Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week articles from December 2003

Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week archives from December 2003

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: the myth, the logic and the science.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: the myth, the logic and the science. According to a study from the United States, "Coronary artery bypass grafting is a highly investigated surgical procedure...

Vital sign device improves resuscitation monitoring.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A small device can give doctors the "big picture" of patients' vital signs, researchers reported during the Resuscitation Science Symposium at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2003,...

Improving recipient vessel exposure during microvascular breast reconstruction.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improving recipient vessel exposure during microvascular breast reconstruction. "Microvascular tissue transfer has become the gold standard for breast reconstruction. The primary drawback to these...

Long-term flexion-extension range of motion of the Prodisc disc replacement.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Long-term flexion-extension range of motion of the Prodisc disc replacement. According to a study from the United States, "The rationale for total disc replacement is avoidance of the junctional...

Cardiac MRI detects thinned heart muscle previously deemed unsalvageable.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Duke University Medical Center researchers have used cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to demonstrate that heart muscle that had been "thinned" by a heart attack could indeed be "saved" by...

Involved field radiation therapy raises TRM risk in stem-cell transplant recipients.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Localized radiation treatment increases the risk of treatment-related mortality in lymphoma patients undergoing stem cell transplantation. Researchers in the United States conducted a study "to...

Fully automated assay suitable for identifying pyrazinamide-resistant TB.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel automated system is suitable for identifying pyrazinamide-resistant strains of tuberculosis. In a recent study from Greece, "One hundred and fifty clinical isolates of Mycobacterium...

Duplex ultrasound evaluation of lower extremity venous insufficiency.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Duplex ultrasound evaluation of lower extremity venous insufficiency. "Physicians unfamiliar with venous insufficiency, particularly disorders of the superficial venous system, often underestimate...

V.A.C. maker reports net revenue of $198.0 million for the third quarter.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kinetic Concepts, Inc., (KCI) reported net revenue of $198.0 million for the third quarter of 2003, an increase of 31% over the third quarter of 2002. For the first 9 months of 2003, net revenue was...

Eprex induces reversible antierythropoietin antibodies and red cell aplasia.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eprex induces reversible antierythropoietin antibodies and red cell aplasia. "We describe a patient with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) who developed anti-erythropoietin (anti-EPO) antibodies and...

CREST study finds cilostazol reduces restenosis by almost 40%.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new and highly effective weapon in the war on heart disease could be on the horizon, according to results of the "Cilostazol for RESTenosis" (CREST) study presented at the American Heart Association's...

Clinical outcome of aortic valve replacement in the elderly is generally good.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clinical outcome of aortic valve replacement in the elderly is generally good. "Since elderly patients are being referred for surgery in increasing numbers, we reviewed the clinical outcome of 459...

Forehead Sensor assesses oxygen desaturation in anesthesia-induced apnea.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nellcor announced that the Nellcor Max-Fast Forehead Sensor enabled researchers to quickly assess the level and depth of oxygen desaturation during a study conducted to examine anesthesia-induced apnea...

Doctors use cryotherapy to treat irregular heartbeats.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors with The Cardiac Centers of Mercy & Unity Hospitals began using cryotherapy to treat patients who suffer from an irregular heartbeat, a condition also known as an arrhythmia. The hospitals...

Procedure cures AF by counteracting haywire electrical signals.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An innovative procedure completely cures the overwhelming majority of patients with the most common form of irregular heartbeat, by stopping haywire electrical signals in areas of heart muscle and some...

Warfarin efficacy matched by new thrombin inhibitor ximelegatran.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Richard Hyer, NewsRx correspondent - In the largest trial of atrial fibrillation ever conducted, the new oral direct thrombin inhibitor ximelegatran compared favorably with dose-adjusted warfarin in...

Evaluation of a large atrial septal occluder with cardiac MR imaging.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Evaluation of a large atrial septal occluder with cardiac MR imaging. "Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was used to evaluate the position of a large atrial septal occluder (ASO) with regard to...

URO-Stent approved in Russia.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Global Precision Medical, Inc., (GBPMF) announced that the Russian Ministry of Health approved the company's URO-Stent for mass production and sale in Russia. As previously announced, the company...

Management of common bile duct stones: The state of the art in 2000.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Management of common bile duct stones: The state of the art in 2000. According to recent research from Chile, "Biliary lithiasis is a widespread disease all over the world; one-third of the white...

Genome-wide human genetic variation map complete.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Applied Biosystems Group (ABI), an Applera Corporation business, announced that it has completed the development of a genome-wide human genetic variation map based on single nucleotide polymorphisms...

