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Researchers developing probe wire to better understand causes of degenerative brain diseases

Researchers are developing a tiny wire that will speed up the discovery of new drugs and could one day unlock the mysteries of illnesses such as Alzheimer's or Lou Gehrig's disease.

4 Jun 2015

AbbVie selects Halozyme's ENHANZE platform to augment their development pipeline

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. today announced a global collaboration and license agreement with AbbVie to develop and commercialize products combining proprietary AbbVie compounds with Halozyme's ENHANZE platform.

3 Jun 2015

El Camino Hospital enrolls first patient in safety study using RenovoCath

El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California has enrolled the first patient in a safety study using the RenovoCath, a new catheter that is being introduced for targeted delivery of fluids to selected sites in the peripheral vascular system. The study will help physicians determine appropriate dosing of locally-delivered chemotherapy for patients with pancreatic cancer.

3 Jun 2015

KNAUER ‘s Portfolio of LC instruments and columns as well as other high pressure equipment

One of KNAUER´s core competencies is the development of high-pressure dosing pumps. Those pumps have to fulfill very demanding tasks in food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries...

From KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH 3 Jun 2015

MR Solutions provides advanced preclinical imaging solution at Manchester University

This new state of the art preclinical imaging system was developed, supplied and installed by MR Solutions of Guildford, Surrey and supported by the UK Regenerative Medicine Platform with a grant for equipment to the Stem Cell Safety Hub.

From MR Solutions 3 Jun 2015

Varian selected to equip, service HollandPTC in Delft with ProBeam proton therapy system

Varian Medical Systems today announced that it has been selected to equip and service the new multi-room HollandPTC in Delft with the Varian ProBeam proton therapy system. The company will book the equipment part of the order in its fiscal 2015 third quarter.

3 Jun 2015

Essential Medical to highlight MANTA Large Bore closure system at 2015 Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference

Essential Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company, announced today that it has been invited to speak at the 2015 Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in New York city on June 4th.

3 Jun 2015

BioLife reports increased use of CryoStor and HypoThermosol biopreservation media products in clinical studies

BioLife Solutions, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary clinical grade cell and tissue hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media and a related cloud hosted biologistics cold chain management app for smart shippers, today reported several new customer disclosures on the use of the Company's CryoStor and HypoThermosol biopreservation media products in pre-clinical validation projects and clinical trials at the recent International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) conference.

3 Jun 2015

Digital calendars, smart watches can make life easier for children with autism or ADHD

Researchers believe that children with autism or ADHD can benefit from technologies originally developed for the elderly.

3 Jun 2015

Takara Bio Europe launches Cellartis DEF-CS Xeno-Free Culture Medium for iPS cell culture

Takara Bio Europe AB, formerly Cellartis AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., announced today that it is launching an advanced cell culture medium for iPS cell culture. This chemically-defined culture medium is pre-clinical grade, free from human- and animal-derived components, and designed for efficient expansion of undifferentiated human iPS cells.

3 Jun 2015

Lumenis utilizes Cognizant's MedVantage Complaint Management Solution to improve customer service

Cognizant today announced that Lumenis Ltd., the world's largest energy-based medical device company for aesthetic, surgical and ophthalmology applications, has deployed Cognizant MedVantage, a cloud-based integrated complaint handling solution.

From Lumenis Inc. 3 Jun 2015

New mobile app may help adolescents make more informed decisions about sexual behavior

Teenagers, parents, educators and clinicians will have a new tool to help adolescents make more informed decisions about their sexual behavior. "Seventeen Days," a mobile app based on the interactive movie of the same name, will be available at no cost on iPhone, iPad and Android devices beginning June 4.

3 Jun 2015

Ultrasound becoming the most widely used imaging tool in medicine today

Mention "ultrasound" and most people likely will think of an image of a fetus in a mother's womb. But while providing peeks at the not-yet-born is one of ultrasound's most common applications, that's only a small part of the picture.

