Monthly Archives: November 2009

Philips Showcases Interventional Radiology Solutions to Support Growing Need For Minimally-Invasive Procedures (redOrbit)

CHICAGO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Minimally-invasive procedures are increasingly replacing more costly open surgery, particularly in oncology, cardiology and women’s health applications.

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Hospitals Report Workflow Improvements with New Release of McKesson’s Cardiovascular Information Solution (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

ATLANTA—-Today McKesson unveiled the latest version of its comprehensive Horizon Cardiology™ cardiovascular information system designed to automate and simplify cardiologists’ complex workflows.

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Merit Medical’s Chief Executive Invited to the President’s Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — Merit Medical Systems, Inc. , a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable medical devices used in interventional and diagnostic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology and gastroenterology, today announced that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer … Continue reading

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Deaths Summary (The Post and Courier)

ALTMAN , Eddie, 50, of Mount Pleasant , a retired pediatric cardiology X-ray technician with MUSC and husband of Joannie Isaac Altman, died Saturday. Arrangements by McAlister-Smith’s Mount Pleasant Chapel.

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U.S. Records Increase in Kids With Down Syndrome (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) — A growing number of children in the United States are being born with Down syndrome, federal researchers say.

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French scientist wins the Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize 2009 (EurekAlert!)

( The Company of Biologists ) Xavier Noblin wins the Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize for his work on the water powered fungal spore launch mechanism.

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A challenge to improve Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for structural biology (PhysOrg)

(PhysOrg.com) — In structural biology, the only technique available to predict the three dimensional structure of large complex molecules in solution, such as proteins and DNA, is NMR spectroscopy. To catalyze improvements in the techniques behind these predictions, the “eNMR” … Continue reading

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Seeing family for the holidays? Scientists discover how the stress might kill you (EurekAlert!)

( Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ) If you ever thought the stress of seeing your extended family over the holidays was slowly killing you — bad news: a new research report in the December 2009 print issue … Continue reading

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A reductionist approach to HIV research (EurekAlert!)

( BioMed Central ) A major obstacle to HIV research is the virus’s exquisite specialisation for its human host — meaning that scientists’ traditional tools, like the humble lab mouse, can deliver only limited information. Now, a team of researchers … Continue reading

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‘The pill’ for him: Scientists find a hormonal on-and-off switch for male fertility (EurekAlert!)

( Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ) A new research report published in the December 2009 print issue of the FASEB Journal describes how scientists found how and where androgenic hormones work in the testis to control normal … Continue reading

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A reductionist approach to HIV research (PhysOrg)

A major obstacle to HIV research is the virus’s exquisite specialisation for its human host – meaning that scientists’ traditional tools, like the humble lab mouse, can deliver only limited information. Now, a team of researchers writing in BioMed Central’s … Continue reading

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Seeing family for the holidays? Scientists discover how the stress might kill you (PhysOrg)

If you ever thought the stress of seeing your extended family over the holidays was slowly killing you — bad news: a new research report in the December 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that you … Continue reading

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New Species of Orchid is World’s Smallest [Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)] (ScienceBlogs)

tags: new species , biology , botany , orchid , tiniest orchid , Orchidaceae , Platystele , Lou Jost A close-up of the world’s smallest orchid, at just over 2mm from petal tip to petal tip. Image: Lou Jost. The … Continue reading

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RNA on the move (EurekAlert!)

( European Molecular Biology Laboratory ) In the fruitfly Drosophila, oskar mRNA, which is involved in defining the animal’s body axes, is produced in the nuclei of nurse cells neighboring the oocyte, and must be transported to the oocyte and … Continue reading

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Spider database hits the web (News.com.au)

AN online venom catalogue is aiding collaboration.

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MEDomics Seeks a CEO After Identifying a Large Life Sciences Corporate Co-Investor (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

MEDomics NextGen sequencing-based tests for Mitochondrial Diseases To Tap Multi-Billion Dollar Potential Market.

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RSNA awarded grant to develop medical image sharing network (EurekAlert!)

( Radiological Society of North America ) The Radiological Society of North America announced today that it was awarded a $4.7 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to design and launch an Internet-based network for … Continue reading

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ONE Bio Inks Deal With Major Chinese Nutraceutical Distributor (dBusinessNews.com)

MIAMI – ONE Bio, Corp. , an innovative company utilizing green process manufacturing to produce raw chemicals and herbal extracts, natural and health supplements and organic products, announced that its subsidiary, Green Planet Bioengineering, Co., Ltd. , through its Chinese … Continue reading

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Image sharing demonstration and pilot network link to PHRs and enable ‘meaningful use’ (EurekAlert!)

( Radiological Society of North America ) The Image Sharing Demonstration at RSNA 2009 will encompass methods for sharing images, reports and related information for the improvement of patient care in radiology. The demonstration features patient control of documented medical … Continue reading

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DGAP-News: Competitive Technologies Announces European Regional Distributor (Financial.de)

Competitive Technologies, Inc. / Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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