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11:51:52 PM BRIEF: Woman dies after NW Fresno fire
FireEngineering.com - Fair Lawn,NJ,USA

By Jim Guy and Eddie Jimenez, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Jan. 25--1:58 pm: A woman injured during an apartment fire this morning in northwest Fresno has died, ... [more]

11:40:53 PM JTC to expand Biopolis
Straits Times

By Jessica Cheam Singapore's premier biomedical research hub Biopolis will see the addition of a further 40000 sq m of space for research and clinical .... [more]

11:19:27 PM International Stem Cell Corporation Progresses towards Establishment of
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Business Wire (press release) International Stem Cell Corporation has made breakthrough stem cell discoveries that result in unique advantages over the only two other proven methods of ... [more]

11:06:32 PM Medtronic Benefits From Acquisition, Approval News
ABC News - United States

AP Shares of Medtronic closed higher Monday after the medical device maker announced the acquisition of a European rival and the US approval of a new heart ... [more]

11:05:42 PM Medtronic Valve Wins FDA Approval
Wall Street Journal - USA

In July, an outside panel of medical experts recommended approval, saying the device had "probable benefit." Medtronic officials have said the pulmonary ... [more]

10:52:24 PM Corporate Backing for Research? Get Over It
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

... “conflicts” has led some of the best medical researchers to shun drug company money altogether — not because they think it leads to bad research, ... [more]

9:50:53 PM Medical Acoustics Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance of Therapeutic Lung Flute®
Earthtimes.org - USA

... for diagnostic and therapeutic medical applications, today announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance of its Therapeutic Lung Flute ® . ... [more]

9:40:29 PM Lung Flute Gets FDA Clearance
About - News & Issues (blog)

Medical Acoustics LLC announced that the Therapeutic Lung Flute®, a medical device designed to help COPD patients clear secretions from their respiratory ... [more]

9:23:10 PM Vitamin D may reduce bowel cancer risk, biomedical scientists say
Mediplacements

Vitamin D may possess qualities which help people avoid developing bowel cancer, a team of biomedical scientists has found. According to researchers from a ... [more]

9:20:47 PM New City man meets woman he helped save through stem cell donation
Lower Hudson Journal news

Naasz, a mother of two children, was fighting acute myelogenous leukemia and was in need of new stem cells. In August 2003, Pollack's stem cells were taken ... [more]

9:14:32 PM Edward Jay Epstein: The Anthrax Attacks Remain Unsolved
Wall Street Journal - USA

.... a senior biodefense researcher at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Fort Detrick, Md. The cause of death was ... [more]

8:37:48 PM Scientists Find Quicker Way to Study Cancer Drivers
ABC News - United States

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have found a new and faster way of studying a crucial class of cancer cells, called cancer stem cells, ... [more]

8:04:40 PM FDA Okays Valve That Can Be Placed Without Open-Heart Surgery
Wall Street Journal - USA

The Melody was approved under the FDA's Humanitarian Device Exemption program which allows devices to be approved for use to treat medical conditions that ... [more]

8:03:10 PM Reportlinker Adds Cord Blood Stem Cells - A Global Market Overview
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

The cord blood stem cells show the potential to treat the fatal diseases such as leukemia, cardiac attacks and debilitating diseases including Alzheimer's ... [more]

7:57:42 PM Sheares, former NJ pharma exec, gets board seat at medical device maker
Bridgeton News - Bridgeton,NJ,USA

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com By Susan Todd/The Star-Ledger The Star-LedgerBradley Sheares has landed a board seat at Henry ScheinBradley Sheares, once a rising star inside Merck's ... [more]

7:41:10 PM Financing Woes Delay Stem Cell Lab Construction
San Diego Business Journal - CA,USA

By HEATHERÂ CHAMBERS A taxpayer-funded stem cell research laboratory planned for the Torrey Pines Mesa is among three such facilities in the works statewide ... [more]

7:16:52 PM Doctors Thought Discontinued J&J Cancer Test Was Impractical
Wall Street Journal - USA

But the medical community was cautious. Even some doctors who participated in the clinical trial didn't immediately replace frozen section with GeneSearch, ... [more]

