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Optimum FFPE RNA Isolation Kit

... should be fixed within one hour of surgical resection. Extensive degradation of RNA can occur before completion of the fixation process. The optimal fixation time is 12-24 hours, using neutral-buffered formalin or paraformaldehyde. ...

Your Data: RNAlater Stories

... Most molecular analyses require surgical tissue samples to be snap frozen, usually in the operating room, and shipped on dry ice before further processing. Surgery departments and most pathology laboratories are general...

Transgenic Zebrafish by Electroporation

...l dH 2 0. Embryos are washed in 0.1% (v/v) surgical scrub (Wescodyne) for 5 minutes while debris is physically separated using a plastic transfer pipet. The embryos are then washed twice with fresh water. Plasmid Preparation The plasmid RSVCAT is purified by ...

Determination of Acepromazine and its Major Metabolite in Equine Serum by LC-MS/MS using the Finnigan LCQ Deca XP Plus Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer

...ng of these large mammals before transportation or surgical procedures. Acepromazine has been classified by the Association of Racing Commissioners International, Inc. as a Class 3 drug in horses. Abuse of the drugs in the Class 3 category can result in 2-6 months of suspension, up to $1500 fine, and loss of ...

Evaluation of RNA isolated from human tissues: quality control for surgical and postmortem samples

...summarized in Table 2. The samples were from both surgical recoveries, primarily cancer, and postmortem recov...ally treated by surgery. Approximately 62% of the surgical samples have RIN values greater than 7; whereas only 32% of the postmortem samples have similar qua...

Business plan finalists capture technology

...identification), Montello; Vector Surgical (cancer surgical tools), Oconomowoc; Stealth Therapeutics (cancer surgery access port), Oneida. NIR Inspection System (pharmaceutical process), Pleasant Prairie; Package Filling System (pharmaceutical process), Pleasant Prairie; Medication Liquefier Manufacturing S...

Cardinal Health likes growth potential of Viasys NeuroCare Group

...r diagnostics, disposable medical products used in surgical procedures, and orthopedic implant manufacturing and clinical services. Viasys has more than 7,000 hospital customers in 100 countries, and generates 40 percent of its revenue from customers outside the U.S. Nearly 70 percent of Viasys' $610 million...

Barriers will not stop convergence of medical technologies

...ant of such decisions is whether a disease is of a surgical or a medical nature. A surgical disease is one that requires some form of intervention such as, of course, surgery (although various...

CIO Leadership Series: Phil Loftus, Aurora Health Care

...duplicate or inappropriate tests, and streamlining surgical scheduling and physician order entry. Next, the EMRs will enable Aurora to complete the key component in its strategic plan - the improvement of patient access across a series of traditional healthcare transactions. From the patient's point of view...

CIO Leadership Series: Tanya Townsend, Saint Clare's Hospital

...ing in the family birth center, a PICIS system for surgical services and anesthesia documentation in the operating room, and MedHost, a niche application for emergency-room documentation. All are tied together either through technological interfaces or process mapping. "We leveraged what was already availab...

Medical technology firm lands $100K federal grant

Madison, Wis . - Every surgical operation requires proper wound closure to ensure timely healing and protection from complications, and a Madison start-up business has received a $100,000 federal grant to develop alternatives to existing wound-care products. Nerites Corp ., which...

What patients want: A story of choice, clinical trials & evidence-based medicine

...rder to accommodate the challenges of conducting a surgical trial (in this case comparing surgery with conservative treatment involving patient education, anti-inflammatory medication, and/or physical therapy) as well as the fact that medical opinion was strongly in favor of surgery, the trial was designed so...

And the winners in medical design are

...consider the common scenario when that magic extra surgical device falls on the floor and is no longer sterile. What do you do then? That ingenious little extra step has now converted the smooth operation into the proverbial dog-and-pony show. That's not good for clinicians or patients. The judges recognized...

GE Healthcare introduces MR imaging product

...d for knee arthroscopy, and optimize the timing of surgical procedures. GE Healthcare, which has developed medical technology to diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, and neurological diseases, employs more than 46,000 people at locations worldwide, including Waukesha....

Lance Armstrong and the future of cancer care

...the disease has a higher chance of being cured and surgical options generally figure more largely in the treat...chniques have further contributed to growth in the surgical management of cancer. There have been several industry implications of earlier detection including ...

