Junying Yu, Leading Stem Cell Researcher, Joins Cellular Dynamics International

...cells for drug development. This progress has been highlighted by the recent announcements of two strategic technology in-license arrangements with mount Sinai School of Medicine and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the company's recent announcement of the generation of iPS ...

Cellular Dynamics International In-Licenses Key Patent Portfolio for Using Stem Cell-Derived Cells in Drug Testing

...ation of these cells as tools in the pharmacology and toxicity testing market. Similar to our recently announced in-licensed patent portfolio from mount Sinai School of Medicine, the IUPUI agreement ensures that we have a commercial advantage in this area, providing our customers with the comfort that ...

UCB and Crohn's Disease Working Group Award $175,000 in Research Grants to Gastroenterology Fellows

...eer, the record and commitment of their mentor and the institutional and research environment. The 2009 recipients include: Vera Kandror Denmark, mount Sinai School of Medicine Rebecca Scherr, Emory University School of Medicine Joel Pekow, University of Chicago Tasneem Ahmed, Cleveland Clin...

HHS Awards MedImmune Contract to Manufacture Live Attenuated Nasal Spray Vaccine for Novel Influenza A (H1N1)

... influenza virus usually enters the body. It contains live vaccine virus strains that are weakened so as not to cause the flu, but prompt the body to mount an immune response after the first dose. Because it is live and stimulates a broad range of immune responses, LAIV may offer some cross-protection ag...

Frost & Sullivan: Lower Import Duties and Rising Customer Demand to Boost Russian Electronics Manufacturing Market

...n receipt of the above information, a brochure will be sent to you by e-mail. Russian Electronics Manufacturing Markets is part of the Surface mount Technologies Growth Partnership Service programme, which also includes research in the following markets: Bulgarian Electronics Manufacturing Markets...

Regal Introduces Four, Six and Eight Port Filtered and Un-Filtered Right Angle BNC Connectors

...dances. The specified operating frequency range is 0 to 1 Ghz., tested and usable through 2.0 Ghz. The connectors are of the classic through hole/PC mount configuration, and have sturdy solderable mounting tabs for strength and connectivity. About Regal Electronics, Inc. Since 1976, Regal has manuf...

United States Recognizes Leading Scottish Scientist for Disease Research

...d is part of a global UPS research program partnering life sciences company Millipore with the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde and Edinburgh, and mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. "I believe this recognition is a testament to Scotland's longstanding commitment to advancing cutting-edge disease re...

NexBio Completes Clinical Advisory Board for the Advanced Development of DAS181 (Fludase(R)*), a First-In-Class Medicine for Influenza

...er is a Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto and Director of Infection Control and a Microbiologist at the mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. Dr. McGeer is a practicing clinician and has served on expert committees including the Council of Canadian Academies Expert ...

American Transplant Congress 2009

... Experts Present New Research in Boston mount LAUREL, N.J. March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The ninth annual American Transplant Congress 2009 (ATC) is the premier educational event in the field of basic ...

BG Medicine Signs Collaborative Research Agreement with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and Boston University

...s on blood biomarkers of atherosclerotic vascular disease as determined by multiple imaging modalities," said Valentin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D. director of mount Sinai Heart at the Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY, and chairman of another cardiovascular biomarker initiative known as the HRP Initiative. ...

Honeywell Technology Selected to Control Manufacturing Processes at Major U.S. Biotech Site

...kly execute complex batch recipes reliably in a regulated environment. Additionally, the OneWireless mesh network technology will allow Shire to mount controllers on moveable equipment without having to worry about cabling issues, which can help increase their production flexibility, safety and effic...

Video: Schering-Plough Introduces AFRIN(R) PureSea(TM): A Natural, Gentle Nasal Rinse From the Seas of Northern France

...al rinsing is a simple technique to cleanse nasal and sinus passages while helping you to breathe freely," said Mary Jo DiMilia, M.D., an internist at mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. "AFRIN PureSea is a new and convenient way to clean nasal passages, because it requires no mixing, minimal cleanup, ...

Cordex Pharma Presents 'New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicines' on January 29

...raction coupling and cardiac pumping efficiency." Dr. Stamler completed his undergraduate studies at Brandeis University , earned his M.D. from mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and completed his medical residency and fellowship training in both cardiology and pulmonary medicine at Ha...

