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News From Wednesday, February 10, 2010
11:55:38 PM Medical device makers cry foul at proposed bill
Twin Cities Finance and Commerce - Minneapolis,MN,USA

Smith said that competitors of one medical device firm could get a clue as to what type of product that company was developing by looking at the expertise ... [more]

11:38:44 PM Athersys says granted US patents for stem cell therapy
Reuters - NY,USA

O) said it has been granted two US patents that cover its proprietary MultiStem technology, an investigational stem cell therapy, sending its shares up 32 ... [more]

11:07:00 PM Researchers discover first genes for stuttering
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA

The National Institutes of Health—The Nation's Medical Research Agency — includes 27 institutes and centers and is a component of the US Department of ... [more]

10:36:44 PM With Anorexia, Body May Hoard Fat in Bones
US News - USA

Earlier studies had found that hormonal changes in malnourished people trigger the bone marrow's mesenchymal stem cells to turn into fat cells rather than ... [more]

10:33:26 PM 'More' biomedical research needed into pancreatic cancer
Mediplacements

There needs to be more biomedical research conducted into the causes of pancreatic cancer, it has been claimed. According to Dr Adrienne Morgan, .... [more]

10:16:43 PM Texas Whistleblower Nurse Stands Trial
InjuryBoard.com (blog)

This trial could have a lasting impact on the medical community and could adversely affect patient safety. I guess we are just going to have to wait and see ... [more]

8:56:10 PM Rebuilt DNA Could Lead to Cloned Neanderthals
FOX News - USA

That stem cell would be left to reproduce, creating a colony of cells that could be programmed to become any type of cell that existed in the Neanderthal's ... [more]

8:22:39 PM Volcano acquires Xtract thrombus aspiration catheter from Lumen Biomedical
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Volcano has signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Lumen Biomedical for the distribution of Lumen Biomedical's Xtract thrombus aspiration ... [more]

7:55:39 PM Weight Loss Surgery Best Option for Overweight Teens?
ABC News - United States

Though the FDA is considering broadening its standards on gastric banding to include teens aged 14 to 17, the proceudre is currently approved only for ... [more]

7:47:40 PM Low IQ Predicts Heart Disease
New York Times (blog)

“IQ is a marker of lifetime insults, physiological insults,'' said David Batty, a Wellcome Trust fellow and scientist at the Medical Research Council in ... [more]

7:07:37 PM Tactx deal beefs up Creganna's medical device capabilities
Plastics News - Akron,OH,USA

By Roger Renstrom | PLASTICS NEWS CORRESPONDENT ANAHEIM, CALIF. (Feb. 10, 1:45 pm ET) -- Creganna of Galway, Ireland, recently completed an acquisition that ... [more]

6:59:23 PM Creating unsustainable communities
Nova News Now - New Minas,Nova Scotia,Canada

Some from the local medical community have suggested that closure of the Annapolis outpatient's department has been a goal of the district health authority ... [more]

4:55:15 PM FDA Alert: BD announced recall of medical devices due to potential hazard
NewYorkInjuryNews - New York City,New York,USA

Legal news for New Jersey product liability attorneys –The FDA announced recall of Becton Dickinson and Company medical devices due to potential hazards of ... [more]

4:49:25 PM Merck to appoint drug safety monitors to end suits
The Associated Press

TRENTON, NJ — Merck & Co. must appoint two new independent committees and a chief medical officer to monitor the safety of its medicines and drugs in ... [more]

4:48:43 PM Millipore Joins Biomedical Diagnostics Institute
Bioscience Technology

.... a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, and the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI), ... [more]

4:42:58 PM Athersys, Inc. ATHX Up 32 Percent in Pre-Market on Stem Cell Patent
TransWorldNews (press release) - Monroe,GA,USA

Athersys, Inc. ATHX announced it received a US patent covering non-embryonic multipotent stem cells. Apparently the market took notice as shares were up 32 ... [more]

4:07:40 PM StemCells, Inc. Announces First Human Neural Stem Cell Transplant in
CNN/Money - USA

CNNMoney.com (press release) The stem cells were administered yesterday at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Children's Hospital by direct injection into the brain of a ... [more]

3:57:49 PM Flex Fuels Energy, Inc. to Focus Resources on Medical Device Sector
CNN/Money - USA

Directly in line with that strategy, the Company is now in advanced negotiations to invest into a medical device opportunity, providing a platform that is ... [more]

2:12:54 PM Athersys Stem-Cell Treatment Gets Patents; Shares Jump
Wall Street Journal - USA

Athersys Inc. (ATHX) said its stem-cell treatment MultiStem has received US and European patent protection. Its shares were up 19% at $3.43 premarket; .... [more]

2:05:43 PM Gastric band outweighs dieting for obese teens
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia

