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Elekta Neuromag tool to be highlighted at AANS 2010 Annual Meeting

At the 2010 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, May 1-5 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Elekta will host a series of presentations highlighting Elekta Neuromag, a tool that measures and records brain activity using magnetoencephalography technology.

From Elekta 30 Apr 2010

No single immunosuppressive medication increases cancer risk in kidney transplant recipients

Drugs taken by kidney transplant recipients to prevent organ rejection carry similar risks of cancer, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that no single medication is to blame for the higher incidence of cancer seen among patients who have undergone transplantation.

30 Apr 2010

Gen-Probe reports total revenues of $135.4M for first-quarter 2010

Gen-Probe Incorporated today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2010, highlighted by $135.4 million of total revenues and earnings per share of $0.48 on both a non-GAAP and GAAP basis.

30 Apr 2010

microRNAs serve as biomarkers for lung tumor classification: Study

Rosetta Genomics, Ltd., a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostic tests, announces the publication of a study showing microRNA expression differentiates between primary lung tumors and metastases to the lung. The study, entitled, "MicroRNA expression differentiates between primary lung tumors and metastases to the lung," was published in the online edition of Pathology Research and Practice on April 28, 2010.

30 Apr 2010

Practicing NPIs may help limit transmission of pandemic flu: Study

Practicing non-pharmaceutical interventions such as hand-washing and mouth covering may help limit the transmission of the pandemic flu, but more research on these measures is critical according to a new study appearing in the May issue of AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.

30 Apr 2010

UIC introduces new "no stress" diagnostic system for heart failure assessment

The University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago is the first academic medical center in the country to introduce a new "no stress" diagnostic system for assessing patients with heart failure and optimizing their treatment.

30 Apr 2010

iPierian receives $1.5M Basic Biology Award from CIRM to study cellular reprogramming

iPierian, Inc., the leading company focused on creating new therapeutics discovered using cellular reprogramming and directed differentiation of patient cells, today announced that it has been awarded a three-year $1.5 million "Basic Biology Award" from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine.

30 Apr 2010

Sunrise Senior Living accomplishes restructuring of transactions with three lenders

Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. today announced that the Company and certain of its affiliates have completed the previously announced restructure transactions with three of the lenders to its German subsidiaries, Capmark Finance Inc., Natixis, London Branch, and Fortis Bank, UK Branch. Under the restructure transactions, which were first announced in October 2009, such lenders agreed to settle and compromise claims that they may have had against Sunrise with respect to its German subsidiaries.

30 Apr 2010

NWO awards 31 grants in Investment Subsidy NWO Medium programme

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded 31 grants in the Investment Subsidy NWO Medium programme for the acquisition of equipment, the setting up of data collections and the production of software and bibliographies. The total investment amounts to 10 million euro.

30 Apr 2010

Low vitamin D levels may be associated with physical disability, cognitive impairment in MS patients

Low vitamin D levels may be associated with more advanced physical disability and cognitive impairment in persons with multiple sclerosis, studies conducted by neurologists at the University at Buffalo have shown.

30 Apr 2010

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital opens new Center for Fetal Health

Complex fetal diagnoses bring extraordinary strain to pregnant women and their families. Learning an eagerly-awaited child will be born with a medical problem is often the worst crisis an expectant parents can face.

30 Apr 2010

Novavax reports positive results from Phase II study of trivalent VLP influenza vaccine in older adults

Novavax, Inc. reported today that its trivalent seasonal influenza virus-like-particle (VLP)-based vaccine candidate was safe and immunogenic against the 2009-2010 seasonal influenza virus strains in older adults 60 years or higher in age.

30 Apr 2010

Researchers study effects of low-moderate alcohol consumption on bone health in women

For as long as our ancestors have been drawing pictograms or writing prose about food and culture, humans have been imbibing various forms of alcohol. Once simply a process by which nutritious beverages could be preserved and stored for later use, there is no doubt that the production and consumption of wines, beers, and spirits now provides integral texture to the fabric of many cultures.

