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11:55:25 PM Tiny DNA circles advance stem cell therapy prospects
Scope (blog)

By Krista Conger The promise of stem cells sometimes seems no more than a distant glow on the horizon, particularly for patients afflicted with devastating ... [more]

11:19:42 PM Imaging manufacturers: Plan to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure and ...
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA

In addition, MITA has collaborated with all medical community stakeholders in the in the Image Gently campaign to develop protocols specifically for .... [more]

11:10:49 PM Boston Scientific, Activision are big movers
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

By AP AP The medical device maker lost $1.1 billion loss in the fourth quarter and said it would cut up to 1300 jobs to shave costs. ... [more]

10:43:04 PM Still No Truce in the Stem-Cell Wars
Newsweek

Like hundreds of other stem-cell scientists, they had been intrigued and energized by the 2007 discovery that adult cells can be regressed back to an ... [more]

10:31:28 PM Greek hospitals owe drug, device makers; Daiichi drug gets FDA nod for ...
FiercePharma - Washington,DC,USA

> Drug and medical device companies are bracing for a revised proposal from the Greek government as hospital authorities attempt to pay off nearly €7 ... [more]

9:59:04 PM Cleveland: Study on lack of female sex drive underway here
WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA

Rapid Medical Research in Beachwood is conducting the study. Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) is a condition that many women describe as a decrease, ... [more]

9:01:28 PM Embryonic Stem Cell Research Focus Of Museum Of Natural History Program
Hartford Courant - United States

The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History will hold a field learning program on stem cell research as part of the Museum's Natural History of Health ... [more]

8:46:39 PM High School Students to Attend BioMedical Conference
Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis,IN,USA

Also, Eric M. Meslin, PhD., director of the IU Center for Bioethics, will explain to students the role of ethics in biomedical research. ... [more]

8:01:26 PM Defragmenting Healthcare: Science, Medicine and Smoking
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Yet the medical community -- doctors, dentist, health professionals -- has not yet adopted this comprehensive approach, despite adverse effects of smoking ... [more]

7:59:28 PM First FDA-Approved Stem Cell Trial in Pediatric Cerebral Palsy
Science Daily (press release) - USA

11, 2010) — Medical College of Georgia researchers are conducting the first FDA-approved clinical trial to determine whether an infusion of stem cells from ... [more]

7:39:53 PM FDA Concerned About Medical Radiation Exposure, Increases Oversight
Lawyers and Settlements - Vancouver,BC,Canada

.... patients undergoing CT scans and other medical procedures in four hospitals were given too much radiation, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ... [more]

7:26:50 PM Boston Scientific troubles pound shares
MarketWatch - USA

By Russ Britt, MarketWatch LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Boston Scientific Corp. shares tumbled as much as 10% on Thursday as the medical device maker was ... [more]

6:22:09 PM Lumen Biomedical sells core product to generate much needed cash
MedCity News - Cleveland,OH,USA

PLYMOUTH, Minnesota– Lumen Biomedical Inc. has sold one of its two clot removing devices to boost its balance sheet as the company struggles to stay afloat ... [more]

6:16:34 PM Power3 Medical Announces Execution of Definitive Agreement to Acquire
CNN/Money - USA

CNNMoney.com (press release) StemTroniX is a medical biotechnology company that is committed to improving the lives of individuals by using autologous adult stem cell technology to ... [more]

5:49:05 PM Public forum on social media, Internet to promote FDA-regulated products
U-M Health System News

13 and 14, 2009, the FDA hosted a 15-part hearing encompassing 76 presentations entitled, “Promotion of FDA-Regulated Medical Products Using the Internet ... [more]

5:29:47 PM Akron General Signs with McKesson to Improve Community Connectivity and ...
Earthtimes.org - USA

“Akron General is on the fast track to becoming a national showcase for what a connected medical community should look like,” said Dr. Jack Mitstifer, ... [more]

3:58:40 PM Theragenics(R) Reports Record Revenue with 2009 Results
MarketWatch - USA

Theragenics Corporation (NYSE:TGX) , a medical device company serving the surgical products and prostate cancer treatment markets, today announced .... [more]

3:49:09 PM Cell-Off: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Fall Short of Potential Found
Scientific American

Scientific American It was hoped using reprogrammed mature cells would be a noncontroversial alternative to embryo-derived stem cells. But problems like low replication rates ... [more]

3:37:30 PM Third Party Reexamination of Javelin Pharmaceuticals' Phase III Trial Data
MarketWatch - USA

MarketWatch (press release) ... President and Chief Medical Officer. "We will now move forward to meet with the FDA to discuss these trial results and the development path for Ereska. ... [more]

