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First three-dimensional projectome map of intact brain

It would be hard to understand how a city is organized without knowledge of the course of all of its streets. Scientists confront the same problem when trying to understand the functioning of the brain. In the case of vertebrates, we only have fragmentary knowledge of which nerve cells send their connections, so-called axons, into certain regions of the brain.

27 Jan 2011

Merck Canada invests in CQDM to support biopharmaceutical research

Merck Canada has renewed its partnership with the Quebec Consortium for Drug Discovery by investing a further $5 million over five years in the organization so it can continue its support of biopharmaceutical research in Quebec.

27 Jan 2011

CareTech dedicates new 30,000 sq. ft. Healthcare Infrastructure Operations Center

CareTech Solutions, an information technology products and services provider for more than 150 U.S. hospitals, dedicated its new 30,000 sq. ft. Healthcare Infrastructure Operations Center (HIOC), a state of the art, technology hub for the storing and monitoring of data, systems and applications for the company's hospital clients, today during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

27 Jan 2011

Caffeine could decrease cost of lentiviral production

Give caffeine to cells engineered to produce viruses used for gene therapy and the cells can generate 3- to 8-times more virus, according to a paper published in Human Gene Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

27 Jan 2011

Research finds link between increased hygiene and higher rates of certain diseases in women

Little girls growing up in western society are expected to be neat and tidy - "all ribbon and curls" - and one researcher who studies science and gender differences thinks that emphasis may contribute to higher rates of certain diseases in adult women.

27 Jan 2011

FDA approves Corindus CorPath 200 System for pivotal trial to evaluate safety, effectiveness

Corindus Vascular Robotics, a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, today announced it has been granted Food and Drug Administration conditional Investigational Device Exemption approval to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of its CorPath® 200 System in delivering and manipulating coronary guidewires and stent/balloon systems in percutaneous coronary interventions procedures.

27 Jan 2011

AHF surpasses 150,000 patient milestone

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, is proud to announce a major milestone in its mission to provide cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of a person's ability to pay. The organization has recently surpassed the 150,000 patient mark worldwide.

27 Jan 2011

Medisafe to develop barcoded system to confirm origin of prescription medications

Medisafe 1 Technologies Corp., a developer of patented technologies that physically prevent unauthorized administration of prescription medications, announced today that the company intends to begin development of a barcoded system to confirm the origin and authenticity of prescription medications. The product is aimed at reducing ingestion of counterfeit medications.

27 Jan 2011

Molecular mechanism in nerve fibers ensures rapid conductance of nervous system impulses

New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine describes a key molecular mechanism in nerve fibers that ensures the rapid conductance of nervous system impulses.

27 Jan 2011

NuGEN expands NGS utility for microbial transcriptome analysis with Ovation Prokaryotic RNA-Seq System

NuGEN Technologies, a leader in genomics sample preparation, expands the utility of next-generation sequencing for the analysis of microbial species and microbiome samples with its Ovation Prokaryotic RNA-Seq System.

27 Jan 2011

Mass cholera vaccination early in outbreak could stem spread of disease, studies show

"The cholera bacterium has undergone important mutations in recent years, causing longer outbreaks of the disease with increased fatalities, researchers reported on Wednesday," Reuters reports. "In a package of papers published in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, they said mass vaccinations should be considered as a solution even after outbreaks have begun," the news service writes (Lyn, 1/26).

27 Jan 2011

Roundup: Calif. regulator gets emergency approval to oversee insurance spending; Ariz. seeks Medicaid waiver

Governors have deep differences over national health care reform, but when it comes to so-called insurance exchanges — a centerpiece of the sprawling new federal law — nearly every state is moving ahead with implementation.

27 Jan 2011

AB Science initiates recruitment in masitinib phase 3 study in severe persistent asthma

AB Science SA, a pharmaceutical company specialising in the research, development and commercialisation of protein kinase inhibitors (PKIs), announced today the recruitment of the first patient in the phase 3 study evaluating masitinib in severe persistent asthma.