7:08:05 PM Coriell Institute Receives $27M for Human Genetics Biobank and New Stem
Yacht Vacations & Charters Magazine (press release) - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA

SYS-CON Media (press release) This contract will allow Coriell to introduce a powerful type of stem cell called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, into the Repository. .... [more]

6:57:25 PM FDA Approves First Percutaneous Heart Valve
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

The FDA approved the Melody under the Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) program, which supports the development of medical devices intended to benefit ... [more]

6:11:08 PM Earnings Preview: Abbott Laboratories to Report 4Q
ABC News - United States

AP Drug and medical-device company Abbott Laboratories reports earnings for the fourth quarter and full-year 2009 on Wednesday. The following is a summary ... [more]

6:06:16 PM US picks GE to develop medical isotopes
Reuters - NY,USA

"This pragmatic approach addresses a critical US medical community need while supporting President Obama's goal of reducing the risk posed by global use of ... [more]

5:53:07 PM Photonics West off to a big start
SPIE Newsroom - Bellingham,WA,USA

Conference chairs for the strong Biomedical Optics (BiOS) technical program that opened the week reported seeing high-energy sessions including several .... [more]

5:52:23 PM In tough economic times, NIH head looks to clinic
Reuters - NY,USA

One of Obama's first acts as president was to loosen restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Collins said the big research ... [more]

5:21:16 PM Nipro GlucoPro Insulin Syringe Recall: Needles May Come Out During Use
AboutLawsuits.com - USA

The FDA and Nipro Medical Corporation have announced a nationwide recall of all GlucoPro Insulin Syringes due to a risk that the needle may break off of the ... [more]

5:00:16 PM Advancing Stem Cell Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA

The UK Stem Cell Foundation (UKSCF) and the Multiple Sclerosis Society joined forces to accelerate the transfer of stem cell science into the clinic to help ... [more]

3:46:39 PM UW hires two industry vets to help spin out new technologies
TechFlash - Seattle,WA,USA

Seattle venture capitalist Rick LeFaivre and medical device entrepreneur Tom Clement have been named co-directors of the University of Washington's New ... [more]

3:41:49 PM Senior housing development planned on Research Medical property
Kansas City Star

A proposal that would develop 266 senior housing units along Troost Avenue as part of a larger revamping of the Research Medical Center Brookside Campus is ... [more]

3:26:24 PM Stem Cellutrition(TM)(C), a Division of Stem Cell Assurance, Inc., Is
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

PR Newswire (press release) Plant Stem Cell Serum contains stem cells from the rare Swiss Uttwilwer Spatlauber apple combined with biomimetic peptide technology, an award-winning ... [more]

3:09:45 PM EnviroXtract Buys Technology License For Biomedical Red Bag Waste
RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA

RTT News The company noted that the RTEX biomedical and Red Bag waste incineration system could generate almost-immediate revenues for EnviroXtract upon successful ... [more]

2:33:33 PM MedeFile Becomes the Exclusive Personal Health Record Vendor for Soren ...
CNN/Money - USA

Soren Technology works closely with partners and the medical community to ensure that patient information moves seamlessly between health care enterprises. ... [more]

2:32:48 PM Medical Device Tester holds internal temperature of 98.6°F.
Industrial News Room - New York,NY,USA

January 25, 2010 - The Phoenix maintains internal ambient temperature around 98.6°F ±0.5°F for testing implantable medical devices, and use of conduction ... [more]

2:26:12 PM EDAP Continues FDA Discussion on US ENLIGHT Trial Protocol
CNN/Money - USA

... Drug Administration (FDA) has been scheduled for later this month. The discussion follows the Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of the Medical ... [more]

2:22:17 PM StemCells, Inc. Launches First Cell Culture Medium to Enable Derivation
CNN/Money - USA

CNNMoney.com (press release) By providing a route to true rat embryonic stem cell lines, GS1-R is expected to facilitate efforts to achieve new, more sophisticated disease models that ... [more]

1:48:22 PM Osiris Completes Enrollment in Stem Cell Trial for Type 1 Diabetes
istockAnalyst.com - Salem,OR,USA

“Completing the enrollment phase of this landmark trial represents a significant milestone for the development of stem cell therapies for type 1 diabetes,” ... [more]

