GenWay Biotech, Inc., a US-based diagnostic company which specializes in providing protein and antibody solutions, announced its partnership with AMDL, Inc., a US-based pharmaceutical company with major operations in China, regarding the distribution of AMDL’s DR-70 (FDP) cancer test in both the...
GenWay Biotech Obtains Exclusive Rights To AMDL’s DR-70 Cancer Test In US And Canada
VeriChip Corporation Completes Development Of New 8 Millimeter RFID Implantable Microchip
VeriChip Corporation (”VeriChip” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:CHIP), a provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, announced today it has completed the development of a new, smaller human-implantable RFID microchip measuring...
Fitting Pieces For Biosensors - New Book Provides An Overview Of Aptamer Development And Applications
Research and industry are increasingly exploiting the potential of aptamers. As well as their application in research, medical diagnosis and treatment, aptamers are also interesting as a basis for biosensors for use in environmental analysis because their characteristics enable them to identify and bind...
Molecule Tracking Reveals Mechanism Of Chromosome Separation In Dividing Cells
University of Washington (UW) researchers are helping to write the operating manual for the nano-scale machine that separates chromosomes before cell division. The apparatus is called a spindle because it looks like a tiny wool-spinner with thin strands of microtubules or spindle fibers sticking out....
World’s Smallest Periscopes Invented By Vanderbilt Scientists
A team of Vanderbilt scientists have invented the world’s smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and other micro-organisms from several sides at once. “With an off-the-shelf laboratory microscope you only see cells from one side, the top,” says team member...
New Technology For Detecting Trace Chemicals May Lead To Diagnostics For Medicine And Environmental Monitoring
Described in an advance, online publication of the journal Nature Biotechnology on February 22, 2009, the team’s general method could be adapted for detecting a wide variety of compounds, including many that are relevant to diagnostic medicine and environmental work. “This technology could...
Tolerance To Prescription Drugs Using On-The-Spot DNA Analysis
A handheld device to predict whether patients will respond adversely to medication is one step closer to the market, thanks to a new partnership just announced. Imperial College London and its spinout company DNA Electronics have developed a prototype healthcare device that assesses whether patients...
“Massive” Shortage Of Defibrillators Costing Lives, USA
By the time you read this story, another American will die of a heart attack,* it happens more than 300-thousand times a year.* But some experts say those numbers don’t have to be that high. In fact, a simple machine that takes only seconds to use, could be life saving up to 50-thousand lives every...
NIMS Announces FDA Approval To Market Its Flagship Product Exer-Rest(R)
Marvin A Sackner, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc. [NIMS] (OTCBB:NIMU) announced that the FDA has granted approval to NIMS to market Exer-Rest as a Class I (exempt) therapeutic vibrator with the following intended uses: “as an aid to temporarily increase local...
PEAK Surgical Receives European CE Mark For PEAK(R) Surgery System For Use In General Surgery
PEAK Surgical, Inc., a medical device company that has developed a new tissue dissection system based on a proprietary technology, announced that it has received European CE Mark approval for its PEAK(R) Surgery System for use in general surgery. The PEAK Surgery System includes the PULSAR(TM) Generator...