30 Apr 2010

New tool to detect inflammatory eye disease at molecular level before damage occurs

Forget what you know about how diseases are diagnosed-new research published in the May 2010 print issue of The FASEB Journal details a noninvasive ground-breaking tool that detects signs of disease at early molecular stages before symptoms can be seen using traditional methods.

30 Apr 2010

New data on Cimzia for Crohn’s Disease treatment to be demonstrated at DDW 2010

Studies and analyses of the Crohn’s Disease (CD) treatment Cimzia® (certolizumab pegol) demonstrating new data will be exhibited at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2010, taking place in New Orleans from May 1-5, 2010.

30 Apr 2010

Reliv International's first-quarter 2010 net sales decline 4.5%

Reliv International, Inc., a nutrition and direct selling company, today reported that sales and earnings in the first-quarter of 2010 were below last year's first-quarter results, but sales outside of the United States rose during the period.

30 Apr 2010

Newsweek examines advocates' views of PEPFAR under Obama

Newsweek examines HIV/AIDS advocates' concerns that the Obama administration's focus on the six-year, $63 billion Global Health Initiative (GHI) is compromising PEPFAR's reach.

30 Apr 2010

Public health officials lay out opportunities, challenges related patient care at USP 2010 Membership Meeting

Four of the nation's leading public health officials laid out opportunities and challenges in the diverse area of patient care in the 21st century at the recently concluded U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention's 2010 Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C., emphasizing the critical nature of partnerships and the evolving role of quality standards to meet modern threats.

30 Apr 2010

IRX Therapeutics and Japan's NCRC collaborate to evaluate peptide-based cancer vaccines

IRX Therapeutics, a developer of novel immunomodulators to treat cancer and viral diseases, today announced that it has established a strategic collaboration with Japan's National Cancer Research Center (NCRC) to evaluate next-generation peptide-based cancer vaccines. Clinical research will be conducted at NCRC. IRX Therapeutics will provide its proprietary IRX-2 immunomodulatory regimen, clinical trial design and technical support. This is the first collaboration of its kind between the NCRC and a U.S.-based biotechnology firm.

30 Apr 2010

Health care reform in Massachusetts improves minority access for inpatient procedures: Researchers

Researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University School of Medicine have found that health care reform in Massachusetts has improved minority access for some inpatient procedures. These findings are being presented today at the annual Society of General Internal Medicine annual meetings in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

30 Apr 2010

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Elekta Neuromag tool to be highlighted at AANS 2010 Annual Meeting

No single immunosuppressive medication increases cancer risk in kidney transplant recipients

Gen-Probe reports total revenues of $135.4M for first-quarter 2010

microRNAs serve as biomarkers for lung tumor classification: Study

Practicing NPIs may help limit transmission of pandemic flu: Study

UIC introduces new "no stress" diagnostic system for heart failure assessment

iPierian receives $1.5M Basic Biology Award from CIRM to study cellular reprogramming

Sunrise Senior Living accomplishes restructuring of transactions with three lenders

NWO awards 31 grants in Investment Subsidy NWO Medium programme

Low vitamin D levels may be associated with physical disability, cognitive impairment in MS patients

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital opens new Center for Fetal Health

Novavax reports positive results from Phase II study of trivalent VLP influenza vaccine in older adults

Researchers study effects of low-moderate alcohol consumption on bone health in women

New tool to detect inflammatory eye disease at molecular level before damage occurs

New data on Cimzia for Crohn’s Disease treatment to be demonstrated at DDW 2010

Reliv International's first-quarter 2010 net sales decline 4.5%

Newsweek examines advocates' views of PEPFAR under Obama

Public health officials lay out opportunities, challenges related patient care at USP 2010 Membership Meeting

IRX Therapeutics and Japan's NCRC collaborate to evaluate peptide-based cancer vaccines

Health care reform in Massachusetts improves minority access for inpatient procedures: Researchers

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