Nerites raises $1 million to improve medical tech

...n which the tissue adhesives will be used to close surgical incisions, and the effectiveness of the device coatings will be evaluated in reducing the likelihood of bacterial infections at the site of medical implants. In addition to the testing, CEO and President Thomas J. Mozer said the funding has enabled ...

CIO Leadership Series: Kim Pemble, SynergyHealth

...nt live with the Epic pharmacy system and the Epic surgical scheduling system - implementations that helped it plan the eMAR dress rehearsal. Still to be installed are Epic solutions for clinical documentation and physician order entry. In the end, it was a little patience that made for a smooth transition. ...

Neurognostics to partner with Racine distributor

...ntify important regions within the brain to aid in surgical decision-making. The 21-year-old Ad-Tech has distributed and produced products for the surgical treatment of epilepsy, neuro-monitoring, and neurosurgery. Approximately 10 percent of epilepsy pati...

MatriLab wins Governor's Business Plan Contest

...ple with chronic wounds like diabetic, venous, and surgical ulcers. Carl Gulbrandsen, managing director of WARF, said the foundation anticipates a long and prosperous relationship with MatriLab. They have excellent technology, have been creative, are working in an area with a large potential market, and if s...

Tech companies get commerce loans for new ventures

...cal devices that promote the speed and accuracy of surgical procedures. It will receive a $75,000 TVF loan for equipment and production set up. The total project cost is $740,300. The TVF program provides low-interest loans to Wisconsin high-tech companies with fewer than 100 employees that are seeking ange...

Cedara Software in partnership with i-Dent Imaging

...ntists and surgeons to order computer-manufactured surgical templates which fit over a patient's teeth and gums and act as surgical guides, to help ensure that implants are positioned as planned. The companies will work together on...

Tommy Thompson joins Picis board of directors

...s and hospital networks worldwide, automating more surgical procedures, emergency visits and intensive care stays than any other system in the world....

The Israeli life science juggernaut

...e companies (including cardiovascular, orthopedic, surgical and diagnostic products) are here in the Midwest, it is critical to educate these companies on this fact. While this trade mission was successful in garnering interest, it will need to be followed up further visits and creation of ties to the life sc...

RFID medical devices - Opportunities and challenges

.... The first type is the SurgiChip tag, an external surgical marker that is intended to minimize the likelihood...acked tag is placed on the patient's body near the surgical site. In the operating room the tag is scanned and the information is verified with the patient's ch...

On track with the FDA -- But what about your coverage and reimbursement strategy?

...rtain types of products, such as new pacemakers or surgical equipment, CMS coverage decisions are not needed because the products will fall within existing payment structures or be rolled into a facility fee. Innovative technologies and treatments are more likely to necessitate coverage decisions, often becau...

Whither Wisconsin manufacturing in the new global economy?

...gs for a variety of industrial products, including surgical scissors and auto pistons. Thermal Spray was selected as an example of a traditional industry that's gone high-tech. Auto parts have always required some kind of shield against heat and wear, but technological advances have shifted strategies from e...

Van Campen reviving UW's drug-development related education

...l form of drug delivery to promote more successful surgical reattachment of limbs or appendages. The station also provides laboratory services that help newly established pharmaceutical companies. "We always try to emphasize that our reason for being is to enhance the quality of opportunities for the transla...

Tommy Thompson elected to board of Jersey medical firm

...cialty devices for vascular, urology, oncology and surgical specialty products. Thompson will join a board of directors that includes Tony White, president of Appelara Corp. and Gail Naughton, dean of the College of Business Administration at San Diego State University Thompson, a four-time Wisconsin govern...

GE Healthcare lands Virginia Health System deal

...nia Health System doctors will use GE Healthcare's surgical navigation tools, the InstaTrak 3500 Plus and OEC ... research less invasive methods of therapeutic and surgical intervention for the brain and spine. "This research agreement is the beginning of an important rel...

Vector Surgical hopes to turn frustration into faster surgeries

...s surgeons orient excised tissue in cancer-related surgical procedures much more quickly than they can with th...gy formation. Michael Phillips brings 20 years of surgical experience and 12 years of teaching laparoscopic surgery to the venture, while Janet Phillips has th...

Midwest large-cap life-science sector is solid in first quarter

.... It includes drugs, drug stores, medical devices, surgical devices, diagnostics, consumer products and hospital waste management. As a result, it may be difficult to read a general trend. The bottom line is that almost two-thirds of the companies performed rock solid with American Pharmaceutical Partner...

