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ITA president hosts International Small Bowel Transplant Symposium

Fifty-two year-old Paul McNeel, a fire chief from Leonardtown, Maryland was 37 in 1996 when a sudden health problem caused the loss of his small intestine. Almost all of it had to be surgically removed to save his life. For 13 years after that, McNeel continued to fight fires and stayed alive only because he fed himself a special liquid formula through a tube that went from a port in his chest directly to his heart and into his bloodstream.

15 Sep 2011

NCCN 6th annual congress discusses role of maintenance therapies in follicular lymphoma

While therapeutic advances have improved survival of patients with follicular lymphoma (FL), it remains an incurable disease with inevitable relapse. This underscores the need for therapies and strategies to extend the duration of remission without significantly increasing toxicity and while maintaining quality of life.

15 Sep 2011

Uterine stem cells could help treat diabetes

Controlling diabetes may someday involve mining stem cells from the lining of the uterus, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study published in the journal Molecular Therapy.

15 Sep 2011

Cohera's TissuGlu Surgical Adhesive receives CE Mark approval

Cohera Medical, Inc., a rapidly growing medical device company, announced today that it has received CE Mark approval for its lead product, TissuGlu® Surgical Adhesive. CE Mark approval allows TissuGlu to be sold in the European Union.

14 Sep 2011

Zimmer receives clearance for pediatric use of Universal Clamp Spinal Fixation System

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. announced today that it has received an additional clearance for its proprietary Universal Clamp Spinal Fixation System. A first for the United States, the system is now indicated for treatment of idiopathic and neuromuscular scoliosis in patients eight years of age or older. The Universal Clamp Spinal Fixation System is used in conjunction with spinal fusion surgeries.

14 Sep 2011

Researchers may have solved 100-year-old puzzle to safely open and close the blood-brain barrier

Cornell University researchers may have solved a 100-year puzzle: How to safely open and close the blood-brain barrier so that therapies to treat Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and cancers of the central nervous system might effectively be delivered.

14 Sep 2011

Researchers combine 3-D printing technology and multiphoton polymerization to develop artificial blood vessels

Researchers have been working at growing tissue and organs in the laboratory for a long time. These days, tissue engineering enables us to build up artificial tissue, although science still hasn't been successful with larger organs. Now, researchers at Fraunhofer are applying new techniques and materials to come up with artificial blood vessels in their BioRap project that will be able to supply artificial tissue and maybe even complex organs in future.

14 Sep 2011

FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation for Accentia's Revimmune to prevent GVHD

Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and its majority-owned subsidiary, Biovest International, Inc., today jointly announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Revimmune, the Company's proprietary system-of-care based on high-dose administration of Cytoxan, for the prevention of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) following bone marrow transplant.

14 Sep 2011

Bausch + Lomb to launch VICTUS Femtosecond Laser Platform for cataract surgery

Bausch + Lomb, the global leader in eye health, and Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH (TPV), a leading ophthalmology laser company, plan to introduce the VICTUS Femtosecond Laser Platform at the upcoming XXIX Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.

14 Sep 2011

Study finds high prevalence of lymph node evaluation for colon cancer

During the past two decades there has been a significant increase in the percentage of patients who have a high number of lymph nodes evaluated during colon cancer operations, but this improvement is not associated with an increase in the overall proportion of colon cancers that are node positive, according to a study in the September 14 issue of JAMA.

14 Sep 2011

African American patients more likely to receive replacement surgery in low-quality hospitals

Racial minorities have reduced access to high-quality joint replacement care, according to Dr. Xueya Cai and colleagues from the University of Iowa in the US. Their work, published online in Springer's journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, shows that African American patients are more likely than Caucasians to receive total knee arthroplasty (or replacement surgery) in low-quality hospitals.

14 Sep 2011

Mary Ann Liebert launches 'Human Gene Therapy Methods' journal

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. announces the launch of a journal expansion, Human Gene Therapy Methods, to complement the flagship publication Human Gene Therapy.