1:24:37 PM JTC unveils new projects for biomedical sector
Channel News Asia - Singapore

And to increase land utilisation, policy makers are considering plans to cluster biomedical firms in high-rise buildings. Biopolis - a biomedical research ... [more]

1:12:25 PM PolyTouch Medical Ltd. Announces The Appointment of William Edelman as ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

Mr. Edelman brings over 32 years of experience in various executive positions in the medical device industry, most recently as President & Chief Executive ... [more]

1:02:39 PM Kelyniam Refocusing Efforts on Cranial Implants
CNN/Money - USA

.... and assist the medical disciplines. After the successful completion of the prototype models, we are hoping to cut some actual implants from FDA approved ... [more]

11:39:23 AM GCC lags behind in attracting medical tourism
AME Info - United Arab Emirates

The Medical Community, occupying an area of 4.1 million square feet, focuses on clinical services for disease treatment and prevention, while the Wellness ... [more]

11:27:15 AM Clinical researchers work hard to be part of solution
RocNow - Rochester,NY,USA

Our medical group had merged with another larger group and had decided that clinical research was not in its vision. We then became the independent company ... [more]

10:56:21 AM Acorda Therapeutics wins FDA approval for multiple sclerosis
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Acorda Therapeutics, a biotechnology company, has received marketing approval from the FDA for Ampyra, an oral treatment to improve walking in patients with ... [more]

9:43:01 AM Biopolis' $80m expansion
Straits Times

By Jessica Cheam SINGAPORE'S premier biomedical research hub Biopolis is set for another expansion this year, industrial developer JTC Corporation said on ... [more]

8:44:46 AM Tobacco Researcher: BMJ Article On Electronic Cigarette Nothing But An
OfficialWire - New York,NY,USA

OfficialWire (press release) The article referred to previous FDA research, which had found minute quantities of carcinogens in electronic cigarettes, albeit at levels thousands of ... [more]

8:39:47 AM Medical debate looks at comparing therapies
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento,CA,USA

In the absence of such scrutiny, he added, "Patients aren't always getting the best medical treatment." Because the proposal for comparative research .... [more]

7:55:30 AM Regulatory affairs graduates first class
News at St. Cloud State University - St. Cloud,MN,USA

The first program in the nation to focus specifically on preparing students for the medical device industry began in September 2007 with members of the .... [more]

7:49:06 AM Personalized prescription
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

“The FDA can label drugs to say that this medication is only indicated if you have this [genetic] finding,'' as it does for the cancer drug, Herceptin, ... [more]

7:10:57 AM Our Opinon: Stick with biotech
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA

Mr. Allen sees success stories such as the Lake Nona Medical City in Orlando, where infrastructure is being built to support thousands of jobs in biomedical ... [more]

6:57:18 AM The role of nutrition in slowing Alzheimer's
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA

Over the past few years, medical research has strongly suggested that the progression of Alzheimer's may be slowed by good nutrition. A nutrient-dense diet, ... [more]

6:23:57 AM The skinny on our obesity problem
Salisbury Post - Salisbury,NC,USA

The CHAC was composed of 41 Rowan County citizens representing private and public agencies, public education, the medical community, the Board of Health, ... [more]

5:46:52 AM $1.28 million grant awarded to CSUF for stem-cell research
The Daily Titan - Fullerton,CA,USA

For Fullerton, it will fund the training of 10 stem cell researchers for one year. This is part of the CIRM's attempt to provide California with skilled and ... [more]

5:20:22 AM FDA to Hold Public Meeting on Medical Device Premarket Clearance Process
DOTmed.com (press release) - New York,New York,USA

.... reviews and clears certain medical devices marketed in the United States. The FDA says it receives more than 3000 of the 510(k) submissions each year. ... [more]

4:22:31 AM Court backs some tobacco ad bans, nixes others
American Medical News - USA

.... restrictions on claims about the effect of FDA tobacco safety regulation could be interpreted as attempting to chill public discourse by the medical and ... [more]

3:14:37 AM Personalized Medicine Creates New Opportunities For Diagnostics Stocks
The Wall Street Transcript - USA

January 24, 2010 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published Medical Research, Diagnostic Substances, Life Science Tools Report offering a timely review ... [more]



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