Breakthrough in Medical Technology

USC Keck School of Medicine's Dr. Alan Epstein Receives Prestigious National Cancer Institute RAID Award for Breakthrough IL-2 Molecule Therapeutic

LOS ANGELES, July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Southern California today announced that Dr. Alan Epstein of the USC Keck School of Medicine has received approval for a $3.5 million drug development project through the Rapid Access to Intervention Development (RAID) program of...

CRi Oosight(TM) Instrument Crucial in IVF Breakthrough Demonstrating a Correlation Between Non-Invasive Egg Metrics and Pregnancy

WOBURN, Mass., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi) announced today that Oosight(TM), a non-invasive optical imaging system manufactured by CRi and widely used by embryologists as an aid in the field of in vitro fertilization (IVF), has been used in a ground...

China Sky One Medical, Inc. Achieves Significant Breakthrough in Research for Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) Early Examination Kit

HARBIN, China, May 4 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Sky One Medical, Inc. ("China Sky One Medical" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: CSKI ), a leading fully integrated pharmaceutical company producing over-the-counter drugs in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced that the R...

New Australian Drug Holds Hope of Major Breakthrough in Treating Terminal Blood Cancers

SYDNEY, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Australian medical research company Immune System Therapeutics Ltd (IST) has launched a clinical trial to test its breakthrough treatment for terminal blood cancers. IST has genetically engineered an antibody drug that binds specifically to a target protein fo...

deCODE Breakthrough in Thyroid Cancer May Enable More Targeted Risk Assessment and Earlier Intervention

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientists at deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN ) today present the discovery of two single letter variations in the sequence of the human genome (SNPs) conferring substantial increased risk of thyroid cancer. The two SNPs, located on chromoso...

FDA Stem Cell Approval Breakthrough Laudable

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the FDA announced approval for the first clinical trials on humans using Embryonic Stem Cells but Adult Stem Cell scientist Christian Drapeau says the experts may not be telling the whole story; Adult Stem Cells have greater potential with le...

DOT Therapy: Newest Breakthrough Technology in Laser Skin Resurfacing

- Dr. Robert Weiss, Director of Maryland Laser, Skin and Vein Institute, Introduces DOT Therapy to his practice - BALTIMORE, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Weiss, M.D., board certified dermatologist, is among the first physicians in the U.S. to offer his patients DOT Therapy (Dermal Optical T...

Cephalon Receives Complete Response Letter Regarding Request for Expanded FENTORA Label for Non-Cancer Breakthrough Pain

FDA Requests Enhancements to Risk Mitigation Strategies Consistent with Company's Recommendations FRAZER, Pa., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) announced today receipt of a complete response letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA...

The University of Nottingham in the British Midlands Announces Breakthrough in Parkinson's Disease Research

Award Winning Research Team Makes Crucial Breakthrough in Battle to Prevent Onset of Parkinson's Disease CHICAGO, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The British Midlands Development Corporation today announced that scientists at The University of Nottingham have made a crucial breakthr...

Vical Announces Breakthrough for Pandemic Influenza DNA Vaccines With Preliminary Human Data

SAN DIEGO, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq: VICL ) today announced a breakthrough with preliminary clinical trial data demonstrating that DNA vaccines can safely achieve significant immune responses against H5N1 pandemic influenza in humans. DNA vaccines are funda...

Applisonix Announces Breakthrough in Ultrasound Technology for Hair Removal - Average Hair Reduction of 38% Following Initial Treatment

REHOVOT, Israel, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Applisonix LTD (TASE: APLS), a developer of innovative ultrasound based solutions for the aesthetic market, announced today that the test conducted using its hair removal prototype achieved, following an initial treatment, average hair reductio...

Kingfisher Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of Breakthrough KFH Energy for Chronic Pain Sufferers

Kingfisher's Revolutionary Device Designed to Improve Quality of Life for Patients Suffering From Chronic Pain ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Kingfisher Americas, a healthcare company focused on improving patient quality of life, announced today that the U.S....

Stem Cell Research Provides Medical Breakthrough to Repair Heart Cell Damage Created by a Heart Attack

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- In the medical community at large, there is no disputing the fact that heart attacks kill and destroy cells in the heart muscle. Multiple attempts by medical research scientists to figure out how to stimulate the heart to repair itself after an i...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Breakthrough in RNA-Interference Technology

Accell siRNA Simplifies Delivery to Cells and Significantly Improves Effectiveness of RNAi in Key Life Sciences Applications WALTHAM, Mass., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO ), the world leader in serving science, has developed a breakthroug...

