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MDMA opposes medical device tax as part of the health care reform bills

Yesterday, the Medical Device Manufacturers Association Board of Directors met and unanimously voted to oppose any device tax as part of the health care reform bills moving through Congress.

12 Oct 2009

FDA advisory committee reviews Fibrocell Science's azfibrocel-T for treating wrinkles

Fibrocell Science, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee reviewed azfibrocel-T, an autologous cell therapy being investigated for the treatment of moderate to severe nasolabial fold wrinkles in adults.

12 Oct 2009

Compounds that bock nutrient-sensing receptor may impact obesity and diabetic conditions

According to new research from the Monell Center and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, certain common herbicides and lipid-lowering fibrate drugs act in humans to block T1R3, a nutrient-sensing taste receptor also present in intestine and pancreas.

12 Oct 2009

Pieris reports its progress in the development of PRS-050

Pieris AG, the biopharmaceutical company developing Anticalins as a novel class of targeted human protein therapeutics, today reported continued progress in development of its lead therapeutic program for the clinic.

12 Oct 2009

Researchers find how KEAP1 tumor suppressor works

A tumor-suppressing protein snatches up an important cancer-promoting enzyme and tags it with molecules that condemn it to destruction, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports this week in the journal Molecular Cell.

12 Oct 2009

Rural Americans with heart disease at risk of impending Medicare cuts

Medicare regulatory changes expected to be finalized in November - but overshadowed by the partisan bluster of the ongoing health care debate - pose an imminent threat to 80 million patients in America suffering from heart disease, especially for the nearly one in four Americans over the age of 65 living in rural areas.

12 Oct 2009

Elbit Imaging sells its subsidiary's shares to Polish institutional investors

Elbit Imaging Ltd. ("Elbit") announces today that on October 9 ,2009 it sold a total of 4,794,292 ordinary shares of it subsidiary, Plaza Centers N.V., (LSE: PLAZ) (WSE: PLAZ/PLAZACNTR) ("Plaza"), to a number of Polish institutional investors.

12 Oct 2009

Detroit jury indicts alleged perpetrators of X-Press Center $2.3M Medicare fraud scheme

Three Miami-Dade County, Fla., residents have been indicted in connection with an alleged $2.3 million Medicare fraud scheme operated out of X-Press Center, a Detroit-area clinic that purported to specialize in providing injection and infusion therapies, Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Terrence Berg and Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced today.

12 Oct 2009

Federal grant to boost food and feed safety initiatives

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has awarded 83 grants in FY2009 totaling $17.5 million to state and local regulatory agencies to boost food and feed safety initiatives among federal, state, and local partners.

12 Oct 2009

Findings may reveal new treatments for people suffering from chronic hemoglobin levels

A gene with a significant effect on regulating hemoglobin in the body has been identified as part of a genome-wide association study, which looked at the link between genes and hemoglobin level in 16,000 people.

12 Oct 2009

Selexis and Irvine Scientificti to jointly present results of recent collaborative effort

Selexis SA and Irvine Scientific Inc. announced today plans to jointly present results of a recent collaborative effort combining the Selexis SURE Cell Line Development Programs(TM) and the Irvine IS CHO Culture System, demonstrating the rapid production of gram quantities of monoclonal antibodies from stable CHO production cell lines.

12 Oct 2009

CCHIT certifies Eclipsys’ PeakPractice EMR/PM solution

Eclipsys Corporation®, The Outcomes Company®, today announced that the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) has listed its PeakPractice™ solution (version 1093) a CCHIT Certified® 08 Ambulatory electronic health record (EHR), and meets the Certification Commission’s EHR criteria for office-based use.

12 Oct 2009

Public forum and scientific workshop on women's health issues

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital will host a public forum and scientific workshop Oct. 14 to 16 to discuss emerging issues of importance for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for women's health research in the coming decade.

12 Oct 2009

Socioeconomic and geographic disparities in the use of breast-conservating therapy

According to a new study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, although breast-conserving surgery (BCS), commonly known as lumpectomy, is increasingly being used to treat older women with nonmetastatic invasive breast cancer, there are still significant socioeconomic and geographic disparities in the use of this type of therapy.

12 Oct 2009

DNA Guide's personal genome management software demonstrated at the Health 2.0 conference

DNA Guide presented a live demo of its unique personal genome management software on the main stage of the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco on October 7th. DNA Guide’s software is based on an issued US patent (US Patent: 7089498) whereby the values in a persons DNA are used for security and then Geographic Information Systems technology is utilized to place massive genetic datasets in a visual format - effectively opening up DNA navigation to a whole new audience.

12 Oct 2009

New RecoverIt reconciliation solution launched by A-Life Medical

A-Life Medical, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of computer-assisted coding (CAC) products and services to the healthcare industry, announced today that it is introducing its newest reconciliation solution, RecoverItTM.

12 Oct 2009

Dilon Diagnostics and Philips sign distribution agreement

Dilon Diagnostics, the leader in molecular breast imaging (MBI) also known as Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) and Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI), today announce that they have entered into a distribution agreement. Philips Healthcare will sell and support the Dilon 6800 gamma camera in key European and Middle Eastern markets. The compact camera technology and related products and services are used for the detection of breast cancer as an adjunct to mammography and serve to complement Philips innovative women's health solutions.

12 Oct 2009

Sahlgrenska researchers identify special protein that defends against stomach ulcer bacterium

A special protein in the lining of the stomach has been shown to be an important part of the body's defence against the stomach ulcer bacterium Helicobacter pylori in a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. The discovery may explain why the bacterium makes some people more ill than others.

12 Oct 2009

Crescendo Biologics raises funds to advance the development of its fragment antibody technology platforms

Crescendo Biologics today announces it has raised GBP4.5 million in a seed-funding round to advance the development of its fragment antibody technology platforms. The funding round was led by Sofinnova Partners, a Paris-based venture capital firm, with Aitua, Avlar BioVentures and the Rainbow Seed Fund also participating.

12 Oct 2009

Supervised strength training makes the athletes perform much better

Half of all Swedish elite volleyball players suffer at least one injury per season. One important reason may be that most players perform injury-preventing strength training unsupervised. This is shown in a new thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

12 Oct 2009

Medical News

MDMA opposes medical device tax as part of the health care reform bills

FDA advisory committee reviews Fibrocell Science's azfibrocel-T for treating wrinkles

Compounds that bock nutrient-sensing receptor may impact obesity and diabetic conditions

Pieris reports its progress in the development of PRS-050

Researchers find how KEAP1 tumor suppressor works

Rural Americans with heart disease at risk of impending Medicare cuts

Elbit Imaging sells its subsidiary's shares to Polish institutional investors

Detroit jury indicts alleged perpetrators of X-Press Center $2.3M Medicare fraud scheme

Federal grant to boost food and feed safety initiatives

Findings may reveal new treatments for people suffering from chronic hemoglobin levels

Selexis and Irvine Scientificti to jointly present results of recent collaborative effort

CCHIT certifies Eclipsys’ PeakPractice EMR/PM solution

Public forum and scientific workshop on women's health issues

Socioeconomic and geographic disparities in the use of breast-conservating therapy

DNA Guide's personal genome management software demonstrated at the Health 2.0 conference

New RecoverIt reconciliation solution launched by A-Life Medical

Dilon Diagnostics and Philips sign distribution agreement

Sahlgrenska researchers identify special protein that defends against stomach ulcer bacterium

Crescendo Biologics raises funds to advance the development of its fragment antibody technology platforms

Supervised strength training makes the athletes perform much better

Synthetic Biology and the Pursuit of Living Diagnostics

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