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Muscle Flex to develop direct response television infomercial business

Muscle Flex Inc. announced today that it will develop its direct response television infomercial business exclusively under its health and fitness brand, Muscle Flex. Muscle Flex will become a “grittier” and “edgier” health and fitness brand within the company (BRAVADA International Ltd) that will be marketed to a demographic pre-disposed to an aggressive health and fitness lifestyle.

8 Mar 2010

MS Awareness Week: Time for nation to go orange and move it to end MS

MS Awareness Week March 8-14 is the time for the nation to go orange and move it to end multiple sclerosis, a disease where someone is newly diagnosed every hour of every day. Supported by a Congressional resolution, this year MS Awareness Week and the state of MS research aptly coincide. Move it to create a world free of MS!

8 Mar 2010

APA announces winners of Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards

Employers who understand the link between employee well-being and organizational performance are best positioned for success in the economic recovery, the American Psychological Association reported at its Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards ceremony this weekend. APA recognized five organizations for their comprehensive efforts to promote employee health and well-being while enhancing organizational performance.

8 Mar 2010

18th EJAF Academy Awards Viewing Party raises $3.7M for fight against AIDS

Sir Elton John and David Furnish hosted the 18th Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards® Viewing Party and raised $3.7 Million for the fight against AIDS. Presented by Chopard, Jo and Raffy Manoukian and Neuro Drinks, the EJAF Viewing Party continues to be the leading fundraiser on Oscar night in Hollywood.

8 Mar 2010

UTSA celebrates grand opening of NVI facility in the greater San Antonio region

The University of Texas at San Antonio celebrates the grand opening of its New Venture Incubator, a facility with laboratory, office and meeting spaces to support technology start-ups in the greater San Antonio region. The incubator, housed on UTSA’s Main Campus, will serve as a bridge between San Antonio entrepreneurs and the region’s research and development community.

8 Mar 2010

Chinmax Medical Systems files complaint against Inverness Medical Beijing over distribution rights for Biosite products

On January 28, 2010, Chinmax Medical Systems, Inc., a leading distributor of clinical diagnostics in China, filed a civil complaint in the People's Court of Yangpu District, Shanghai against Inverness Medical Beijing Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc..

8 Mar 2010

Survey challenges long-held assumption: Having health insurance is synonymous with having access to health care

A survey released today by the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation challenges the long-held assumption that having health insurance is synonymous with having access to health care.

8 Mar 2010

Entelos, RegeneMed release iToxFX to screen novel compounds for potential toxicity issues

Entelos, Inc., a simulation and modeling company focused on human health, and RegeneMed, Inc., a tissue-based drug discovery and regenerative medicine company, announced today the release of iToxFX™.

8 Mar 2010

Myers Briggs Personality Type: Psychological profiling tool that helps people understand how they impact each other

Many organisational conflicts arise from personality clashes. In fact, one of the most common reasons that people give for leaving the company they are working for is that they don't like their boss or their colleagues.

8 Mar 2010

Likvor receives first order for Likvor CELDA system from Aalborg Hospital, North Denmark Region

LinkMed’s portfolio company Likvor has received its first order for the Likvor CELDA™ system from a customer outside Sweden. The order comes from Aalborg Hospital which is the largest hospital in the North Denmark Region.

8 Mar 2010

USPTO issues non-final Actions Closing Prosecution for 6,833,252 and 7,214,536 patents

Precision BioSciences, Inc., today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has issued non-final Actions Closing Prosecution in the reexamination proceedings for U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,833,252 (“the ‘252 patent”) and 7,214,536 (“the ‘536 patent”) that are owned by the Institut Pasteur and the Universite Pierre et Marie Cure (UPMC), and licensed to Cellectis, SA (ALCLS). For the second time, the PTO has rejected all claims under consideration as lacking novelty and/or as obvious in view of a variety of references, including many that were not provided to the patent examiners during prosecution by the patent applicants.

8 Mar 2010

Necessity of repeat biopsy in suspected prostate cancer: Gen-Probe's PROGENSA PCA3 assay can help determine

Gen-Probe's PROGENSA® PCA3 assay can help determine whether men suspected of having prostate cancer should undergo a repeat biopsy, according to data from the two largest studies to date of the molecular urine test. The studies were presented last week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) Genitourinary (GU) Cancers Symposium in San Francisco.