14 Sep 2011

Tengion reinitiates enrollment in Neo-Urinary Conduit clinical trial for bladder cancer

Tengion, Inc. today announced that it has reinitiated enrollment of patients in the ongoing initial clinical trial of its lead product candidate, the Neo-Urinary Conduit, which is being evaluated in bladder cancer patients requiring a urinary diversion following bladder removal.

14 Sep 2011

Genetic variant associated with increased long-term mortality risk after coronary artery bypass graft procedure

Duke University Medical Center researchers have found a genetic variant that seems to be associated with lower five-year survival after a coronary artery bypass.

14 Sep 2011

New minimally invasive technique to diagnose early-stage ovarian cancer

By combining three previously unrelated imaging tools into one new device, a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut and the University of Southern California has proposed a new way to diagnose early-stage ovarian cancer in high-risk women through minimally invasive surgery. The new technique may be better than the current standard procedure of preemptively removing the ovaries.

14 Sep 2011

Delcath announces updated Phase 2 trial results from metastatic neuroendocrine tumor cohort

Delcath Systems, Inc. announced that updated results from the metastatic neuroendocrine tumor (mNET) cohort of the Company's recently completed Phase 2 clinical trial were presented at the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) congress held this week in Munich, Germany.

13 Sep 2011

Majority of cryoballoon ablation patients show no signs of A-Fib year after procedure

Many patients are responding to a new, minimally invasive way of treating irregular heartbeats by freezing out the bad cells. Atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) is one such heart rhythm disorder, and it's the most common arrhythmia affecting Americans.

13 Sep 2011

Entellus Medical introduces easy-to-use tool for navigating sinus passages

Entellus Medical, a Minnesota-based medical technology company, today announced the launch of its PathAssist™ Light Seeker™ at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in San Francisco.

12 Sep 2011

Cook Medical introduces Otrieva Tapered Ovum Aspiration Needle

A new needle for ovum collection is now available to reproductive endocrinologists and embryologists: the Otrieva Tapered Ovum Aspiration Needle, which Cook Medical launches today. The Otrieva needle features a tapering process that results in a consistent bevel designed to allow precise ovum collection and less pain and bleeding during aspiration, as clinical studies of similar devices have demonstrated.

12 Sep 2011

IsoRay receives FDA clearance for GliaSite radiation therapy system to treat brain cancer

IsoRay, Inc. announced today that the FDA has cleared its GliaSite radiation therapy system, a balloon catheter device used in the treatment of brain cancer.

12 Sep 2011

Medical Procedure News

ITA president hosts International Small Bowel Transplant Symposium

NCCN 6th annual congress discusses role of maintenance therapies in follicular lymphoma

Uterine stem cells could help treat diabetes

Cohera's TissuGlu Surgical Adhesive receives CE Mark approval

Zimmer receives clearance for pediatric use of Universal Clamp Spinal Fixation System

Researchers may have solved 100-year-old puzzle to safely open and close the blood-brain barrier

Researchers combine 3-D printing technology and multiphoton polymerization to develop artificial blood vessels

FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation for Accentia's Revimmune to prevent GVHD

Bausch + Lomb to launch VICTUS Femtosecond Laser Platform for cataract surgery

Study finds high prevalence of lymph node evaluation for colon cancer

African American patients more likely to receive replacement surgery in low-quality hospitals

Mary Ann Liebert launches 'Human Gene Therapy Methods' journal

Tengion reinitiates enrollment in Neo-Urinary Conduit clinical trial for bladder cancer

Genetic variant associated with increased long-term mortality risk after coronary artery bypass graft procedure

New minimally invasive technique to diagnose early-stage ovarian cancer

Delcath announces updated Phase 2 trial results from metastatic neuroendocrine tumor cohort

Majority of cryoballoon ablation patients show no signs of A-Fib year after procedure

Entellus Medical introduces easy-to-use tool for navigating sinus passages

Cook Medical introduces Otrieva Tapered Ovum Aspiration Needle

IsoRay receives FDA clearance for GliaSite radiation therapy system to treat brain cancer

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