Results announced for continuous glucose monitor home-use trial.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TheraSense, Inc., (THER) released the results of its FreeStyle Navigator continuous glucose monitor home-use trial in scientific presentations for the third annual Diabetes Technology Meeting in San...

BSE test detects youngest case of Mad Cow disease in Japan.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., (BIO, BIO.B), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research products and clinical diagnostics announced that its bovine spongiform encephalopathy...

Better imaging helps surgeons avoid damage to language functions.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advances in neurosurgery have opened the operating room door for an amazing array of highly invasive forms of brain surgery, but doctors and patients still face an incredibly important decision -...

Breast cancer detection system receives marketing approval from FDA.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- iCAD, Inc., (ICAD) has received necessary approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its new iCAD iQ Computer Aided Detection system. The iQ system is designed specifically...

Coping and posttraumatic growth in women with early-stage breast cancer.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Coping and posttraumatic growth in women with early-stage breast cancer. According to recent research published in the journal Health Psychology, "Predictors and outcomes of benefit finding, positive...

Danish researchers use image data software to help breast cancer research.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scimagix Inc. announced that the Institute of Cancer Biology (part of the Danish Cancer Society) and Danish Centre for Translational Breast Cancer Research (DCTB) has selected Scimagix's Image...

Diagnosis of axillary nodal metastases by ultrasound-guided core biopsy.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Diagnosis of axillary nodal metastases by ultrasound-guided core biopsy. According to recent research from England, "The purpose of this study was to examine the use of ultrasound (US)-guided core...

EZH2 is a marker of aggressive breast cancer.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- EZH2 is a marker of aggressive breast cancer. According to a study from the United States, "The Polycomb Group Protein EZH2 is a transcriptional repressor involved in controlling cellular memory and has...

Kodak gets FDA approval for mammography device.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eastman Kodak Co., which is expanding its health imaging business as its main photography business fades, said that its new breast cancer detection device has drawn qualified approval from the U.S. Food...

Surgical treatment for elderly breast cancer patients over age 70.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surgical treatment for elderly breast cancer patients over age 70. "Because elderly breast cancer patients differ in various biological characteristics from younger patients, it is important to...

The LeJour vertical mammoplasty pattern for skin-sparing mastectomy.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The LeJour vertical mammoplasty pattern for skin-sparing mastectomy. According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Plastic Surgery, "An application of the LeJour vertical mammoplasty...

iCAD, Inc. to distribute iQ Tabletop CAD System.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- iCAD, Inc., (ICAD), which designs, develops, and markets computer aided detection (CAD) imaging technology and systems for the early detection of breast cancer, and Merry X-Ray Corp., a distributor of...

Canadian study confirms women with implants require more medical care.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study by epidemiologists at the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, finds that Canadian women with breast implants use much more medical services than other women of the same...

Causes of death among Finnish women with cosmetic breast implants, 1971-2001.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Causes of death among Finnish women with cosmetic breast implants, 1971-2001. "Mortality patterns among women with cosmetic breast implants have not been well characterized. We examined cause...

Burkholderia cepacia pneumonia can occur in immunocompetent patients.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prior aspergilloma or Aspergillus infection may influence immunocompetent patients to develop Burkholderia cepacia pneumonia. "A 69 yr old man developed an episode of severe community-acquired...

Risk of second malignancy high after HDT and stem-cell autotransplantation.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer patients who undergo intensive therapy with stem cell autografts have a high risk of second malignancies. Physicians in Canda conducted a study "to establish incidence and risk factors for...

Radiofrequency ablation being used to treat cancerous tumors.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a minimally invasive procedure that is being used to treat certain cancers at The American Institute for Cancer Ablation. A needle is inserted into the tumor using...

Model for computing motion of mechanical heart-valve leaflets developed.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have developed an impulsive-motion model for computing the closing motion of mechanical heart-valve leaflets. According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Biomedical...

Cardiac patient with complications delivers healthy baby.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the age of 25, Nancy DePrete was told that she had a 10% chance of having a baby. After suffering a stroke at the age of 24 and being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 25, Nancy's...

Defibrillators may improve survival in nonischemic disease.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research from Northwestern University suggests that implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can improve the survival rate of people who have a weakened heart muscle caused by factors unrelated to...

Oxidative stress assay predicts cardiovascular events in study.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists report that glutathione peroxidase (GPx) was a strong predictor of the risk of cardiovascular events among the 636 patients...

CT angiography validates duplex sonography of carotid artery stenosis.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CT angiography validates duplex sonography of carotid artery stenosis. According to recent research published in the journal American Surgeon, "Controversy regarding the optimal preoperative evaluation...

