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NSAIDs like ibuprofen slow the spread of breast cancers

Published online on Aug. 7, 2011, the journal Nature Medicine reports that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs including ibuprofen reduce the severity of postpartum breast cancers in animal models.

12 Aug 2011

A diet of flaxseed shows protective effects against radiation in mice

Flax has been part of human history for well over 30,000 years, used for weaving cloth, feeding people and animals, and even making paint. Now, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that it might have a new use for the 21st century: protecting healthy tissues and organs from the harmful effects of radiation.

10 Aug 2011

Covalon to showcase latest line of innovative wound care and coating products at FIME Expo

Covalon Technologies Ltd., an advanced medical technologies company, today announced it is presenting its latest line of advanced wound care and medical coating products, including ColActive® Plus Ag from August 10th to 12th at FIME International Medical Expo.

8 Aug 2011

Idera second quarter net loss increases to $6.3 million

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. Idera is a biotechnology company engaged in the discovery and development of DNA- and RNA-based drug candidates targeted to Toll-Like receptors (TLRs).

5 Aug 2011

New method of delivering growth factors could lead to revolutionary heart treatment

Ever since the Nobel Prize for nerve growth factor was awarded more than 30 years ago, researchers have been searching for ways to use growth factor clinically.

3 Aug 2011

Bioengineered spinal discs can prevent chronic back or neck pain

Every year, millions of people contend with lower back and neck discomfort. With intent to ease their pain, Cornell University engineers in Ithaca and doctors at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have created a biologically based spinal implant that could someday spell relief for these countless sufferers.

2 Aug 2011

New investment to strengthen Clearbridge Accelerator's incubation platform

Clearbridge Accelerator announced today that it has received an investment from Tim Draper, a well-established venture capitalist based in the Silicon Valley.

2 Aug 2011

Positive data from Histogenics' NeoCart Phase 2 study on knee cartilage injury

Histogenics Corporation, a privately held regenerative medicine company, today announced the presentation of positive Phase 2 data for the NeoCart Autologous Cartilage Tissue Implant.

29 Jul 2011

MiMedx second quarter revenue increases 85% to $1,929,000

MiMedx Group, Inc., an integrated developer, manufacturer and marketer of patent protected regenerative biomaterials and bioimplants processed from human amniotic membrane, announced today its results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011.

25 Jul 2011

Experts to explore wound healing abilities of dolphins

A Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) scientist who has previously discovered antimicrobial compounds in the skin of frogs and in the dogfish shark has now turned his attention to the remarkable wound healing abilities of dolphins.

21 Jul 2011

Artegraft BCA superior to cuffed ePTFE for hemodialysis access

Artegraft, Inc. announces that a three-year prospective, randomized clinical study published in the June 2011 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery confirms the superiority of Artegraft Bovine Carotid Artery vascular grafts (BCA) to cuffed ePTFE grafts.

21 Jul 2011

NSF announces $18.5M grant to establish new engineering research center

The National Science Foundation today announced an $18.5 million grant to establish an Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering based at the University of Washington.

15 Jul 2011

MicroOCT technology can reveal cellular features of coronary artery disease

Researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a one-micrometer-resolution version of the intravascular imaging technology optical coherence tomography (OCT) that can reveal cellular and subcellular features of coronary artery disease.

11 Jul 2011

Auxilium reports three year data from XIAFLEX CORDLESS study in Dupuytren's contracture

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced three year recurrence data from the Collagenase Optimal Reduction of Dupuytren's - Long-term Evaluation of Success Study (CORDLESS) for XIAFLEX® (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) in the treatment of adult Dupuytren's contracture patients with a palpable cord.

30 Jun 2011

Lotus Tissue Repair to develop DEB protein replacement therapy with $26 million Series A financing

Lotus Tissue Repair, Inc. today announced the closing of a $26 million Series A financing led by Third Rock Ventures. Proceeds of the financing will be used to advance the company's proprietary recombinant collagen type VII (rC7) technology as the first and only protein replacement therapy in development for the treatment of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB), an orphan disease that causes devastating skin blisters, morbidity and early mortality.

30 Jun 2011

Serum-free media with growth factors can improve MSCs' cell fate regulation

Mensenchymal stem cells (MSCs), multipotent cells identified in bone marrow and other tissues, have been shown to be therapeutically effective in the immunosuppression of T-cells, the regeneration of blood vessels, assisting in skin wound healing, and suppressing chronic airway inflammation in some asthma cases.

30 Jun 2011

Suneva Medical receives Health Canada marketing approval for Bellafill

Suneva Medical, a privately-held aesthetic medical device company, today announced the expansion of its core aesthetics injectable business with approval from Health Canada to market Bellafill™, its long lasting dermal filler for nasolabial folds or smile line correction.

29 Jun 2011

Cynosure announces acquisition of HOYA ConBio's aesthetic laser business

Building on its reputation as a global technology leader in laser and light-based aesthetic systems, Cynosure, Inc. today announced that it has acquired the assets of the aesthetic laser business of HOYA ConBio, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based HOYA Corporation, for $24.5 million in cash. HOYA ConBio is based in Fremont, California.

28 Jun 2011

Scientists discover how bacteria invade heart tissue and cause endocarditis

Scientists have discovered the tool that bacteria normally found in our mouths use to invade heart tissue, causing a dangerous and sometimes lethal infection of the heart known as endocarditis.

28 Jun 2011

STAAR Surgical completes first procedures to implant Visian ICL V4c design

STAAR Surgical Company, the leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive refractive lenses that go inside the eye, today announced the completion of the first procedures to implant its recently CE Mark-approved Visian Implantable Collamer Lens V4c design.

27 Jun 2011

Collagen News and Research

Latest Collagen News and Research

NSAIDs like ibuprofen slow the spread of breast cancers

A diet of flaxseed shows protective effects against radiation in mice

Covalon to showcase latest line of innovative wound care and coating products at FIME Expo

Idera second quarter net loss increases to $6.3 million

New method of delivering growth factors could lead to revolutionary heart treatment

Bioengineered spinal discs can prevent chronic back or neck pain

New investment to strengthen Clearbridge Accelerator's incubation platform

Positive data from Histogenics' NeoCart Phase 2 study on knee cartilage injury

MiMedx second quarter revenue increases 85% to $1,929,000

Experts to explore wound healing abilities of dolphins

Artegraft BCA superior to cuffed ePTFE for hemodialysis access

NSF announces $18.5M grant to establish new engineering research center

MicroOCT technology can reveal cellular features of coronary artery disease

Auxilium reports three year data from XIAFLEX CORDLESS study in Dupuytren's contracture

Lotus Tissue Repair to develop DEB protein replacement therapy with $26 million Series A financing

Serum-free media with growth factors can improve MSCs' cell fate regulation

Suneva Medical receives Health Canada marketing approval for Bellafill

Cynosure announces acquisition of HOYA ConBio's aesthetic laser business

Scientists discover how bacteria invade heart tissue and cause endocarditis

STAAR Surgical completes first procedures to implant Visian ICL V4c design

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Collagen News and Research

Latest Collagen News and Research

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