27 Jan 2011

Antibiotic use in first six months of life may result in childhood asthma

When babies are given antibiotics, their risk of developing asthma by age 6 may increase by 50 percent. This relationship between antibiotic use in babies less than six months old and risk of developing asthma was documented in a study conducted by Norwegian University of Science and Technology researcher Kari Risnes.

27 Jan 2011

Metanx promotes restoration of lost cutaneous sensation in Diabetic Neuropathy patients

PamLab L.L.C., developer and marketer of Metanx®, announced today that the results of a study to determine if nutritional management with Metanx® improves numbness in the feet of patients with Diabetic Neuropathy (DN) was published in the fourth quarter 2010 issue of Reviews in Neurological Diseases. The study demonstrated that Metanx®, a medical food available by prescription, promotes restoration of lost cutaneous sensation in DN patients.

27 Jan 2011

Obama briefly highlights foreign policy themes in State of Union address

President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday "focused on jobs, budget trimming, and investment, but he also underscored foreign policy concerns and outlined an approach to international relations with 'a new level of engagement,'" CBS News' "Political Hotsheet" blog reports.

27 Jan 2011

How estrogen decreases risk and delays onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease

An influential article in the journal Progress in Neurobiology provided one of the first comprehensive reviews of how estrogen potentially can protect against Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders.

27 Jan 2011

Hospitals can now quickly evaluate pricing strategy using Value-based Pricing Analyzer

With market conditions expected to fluctuate in the wake of healthcare reform, hospitals can now quickly and easily evaluate their pricing strategy with Value-based Pricing Analyzer™, a new offering from Craneware, Inc., the market leader in automated revenue integrity solutions.

27 Jan 2011

First-ever list of America's Top 50 Cities for Hospital Care

Responding to consumers' concerns about the quality of hospital care in their communities, HealthGrades, the nation's leading independent health care ratings organization, today released the first-ever list of America's Top 50 Cities for Hospital Care. The rankings are based on a comprehensive study of patient death and complication rates at the nation's nearly 5,000 hospitals.

27 Jan 2011

NIH study helps explain survival rate discrepancy between cardiac arrest in public and home

Cardiac arrests that can be treated by electric stimulation, also known as shockable arrests, were found at a higher frequency in public settings than in the home, according to a National Institutes of Health-funded study appearing in the Jan. 27 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

27 Jan 2011

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First three-dimensional projectome map of intact brain

Merck Canada invests in CQDM to support biopharmaceutical research

CareTech dedicates new 30,000 sq. ft. Healthcare Infrastructure Operations Center

Caffeine could decrease cost of lentiviral production

Research finds link between increased hygiene and higher rates of certain diseases in women

FDA approves Corindus CorPath 200 System for pivotal trial to evaluate safety, effectiveness

AHF surpasses 150,000 patient milestone

Medisafe to develop barcoded system to confirm origin of prescription medications

Molecular mechanism in nerve fibers ensures rapid conductance of nervous system impulses

NuGEN expands NGS utility for microbial transcriptome analysis with Ovation Prokaryotic RNA-Seq System

Mass cholera vaccination early in outbreak could stem spread of disease, studies show

Roundup: Calif. regulator gets emergency approval to oversee insurance spending; Ariz. seeks Medicaid waiver

AB Science initiates recruitment in masitinib phase 3 study in severe persistent asthma

Antibiotic use in first six months of life may result in childhood asthma

Metanx promotes restoration of lost cutaneous sensation in Diabetic Neuropathy patients

Obama briefly highlights foreign policy themes in State of Union address

How estrogen decreases risk and delays onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease

Hospitals can now quickly evaluate pricing strategy using Value-based Pricing Analyzer

First-ever list of America's Top 50 Cities for Hospital Care

NIH study helps explain survival rate discrepancy between cardiac arrest in public and home

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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