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Nose cartilage cells can repair knee cartilage damage
Cells taken from the nasal septum are able to adapt to the
environment of the knee joint and can thus repair articular
cartilage defects, according to researchers at the University and
the University Hospital of Basel. 29 Aug 2014
Avatars help deaf people to understand
online text and interact with websites
Computer scientists
from Saarbrücken, Germany are developing animated online characters
to display text from web pages in sign language. and help deaf
people communicate on online platforms via sign language. 29 Aug
2014
Remote monitoring of heart failure
patients via implants halves mortality
BIOTRONIK has
announced that a clinical trial of its implant-based remote
monitoring system has lead to significant clinical benefits for
heart failure patients. 29 Aug 2014
Almac Group to invest £54m over five
years in Northern Ireland
Enterprise, Trade and Investment
Minister for Northern Ireland Arlene Foster has announced that the
Almac Group is investing over £54 million and creating 348 high
quality jobs over the next five years. 29 August 2014
Exco InTouch achieves ISO9001:2008
certification
The certification recognises that the company
has developed and implemented a quality management system built
around processes of the highest standards. 29 Aug 2014
Ablynx awarded €2.1m to develop
nanobody treatment for eye disease
Ghent-based Ablynx has
been awarded a €2.1 million grant by the Flemish Agency for
Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT) to develop the use of
nanobodies for a novel approach to the treatment of diseases of the
eye. 29 Aug 2014
Electronic cigarette use by youths
doubles likelihood of going on to smoke tobacco
Youths who
have used e-cigarettes are more likely to report that they may try
conventional cigarettes, according to a study by Georgia State
University and the US CDC. 29 Aug 2014
Haemostasis management device used in
Afghanistan war zones approved by NICE
The ROTEM point of
care blood analyser which has been used to manage major bleeding in
soldiers in Afghanistan has now been recommended by NICE for use by
the NHS. 29 Aug 2014
Primerdesign announces lowest cost DNA
analytics device for health, veterinary, food and biothreat testing
Southampton University spinoff Primerdesign Ltd has announced the
launch of what it claims is the world’s most affordable device for
DNA diagnostics. The genesig q16 uses real-time PCR analysis to test
DNA using a range of over 400 testing kits
Twelve NHS hospitals use 3D printing to test implants for
reconstructive surgery
Stratasys Ltd has announced that UK medical 3D printing
specialist, Replica 3DM, is using its Stratasys 3D Printers to
provide a service to twelve NHS hospitals to print models for the
validation of reconstructive implants prior to surgery. 26 Aug 2014
Edmond De Rothschild Investment
Partners sells protein therapeutics investment to Johnson & Johnson
company
Paris based Edmond De Rothschild Investment Partners
(EdRIP) has announced that one of its portfolio companies,
Covagen A.G., has been acquired by Swiss company Cilag GmbH
International, an affiliate of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Company,
which is one of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies. 26 Aug
2014
Genetically modified bacteria safely kill cancer cells
when injected directly
A modified version of the soil
bacterium Clostridium novyi can produce a strong and precisely targeted anti-tumour
response in rats, dogs and humans when injected directly, according to a new report
from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in the US. 26 Aug 2014
Type-1 and type-2 diabetes are caused
by the same hormone malfunction
New evidence from research at
at the Universities of Manchester and Auckland shows that
juvenile-onset or type-1 diabetes and type-2 diabetes are both
caused by the formation of toxic clumps of a hormone called amylin.
