around anaemia, transfusions and blood conservation. Entitled ‘Blood conservation with a patient dedicated arterial blood gas analyser’, the new white paper is available for download from Sphere’s online clinical resource centre.

16 Sep 2015

Pipetting Solutions for Sample Screening

Our research focuses on interleukin 1 and the inflammasome and their role in innate immunity and inflammation.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 16 Sep 2015

Benitec Biopharma initiates new site for ongoing Phase 1/2a TT-034 trial for hepatitis C

Benitec Biopharma Limited, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics based on its gene-silencing technology, DNA-directed RNA interference (ddRNAi), is pleased to announce it has initiated a new site for its ongoing Phase 1/2a TT-034 trial at the Methodist Health System Clinical Research Institute in Dallas, Texas.

16 Sep 2015

HemoPalm technology can benefit physicians and first responders

Each year, hundreds of thousands of patients come to the ER experiencing life threatening events such as possible carbon monoxide poisoning or heart attacks, attending doctors in a medical institution rely on the current standard blood gas analyzers to diagnose the oxygen-carrying capabilities of blood, blood gases and electrolytes.

16 Sep 2015

UCI agrees to use MAggPI's web-based digital whole slide imaging to teach medical students

The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine has agreed to use web-based digital whole slide imaging developed by MAggPI in the teaching of medical students. In this collaboration, diagnostic-quality, expert-curated digital images of normal and diseased tissue will be incorporated in the teaching of histology and pathology to medical students at UCI.

16 Sep 2015

Pioneering ultrasonic device can improve cleaning of medical instruments, reduce risk of infection

Researchers from the University of Southampton have demonstrated how a pioneering ultrasonic device can significantly improve the cleaning of medical instruments and reduce contamination and risk of infection.

16 Sep 2015

Novel radiopharmaceutical probe has potential to save lives of patients with ischemic stroke

A novel radiopharmaceutical probe developed at Massachusetts General Hospital has the potential of providing physicians with information that could save the lives of patients with ischemic stroke or pulmonary embolism - conditions caused when important blood vessels are blocked by a clot that has traveled from another part of the body.

16 Sep 2015

NUS researchers develop new technique to observe nano-bio interactions

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a technique to observe, in real time, how individual blood components interact and modify advanced nanoparticle therapeutics.

16 Sep 2015

Nanocapsule retains nutrients in juices and food supplements during pasteurization process

Researchers at the National University of Mexico (UNAM) developed a nanostructured system capable of protecting the active compounds of juices and nutritional supplements from high temperatures during the pasteurization process, in order to retain their nutritional properties.

16 Sep 2015

6th ASPiH Annual Conference to be held in Brighton from 3 to 5 November, 2015

Brighton will play host to the 6th ASPiH (Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare) Annual Conference later this year as key note speakers, round table debates and more than 20 interactive workshops headline the only UK national, multi-disciplinary conference dedicated to the role of simulation in healthcare education, training and error modelling.

16 Sep 2015

Researchers use new software tool to identify genetic overlaps between palmitoleic acid and Crohn's disease

Some research has suggested that omega-3 fatty acids, abundant in fish oils, can relieve inflammation in Crohn's disease. But a new study using software developed by Duke scientists hints that we should be paying closer attention to what the other omegas -- namely, omega-6 and omega-7 -- are doing to improve or worsen the disease.

16 Sep 2015

AMD Alliance hosts webinar to promote awareness and knowledge about macular disease

14 – 20 September marks global AMD Awareness Week 2015. Age related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive eye disease which is the leading cause of blindness in over 50s globally.

16 Sep 2015

GENFIT develops reliable, non-invasive diagnostic tool for NASH patients

GENFIT, a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of developing therapeutic and diagnostic solutions in metabolic and inflammatory diseases, that notably affect the liver or the gastrointestinal system, today announces the development of a new reliable and non-invasive diagnostic method, based on the measurement of a novel type of blood biomarker: small non-coding RNA, or miRNA.

16 Sep 2015

Bioquell to unveil advanced pathogen eradication technology at annual IPS conference

Antibiotic-resistant pathogens such as CPE and hospital-acquired infections like C.difficile or norovirus seem to be relentlessly lurking around NHS hospitals.

16 Sep 2015

UK GPs invited to join new GPDQ mobile app to deliver on-demand clinical care to patients

From today, GPs across the UK can register their interest to join a new mobile app, GPDQ (GP Delivered Quickly) – designed to give GPs the flexibility of a virtual clinic, whilst delivering top-quality clinical care on-demand, at a location of the patient’s choice.

16 Sep 2015

Two international business awards won by Aquios CL flow cytometer

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has gained two prestigious business awards for its clinical flow cytometer, the Aquios CL Flow Cytometer.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 16 Sep 2015

Hitachi receives FDA 510(k) clearance to deliver new PROBEAT-V system to Rochester-based Mayo Clinic

Hitachi, Ltd. has announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for commercial supply of the new PROBEAT-V system, which it designed and developed for Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Treatments began in late June and the first patient treatment was completed in August 2015.

16 Sep 2015

Benefits of reagent reservoirs video

A new short and engaging SimpleShow’ format video from INTEGRA introduces and explains the unique features and benefits of their Multichannel Pipette Reagent Reservoirs.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 16 Sep 2015

UCSF receives $5 million grant to create online database on all types of cancer

UC San Francisco has received a National Cancer Institute grant of $5 million over the next five years to lead a massive effort to integrate the data from all experimental models across all types of cancer.

16 Sep 2015

Researchers develop 3D bone marrow that produces functional human platelets ex vivo

Researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at Tufts University and their collaborators have successfully developed a 3-dimensional (3D) tissue-engineered model of bone marrow that can produce functional human platelets outside the body (ex vivo).

16 Sep 2015

Device / Technology News

Sphere Medical publishes white paper on blood conservation in critical care

Pipetting Solutions for Sample Screening

Benitec Biopharma initiates new site for ongoing Phase 1/2a TT-034 trial for hepatitis C

HemoPalm technology can benefit physicians and first responders

UCI agrees to use MAggPI's web-based digital whole slide imaging to teach medical students

Pioneering ultrasonic device can improve cleaning of medical instruments, reduce risk of infection

Novel radiopharmaceutical probe has potential to save lives of patients with ischemic stroke

NUS researchers develop new technique to observe nano-bio interactions

Nanocapsule retains nutrients in juices and food supplements during pasteurization process

6th ASPiH Annual Conference to be held in Brighton from 3 to 5 November, 2015

Researchers use new software tool to identify genetic overlaps between palmitoleic acid and Crohn's disease

AMD Alliance hosts webinar to promote awareness and knowledge about macular disease

GENFIT develops reliable, non-invasive diagnostic tool for NASH patients

Bioquell to unveil advanced pathogen eradication technology at annual IPS conference

UK GPs invited to join new GPDQ mobile app to deliver on-demand clinical care to patients

Two international business awards won by Aquios CL flow cytometer

Hitachi receives FDA 510(k) clearance to deliver new PROBEAT-V system to Rochester-based Mayo Clinic

Benefits of reagent reservoirs video

UCSF receives $5 million grant to create online database on all types of cancer

Researchers develop 3D bone marrow that produces functional human platelets ex vivo

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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