Newly discovered pathway provides insight into heart disease.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new signaling pathway appears to play a critical role in the development of heart disease, according to researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine. Now that this marker of cardiac...

World's first integrated system to increase safety of cell therapy.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thermogenesis Corp. (KOOL) and Mediware Information Systems, Inc., (MEDW) said they will jointly develop and market the industry's first fully integrated system to make personalized cell therapy safer...

National coverage initiated for DNAwithPap test.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Digene Corporation (DIGE) announced that Cigna Healthcare has updated their cervical cancer screening Clinical Resource Tool to include human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in combination with a Pap test...

Radical hysterectomy increases risk of impairing women's sexual function.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who have a radical hysterectomy are at increased risk for long-term complications of sexual dysfunction. The finding comes from a new study to be published in the January 1, 2004, issue of...

The development of high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer in Japan.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The development of high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer in Japan. "The differences in radiotherapeutic treatment systems for cervical cancer between the United States and Japan can be...

PFGE analysis useful in epidemiological study of Vibrio cholerae.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) analysis can aid epidemiological investigation of cholera outbreaks. In a recent study from China, "Two hundred twenty isolates of Vibrio cholerae 01 and...

Tissue regeneration may drive HCV recurrence after liver transplantation.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tissue regeneration may drive HCV recurrence after liver transplantation. "Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an option for patients with end-stage liver disease or hepatoma caused by...

Company launches trial of gene-modulated tissue production of protein.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medgenics, Inc., an early stage U.S./Israel biotechnology company, announced that it has launched its phase I clinical trial of its Biopump technology for delivery of Erythropoietin (EPO) in chronic...

Alliance targets siRNA research using GeneChip technology.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Qiagen N.V. (QGENF, QIA) and Affymetrix, Inc., (AFFX) announced that they have entered into a collaboration to optimize Qiagen siRNA-mediated gene silencing using Affymetrix GeneChip microarray...

Alliance with the Cleveland Clinic uses imaging system in cancer research.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Applied Imaging Corp. announced the formation of a clinical research imaging collaboration with the Department of Anatomic Pathology at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. As part of this...

Company gets $20M from Bristol-Myers Squibb as part of Basulin project.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Flamel Technologies (FLML) announced the receipt of the $20 million upfront payment from Bristol-Myers Squibb in respect of its Basulin project. Flamel's cash and cash equivalents are approximately...

IDI inks agreements regarding its real-time diagnostic products.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infectio Diagnostic, Inc., (IDI) and Cepheid have concluded new agreements and have decided to terminate current ARIDIA joint venture. These new agreements will enable IDI and Cepheid to increase...

Joint development agreement signed for MRI devices.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biophan Technologies, Inc., (BIPH) announced that it had entered into a joint development agreement with Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) to make medical devices more compatible with magnetic...

Marketing agreement signed for Collagenase Santyl Ointment.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. (BSTC) announced that the Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories, Inc., will assume United States marketing responsibility for Collagenase Santyl Ointment...

Miikana Therapeutics inks strategic alliance for antibody development.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Miikana Therapeutics, Inc., and NovImmune, SA, have established a collaboration to develop fully human antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and immune diseases. The resulting...

Partnership with Infectio Diagnostics restructured.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cepheid (CPHD) announced that Cepheid and Infectio Diagnostics, Inc., (IDI) of Quebec, Canada, have executed a series of new agreements resulting in a restructuring of their previously existing...

Pennsylvania partnership announces agreement to build relationship with Roche.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health Network Laboratories (HNL), a regional provider of medical diagnostics in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, announced a 5-year strategic alliance agreement with Roche Diagnostics. Together the...

Research agreement signed for testing of topical anti-herpes formulations.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CytoGenix, Inc., (CYGX) has signed an agreement with the DermPharm division of DermTech International, Inc., a firm specializing in dermatology safety and efficacy testing with experience in the U.S....

Research alliance to combine reverse transfection and siRNA.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dharmacon, Inc., a supplier of RNA and RNA interference (RNAi) research products, and Akceli, Inc., a cellular systems biology company, announced a research collaboration to study the utility of...

Rates of colon and rectal cancers are increasing in young adults.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rates of colon and rectal cancers are increasing in young adults. "Incidence rates for colorectal cancer are decreasing in the United States, possibly due to preventative cancer screening. Because...

Ethnicity does not affect accuracy of molecular test for 22q11.2 deletion.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ethnicity does not affect the accuracy of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based test for 22q11.2 deletion. "Congenital heart defects are the most common of all human birth defects," scientists in...

