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11:36:49 PM Rocky Mountain Resources appoints Bill Radvak as president, chief executive
Canadian Business - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

Radvak co-founded Response Biomedical and also previously served as its chief executive officer. Also, Robert Cross has been appointed to the company's ... [more]

11:20:54 PM NYSCF Fellow lead author on study that creates blood vessel cells from stem
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA

EurekAlert (press release) Dr. James and his colleagues created a human embryonic stem cell (hESC) "reporter" line that can be used to measure endothelial cell production and activity ... [more]

11:19:17 PM Video of Virus in Action Shows Viruses Can Spread Faster Than Thought
Science Daily (press release) - USA

Science Daily (press release) .... according to a new study in the journal Science by researchers from Imperial College London, funded by the Medical Research Council. ... [more]

10:05:26 PM Medical drama in poor condition | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/21/2010
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

Screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs (Chocolat) forces the material into the Odd Couple mold, structuring it as equal parts business thriller and medical ... [more]

9:54:13 PM Stem-cell patient finds new life
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA

21, 2010 02:37 PM Cardiologist Dr. Nabil Dib at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center believes that use of stem cells will soon replace heart transplants. .... [more]

9:51:01 PM Intuitive Surgical Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings
CNN/Money - USA

Led by outstanding patient outcomes, robotic surgery adoption with patients and the medical community at large continues to grow. ... [more]

9:43:12 PM Rocky Mountain Appoints Bill Radvak as President & CEO
Market Wire (press release) - USA

Mr. Radvak is a co-founder and past Chief Executive Officer of Response Biomedical Corporation, a publicly listed medical device company that commercializes ... [more]

9:42:13 PM Medtronic to Give up to $1M to Haiti Relief Work
ABC News - United States

AP Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. said Thursday that it and its foundation will donate up to $1 million toward earthquake relief and rebuilding in ... [more]

9:37:43 PM City of Hope receives $8.6 million contract to turn stem cell research
Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena,CA,USA

Pasadena Star-News City of Hope's 5-year contract will help research that uses mature - not embryonic - cells that are genetically reprogrammed to act like stem cells. .... [more]

8:41:13 PM Public Citizen to FDA: Pull Fibromyalgia Drug from the Market
Consumer Affairs - USA

Based on the extent of increased blood pressure caused by Savella, the FDA medical officer who reviewed the drug estimated that persistent blood pressure ... [more]

8:36:43 PM Quantitative Biomedical Careers
ScienceCareers.org - Washington,DC,USA

Statistics Serving Biomedicine - Spanish statistician David Rossell supports other biomedical scientists while pursuing his own research. ... [more]

8:32:26 PM Cells Critical to Childhood Leukemia Discovered
Science Daily (press release) - USA

The research also involved Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, UK. The research was supported by ... [more]

8:15:35 PM Opportunities to combat childhood obesity
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA

Just as the medical community has discovered the benefits of treating the person rather than the disease, the same logic holds true with the obesity .... [more]

8:06:42 PM Millennium Research Group Identifies Top 10 Trends and Events To Impact
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

PR Newswire (press release) According to MRG's recently published Year In Preview 2010 publication, medical device markets will be shaped by comparative effectiveness, ... [more]

7:49:32 PM Experts target leukaemia-causing cells
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

The team found that with irradiation treatment in animals, more than 99 per cent of cells in the thymus were killed, but these stem cell-like cells ... [more]

7:21:26 PM Synapse Biomedical aims to raise $1.2M to repay debt, prepare for ALS market
MedCity News - Cleveland,OH,USA

OBERLIN, Ohio — Synapse Biomedical Inc. has raised more than $433000 from investors on its way to $1.2 million to repay debt and get ready to supply its ... [more]

6:45:47 PM 'More research' needed into safety of electronic cigarettes
Cancer Research UK - News & Resources - London,UK

One, carried out by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), found that the amount of nicotine provided with each puff often varies from the amount stated ... [more]

5:52:21 PM New concoction reprograms differentiated cells into pluripotent stem cells
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA

In the new issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, Singapore scientists report the surprising discovery that a novel transcription factor, Nr5a2, ... [more]

5:50:14 PM Stroke's 'Death Signal' Discovered; May Aid Drug Development
University of Central Florida - Orlando,Florida,USA

