Diagnostics
Seventh Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference Features Innovative Applications of Remote Monitoring, Home Telehealth, mHealth, Social Media and eHealth to Manage Diseases and P...
June 3, 2010 9:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. , June 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Seventh Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference & Exhibition, organized by The Center for Business Innovation (TCBI), will focus on networks, platforms and applications for technology-enabled participatory medicine....
ChemoFx® Drug Response Marker Delivers Substantial Cost Savings
June 3, 2010 9:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsPITTSBURGH , June 3 /- A study demonstrating the cost savings realized through the use of the ChemoFx® Drug Response Marker for assisting selection of treatment in recurrent ovarian cancer was published recently in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG). This...
Eurotech Wins 1.5M USD Contract To Supply Embedded Computers For Medical Application
June 3, 2010 9:36 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsCOLUMBIA, Md. , June 3 /- Eurotech , a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, today announces a 1.5 Million USD contract to supply embedded computers to a medical original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that specializes in diagnostics and information technology...
PLUS Diagnostics Introduces Industry's First System to Eliminate Misidentification of Bone Marrow Samples
June 3, 2010 9:36 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsUNION, N.J. , June 3 /- For the first time, patients being tested for leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood and bone marrow malignancies can be certain that their test results are their own and not those of another patient. PLUS Diagnostics , a leading anatomic pathology company, announced...
BSGI Offers Improved Cancer Detection for Negative or Indeterminate Mammograms
June 3, 2010 5:38 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsNEWPORT NEWS, Va. , June 3 /- Researchers at the Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon presented data on the clinical use of Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI), a molecular breast imaging technique, at the American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual meeting in Las Vegas in...
Olive-oil enriched diet helps breast cancer survivors lose more weight
June 2, 2010 10:36 pm | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(Lifespan) Researchers from The Miriam Hospital have found that olive oil may offer another potential health benefit -- it produces greater weight loss in breast cancer survivors compared to a more traditional low-fat diet.
Mach 7 Technologies Provides Optimized CT and MR Study Segmenting Software to Massachusetts General Hospital Imaging
June 2, 2010 7:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsBURLINGTON, Vt ., June 2 /- Mach 7 Technologies (M7T), a global provider of flexible, PACS-neutral healthcare image management solutions, has developed a state-of-the-art modality workstation application, the Keystone Study Split Utility (SSU), for Massachusetts General Hospital Imaging....
Chemical biologist and entrepreneur Carolyn Bertozzi awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
June 2, 2010 6:37 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(Lemelson-MIT Program) Chemical biologist Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, whose research is applied worldwide in the biopharmaceutical industry, has achieved extraordinary success for pioneering inventions in biotechnology. The proven potential for future advances, and her current work...
MedGadget's MedTech Monday: Zargis Telemed débuts tele-auscultation
June 1, 2010 11:37 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsZargis Medical launched the ZargisTelemed platform; St. Jude's epiducer percutaneous lead delivery system wins CE Mark; Covidien's V-Loc knotless wound closure devices; and Abbott's TREK coronary balloon catheter rolls out in Europe. Zargis Telemed débuts...
Weekly Wireless Roundup: Nanotattoo monitors blood glucose
June 1, 2010 11:37 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsA nanoparticle "tattoo" as a glucose sensor that can be continuously monitored; a nose for your cellphone to sniff out airborne toxins; Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp. introduces optical biosensor; and two years of competitively folding proteins with "foldit" at Games for Health 2010. ...
SynapDx Corporation Raises $9 Million in Series A Funding
June 1, 2010 7:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsWALTHAM, Mass. , June 1 /- SynapDx Corp., a new company focused on developing and commercializing diagnostic testing for the early detection of autism, announced the completion of a $9 million Series A financing by Bain Capital Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, and North Bridge Venture...
TU Delft and MI Labs merge PET and SPECT biomedical imaging techniques and increase resolution
June 1, 2010 6:37 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(Delft University of Technology) TU Delft and Molecular Imaging Labs (MI Labs) have succeeded in combining two forms of medical imaging techniques (microPET and microSPECT) into one piece of equipment. These techniques can be performed simultaneously and give a higher resolution...
