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Health leaders from sub-Saharan Africa gather for three-day conference on family planning in Kenya

A three-day conference exploring ways to increase access to family planning services in Africa kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday, Capital FM reports. The meeting, which is hosted by USAID, will bring together "USAID's partners in sub-Saharan Africa who include Angola, Burundi, [Democratic Republic of Congo], Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan and Tanzania," to work to identify gaps in reproductive and family planning services and address ways to reach out to populations in need, the news service writes (Karong'o, 5/11).

12 May 2010

Response Genetics, GSK sign non-exclusive license agreement for BRAF mutational analysis technology

Response Genetics, Inc., a company focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests for cancer, today announced it has signed a non-exclusive license agreement with GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"). Under the terms of the agreement, GSK gains certain rights to Response Genetics' proprietary PCR analysis technology and diagnostic expertise to assess BRAF gene mutations in human tumor samples. Payments will be made to Response Genetics upon achivement of agreed-to milestones.

12 May 2010

Computerized bilingual decision aid can prompt Hispanic smokers to quit: Study

A computerized bilingual decision aid - placed in safety-net clinics and health fairs - can prompt Hispanic and other smokers to set a quit date and choose effective treatments.

12 May 2010

Researchers discover molecular mechanism behind smoking cessation effect

The tobacco addiction epidemic is a major public health problem worldwide. Professor Zhao Baolu and his group from the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences set out to tackle this problem. After 20 years of innovative research, they have developed a novel tea filter to treat cigarette addiction and have discovered the molecular mechanism behind the smoking cessation effect.

12 May 2010

meridianEMR launches UROAnalytics tool

meridianEMR, Inc., a leading provider of electronic health records systems and advanced healthcare analytics for urology and surgical practices, today has announced the launch of its exclusive multi-dimensional clinical analysis tool – UROAnalytics.

12 May 2010

Optivia Biotechnology launches OptiDDI Suite for assessing transporter-related DDIs

Optivia Biotechnology Inc., a leading provider of in vitro transporter assay services, today announced the launch of the OptiDDITM Suite, a novel assay panel that assesses the most clinically significant transporter-related drug-drug interactions (DDIs), as identified by the International Transporter Consortium (ITC) in its report "Membrane Transporters in Drug Development" (Nature Reviews-Drug Discovery, March 2010).

12 May 2010

New computer-based tool developed to benefit cancer patients

Cancer patients and doctors are finally getting on the same page about cancer survivorship, thanks to a free new tool that can benefit anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer.

12 May 2010

International Dairy Foods Association issues statement on Childhood Obesity Report

The International Dairy Foods Association issued the following statement by Connie Tipton, president and CEO, regarding today's Report to the President by the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity:

12 May 2010

Opinions: Abortion in Canada's G8 initiative; Security of Afghan women; U.S. global development strategy; Mother's Day; U.S. food security initiative; Polio eradication

National Post columnist Jonathan Kay examines the ongoing debate over whether Canada's G8 child and maternal health initiative should include abortions, which according to a 2006 Oxford University Press-World Bank report, are "one small chunk of a bigger puzzle. A much larger problem, in terms of the number of female lives affected, is the decidedly less headline-grabbing subject of hemorrhages - which include antepartun hemorrhages … and primary postpartum hemorrhages.

12 May 2010

PharmedOut to host conference to explore influence of pharmaceutical industry on medical education

PharmedOut, an initiative aimed at increasing physician access to unbiased information about drugs, will host a conference to explore the issues of pharmaceutical industry funding on continuing medical education. The conference, "Prescription for Conflict: Should Industry Fund Continuing Medical Education?" will be held June 25, 2010 at Georgetown University.

12 May 2010

OriGene Technologies, ISB to create proteotypic PeptideAtlas and SRM/MRM mass spectrometry standard database

OriGene Technologies, Inc., a leading gene-centric life sciences company, and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), announce plans to create a proteotypic PeptideAtlas and develop an SRM/MRM (single reaction monitoring, multiple reaction monitoring) mass spectrometry standard database for 5,000 human proteins. The new collaboration will apply ISB's novel systems biology mass spectrometry expertise to OriGene's large collection of full length human proteins.

12 May 2010

Regular exercise plays important role in improving wellbeing of patients with schizophrenia: Review

Regular exercise can play an important a role in improving the physical and mental wellbeing of individuals with schizophrenia, according to a review published in The Cochrane Library.