8 Mar 2010

World Heart Federation to open WCC Scientific Sessions 2010 in Beijing, China

In 100 days the World Heart Federation, with the support of the Chinese Society of Cardiology and the Chinese Medical Association, will open the World Congress of Cardiology (WCC) Scientific Sessions 2010 in Beijing, China.

8 Mar 2010

PTSIG reports 71% decline in work injury claims costs since 2005

The Preferred Transportation Self-Insured Group, a Nevada Workers' Compensation program, today reported a decline in work injury claims costs of 71% since 2005. The steep drop in costs will allow the group to consider a return of surplus to employer members in 2010.

8 Mar 2010

Pioneering 'brain-washing' treatment helps reduce disability in babies with haemorrhage

The research, led by Andrew Whitelaw, Professor of Neonatal Medicine at the University of Bristol, and Ian Pople, paediatric neurosurgeon at North Bristol NHS Trust, has shown that, after a haemorrhage, the fluid inside the ventricles contains substances potentially toxic to the immature brain.

8 Mar 2010

Sigma Life Science extends portfolio of knockout rat models with the release of ADME/Tox applications

Sigma® Life Science, an innovative brand of Sigma-Aldrich®, today extended its portfolio of knockout rat models with the announcement of a new suite of models designed to facilitate more predictive absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity (ADME/Tox) studies.

8 Mar 2010

NerPharMa facility receives FDA approval to manufacture CTI's drug pixantrone

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has completed its inspection of the facility at NerPharMa (a pharmaceutical manufacturing company belonging to Nerviano Medical Sciences Srl, in Nerviano, Italy), which manufactures the CTI's drug pixantrone and has found the site in compliance and acceptable for continued manufacturing of the drug product.

8 Mar 2010

Engineers develop Active Handrest device to help people perform precision tasks with hands

University of Utah engineers developed a computer-controlled, motorized hand and arm support that will let doctors, artists and others precisely control scalpels, brushes and tools over a wider area than otherwise possible, and with less fatigue.

8 Mar 2010

Improvements needed in communicating cancer recurrence risks and treatment decisions with patients

A new study has found that one in three early-stage breast cancer patients who received genomic testing when deciding about treatment options felt they did not fully understand their discussions with physicians about their test results and their risk of recurrence. About one in four experienced distress when receiving their test results.

8 Mar 2010

NAMI issues statement on the death of John Patrick Bedell from his attack on Pentagon guards

News reports indicate that Patrick Bedell struggled for some time with a severe mental illness," said NAMI executive director Michael J. Fitzpatrick.

8 Mar 2010

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Muscle Flex to develop direct response television infomercial business

MS Awareness Week: Time for nation to go orange and move it to end MS

APA announces winners of Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards

18th EJAF Academy Awards Viewing Party raises $3.7M for fight against AIDS

UTSA celebrates grand opening of NVI facility in the greater San Antonio region

Chinmax Medical Systems files complaint against Inverness Medical Beijing over distribution rights for Biosite products

Survey challenges long-held assumption: Having health insurance is synonymous with having access to health care

Entelos, RegeneMed release iToxFX to screen novel compounds for potential toxicity issues

Myers Briggs Personality Type: Psychological profiling tool that helps people understand how they impact each other

Likvor receives first order for Likvor CELDA system from Aalborg Hospital, North Denmark Region

USPTO issues non-final Actions Closing Prosecution for 6,833,252 and 7,214,536 patents

Necessity of repeat biopsy in suspected prostate cancer: Gen-Probe's PROGENSA PCA3 assay can help determine

World Heart Federation to open WCC Scientific Sessions 2010 in Beijing, China

PTSIG reports 71% decline in work injury claims costs since 2005

Pioneering 'brain-washing' treatment helps reduce disability in babies with haemorrhage

Sigma Life Science extends portfolio of knockout rat models with the release of ADME/Tox applications

NerPharMa facility receives FDA approval to manufacture CTI's drug pixantrone

Engineers develop Active Handrest device to help people perform precision tasks with hands

Improvements needed in communicating cancer recurrence risks and treatment decisions with patients

NAMI issues statement on the death of John Patrick Bedell from his attack on Pentagon guards

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Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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