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Zyomyx issued five new biotech patents

Zyomyx a privately held biotechnology company, has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued five new patents to the Company. With these additions, Zyomyx has further strengthened its proprietary position in the area of protein biochip technology development and commercialization.

6 Aug 2004

Ultra-fast computed tomography (CT) scanner to look inside the heart and its arteries for calcium build-up

Many times, people with heart disease have few visible symptoms. This is one of the reasons why heart disease is the number one killer for both men and women in America. Saint Louis University and SLUCare offer a non-invasive test that could save your life or the life of someone you love.

6 Aug 2004

Personalised medicine designed to enhance people's chances of quitting smoking

The latest spin-out from the University of Oxford, G-Nostics, focuses on personalised medicine designed to enhance people's chances of quitting smoking.

6 Aug 2004

Australian university signs multi-million dollar anti-cancer research deal

Australia's University of Newcastle Research Associates (TUNRA) Ltd has signed a licensing agreement worth approximately $10 million with the biotechnology company Psiron Ltd to develop anti-cancer treatments.

5 Aug 2004

Promising new cancer drug, Nanotax

A Lawrence company that uses patented technology created at the University of Kansas to improve the effectiveness of drugs has won a $100,000 National Institutes of Health grant to support further testing of the company's promising new cancer drug, Nanotax.

5 Aug 2004

Mayo Clinic and IBM have announced a broad collaboration to accelerate advances in patient care and research

Mayo Clinic and IBM have announced a broad collaboration to accelerate advances in patient care and research with an aggressive set of technology initiatives. The goal is to take advantage of an explosion in new medical data to drive tighter linkage between research and the practice of medicine to achieve breakthroughs.

5 Aug 2004

New gene-silencing technique

A new gene-silencing technique that takes place in the nucleus of human cells, has been demonstrated by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Healthcare System.

5 Aug 2004

Emergency nursing shortage is worsening because of changing patient demographics and the aging of the emergency nurses population

As emergency departments across the country face increasing pressure from a nursing shortage and overcrowding, the nation’s emergency nurses will gather in San Diego Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, to seek opportunities to improve patient care, discuss ways to alleviate the difficult issues facing the profession, and learn about latest practices and innovations.

5 Aug 2004

ATS receives US $10.7 million in orders from one of the world's largest medical device companies

ATS Automation Tooling Systems has announced it has recently received a total of US $10.7 million (CDN $14.2 million) in orders from one of the world's largest manufacturers of self-use medical diagnostic systems.

5 Aug 2004

Humans can speed up their own evolution

A study by J. Todd Streelman, new assistant professor of biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology suggests that humans may have sped up the evolutionary clock for one species of fish.

5 Aug 2004

E-Text equipment assists visually-impaired students

With numerous book bindings scattered on the floor, the room looked as if there had been a rebellion against literature. But in fact, students were celebrating the new equipment added to Eastern Michigan University’s Center for Adaptive Technology and Education (CATE), that currently serves enrolled students, faculty and staff with a disability.

5 Aug 2004

Alcohol ignition lock is being piloted

Convicted drink-drivers will be prevented from using their cars if they have consumed alcohol, in a pilot of new technology launched today.

5 Aug 2004

Spitfire fighter device helps monitor aortic aneurysm

Researchers at the University of Warwick have found a way of using a test devised in the 1930s, and used to gauge the stress on the superchargers in wartime spitfire fighter planes, to model the stress that surgical procedures would put on an aortic aneurysm.

5 Aug 2004

As medicine targets personal DNA profiles, researchers examine ethics and patient experiences

Researchers at the University of York are beginning a major study into the ethical and personal issues raised by a potential revolution in healthcare, which could incorporate individualised medical care – pharmacogenetics - into clinical practice.

5 Aug 2004

The NHS is effectively being privatised

The NHS is effectively being privatised – broken up into hundreds of competing companies with an independent regulator overseeing the system according to Professor Allyson Pollock of UCL's School of Public Policy.

3 Aug 2004

Metabasis Therapeutics announces multi-center Phase 2 study to evaluate the orally administered antiviral compound remofovir mesylate

Metabasis Therapeutics has announced the initiation of a multi-center, multi- national Phase 2 study to evaluate the orally administered antiviral compound remofovir mesylate in chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infected patients.

3 Aug 2004

Recommendation against the use of chemotherapy sensitivity and resistance assays

A new technology assessment from the American Society of Clinical Oncology states that the use of chemotherapy sensitivity and resistance assays (CSRAs) to select chemotherapeutic agents for cancer patients should not be undertaken outside of the clinical trial setting.

3 Aug 2004

Computer-aided detection (CAD) can help physicians locate and analyze images from computed tomography (CT) scans

The diagnostic imaging modality of computed tomography (CT) scan is very helpful in lung cancer assessment as it spots even small lung tumors that might go undetected in conventional chest X-ray and other tests.

2 Aug 2004

State-of-the-art laparoscopic robotic technology sends most prostate patients home the day after surgery

As recently as three years ago, the gold standard to treat prostate cancer, the second most common form of cancer in men, was an invasive surgery that required up to a one-week hospital stay.

2 Aug 2004

Isolated soy protein shown to benefit type 2 diabetics

Isolated soy protein added to the diets of 14 men, all military veterans under treatment for advanced stages of type 2 diabetes, significantly lowered unwanted proteins in their urine and slightly raised desired HDL cholesterol levels in their blood, researchers say.

2 Aug 2004

Technology News and Research

Zyomyx issued five new biotech patents

Ultra-fast computed tomography (CT) scanner to look inside the heart and its arteries for calcium build-up

Personalised medicine designed to enhance people's chances of quitting smoking

Australian university signs multi-million dollar anti-cancer research deal

Promising new cancer drug, Nanotax

Mayo Clinic and IBM have announced a broad collaboration to accelerate advances in patient care and research

New gene-silencing technique

Emergency nursing shortage is worsening because of changing patient demographics and the aging of the emergency nurses population

ATS receives US $10.7 million in orders from one of the world's largest medical device companies

Humans can speed up their own evolution

E-Text equipment assists visually-impaired students

Alcohol ignition lock is being piloted

Spitfire fighter device helps monitor aortic aneurysm

As medicine targets personal DNA profiles, researchers examine ethics and patient experiences

The NHS is effectively being privatised

Metabasis Therapeutics announces multi-center Phase 2 study to evaluate the orally administered antiviral compound remofovir mesylate

Recommendation against the use of chemotherapy sensitivity and resistance assays

Computer-aided detection (CAD) can help physicians locate and analyze images from computed tomography (CT) scans

State-of-the-art laparoscopic robotic technology sends most prostate patients home the day after surgery

Isolated soy protein shown to benefit type 2 diabetics

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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