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News From Thursday, February 04, 2010
11:48:33 PM FDA Notifies Doctors Of Recall For SafeSheath Device
Wall Street Journal - USA

(GE), said it's "working cooperatively with the FDA to recall the Thomas Medical product, and educate physicians that excessive force applied to the .... [more]

11:42:16 PM St. Jude sees US launch of Fortify line in mid-2010
Reuters - NY,USA

Eric Fain, head of St. Jude's Cardiac Rhythm Management business, told Reuters that the medical device maker, which announced European approval for the ... [more]

11:27:50 PM Allergan buys Serica Technologies for undisclosed amount
Mass Device - USA

Serica shareholders will receive cash and equity in a new venture called Alacer Biomedical Inc., which holds exclusive rights to Serica's intellectual ... [more]

10:59:34 PM Fate Therapeutics, MIT Scientist Get Stem Cell Patent
BusinessWeek - USA

James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin also developed a method for developing stem cells. Jaenisch's claim may signal the start of a patent war, ... [more]

10:09:59 PM Lungs of Pigs Could Be Transplanted Into Humans
TopNews - Little Rock,Arkansas,USA

A huge medical breakthrough has been achieved after it was discovered that pig lungs could actually be transplanted into that of humans and this discovery ... [more]

9:49:28 PM fMRI May Allow Communication With Some Patients in Vegetative or
Medscape - USA

Medscape The lead author on the paper is Martin M. Monti, PhD, from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and the Wolfson Brain ... [more]

9:30:25 PM Swansea malpractice lawyer said 'caps' decision was predictable; ICJL calls
St. Clair Record - Edwardsville,IL,USA

St. Clair Record "Many of my good friends in the medical community predicted this result," Keefe said. The Court overturned a 2005 law that capped non-economic damages ... [more]

8:07:11 PM FDA Unveils Program To Stop Contaminated Drug, Food Imports
Wall Street Journal - USA

Hamburg said the FDA is also trying to leverage relationships with foreign governments and companies to better oversee food, drug and medical device .... [more]

7:27:22 PM OSU gets $2M foundation gift
Columbus Business First - Columbus,OH,USA

Ohio State University's medical research efforts and business college are getting a boost thanks to a $2 million gift from a Florida foundation. ... [more]

7:12:06 PM St. Jude gets European approval on heart devices
BusinessWeek - USA

Medical device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. said Thursday it received European approval of three implantable defibrillators. The company said it received ... [more]

6:57:44 PM Patients with mild gallstone pancreatitis can undergo surgery sooner ...
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA

A new study from researchers at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) indicates patients may no longer have to wait so long for surgery and ... [more]

6:42:07 PM Roche Allies with MGH and Harvard to Develop Stem Cell-Derived Cell Lines
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA

Genetic Engineering News (press release) Roche is teaming up with the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University to develop new stem cell-based cell lines as disease models for early ... [more]

6:34:13 PM International Team Maps Methylation Changes During Cellular Differentiation
GenomeWeb News - NY,USA

But, the researchers reported, compared with the other cell types tested, embryonic stem cells had higher levels of non-CpG methylation as well. ... [more]

6:30:19 PM Years later, trying to break a faulty vaccine connection
MarketWatch (blog)

But perhaps the biggest message is how fragile the public's trust in medical research is to begin with. To be sure, mistrust of vaccines predates Wakefield, ... [more]

6:07:18 PM Local doctor dies
Moulton Advertiser

By Jason Houston Staff Writer A long-time fixture of the medical community in Lawrence County, Dr. Garland Hall, died Sunday morning, Jan. 31. ... [more]

4:39:54 PM Palomar's laser stretch mark device wins FDA nod
Mass Device - USA

The Food & Drug Administration cleared Palomar Medical Technologies' Lux1540 cosmetic laser device for treating stretch marks. ... [more]

4:22:44 PM Reportlinker Adds Drug-device Combinations: The Global Market
IT News Online - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India

192 APPLICATION OF A THERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCE TO A TISSUE LOCATION USING AN EXPANDABLE MEDICAL DEVICE 192 MULTI-STABLE VALVES FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS AND ... [more]

3:23:27 PM Linden reports acquisition of Hycor Biomedical from Agilent Technologies
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Healthcare and life science private equity firm Linden LLC reported on Wednesday that it has acquired Hycor Biomedical Inc from measurement solutions ... [more]

3:08:41 PM Emergo Group acquires UK medical device company
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

Medical device consulting firm Emergo Group Inc. acquired Sheffield, England-based Mediqol Ltd. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. .... [more]

2:42:28 PM Clinic today looks for stem-cell donors
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada

Both individuals were unable to find stem cell donors within their families. We want you to tell us what you think of our articles. If the story moves you, ... [more]

2:15:21 PM Mintaka Foundation for Medical Research Receives £2.7m For HIV Research
Pharmaceutical Business Review

The Mintaka Foundation for Medical Research in Geneva has received fund of £2.7m from Wellcome Trust, London. The fund will be used to proceed an anti-HIV ... [more]

