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EKF Diagnostics to exhibit Maternal and Women's Health products at XXI FIGO World Congress

EKF, announces Maternal and Women's Health products at the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics - in Vancouver, Canada, 4-9th October.

From EKF Diagnostics 6 Oct 2015

Novel technique may help women and their oncologists choose options for treating breast cancer

Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a proof-of-principle technique that could give women and their oncologists more personalized information to help them choose options for treating breast cancer.

6 Oct 2015

How feasible is telesurgery? An interview with Dr Roger Smith, CTO, Florida Hospital Nicholson Center

Telesurgery, or remote surgery, is the ability for a doctor to perform surgery on a patient even though they are not physically in the same location.

5 Oct 2015

GE unveils different breast cancer tests for different breasts

With an estimated 494,000 new cases per year, breast cancer is by far the most common cancer amongst women across Europe. Particularly affected are women with dense breast tissue because of the difficultly it can cause when trying to detect cancer early using mammography.

5 Oct 2015

Backache awareness week starts 5th October

With BackCare Awareness Week reiterating the fact that 80 per cent of people, who work across all industries and professions, will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives, workplace equipment supplier Slingsby says that nearly all work related back pain can be avoided.

5 Oct 2015

OSU researchers develop new approach to treat eczema

Pharmaceutical researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new approach to treat eczema and other inflammatory skin disorders that would use individual tests and advanced science to create personalized treatments based on each person's lipid deficiencies.

1 Oct 2015

Yale ResearchKit app can help assess heart problems in children and young adults

Imagine being able to contribute to research about heart problems affecting children and adults with an iPhone app. That idea is now a reality with today's launch of the Yale Cardiomyopathy Index, an iPhone-based clinical study to better understand quality of life for people ages two to 80 who have or may develop a cardiomyopathy -- an abnormality in the heart muscle.

1 Oct 2015

Scientists make progress toward finding new ways to 'smell' signs of cancer

Scientists have been exploring new ways to "smell" signs of cancer by analyzing what's in patients' breath. In ACS' journal Nano Letters, one team now reports new progress toward this goal. The researchers have developed a small array of flexible sensors, which accurately detect compounds in breath samples that are specific to ovarian cancer.

1 Oct 2015

Plymouth University and Ingenza partner to develop efficient, scalable microbial production system for epidermicin

Ingenza is collaborating with researchers at Plymouth University to develop an efficient, scalable microbial production system for epidermicin, an exciting new antibiotic that rapidly kills methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other harmful bacteria.

1 Oct 2015

Seno completes PIONEER Pivotal Study of non-invasive Imagio breast imaging system

Seno Medical Instruments, Inc., the company pioneering the development of opto-acoustic technology as a new tool to improve the process of diagnosing breast cancer, announced today it has completed the final phase of the company's U.S.-based PIONEER Pivotal Study of the Imagio® breast imaging system.

1 Oct 2015

Multicenter study shows Monteris’ NeuroBlate System improves outcome in brain tumor patients

Monteris Medical today announced recent data demonstrating that newly diagnosed brain tumor patients undergoing procedures with the NeuroBlate System, a minimally invasive robotic laser thermotherapy tool, experienced improved outcomes.

1 Oct 2015

AFM Images of microvilli on live cells taken for the first time

In a just released article in the Journal of Molecular Recognition, Dr. Hermann Schillers et al. report the first visualization of individual microvilli on living cells with atomic force microscopy.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 1 Oct 2015

LDCT lung cancer screening does not lead to unnecessary treatment

Lung cancer screening programs that utilize standardized reporting and include cardiothoracic surgeons as part of a multidisciplinary team can successfully be adopted into clinical practice without an increase in surgical intervention for non-cancerous disease, according to an article in the October 2015 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

1 Oct 2015

Surgeons use 3D printing techniques to create low-cost pediatric rib cartilage model

When surgical residents need to practice a complicated procedure to fashion a new ear for children without one, they typically get a bar of soap, carrot or an apple.

1 Oct 2015

Bright Instruments unveiled new touch screen ‘OTF5500’ at IBMS Congress

Bright Instruments will exhibit its new OTF5500 Touch Screen for the first time in public next week at the IBMS Congress (28-30 Sept 2015, Stand 800) in Birmingham UK. This is a significant update to the existing OTF 5000.

1 Oct 2015

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences launches QbD1200 Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has launched the QbD1200 Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Particle Counting and Characterization 1 Oct 2015

New RNA tools for CRISPR/Cas9

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) will host an informative webinar, entitled ‘New RNA Tools for Optimized CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing’, on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. Ashley Jacobi, a scientist in the Molecular Genetics Applied Research Group at IDT, and an expert in the application of synthetic nucleic acids, will present the webinar at 9 am and 1 pm Central Standard Time.

From Integrated DNA Technologies 1 Oct 2015

Cornell University, MSKCC jointly open new $10 million Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence

Cornell University, in partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, is opening a new $10 million Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence that brings together scientists, engineers, biologists and physicians to develop and translate new cancer care applications based on nanotechnology.

30 Sep 2015

Researchers roll out updated online breast cancer risk calculator

Growing up, Charlotte Gard knew she came from a long line of women who developed breast cancer. The New Mexico State University assistant professor always expected her mother to develop it, like her grandmother before her, so she knew she wanted to contribute to research that would help fight the disease that kills more than 40,000 women in the U.S. every year.

30 Sep 2015

Sikka Software's cloud-based practice optimization platform transforms retail healthcare industry

Retail healthcare is a $220 billion industry, representing over 2.1 million providers and 400 million patients in just 5 markets of US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Sikka Software, a leading innovator in business intelligence software for the retail healthcare industry, today announced its cloud-based practice optimization platform is helping practices increase revenue and profitability by leveraging key information from existing customer data.

30 Sep 2015

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EKF Diagnostics to exhibit Maternal and Women's Health products at XXI FIGO World Congress

Novel technique may help women and their oncologists choose options for treating breast cancer

How feasible is telesurgery? An interview with Dr Roger Smith, CTO, Florida Hospital Nicholson Center

GE unveils different breast cancer tests for different breasts

Backache awareness week starts 5th October

OSU researchers develop new approach to treat eczema

Yale ResearchKit app can help assess heart problems in children and young adults

Scientists make progress toward finding new ways to 'smell' signs of cancer

Plymouth University and Ingenza partner to develop efficient, scalable microbial production system for epidermicin

Seno completes PIONEER Pivotal Study of non-invasive Imagio breast imaging system

Multicenter study shows Monteris’ NeuroBlate System improves outcome in brain tumor patients

AFM Images of microvilli on live cells taken for the first time

LDCT lung cancer screening does not lead to unnecessary treatment

Surgeons use 3D printing techniques to create low-cost pediatric rib cartilage model

Bright Instruments unveiled new touch screen ‘OTF5500’ at IBMS Congress

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences launches QbD1200 Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer

New RNA tools for CRISPR/Cas9

Cornell University, MSKCC jointly open new $10 million Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence

Researchers roll out updated online breast cancer risk calculator

Sikka Software's cloud-based practice optimization platform transforms retail healthcare industry

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

Automation in cell-based workflows

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