22 Aug 2014
Botox can slow tumour growth
Research at Columbia University Medical Center and the Norwegian
University of Science shows that cutting off the nerves to tumours
using surgery or Botox can reduce the growth of cancer cells. 22 Aug
2014
Genetic analysis of Candida glabrata
shows new genetic sources of drug tolerance
The Max F. Perutz
Laboratories in Vienna has coordinated a genetic study of Candida
glabrata that has discovered 28 new genes that are partly
responsible for the yeast's tolerance of common drugs. 20 Aug 2014
Old drug restores hair in alopecia areata patients
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have
tested a drug that has eliminated the immune cells attacking hair
follicles and restored hair growth in a small number of patients. 20
Aug 2014
Smartphones to be adapted to monitor
and manage stress, nutrition and HIV infection
A
multidisciplinary team headed by Cornell University has been awarded
a $3million grant to combine microfluidics and smartphone technology
for health monitoring and improving patient engagement in their
healthcare. 20 Aug 2014
Western Sussex Hospitals to install
acute kidney disease monitoring system
Western Sussex
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in southern England is launching a
project to monitor patients and alert clinical staff of patients at
risk of kidney failure. 19 Aug 2014
Gecko Biomedical's Maria Pereira named
as MIT Technology Review Innovator
Gecko Biomedical has
announced that Maria Pereira, its Head of Adhesive Technologies, has
been named as one of MIT Technology Review's “35 Innovators Under
35” for 2014 for the development of a wound healing glue. 19 Aug
2014
Roche and Garvan Institute of Medical
Research partner to develop epigenomics technology
Roche and the Garvan Institute of
Medical Research in Australia are collaborating to develop new
technologies to
accurately analyze regions of the epigenome using DNA sequencing. 19
Aug 2014
Increase in body weight linked to
increased risk of 10 cancers
A study following the health of
more than 5 million adults in the UK has found that people with a
higher body mass index (BMI) have an increased risk of developing 10
of the most common cancers. 14 Aug 2014
New pathology software improves cancer
diagnosis
New software developed jointly by the MedUni Vienna
and the Vienna-based firm Tissuegnostics helps pathologists to
identify cancerous tissue with greater accuracy and remove some of
the variability in current methods based on visual analysis of
tissue samples. 14 Aug 2014
Scripps labs studying the structure of
antibodies to Ebola virus
Laboratories at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) are
investigating antibodies to fight Ebola virus, including the three
experimental antibodies recently used to treat two American health care workers
infected with the virus. 13 Aug 2014
Analysis of electronic health records
finds effective medicines quicker and cheaper than clinical trials
Analysing electronic health records of large patient
populations can efficiently select the right patients and identify
the effectiveness of treatments with minimal impact on patients and
reduce the need for expensive clinical trials. 13 Aug 2014
Leishmaniasis parasite protects the
fly that transmits it to humans
The Leishmania parasite,
which causes the human disease leishmaniasis, acts as a probiotic in
the insect that transmits it to humans, protecting them from
infection by bacteria. 13 Aug 2014
Genetic material of caries bacterium
obtained from ancient teeth
Spanish and Mexican researchers
sequencing genes of tooth bacterium going back to the Bronze Age
have found increased genetic change in recent times, coinciding with
dietary change linked to the expansion of humanity. 13 Aug 2014
Inova chooses Avere storage system for
managing the world’s largest genome sequence database
Avere
Systems has announced that the Inova Translational Medicine
Institute (ITMI) has chosen Avere's hybrid cloud storage systems for
the world’s largest, centralised repository of whole genome sequence
data. 12 Aug 2014
Carestream adds motor assist feature
to DRX-Evolution radiography systems
Carestream has added a
motor assist feature to its Carestream DRX-Evolution DR Room that
allows operators to manually move the overhead tube with assistance
from the system’s motors. 12 Aug 2014
Oraya Therapeutics awarded grant to
develop gold nanoparticle cancer therapy
Oraya Therapeutics,
Inc. has been awarded a US$215,000 Small Business Technology
Transfer Grant by the US NIH to investigate how Oraya Therapy can
further enhance the treatment of wet age-related macular
degeneration. 12 Aug 2014
Rapid Biosensor Systems appoints chair
in move to IPO
Cambridge company Rapid Biosensor Systems Ltd
has appointed John Reynolds OBE as Executive Chairman to take it to
the next stage of growth. 12 Aug 2014
Princess Alexandra Hospital launches
electronic patient record system
The Princess Alexandra
Hospital NHS Trust in Essex, UK, has gone live with the Cambio
COSMIC integrated electronic patient record system across its
hospital site, external services and outpatient clinics. 6 Aug 2014
EMIS wins contracts for community care
systems in the south of England
EMIS has signed two major
contracts under the NHS London and Southern procurement framework to
provide its EMIS Web software to community care providers. 6 Aug
2014
Bacteriophages could be new tool to
fight C. diff infections in hospitals
A class of viruses
called bacteriophages can infect and destroy the bacterium
Clostridium difficile, according to research at the European
Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg, Germany, and
published in PLOS Pathogens. 4 Aug 2014
Gut bacteria give accurate diagnosis
of liver cirrhosis
Scientists from the French National
Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) in collaboration with a
Chinese team found that the gut microbiota of individuals with liver
cirrhosis differ notably from healthy individuals and have a high
proportion bacteria common in the mouth. 4 Aug 2014
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