Low infection rate seen in Arrow Lionheart European trial.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results of the first study of the Arrow LionHeart, a heart assist device conceived of and developed at Penn State College of Medicine in cooperation with Arrow International, Inc., show low...

Company reports positive phase II clinical trial results of Aquavan Injection.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (GLFD) announced that it has completed a preliminary analysis of results from two phase II clinical trials of Aquavan Injection, a novel sedative/hypnotic. The...

Intraoperative angiography for quality control in MIDCAB and OPCAW.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intraoperative angiography for quality control in MIDCAB and OPCAW. According to recent research from Austria, "We present our initial experience with intraoperative angiographic evaluation of coronary...

Normal and delayed hospital discharge after index isolated Coronary Artery Bypass.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Normal and delayed hospital discharge after index isolated CABG. "The optimum day for discharge after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has been subject to some debate, yet there has been...

Reconstruction of infected deep median sternotomy wound after coronary artery bypass.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reconstruction of infected deep median sternotomy wound after CABG. "Median sternotomy wounds infected after coronary artery bypass grafting with bilateral internal mammary arteries are generally...

Variable distal microvascular resistance linked to heightened CAD severity.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Variable distal microvascular resistance is linked to heightened coronary artery disease severity. According to recent research from the Netherlands, the "homogeneity of microvascular resistance in...

Protein engineering firm moves facilities.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioTech Studio LLC, a new company offering to engineer proteins for the pharmaceutical industry, has moved into the region's premier life science and technology business incubator, the Science Center...

Pressures' variations comparable as blood loss indicators in mechanically ventilated patients.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Respiratory-related arterial pressure variability and percentile systolic pressure variation have similar utility as blood loss indicators in mechanically ventilated patients, and both rely on autonomic...

Cytology smears retain best antigen reactivity if directly fixed in 95% ethanol.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytology smears retain best antigen reactivity if directly fixed in 95% ethanol. According to a study from the United States, "as an extension of a previous study, we evaluated interference in...

Imaging company inks agreement with the Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (IMDS) announced the signing of a collaborative agreement with the Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute (RGI) for Cancer Research, Inc., for the development of optical imaging...

In organ transplant complications, histology is often needed to assess cause.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In organ transplant complications, histology is often needed to assess cause. According to recent research published in the journal Springer Seminars in Immunopathology, "immunopathology techniques...

Tumor oxygen use, hypoxia, can be observed by MRI with FREDOM.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tumor oxygen use, hypoxia, can be observed by MRI with FREDOM. The MRI FREDOM (Fluorocarbon Relaxometry Using Echo Planar Imaging for Dynamic Oxygen Mapping) measures oxygen tension; variability in...

Patient enrollment initiated in study of vascular sealant product.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Closure Medical Corporation (CLSR) announced the first use in humans of its synthetic vascular sealant product under the company's U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved clinical trial. ...

Prospective study evaluating total disc replacement - preliminary results.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prospective study evaluating total disc replacement - preliminary results. "For many years, there has been an interest in disc replacements. There are a few retrospective studies from Europe reporting...

Chromotest updates presented at American Society of Human Genetics meeting.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ikonisys, Inc., a company focused on cell-based diagnostic products for the obstetrical and oncology markets, announced a major achievement in its development of Chromotest, a test to detect Down...

A new swine uterus perfusion system should advance physiological research.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new swine uterus perfusion system should advance physiological research. "The objective of this study was to establish an experimental model for extracorporeal perfusion of swine uterus. In order...

Company introduces IMAP Progressive Binding System and nine new substrates.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Molecular Devices Corp. (MDCC), a company focused on solutions for drug discovery and life sciences research, announced the launch of the most recent additions to its IMAP platform, the IMAP Progressive...

Company reaches milestones in two research alliances with Baxter Healthcare.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Jerini, AG, has successfully passed first milestones in two research alliances entered into with Baxter in 2001 and 2002. Jerini has optimized peptide lead molecules identified against two...

Lilly purchases integrated cellular screening system.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amersham (AHM) announced that Eli Lilly and Co. (LLY) has purchased an integrated suite of cellular screening technology and licenses to help in the identification of potential therapeutics in its drug...

SBIR grant supports company's work with computer models of cellular metabolism.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genomatica, Inc., an in silico systems biology company, announced that it has received a phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) grant from National Human Genome Research Institute branch of...

Medicare reimbursement rates posted for VNS therapy.
December 7, 2003... 2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cyberonics, Inc., (CYBX) announced that 2004 Medicare outpatient reimbursement rates for Cyberonics' VNS Therapy System were posted on the CMS website and were published in the Federal Register. ...