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Airborne laser reveals city under Cambodian earth
June 18, 2013 1:30 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsAirborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex. The discovery was announced late Monday in a peer-reviewed paper released early by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Report: US adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent
June 18, 2013 12:44 am | by MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsFewer U.S. adults are smoking, a new government report says. Last year, about 18 percent of adults participating in a national health survey described themselves as current smokers. The nation's smoking rate generally has been falling for decades, but had seemed to stall at around 20 to 21...
First-of-Its-Kind Independent Review of INFUSE® Bone Graft Coordinated by Yale University is Complete
June 17, 2013 5:06 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsINFUSE Bone Graft Remains Important Treatment Option MINNEAPOLIS - June 17, 2013 - Medtronic, Inc. [NYSE: MDT] acknowledged today the publication of the findings from Yale University's...
Gap in Autism Care
June 17, 2013 2:19 pm | by Harvard Medical School | News | CommentsGap in Autism Care
Charged Aerosol Detector for LC
June 17, 2013 2:15 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe Thermo Scientific Dionex Corona Veo is an advanced charged aerosol detector (CAD) for liquid chromatography (LC) engineered to increase the effectiveness of CAD technology with expanded low-flow capability and additional sensitivity compared to its previous detectors.
LC Columns Featuring Solid-Core Particle Technology
June 17, 2013 2:02 pm | Product Releases | CommentsWaters introduced CORTECS Columns, a new family of 1.6 micron solid-core UltraPerformance LC Columns. Available in C18, C18+ or HILIC chemistries, Waters offers the columns in 30 unique column configurations and is making them available for shipping worldwide. Waters introduced the new columns at HPLC 2013, the 39th Annual Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques.
Globus faces $16M payment over patent dispute
June 17, 2013 1:59 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSpinal implant manufacturer Globus Medical may have to pay $16 million after a jury decided that three of its products infringed on the patents held by DePuy Synthes Products LLC, a unit of Johnson & Johnson Inc. Globus said that the jury in the U.S. District Court in Delaware made its...
Single-use Laboratory Bioreactor
June 17, 2013 1:53 pm | Product Releases | CommentsSartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) offers UniVessel SU, the second generation of its single-use bioreactor. This single-use stirred tank bioreactor can be operated in a choice of working volumes ranging from 0.6L to 2L, and is suitable for the cultivation of mammalian cells, including stem cells, insect, and plant cells.
BioScrip will buy drug infusion company for $223M
June 17, 2013 1:42 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsBioScrip Inc. plans to expand its drug infusion business with a $223 million acquisition of CarePoint, which administers drugs to patients in their homes and other locations outside of hospitals. BioScrip, of Elmsford, N.Y., provides medication infusion services such as IVs and administers...
Teva Pharma buying MicroDose Therapeutx for $40M
June 17, 2013 1:25 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsTeva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Monday that it is buying MicroDose Therapeutx for $40 million to build its pipeline of respiratory products. Teva, based in Israel, is one of the world's largest makers of generic drugs. It also makes branded medicines. As part of the deal for MicroDose,...
Lilly to take over development of diabetes drug
June 17, 2013 1:22 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsEli Lilly and Co. will pay Canadian drug developer Transition Therapeutics Inc. $7 million and take over the development of a potential diabetes treatment heading into mid-stage clinical testing. Transition said Monday it also could receive up to $240 million in additional payments, plus...
Melanoma Tumors 'Eradicated' in Mice
June 17, 2013 11:10 am | News | CommentsResearchers eradicated most melanoma tumors by exposing them to a fast-acting virus, according to a report in the Journal of Virology. Melanoma is the deadliest type of skin cancer and can spread throughout the body and even into the brain.
To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?
June 17, 2013 11:10 am | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
Technique Clears Major Diabetes Transplant Hurdle
June 17, 2013 11:04 am | News | CommentsResearchers have identified a way to trigger reproduction in the laboratory of clusters of human cells that make insulin, potentially removing a significant obstacle to transplanting the cells as a treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes.
Printing Artificial Bone
June 17, 2013 10:51 am | News | CommentsResearchers working to design new materials that are durable, lightweight and environmentally sustainable are increasingly looking to natural composites for inspiration. While they have come up with hierarchical structures in the design of new materials, going from a computer model to the production of physical artifacts has been a challenge. Now, researchers have developed an approach that allows them to turn their designs into reality.