21, 2010 Biomedical scientists from the University of Central Florida and Louisiana State University have identified a way to block a “cell death signal” ... [more]

5:48:41 PM Hanes family increases number of medical providers in Imperial
Imperial Republican - Imperial,NE,USA

By Carolyn Lee When Jamie Hanes and his family decided to move back to his hometown, the medical community increased by two. Hanes is a pharmacist with ... [more]

5:33:36 PM Intelligence in young children is not influenced by omega 3 fatty acids
Healthcanal.com

.... called DHA, fed in breast milk or fortified formula, according to new research funded by the Medical Research Council and the Food Standards Agency. ... [more]

4:47:16 PM Are the Feds Blocking Medical…
MyFox Atlanta - Atlanta,GA,USA

To use it, researchers must apply to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and must get approvals from the DEA, FDA and a special Public Health Service ... [more]

4:39:58 PM Health care changes to important to rush
Cameron Herald - TX, United States

The insurance company defines autism as a mental-health issue when the medical community defines it as a neurological disorder. That's why a recent blood ... [more]

4:04:12 PM Somanetics Q4 profit beats Street
Reuters - NY,USA

Jan 21 (Reuters) - Medical device maker Somanetics Corp (SMTS.O) posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher demand for its disposable ... [more]

3:50:40 PM Genetic Test Could Yield Fast Analysis of Radiation Exposure
Sphere

The award was given out by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a branch of the US Department of Health and Human Services. ... [more]

3:50:29 PM Scientists Read Brain's Magnetic Fields to Spot PTSD
US News - USA

This same research group had previously used the technique to detect several other conditions, from chronic pain to Alzheimer's. That research was published ... [more]

3:40:04 PM Stem Cell Assurance Announces a Financing and Marketing Partnership With
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

PR Newswire (press release) Stem Cell also has expansion plans for New York, New Jersey, Texas and California. Stem Cell is a science based adult stem cell company that provides ... [more]

3:18:55 PM Leaps of faith
Buffalo News - Buffalo,NY,USA

And yes, the movie does tug some at the cardio system, and there is a medical breakthrough that could be viewed as mildly miraculous, but “Measures” ... [more]

2:23:34 PM BEFORE THE BELL: US Stock Futures Edge Higher As Earnings Roll In
Wall Street Journal - USA

(BSX) said a federal court found four patents involving rival Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) are invalid, a victory for the medical-device maker as part of a ... [more]

2:22:30 PM Unity Auto Parts Completes Merger With Unity Management Group Inc.
CNN/Money - USA

CNNMoney.com (press release) .... of United Management Group, stated, "Through this merger, we are in a unique position to address the rapidly changing needs of the medical community. ... [more]

1:33:04 PM Cancer-causing radon may be in your home
MLive.com - MI,USA

By Kalamazoo Gazette staff Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Chief medical Officer and Allegan County Health Department Medical Director .... [more]

1:30:26 PM Research and Markets: This Essential 2010 Worldwide Health & Medical
Benzinga

Benzinga .... (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2255cc/2010_worldwide_hea) has announced the addition of the "2010 Worldwide Health & Medical [more]

12:44:38 PM BioLife Solutions and OriGen Biomedical team to offer sterile,
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Trading Markets (press release) Biopreservation tools supplier BioLife Solutions Inc (OTCBB: BLFS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and OriGen Biomedical, a provider of biologic .... [more]

12:44:05 PM Neuralstem Announces First Patient Treated in ALS Stem Cell Trial
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) announced that the first ALS patient was treated with its spinal cord stem cells yesterday at ... [more]

12:15:50 PM Cord Blood America Announces Contract With BioE; Provides Clients
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

PR Newswire (press release) Provides optimum stem cell recoveries on each cord blood unit processed. Ensures the sterility and integrity of the cord blood unit. ... [more]

11:22:43 AM Sanofi Pasteur vaccines 'among top 10 medical breakthroughs'
Zenopa

Sanofi Pasteur revealed this week that two of its vaccines have made it on to Time magazine's list of the ten most prolific medical breakthroughs ever. ... [more]

10:35:43 AM Rare medical books find new home at University of Chicago
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

"It is not only of interest to the medical community but to historians, including art historians. The materials are often highly illustrated and of interest ... [more]