AlphaMed Pharmaceuticals Announces Breakthrough in the Development of Recombinant Alpha 1-Antitrypsin

LARGO, Fla., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- AlphaMed Pharmaceuticals Corporation announced today that the Company has successfully expressed a humanized version of the therapeutic protein alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT). AlphaMed scientists expressed their recombinant AAT utilizing the Company's proprietar...

Children's Mental Focus Foundation Announces a Scientific Breakthrough for Children Who Have Been Diagnosed With Autism, ADD and ADHD

HENDERSON, Nev., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's Mental Focus Foundation (CMFF), a nonprofit organization located in Henderson, Nevada, has discovered a virus that may be linked to children with autism and other mental disorders. CMFF is a "Research Foundation" currently working with doctor...

New AVEENO(R) Eczema Care Product Line Offers Breakthrough Formulas to Help Manage the Signs and Symptoms of Eczema

SKILLMAN, N.J., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), 10-20 percent of the world's population suffers from eczema, an inflamed skin condition characterized by red, scaly and itchy skin. To help manage the condition's symptoms, which tend to flare up in...

Stem Cell Breakthrough Advances Science Without 'Ethical Landmines,' Says Cardinal

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement was released today by Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee for Pro-Life Activities at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: "Studies published this week in the journals Cell and Sc...

Potential Breakthrough Cancer Treatment Emerges from MIPS-Funded Clinical Trial Teaming CSA Medical Inc. and University of Maryland Researchers

Results presented today at American College of Gastroenterology's Annual Meeting COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A clinical trial conducted by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers and CSA Medical Inc. may yield a breakthrough treatment for pre-cancerous...

Cephalon Announces Positive Results from a Pivotal Study of FENTORA in Opioid-tolerant Patients with Non-cancer Breakthrough Pain

Company on Target to File Supplemental New Drug Application in the Fourth Quarter FRAZER, Pa., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) today announced positive results from a 12-week, Phase 3 clinical trial of FENTORA(R) (fentanyl buccal ta...

Heart Disease Treatment Breakthrough

GATESHEAD, England, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A leading GP has welcomed the launch of a potentially revolutionary heart disease treatment that offers people around the world the hope of combating the killer disease. GP Dr Rob Hicks said the launch of Ateronon, the natural supplement develo...

Cephalon Presents Positive Results for Fentora in Breakthrough Pain Associated with Neuropathic Conditions

All Efficacy Measures Reached Statistical Significance FRAZER, Pa., May 01, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A Cephalon, Inc. Phase 3 clinical trial presented today at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Boston highlights data demonstrating that FENTORA(R) (fentan...

Trial Results with Intranasal Fentanyl Hold Promise for Treatment of Breakthrough Pain in Cancer

BUDAPEST, Hungary, June, 7, 2007--A pioneering nasal spray could stop thousands of patients with cancer from suffering unnecessary pain; it was reported today1 at the 10th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Ca...

BusinessWeek Article Highlights Promising Breakthrough Treatment for Advanced Coronary Artery Disease

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 6, 2007 - BusinessWeek today published an article discussing the race by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to be first to bring to market an effective angiogenesis treatment for cardiovascular disease. While angiogenesis therapies are being pursued by...

BusinessWeek Article Highlights Promising Breakthrough Treatment for Advanced Coronary Artery Disease

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 10, 2007 - BusinessWeek published an article on July 6 discussing the race by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to be first to bring to market an effective angiogenesis treatment for cardiovascular disease. While angiogenesis therapies are being pursu...

Medigus and Tower Semiconductor Announce World's Smallest Medical Video Camera Based on Advanced CMOS Image Sensor

...for Medigus Ltd. "The new camera and its unique imager represent a dramatic breakthrough in the endoscopic medical field; it opens a wide hatch to new markets, medi...r in the miniature diagnostic and surgery tools fields to jointly develop a breakthrough camera solution for the medical market," said Dr. Avi Strum, Vice President...

Cryo-Cell Announces C'elle(SM) Research and Development Collaboration with Cryopraxis Cryobiology Ltd.

...rease in the number of people paying annual storage fees; any technological breakthrough or medical breakthrough that would render the Company's business of stem cell preservation obsolete...