3 Jun 2015

CDS systems fail to identify relevant appropriateness criteria for ordering of advanced diagnostic imaging

An analysis of the use of computerized clinical decision support systems regarding orders for advanced diagnostic imaging found that the systems failed to identify relevant appropriateness criteria for the majority of orders, according to a study in the June 2 issue of JAMA.

3 Jun 2015

MGH researchers develop bioartificial replacement limbs suitable for transplantation

A team of Massachusetts General Hospital investigators has made the first steps towards development of bioartificial replacement limbs suitable for transplantation. In their report, which has been published online in the journal Biomaterials, the researchers describe using an experimental approach previously used to build bioartificial organs to engineer rat forelimbs with functioning vascular and muscle tissue.

3 Jun 2015

Portable microendoscope could eliminate need for costly biopsies for esophageal cancer patients

In a clinical study of patients in the United States and China, researchers found that a low-cost, portable, battery-powered microendoscope developed by Rice University bioengineers could eventually eliminate the need for costly biopsies for many patients undergoing standard endoscopic screening for esophageal cancer.

3 Jun 2015

Using graphene as alternative coating for catheters to improve chemotherapy delivery

A new study published in IOP Publishing's journal 2D Materials has proposed using graphene as an alternative coating for catheters to improve the delivery of chemotherapy drugs.

3 Jun 2015

Children's National Health System selects Agfa HealthCare's DR Technologies to reduce radiation dose in pediatric patients

Agfa HealthCare announced today that Children's National Health System has installed six DX-D 100 mobile DR systems and two DX-D 600 full room direct radiography (DR) suites to transition two X-ray rooms from computed radiography (CR) to DR.

3 Jun 2015

BioCision, CCT to develop ThawSTAR automated cell thawing system for treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

BioCision, LLC, a leader in advanced technology to improve biological sample handling and standardization, today announced that it will collaborate with Celgene Cellular Therapeutics (CCT) (a subsidiary of Celgene Corporation), to accelerate the development of a cell thawing solution based on BioCision’s proprietary ThawSTARÔ technology for the 6 mL injectable vial that CCT has chosen to store PDA-002, a cryopreserved, allogeneic cell therapy currently in clinical development to treat diabetic foot ulcers in patients with peripheral arterial disease.

3 Jun 2015

Tools that help decide use of expensive imaging studies can reduce ordering of unnecessary tests

Using tools that help physicians decide whether to use expensive imaging studies such as MRI scans can help reduce the ordering of unnecessary tests, but implementation of the tools in real-world settings has many challenges, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

3 Jun 2015

Device / Technology News

Researchers developing probe wire to better understand causes of degenerative brain diseases

AbbVie selects Halozyme's ENHANZE platform to augment their development pipeline

El Camino Hospital enrolls first patient in safety study using RenovoCath

KNAUER ‘s Portfolio of LC instruments and columns as well as other high pressure equipment

MR Solutions provides advanced preclinical imaging solution at Manchester University

Varian selected to equip, service HollandPTC in Delft with ProBeam proton therapy system

Essential Medical to highlight MANTA Large Bore closure system at 2015 Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference

BioLife reports increased use of CryoStor and HypoThermosol biopreservation media products in clinical studies

Digital calendars, smart watches can make life easier for children with autism or ADHD

Takara Bio Europe launches Cellartis DEF-CS Xeno-Free Culture Medium for iPS cell culture

Lumenis utilizes Cognizant's MedVantage Complaint Management Solution to improve customer service

New mobile app may help adolescents make more informed decisions about sexual behavior

Ultrasound becoming the most widely used imaging tool in medicine today

CDS systems fail to identify relevant appropriateness criteria for ordering of advanced diagnostic imaging

MGH researchers develop bioartificial replacement limbs suitable for transplantation

Portable microendoscope could eliminate need for costly biopsies for esophageal cancer patients

Using graphene as alternative coating for catheters to improve chemotherapy delivery

Children's National Health System selects Agfa HealthCare's DR Technologies to reduce radiation dose in pediatric patients

BioCision, CCT to develop ThawSTAR automated cell thawing system for treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

Tools that help decide use of expensive imaging studies can reduce ordering of unnecessary tests

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