10:33:39 AM New Jersey's New Medical Marijuana Laws
Philly2Philly.com

The California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute found that cannabis may stop breast cancer from spreading through the body, providing a nontoxic, ... [more]

10:10:27 AM Rewiring the Brain With Stem Cells
Science Friday - New York,NY,USA

New research finds that in mice, transplanted neurons grown from embryonic stem cells can form proper connections with other brain parts. ... [more]

8:43:15 AM Health bill uncertainty worrisome to biotechs
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

elect Scott Brown's Tuesday night victory, some medical-device makers who oppose a new, $2 billion tax aimed at their industry welcomed the possibility that ... [more]

8:25:08 AM Top Medical Breakthroughs in 2009
GKLife (blog)

But before we walk away from this year, why not take a look back to see some of the biggest medical breakthroughs in 2009. There are plenty of treatments ... [more]

8:14:28 AM Harold T. Meryman, 88, dies; found method to freeze blood
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

He joined the Navy that year and was assigned to the Naval Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, where he worked on projects involving the effects of .... [more]

7:32:57 AM John McGowan selected to lead RMH Medical Group
Augusta Free Press

.... company within RMH Healthcare designed to align and integrate RMH's employed physicians and provide selected services to the medical community. .... [more]

7:31:05 AM Scientists discover way to create functional blood vessel cells from
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand

Thaindian.com Dr. Rafii is the Arthur B. Belfer Professor in Genetic Medicine and co-director of the Ansary Stem Cell Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College, ... [more]

6:33:16 AM Growing company has high hopes for medical device
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

The medical device company, which makes stents, has grown from five employees in 2005 to 100 now. CEO Chris Owens hopes to double that in two years. ... [more]

6:07:48 AM Dallas-area cancer researchers to get $17.4 million in state grants
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

By ROBERT T. GARRETT / The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN – Texas has awarded its first $61 million in cancer research grants, with Dallas-area scientists ... [more]

6:00:29 AM Texas cancer institute awards 1st research grants
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA

The UT-Austin grants, which total more than $3.3 million, will go to two projects by George Georgiou , a professor in biomedical engineering — one for a ... [more]

5:46:27 AM AdvaMed Congratulates Dr. Jeffrey Shuren's Appointment As Director of
DOTmed.com (press release) - New York,New York,USA

DOTmed.com (press release) "As one of the key negotiators during the reauthorization of the Medical Device User Fee Act, Dr. Shuren demonstrated he understands the unique needs of the ... [more]

5:04:11 AM Amphastar Pharmaceuticals files new appeal in FDA conflict-of-interest case
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Woodcock and her aides responded by creating a task force charged with finding the source of the problem, and Woodcock, who became a member of the medical ... [more]

4:51:20 AM Big Benefits Are Seen From Eating Less Salt
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

A panel appointed by the Institute of Medicine, the widely respected independent research arm of the National Academies of Science, is close to issuing a ... [more]

4:46:03 AM Stem cell registry event to sign up potential donors, save lives
Thousand Oaks Acorn - CA, USA

A stem cell registry event to sign up potential donors will take place from 10 am to 3 pm Mon., Jan. 25 at Las Virgenes Academy, in Building M on the AE ... [more]

4:18:58 AM Duke to host dirty bomb detection research
Durham Herald Sun

The researchers have received a $3.7 million contact from the federal Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority that could be worth nearly $44 ... [more]

3:26:15 AM FDA approves heart pump developed in Houston
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

“This is a big day that we've long awaited,” said Dr. Roberta Bogaev, medical director of Heart Failure and Transplant at the heart institute. ... [more]

3:23:33 AM UTHSC awarded $3.7M in research grants
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA

... was awarded $2 million to recruit a rising star in cancer research — Dmitri Ivanov, an assistant professor of biochemistry at Harvard Medical School. ... [more]

12:40:21 AM A Recovery Act Success Story: NIH Funding of Biomedical Innovation Is
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

PR Newswire (press release) As she sums it up, "the stimulus infusion is demonstrating that reinvesting in innovative biomedical ideas through the NIH can help the nation achieve .... [more]

12:04:10 AM Stem-cell rules advance in Michigan Senate
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

By ROBIN ERB A Michigan Senate committee has moved along a package of bills that would mandate additional reporting requirements in embryonic stem cell .... [more]



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