1:34:50 PM Questcor Appoints Jason Zielonka, MD Chief Medical Officer
CNN/Money - USA

Jason's appointment ends the interim-CMO activities of Carol Trapnell, MD We thank Carol for her excellent contribution to our recent acceptance by the FDA ... [more]

1:05:53 PM Retraction won't end vaccine-autism debate
Mountaineers

"One (child with autism) is enough, and the medical community doesn't have to take care of Ava. I do," McDaniel said. State survey numbers show that in the ... [more]

11:35:31 AM Study: Politics affects views on stem-cell research
Daily Cardinal - Madison,WI,USA

By Ariel Shapiro A recent UW-Madison study found that Wisconsin voters' level of political activism on the issue of stem-cell research is more likely to be ... [more]

9:27:20 AM Mother gives heartfelt thanks to biotechnology
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

.... Assemblyman Marty Block, but rather his wife, Cindy, who was a featured speaker in Sacramento on Tuesday at a gathering of biomedical industry leaders. ... [more]

9:16:07 AM New stem cell therapy may help heal acute lung injury
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

The lung cells were derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). The study showed that mice receiving the transplantable lung cells lived longer, ... [more]

9:10:18 AM Researchers unlock the “inner voice” of vegetative patients
eFitnessNow - Venice,California,USA

This medical breakthrough has tremendous implications for the care and treatment of vegetative patients. In a new study published in the New England Journal ... [more]

8:36:01 AM British medical journal retracts autism study
St. Joseph News-Press - St. Joseph,MO,USA

A wise response to cases like this, Dr. Francis said, would be for the medical community to begin screening people before vaccinating them to make sure they ... [more]

7:52:35 AM National Cancer Institute deploys cloud computing to direct research
EDL Consulting - Northbrook,IL,USA

Biomedical research not only has complicated subject matter, it is a challenge to conduct. With lives at stake, material is time sensitive, requires privacy ... [more]

6:56:45 AM Wales failing to support Alzheimer's research
WalesOnline - United Kingdom

“This form of research is the simplest and most effective way of improving patient care swiftly. “The Medical Research Council and other funding councils ... [more]

6:01:49 AM AtriCure to Resolve Medicare Fraud Allegations
DOTmed.com (press release) - New York,New York,USA

Such use is not FDA-approved. The marketing and sales also allegedly included paying kickbacks to health care providers to use the devices, ... [more]

5:59:27 AM Heart disease strikes younger people
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA

February is heart month, a time when the medical community evaluates how far it's come in fighting heart disease and what it still needs to do. ... [more]

5:06:38 AM Vegetative man gives yes or no answers via MRI in medical breakthrough
Herald Sun - Melbourne City,Victoria,Australia

"Now we need to sit down with the multi-disciplinary medical community and legal experts to consider what we are going to do with this. ... [more]

4:28:54 AM Stem cell research backer may revive ballot effort
Daily Republic - Mitchell,SD,USA

After losing a battle in the South Dakota Legislature, a supporter of embryonic stem cell research said Wednesday he may revive an effort to get a statewide ... [more]

3:55:44 AM New Drug for Debilitating Hand Disorder FDA Approved
Newswise (press release) - USA

The Department of Orthopaedics at Stony Brook University Medical Center will soon open the “Dupuytren's Institute” to further support patient care, ... [more]

3:33:01 AM Brains of vegetative patients show life
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

A staff neuroscientist with the British government's Medical Research Council, Monti said the possibility of unlocking the wishes of previously mute ... [more]

3:32:17 AM OrthoCor Medical: Trying to get a leg up
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA

Using magnetism and heat, OrthoCor Medical's device is designed to provide help for battered knees. By JANET MOORE, Star Tribune The single-room office of ... [more]

3:30:56 AM Vatican newspaper calls new stem cell source 'future of medicine'
Catholic News Agency - Denver,CO,USA

The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano republished an interview on Wednesday detailing current research on a new source of stem cells that is being ... [more]

3:29:14 AM Woman Says Sex-Change Tax Battle Also Helps Others
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

.... that could help educate and bring along transgender rights in other areas because it ratifies what the medical community has said clearly for years, ... [more]

1:22:27 AM Scientist on 'brain scan breakthrough'
BBC News - E,UK

The study was conducted by experts at the Medical Research Council, the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre in Cambridge and the University of Liege in Belgium. ... [more]

1:21:01 AM Founder of North Canton Medical Foundation dies
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA

By Dottie McGrew NORTH CANTON: Dr. Ralph T. Warburton, a founder of the North Canton Medical Foundation and a pillar of the medical community, ... [more]

1:15:00 AM Factory Reimbursement Launches New Tools to Manage Medical Device ...
Your-Story.org (press release)

“Rather than hiring an expensive consultant to handle reimbursement, medical device manufacturers can now get all the answers they need to do it themselves, ... [more]

12:50:50 AM Botox Chapter 2: Is It Safe?
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

This is not widely known outside of a select medical community. The FDA has seemingly turned a blind eye toward Allergan's off-label promotion of this drug ... [more]



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