CEL-SCI Corporation Announces 2008 Financial Results

...patient has advanced disease, or had surgery or has received radiation and/or chemotherapy, the immune system is severely weakened and is less able to mount an effective anti-tumor immune response. Other immunotherapies are administered after the patient has received chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy,...

New Publications Show Noninvasive Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound to be a Potentially Safe, Effective Pain-Relieving Treatment for Bone Metastases

...id and non-opioid analgesic intake following treatment. No device-related adverse events were reported. In subgroup analysis, researchers from mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto who participated in this study concluded that ExAblate(R) may be an effective and safe treatment option in reducing the pain...

Singapore Medicine - Singapore Doctors Use Hi-Tech Implant to Add Space to Narrowed Spinal Canals

.... Dr Razmi Rahmat, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at ParkwayHealth's mount Elizabeth Hospital , is one of a few surgeons in Asia trained to do the pro...e as much as in Singapore. About the ParkwayHealth ParkwayHealth owns mount Elizabeth Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital and the East Shore Hospital and pla...

Dry Eye Survey: Ophthalmologists Cite Treatment Limitations/Gaps in Treatment of Moderate to Severe Dry Eye

...ill looking for more effective therapies for treating moderate to severe dry eye," commented Dr. Penny Asbell, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, mount Sinai School of Medicine; Director, Cornea Services and Refractive Surgery Center, New York; and co-author of the pivotal textbook 'Dry Eye Disease, t...

EMD Serono Launches Landmark Patient Registry for Egg Freezing

...man, Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science at mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, and co-director of Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York. One patient group that has benefited significantl...

FDA Approves Additional Indication for Norditropin(R) for Small for Gestational Age (SGA) in Children

...cs, Emma Elizabeth Sullivan Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, and Director of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at mount Sinai School of Medicine. "The availability of Norditropin(R), a product with a 13-year study showing efficacy and safety in the treatment of SGA pati...

Prominent Urologist Dr. David B. Samadi Presents Breakthrough Robotic Surgery Techniques on OR Live Webcast

...08 -- Dr. David Samadi, Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, got into very specific details, with demo...madi, M.D. is Chief, Division of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He is a board certified Urologic...

MediCult Acquires US-Based MidAtlantic Diagnostics to Further Strengthen ART Presence

... JYLLINGE, Denmark and mount LAUREL, New Jersey, September 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MediCult a/s (OSE: MEC), a leader in Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), today announ...

Explosion Proof Fluorescent Lights Keep Paint Spray Booths and Oil Rig Workers Safe

... be present on an infrequent basis." Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com offers a wide range of explosion proof lighting products for surface mount and portable applications. The recent addition of explosion proof fluorescent lights complements explosion proof tank lights, handheld fluorescent li...

MedQuist Announces Additions to Board of Directors

... mount LAUREL, N.J., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedQuist Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDQ ) today announced that its board of directors has elected John F. Jastrem...

NovaRx Initiates Pivotal Phase III Clinical Trial in Lung Cancer Patients

...beta), which is commonly produced by cancer cells as a cloak against the body's natural immune system. When TGF-beta is blocked, the immune system can mount an anti-tumor response. The results of Phase II testing were published in the October 10, 2006 edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Studies ...

PTC124 Shows Promising Activity in Cystic Fibrosis; Phase 2 Proof-of-Concept Data Published in the Lancet

...en specifically designed to overcome that mutation," said Eitan Kerem, MD, head of pediatrics and the CF center at the Hadassah University Hospital in mount Scopus, Jerusalem and the lead author of the study. "The publication of these ground-breaking results in the Lancet offers new hope to those patients ...

ReceptorBio Announces Diabetes License Agreement With Telik

...n the area of identifying new agents that activate the IRTK. Dr. Goldfine has received the Rosenthal Award from American College of Physicians and the mount Zion Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Goldfine is past president of the American Diabetes Association, Western Region. ...

Dr. Robert N. Butler Appointed to Board of Directors of BioTime, Inc.