3:06:49 PM The Wakefield Saga: 2004 All Over Again
Age of Autism - Trumbull,USA

The medical community and the media will destroy you. So why am I going through all this? One reason: It isn't going to matter. Come on, we've heard it all ... [more]

2:23:09 PM Low IQ Linked To Heart Disease
KOCO - Oklahoma City,OK,USA

A study by Britain's Medical Research Council said that low intelligence had more of an impact than obesity or high blood pressure, according to a news ... [more]

12:51:34 PM Biotech Stock Alert for International Stem Cell Corp. Issued by Beacon
CNN/Money - USA

CNNMoney.com (press release) International Stem Cell Corp. (ISCO) develops leading-edge stem cell technology called "parthenogenesis," a regenerative technology to reduce .... [more]

11:54:30 AM Smith & Nephew profit rises 9% as sales growth catching up
MarketWatch - USA

By Jason Douglas LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Medical device company Smith & Nephew PLC Thursday reported a 9% rise in fourth-quarter net profit, ... [more]

10:14:34 AM My Health Care Marketer introduces "The 2011 Miami Physician Referral Guide"
1888 Press Release (press release) - Alief,TX,USA

The Physician Referral Guide contains all the contact information you need to efficiently keep your practice in touch with your local medical community: ... [more]

9:56:59 AM Medical brain scans show power of love
NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA

... and the brain looks very similar to someone with an intense craving,” said Yasvir Tesiram, Ph.D., of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. ... [more]

9:50:27 AM Newer stem cells flawed
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA

By Lisa Eckelbecker TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF WORCESTER — Human blood, vascular and retinal cells produced from induced pluripotent stem cells expanded less ... [more]

8:51:56 AM Doctor uses new tech to fill cancer scars
KABC - Los Angeles,CA,USA

He pioneered a new treatment called the Stem Cell Lift. He removes fat from the patient and harvests one of the body's most precious resource: adult stem ... [more]

7:14:38 AM Therapeutic Cells Derived From Reprogrammed (iPS) Stem Cells Display Early
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

PR Newswire (press release) "Before clinical application, it will be necessary to determine the cause and extent of such abnormalities, and whether they also occur in stem cells .... [more]

7:06:26 AM Ardele Brede: Here's your chance to boost our town
Post-Bulletin - Rochester,MN,USA

The Mayo Civic Center Expansion, Southern Rail Corridor, Destination Medical Community and the new Rochester Downtown Master Plan are a few of the issues to ... [more]

6:15:11 AM Boston Scientific plans job cuts
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

By Robert Weisman Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp., still grappling with the aftermath of a giant acquisition and big legal settlements, ... [more]

5:40:45 AM Tuskegee hosts biomedical sciences, health professions
Tuskegee University - Tuskegee,AL,USA

The event, which focuses on students who have demonstrated an interest in furthering their education in the biomedical sciences or other health related ... [more]

5:24:06 AM Today's real top ten iPhone medical apps
mobihealthnews - Boston,Massachusetts,USA

.... snapshot of the current free medical iPhone app market: 10 apps that are enjoying popularity among the medical community and other interested consumers. ... [more]

4:46:17 AM Defibrillator Safety Questioned
Wall Street Journal - USA

The Natick, Mass., medical device maker criticized HeartRhythm for publishing the article without a "detailed engineering analysis" of the highlighted ... [more]

3:40:27 AM Child's own stem cells help her cerebral palsy
ABC Action News - Tampa,FL,USA

Alyssa is just back from Duke University where she had an infusion of stem cells to treat her cerebral palsy - triggered by brain damage that occurred at ... [more]

2:32:20 AM Key Events in the Case of Merck's Painkiller Vioxx
ABC News - United States

—June 2000: Merck gives FDA results of a study known as VIGOR, in which patients taking Vioxx had five times the heart attacks of those taking an older pain ... [more]

1:37:13 AM Simple Health-Care Fix Fizzles Out
Wall Street Journal - USA

Such views aren't universal in the medical community. The late Donald Baim, Boston Scientific's chief medical officer, said Courage didn't change practice ... [more]

1:04:30 AM Harvard criticized for hiring drug exec to oversee research
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

Dr. Lee Nadler, dean of clinical and translational research at the medical school, called Chin, whom he met in 1969 when he was a first-year medical student ... [more]

12:59:59 AM Stem-cell research backers vow to elect those favorable to their cause
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA

The Lifesaving Cures group asked legislators in Senate Bill 74 to repeal the current ban in South Dakota on all embryonic stem cell research. ... [more]



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