BD Announces U.S. Launch of BD Vacutainer® Push Button Blood Collection Set with Pre-Attached Holder
June 1, 2010 6:37 am | by Becton, Dickinson and Company | News | Comments(June 01, 2010) -- BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today the U.S. launch of the BD Vacutainer® Push Button Blood Collection Set with Pre-Attached Holder. The ready-to-use product has been designed to help protect healt
American Association for Cancer Research has Record-breaking Registration at 101st Annual Meeting
June 1, 2010 6:37 am | by AACR | News | CommentsPHILADELPHIA - The American Association for Cancer Research registered more than 18,000 people from all over the world for its 101st Annual Meeting 2010 in Washington, D.C., which was held April 17-21. Registration increased by 19 percent from the 2009 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colo. “The...
Reportlinker Adds China Cardiovascular Devices Market Outlook to 2016
June 1, 2010 4:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsNEW YORK , June 1 /- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: China Cardiovascular Devices Market Outlook to 2016 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0202890/China-Cardiovascular-Devices-Market... China Card...
Scientists find genes associated with throat cancer through study of over 10,000 subjects
May 30, 2010 9:38 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore) Scientists from Singapore, China and USA have identified three new susceptibility genes in a genome-wide association study of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). The study, led by the Genome Institute of Singapore, a...
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Annual Meeting
May 28, 2010 7:37 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) Reproductive medicine is one of today's most exciting scientific and clinical areas. Every month brings announcements of research developments, medical "firsts," new rulings by regulatory bodies, or ethical controversies --...
Quest Diagnostics receives US FDA nod for Simplexa Influenza A H1N1 (2009) test
May 27, 2010 9:43 am | by I-Micronews | News | CommentsQuest Diagnostics Incorporated has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance to the Simplexa Influenza A H1N1 (2009) test on the 3M Integrated Cycler. The Simplexa test, developed and manufactured by Quest Diagnostics' Focus Diagnostics business, is the first to be...
Indoor Tanning Beds Increase Risk of Melanoma
May 27, 2010 9:38 am | by AACR | News | CommentsPHILADELPHIA - Use of indoor tanning beds increases risk of melanoma between twofold and fourfold depending on the device and length of time indoor tanning is used, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer...
AstraZeneca to Support Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network at the National Institutes of Health
May 27, 2010 7:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsBETHESDA, Md. , May 27 /- A new public-private partnership between AstraZeneca and NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) will focus on supporting the work of the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN). DILIN is a group working to bring...
CardioGenics Announces Update Regarding Status of Merck Agreement
May 27, 2010 7:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsMISSISSAUGA, Ontario , May 27 /- CardioGenics Holdings Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CGNH), developer of the ultra-sensitive QL Careâ„¢ Point-Of-Care analyzer and products for the immunoassay segment of the In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) market, announced today a further update regarding the...
Predictive Biosciences adds on
May 26, 2010 1:38 pm | by Mass Device | News | CommentsPredictive Biosciences adds two VPs and fills out its commercial sales team in anticipation of the release of its bladder cancer test. Predictive Biosciences appointed two vice presidents and expanded its sales force as it prepares for the launch of a bladder cancer test. ...
Covidien jettisons specialty chemicals unit
May 26, 2010 10:36 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsCovidien plc sells its specialty chemicals business to New Mountain Capital L.L.C. for $280 million in cash. Covidien plc (NYSE:COV) sold its specialty chemical unit to New York-based private equity firm New Mountain Capital LLC for $280 million in cash. The sale involves the...
Mindray Medical to Present at J.P. Morgan China Conference 2010
May 26, 2010 7:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsSHENZHEN, China , May 26 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Mindray Medical International Limited (NYSE: MR ), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, today announced that it will present at J.P. Morgan China Conference 2010 in Beijing on June 10th-11th,...
Inverness extends bond exchange deadline
May 26, 2010 7:37 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsWith all but $2 million of the notes already turned in, Inverness Medical Innovations gives stragglers an extra two weeks to exchange unregistered notes maturing in February 2012. Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. (NYSE:IMA) is giving a handful of stragglers a little extra...