...of Health, and from 1975-1982 he led that institute educating the nation about the need for innovative therapies for Alzheimer’s disease. At the mount Sinai School of Medicine, he founded the nation’s first department of geriatrics where he is Professor of Geriatrics and Adult Development. He i...

Stem Cell Transplantation Research at The Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center Aims to Develop 'Designer' Transplants

...om the graft to avoid development of disease, and the remaining T cells can mount responses against residual cancer cells like leukemia. "Following allogen...rocess to grow new stem cells, can counteract opportunistic infections, and mount a fight against the cancerous cells but at the risk of developing GVHD," sa...

Cynosure Introduces Affirm CO2(TM) Workstation for Advanced Ablative Therapy

...gle laser," said Bruce Katz, M.D., Clinical Professor of Dermatology at The mount Sinai School of Medicine, Director of the Cosmetic Surgery & Laser Clinic at mount Sinai Medical Center and Director of the Juva Skin & Laser Center in New Yo...

Studies Show USGI Medical's EndoSurgical Operating System(TM) Enables Incisionless Surgery to Reduce Gastric Pouch and Stoma After Gastric Bypass

...he study all had lost significant weight after gastric bypass, but slowly began to regain weight over time," Herron, Chief of Bariatric Surgery at The mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, said. "Due to the scarring from the original procedure, open revision options have generally been excessively risky t...

Phase 3 studies show golimumab significantly improved signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

...ngoing treatment with methotrexate," said Edward Keystone, M.D., FRCPC, director of the Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis & Autoimmune Disease at mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, and lead study investigator. "Since some patients do not respond adequately to methotrexate alone, this combination therap...

PreViser and Oral Health Innovations Ltd Form UK Partnership to Provide Oral Health Scoring and Risk Analysis

... mount VERNON, Wash., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- PreViser Corporation ( http://www.previser.com ), a Washington State-based provider of patented oral disease and...

Kosan Appoints Pamela S. Cohen, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer

...tute, and Stanford University. Dr. Cohen received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College, Columbia University and her medical degree from the mount Sinai School of Medicine. She has received many awards and honors and has authored over 30 publications in the area of the molecular biology of pediat...

MedQuist and StructuRad Form Partnership to Integrate Report Macros into SpeechQ for Radiology(TM)

... mount LAUREL, N.J., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedQuist Inc. (Pink Sheets: MEDQ), the leading provider of clinical documentation workflow technology a...

MedQuist Reports First Quarter 2008 Results

... mount LAUREL, N.J., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedQuist Inc. (Pink Sheets: MEDQ), the largest Medical Transcription Service Organization (MTSO) in the...

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Starts Patient Enrolment in U.K. Combination REOLYSIN(R)/Cyclophosphamide Trial

...S Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Professor Hardev Pandha of the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust, Surrey and mount Alvernia Hospitals. "We are hopeful that this trial will provide more information on how we might improve the effectiveness of this promising new ap...

Increased Drug Related Cardiac Toxicity Leads Gwathmey Preclinical Testing Services to Create Novel Cardionomics(TM) Services for Preclinical Cardiac Safety Screening of Drug Candidates

...lar technology and its network of cardiovascular leaders," said Roger J. Hajjar, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Director Cardiovascular Research Center, mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Hajjar will be speaking about innovative approaches to preventing cardiac toxicity in new drugs at the World Pharmaceuti...

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces 2008 First Quarter Results

...therapy by collecting and analyzing immune response to the presence of the virus. The results suggest that reovirus may stimulate the immune system to mount a dynamic immune response to the presence of virus, increasing the potential to significantly enhance the efficacy of oncolytic virotherapy. About a t...

CryoLife Conducts Surgeons Cardiac Allograft Symposium

...or of cardiothoracic surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind; Paul E. Stelzer, M.D., senior faculty, cardiothoracic surgery, mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.; Craig R. Saunders, M.D., chairman of cardiothoracic surgery, Saint Barnabas Health Care System, Newark, N.J....

Smiths Medical to Promote and Distribute Abbott's FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System

...just under the skin and is attached to a plastic sensor mount with adhesive to adhere to the skin, like a patch. The transmitter snaps into the sensor mount and sends glucose information wirelessly to the pager-sized receiver. The system discreetly measures glucose levels once per minute; provides high/low...