This study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, but the equipment was supplied by gastric band maker Allergan. ... [more]

1:58:49 PM Review of Biomedical Defenses to Speed Drug Development
HSToday

HHS has solicited input for the PHEMCE report from private companies--like PharmAthene, a biomedical company based in Annapolis, Md. "One of the reasons the ... [more]

1:33:42 PM Gastric Banding May be Approved by FDA for Minors
ABC News - United States

By COURTNEY HUTCHISON, ABC News Medical Unit Allowing teens to have weight loss surgery is often viewed as a questionable choice, but for 21-year-old Kayla ... [more]

12:49:26 PM Data Monitoring Committee Recommends Continuation of Phase III Study of
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

PR Newswire (press release) The company is developing a pipeline of products in stem cell transplantation and in tissue regeneration to effectively treat debilitating and often fatal ... [more]

12:22:11 PM Healthy Living: Journal retracts autism,vaccine link study
News 10 Now - Syracuse,NY,USA

“I think most of us in the medical community have long realized even before this study was published that the role of vaccines is probably non-existent in ... [more]

11:47:22 AM Athersys Receives US Patent Covering Adult Stem Cell Composition &
CNN/Money - USA

CNNMoney.com (press release) The issued patents cover Athersys' proprietary scalable MultiStem ® technology, which is an investigational stem cell therapy that has demonstrated ... [more]

11:43:21 AM Breast cancer drug doesn't work with some antidepressants
Chicago Sun-Times

The research by Medco Health Solutions was presented Tuesday at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Orlando. ... [more]

11:02:12 AM CareFusion sees a 'gradual thaw'
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

By By Thomas Kupper STAFF WRITER Medical device maker CareFusion said yesterday that it continues to see gradual improvement from a recessionary slump in ... [more]

10:10:08 AM Medicare reimbursement should be reformed this year
Longview Daily News - Longview,WA,USA

.... medical conditions can find health insurance; giving citizens easier access to cheaper, FDA-approved prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies; ... [more]

9:00:49 AM Don't Lift The Ban
Yankton Daily Press - Yankton,SD,USA

Science tells us that embryonic stem cells are life ... to destroy them is to kill. Parents who rejected these embryos, in favor of the embryos chosen to ... [more]

8:22:02 AM St. Jude Medical Announces European Launch of USB Cellular Adaptor for
MarketWatch - USA

MarketWatch (press release) The Merlin.net PCN is the first medical device data network to be recognized with this certification. The Merlin.net PCN was also recognized as a silver ... [more]

7:42:12 AM Faulty research
The Free Lance-Star

So says the British medical journal Lancet, which in 1998 set off a 12-year, international controversy--causing some parents to abandon a key inoculation ... [more]

7:21:31 AM UK firm gets final green light for stem cell trial
Reuters - NY,USA

A human embryonic stem cell line derived at Stanford University is seen in this handout photo released to Reuters by the California Institute for ... [more]

7:02:12 AM Esiri: Exit of the Last Fifteen
This Day - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria

The Nigerian medical community was prolific in its recognition of Dr. Esiri's service to the medical profession. He was given the Nigerian Medical ... [more]

5:12:52 AM Patent Profile: Fate Therapeutics to Receive First US Patent for Induced ...
Patent Docs - Chicago,IL,USA

The application's lone Example describes the generation of a transgenic mouse by integration of an inducible Oct-4 gene and the resulting enhanced stem cell ... [more]

4:56:35 AM US unveils offer to help Iran purchase medical isotopes
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The offer, officials said, is meant to persuade Iran to halt its controversial push to produce fuel for a medical research reactor. ... [more]

3:51:03 AM Medical Breakthroughs: What's your normal weight?
KGET 17 - Bakersfield,CA,USA

Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania medical school say we all have a body weight thermostat -- a range within 10 to 20 percent -- we're naturally ... [more]

3:32:14 AM FDA to Increase Medical Radiation Oversight
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

With the announcement, the FDA puts its regulatory muscle behind a growing movement to make life-saving medical radiation — both diagnostic and therapeutic ... [more]

1:07:39 AM Leptos Biomedical to call it quits
MedCity News - Cleveland,OH,USA

FRIDLEY, Minnesota– Leptos Biomedical Inc., a start-up developing a neurostimulation device to treat obesity, is shutting down. In a brief phone interview, ... [more]

12:59:37 AM ReNeuron approved for stem cell trial
Financial Times

It will be the world's first human test of stem cell therapy for strokes. John Sinden, ReNeuron chief scientist, told the FT the two-year trial would begin ... [more]

12:40:12 AM Obese teens urged to consider lap band surgery
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

The research, which is published today in one of the world's most influential medical journals, Journal of the American Medical Association, .... [more]



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