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Meridian Health Plan named one of 'Best and Brightest Companies to Work For'

Meridian Health Plan, for the second time, has been nationally named one of the "Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" by the National Association for Business Resources. Previously, the NABR had consistently named Meridian as one of "Metropolitan Detroit's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" 2012 through 2015.

8 Jan 2016

Scientists successfully create fully-functional pancreatic cells from human skin cells

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco have successfully converted human skin cells into fully-functional pancreatic cells. The new cells produced insulin in response to changes in glucose levels, and, when transplanted into mice, the cells protected the animals from developing diabetes in a mouse model of the disease.

6 Jan 2016

Cleanliness validation for medical devices webinar hosted by Lucideon

Lucideon, the international materials technology company, is hosting a webinar entitled “Validation and Quality Assurance of Medical Device Cleaning Processes” at 3pm (UK time) on Thursday 28th January 2016.

From Lucideon 4 Jan 2016

IL obtains 510(k) clearance for ACL TOP Family 50 Series Hemostasis Testing Systems

Instrumentation Laboratory today announced the 510(k) clearance of their latest innovation, the ACL TOP Family 50 Series Hemostasis Testing Systems, by the US Food and Drug Administration.

21 Dec 2015

Siemens Healthcare introduces new, cost-effective Biograph Horizon PET/CT system

Siemens Healthcare has launched the new versatile and cost-effective Biograph Horizon PET/CT system, which offers premium performance at an attractive total cost of ownership.

17 Dec 2015

Researchers find new way to prevent or reduce pathologies caused by malformed proteins

Improperly formed proteins can cause a host of serious illnesses, from muscular dystrophy to cystic fibrosis. A question of enormous import in research, beyond the challenge of determining how malformed proteins contribute to specific disease processes, is figuring out ways to prevent or reduce the pathologies they cause.

16 Dec 2015

Advances in clinical chemistry: an interview with Trevor McCarthy

Altair 240 analyzer is a compact, fully automated random access benchtop analyzer, supported by a full range of barcoded, liquid stable, ready to use reagents.

From EKF Diagnostics 14 Dec 2015

New CRC aims to better understand autophagy at molecular and cellular level

The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/DFG) has approved 11 M € for the next four years for establishing a CRC on selective autophagy under the lead of Goethe University. Autophagy literally means "self-eating" and refers to a sophisticated system in which cellular waste is specifically detected and removed.

12 Dec 2015

Researchers find new method to create uniform standards in search for cancer-relevant mutations

Oncologists are increasingly using information obtained from investigations of the tumor genome in order to find individualized therapies for patients. They specifically search the hereditary information of cancer cells for mutations that drive malignant growth. By now, targeted drugs against many of these cancer-typical cellular alterations have become available.

11 Dec 2015

WGU accepts applications for new master's degree program to prepare professionals in healthcare industry

Western Governors University is now accepting applications for a new online master's degree program aimed at preparing professionals for senior leadership roles in healthcare.

10 Dec 2015

Ajinomoto Althea expands biological drug product manufacturing operations

Ajinomoto Althea, Inc., a leading provider of biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing services, recently announced it is expanding its existing biological drug product manufacturing operations to include highly active materials such as Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs).

10 Dec 2015

Open online courses key to transforming dementia healthcare workforces?

Many of our lives have been touched by dementia and with an ageing population the challenge of finding a sustainable solution can seem insurmountable. The recent House of Commons Reception hosted by the University of Derby, however, highlighted some innovative approaches to health and social care development that may enable our workforces to cope with the hurdles that lie ahead.

From University of Derby Online Learning 8 Dec 2015

Bacteriophage therapy: an alternative to antibiotics? An interview Professor Clokie

A phage is a virus that infects a bacterium. People often get very confused about what the difference is between a virus and a bacterium. A virus, like a bacterium, is also a microorganism, but unlike bacteria, it needs to have a host to be able to replicate and propagate.

2 Dec 2015

Containing Airborne Contaminants

An interview with Gary Broomhead, discussing the potential sources of contamination in research and how controlling airflow in the laboratory can reduce this.

26 Nov 2015

Cherwell selected for quality and service in environmental monitoring by Portsmouth PMU

Cherwell Laboratories, specialists in cleanroom microbiology solutions for the pharmaceutical and related industries, has been assisting Portsmouth Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Unit (PMU) in their extensive environmental monitoring (EM) programme for over 20 years

From Cherwell Laboratories 18 Nov 2015

China Pharma's revenue decreases 19.5% to $4.8 million in Q3 2015

China Pharma Holdings, Inc., an NYSE MKT listed corporation with its fully-integrated specialty pharmaceuticals subsidiary based in China, today announced the financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015.

17 Nov 2015

MIPT researchers patent graphene biosensors that may accelerate development of novel drugs

The US Patent Office has recently published the patent application (no. US 2015/0301039), which was filed by the MIPT in May this year and is titled Biological Sensor and a Method of the Production of Biological Sensor. In Russia, this development is already protected by the patent No. 2527699 with a priority date of February 20, 2013. The key feature of the sensor is the use of a linking layer for biomolecule immobilization comprising a thin film of graphene or graphene oxide.

17 Nov 2015

Deep, uniform exome coverage in one day

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), introduces its new xGen® Exome Research Panel v1.0 for insightful analysis of the human exome via next generation sequencing.

From Integrated DNA Technologies 10 Nov 2015

Dusseldorf will be the meeting point for MEDICA and COMPAMED this week

In the coming week, from 16 to 19 November 2015, Düsseldorf will again become the central meeting point of the international health business. Then, for the first time on the new set of dates from Monday to Thursday (previously: Wednesday to Saturday), the world’s largest medical trade fair, MEDICA, and the international leading supplier specialist trade fair, COMPAMED taking place at the same time, are going to start.

9 Nov 2015

Pittcon will exhibit at the Bioconference clinical diagnostics and research virtual conference

Pittcon is pleased to announce its participation in the “Clinical Diagnostics & Research” virtual conference from November 11 to 12, 2015. Clinicians, researchers, medical experts, and professionals from around the world convene for this free web-conference to learn and interact with a community of like-minded colleagues.

From Pittcon 27 Oct 2015