Midwest is cost-effective for startup biotech companies

...tech, diagnostics, medical devices, orthopedic and surgical devices and human therapeutics). More to the point, I would like to take a moment to thank you my audience and editor for all your comments and feedback over the last two years. Keep those e-mails coming as your comments are always appreciated! I ...

Google delves deep within your computer with new desktop tool

...nd can zip through it all in seconds with the same surgical accuracy youre used to from Google.com searching. Google Desktop is free, and unlike at Google.com, its not complemented by surrounding advertising. It not only finds files fast but can peer into the entirety of the contents of Outlook and Outlook ...

Americas Third Coast nurtures biotechnology

...om bone, potentially leading to bone disorders and surgical removal of the parathyroid gland. Vitamin D hormone levels are often impaired by chronic kidney disease. We have one of three products on the U.S. market, Hectorol, to treat vitamin D deficiency in patients with chronic kidney disease, says Basil M...

Gunderson Lutheran Implements Instrument Management Systems

...nd staff costs by automating the management of its surgical instruments and trays by using a new surgical instrument management system from St. Paul, Minn.- based Lawson Software. Gundersen Lutheran opera...

Scientific Protein Laboratories Acquired by New York firm

...thrombosis, embolism, acute coronary syndromes and surgical recoveries involving implants. SPL also manufactures pancreatin API, which is used to treat pancreatic deficiency of cystic fibrosis and a variety of digestive disorders. We look forward to working with the Arsenal Capital team to invest in our exi...

GE Medical Enables Digital Heart Hospital

...gery recovery unit, 48 progressive care beds, five surgical suites, ten cardiac catheterization/invasive procedure labs with additional diagnostic equipment, and a dedicated auditorium to be used for education and training presentations "The Pepin Heart Hospital and Research Institute will become a model for...

GE Medical Systems Introduces AutoBone Software

...dden in traditional imaging views, which optimizes surgical pathways with more precise information to allow for less-invasive clinical procedures and increased diagnostic confidence. AutoBone software provides automated bone removal imaging from Computed Tomographic Angiography (CTA) studies for the abdomen...

List of Key Midwest Biotech Women Grows

...thods, treatments and assays for various diseases, surgical techniques, tissue culture methods and waste management and monitoring. Martin is a member of the National Institutes of Health study sections, has written some 100 articles for scientific publications and has delivered more than 50 presentations n...

The Role of Engineering in Health Science and Technology

...entists and engineers to create minimally invasive surgical techniques and on-demand drug delivery using micro-electro-mechanical systems formed by surface micro-machining. Future surgery will increasingly rely on robotic assistance to minimize the damage to healthy tissue and resulting trauma to the patient...

Conferences Underscore Wisconsins Role in the Health Technology Revolution

...ents for cardiovascular disease, womens health and surgical technologies. Thats only the beginning. Fields such as tissue engineering, personalized medicine, genomics, zoonotics and molecular imaging all of which are core competencies in Wisconsin are leading to advances that may have been unimaginable a f...

GE Medicals Acquisitions May Prompt More Purchases

...sion required Space Labs Medical and the Ziehm surgical C-arm business portions of Instrumentarium -- be spun off to maintain a competitive market. But analysts expect GE Medical to make additional acquisitions to complement its new buys and/or spin additional portions of Amersham off. They need to do o...

GE Cleared Buy Instrumentarium

...ns about the merger has agreed to divest the Ziehm surgical C-arm business of Instrumentarium. GE also confirmed with the European Commission to divest Instrumentarium's Spacelabs patient monitoring business, and to maintain on a global basis GE's and Instrumentarium's current practice of open interfaces for ...

Childrens Medical Hospital of Wisconsin Goes Digital

... will begin in the emergency room but will include surgical areas, heart care, radiology and pharmacy. At the end of the process the hospital will be nearly paperless. John Vice, president and CEO of Childrens Hospital and Health Systems said, This will become a model for all other pediatric hospitals to fol...

CEO Wilson Defines GE's Health-IT Customer

...presence in the operating room, lab, radiology and surgical settings, and with electronic medical records. HITW: What products gaps do you have left to fill? Wilson: We have not had a good presence in the operating room. So one [acquisition] that we feel very good about is the Instrumentarium [which h...