12 May 2010

Stereotaxis launches Vdrive module for remote manipulation of diagnostic devices during EP procedures

Stereotaxis, Inc. today announces the introduction of its new Vdrive™, an expansion of its Magnetic Navigation platform that facilitates remote manipulation of diagnostic devices used during electrophysiology (EP) procedures. The company is planning to preview the Vdrive at the HRS meeting this week, and will be commercially available when regulatory processes are complete.

12 May 2010

Researchers develop new method for tracing carbon flux

Microbial communities are performing important functions all around us - from the earth in our flowerpots to the human gut. Now researchers have developed a method for studying the metabolic functions of microbial communities in detail.

12 May 2010

Researchers develop anti-angiogenic molecule SR16388 for treatment of MM

SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, announced today that researchers have developed an anti-angiogenic molecule SR16388 that has demonstrated preclinical antitumor activity against multiple myeloma.

12 May 2010

Solta Medical, Alma Lasers resolve Thermage patent lawsuits

Solta Medical, Inc., Alma Lasers Ltd. and Alma Lasers, Inc. today announced that they have reached an agreement resolving lawsuits involving certain Thermage® patents held by Solta Medical.

12 May 2010

TFAH commends Childhood Obesity Task Force's report

Trust for America's Health commends the Childhood Obesity Task Force's report, Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation, which includes proposed recommendations for reducing the rate of childhood obesity from 17% to 5% by 2030. The report includes a total of 70 recommendations for specific action steps, many of which can be implemented right away and are minimal or no-cost.

12 May 2010

Studies: Trauma centers would be strained by patient load in terrorist attack

The Wall Street Journal reports that, according to experts and private studies, "[m]any urban hospitals lack sufficient medical staff, beds, equipment and 'surge' plans to provide optimal care for potentially hundreds or thousands of patients from a large bombing, emergency and trauma doctors say."

12 May 2010

MIT featured in U.S. Equity News

Micro Identification Technologies, Inc., a leader in rapid bacterial identification, today announces it was recently featured in an editorial published by U.S. Equity News that covers the history of bacteria, its life threatening effects, and publicly traded companies leading the fight against harmful bacteria.

12 May 2010

Neurimmune Therapeutics honored with ZKB TECHNOPARK Pioneer Award

The ZKB TECHNOPARK® Pioneer Award, which has been sponsored by the Zürcher Kantonalbank since 2000, was presented for the 20th time at TECHNOPARK® Zurich. The award is given for technological innovations which - thanks to pioneering entrepreneurial achievements - are about to be launched on the market. This year's award winner is Neurimmune Therapeutics AG, represented by Dr. Jan Grimm, Professor Christoph Hock, Professor Roger Nitsch and Dr. Michael Salzmann.

12 May 2010

Medical News

Health leaders from sub-Saharan Africa gather for three-day conference on family planning in Kenya

Response Genetics, GSK sign non-exclusive license agreement for BRAF mutational analysis technology

Computerized bilingual decision aid can prompt Hispanic smokers to quit: Study

Researchers discover molecular mechanism behind smoking cessation effect

meridianEMR launches UROAnalytics tool

Optivia Biotechnology launches OptiDDI Suite for assessing transporter-related DDIs

New computer-based tool developed to benefit cancer patients

International Dairy Foods Association issues statement on Childhood Obesity Report

Opinions: Abortion in Canada's G8 initiative; Security of Afghan women; U.S. global development strategy; Mother's Day; U.S. food security initiative; Polio eradication

PharmedOut to host conference to explore influence of pharmaceutical industry on medical education

OriGene Technologies, ISB to create proteotypic PeptideAtlas and SRM/MRM mass spectrometry standard database

Regular exercise plays important role in improving wellbeing of patients with schizophrenia: Review

Stereotaxis launches Vdrive module for remote manipulation of diagnostic devices during EP procedures

Researchers develop new method for tracing carbon flux

Researchers develop anti-angiogenic molecule SR16388 for treatment of MM

Solta Medical, Alma Lasers resolve Thermage patent lawsuits

TFAH commends Childhood Obesity Task Force's report

Studies: Trauma centers would be strained by patient load in terrorist attack

MIT featured in U.S. Equity News

Neurimmune Therapeutics honored with ZKB TECHNOPARK Pioneer Award

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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