Video: New Dove(R) Body Washes with NutriumMoisture(TM) Restore Skin's Natural Moisture

...eansing no longer has to be a skin care concern. NutriumMoisture: A breakthrough in the Body Wash Category NutriumMoisture fuses the mild cleansing b...ost during cleansing. Dove has been at the forefront of research and breakthrough cleansing technology since the brand's inception. This dates back to the la...

First Skin Cancer Patients Treated With Electronic Brachytherapy (eBx) At University of Wisconsin Riverview Cancer Center

...ire/ -- Earlier this month the University of Wisconsin Cancer Center Riverview became the first medical facility in the world to treat patients with a breakthrough treatment of skin cancer. Located within Riverview Hospital, Wisconsin Rapids, the UW Cancer Center Riverview is the first to treat skin cancer patien...

Lexicon's Drug Candidate LX1032 for Carcinoid Syndrome Receives Orphan Drug Designation From EMEA

... LXRX ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing breakthrough treatments for human disease, announced today that it has received orphan d...exicon is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing breakthrough treatments for human disease. Lexicon currently has five drug candidates i...

Exenatide Once Weekly Provided Superior Glucose Control Compared to Lantus(R) in Head-to-Head DURATION-3 Study

...obesity. Amylin is headquartered in San Diego, California. Through a long-standing commitment to diabetes care, Lilly provides patients with breakthrough treatments that enable them to live longer, healthier and fuller lives. Since 1923, Lilly has been the industry leader in pioneering therapies to help...

Lupus Research Institute Highly Encouraged by Benlysta(TM) Trial Results

...f medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "It represents a breakthrough for finally utilizing a methodology that enables researchers to demonstrate...t the forefront of lupus science as the Institute consistently achieves the breakthrough discoveries, novel insights and solid results that are changing the course ...

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Announces - Swiss Team Uses InSightec's ExAblate(R) 4000 Brain System to Treat Patients With Functional Brain Disorders

...lbit Imaging's President and CEO, commented: InSightec's outstanding breakthrough technology in the transcranial field has without doubt placed InSightec on ...MediTech Advisors, LLC and employees. It was founded in 1999 to develop the breakthrough MR guided Focused Ultrasound technology and transform it into the next gene...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings Reviews Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Psychiatric Diseases

...e the effect on depression and obsessive compulsive disorder is beneficial, but the therapy needs further study," Dr. Lee says. The potential for this breakthrough treatment is enormous in reducing the toll of mental illness on patients, their families and society, according to the review. Unlike electrosho...

Transave Receives $2.2 Million Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Award for Development of ARIKACE(TM)

...award of $1.7 million to support the development of ARIKACE. "We believe ARIKACE -- a once-a-day treatment with sustained effect -- can be a real breakthrough in CF patients' arduous treatment burden , and are looking forward to seeing the Phase II results and moving to Phase III soon afterward," said Tim Wh...

CoAxia, Inc. Announces $21.5M Series D Financing

...e our pivotal trial and demonstrate safety and efficacy. Looking forward, with Sofinnova's experience in financing medical device companies developing breakthrough technologies to successful exits, we believe that we are now well positioned for trial completion, PMA submission and initiation of sales and marketin...

Great Basin Scientific, Inc. Raises $3.6 Million in Bridge Funding to Prepare for Launch of First Product

...ests required. About Great Basin Scientific Great Basin Scientific, Inc. is a privately held life sciences company that commercializes breakthrough technologies for the molecular, rapid diagnostic testing market. The company is dedicated to development of simple yet powerful point-of-care technolo...

Brain Fitness Makes Boomers Age Younger

...shing a large body of scientific evidence that an old brain can learn new tricks. "In April, researchers at the Mayo Clinic and USC published a breakthrough study of our technology," Zimman said. "They compared Posit Science software to the more typical mental stimulation of taking a class in the human...

New Studies Presented at European Society of Anaesthesia Further Validate Masimo PVI(TM) for Noninvasive and Continuous Fluid Monitoring

...enging clinical conditions, including patient motion and low peripheral perfusion. In 2005, Masimo introduced Masimo Rainbow SET Pulse CO-Oximetry, a breakthrough noninvasive blood constituent monitoring platform that can measure many blood constituents that previously required invasive procedures. Masimo Rainb...

Jennerex Therapeutic Research Collaboration With Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Selected for $10 Million Grant From Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

... About Jen nerex Jennerex is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of first-in-class, breakthrough targeted oncolytic products for cancer. The company's lead product JX-594, currently in an international Phase 2 trial for primary liver cancer, demon...