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Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny

As tattoos have grown in popularity, so have complaints of adverse side effects associated with both their application and removal. A new study, done by chemistry students at Northern Arizona University, looked at the chemical composition of a variety of tattoo inks to better understand their potential health risks. The findings, presented today at the 229th national meeting of the Americ...

Doctors closer to using gene analysis to help trauma patients

A genetic tool with the potential to identify which trauma and burn patients are most likely to become seriously ill has worked consistently in a wide range of experimental clinical settings ?an important hurdle to overcome before the method is routinely used in emergency rooms and intensive care units. In a report published today (March 7) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc...

Researchers Closer To Helping Hearing-Impaired Using Stem Cells

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are several steps closer to the day when a profoundly deaf patient’s own bone marrow cells could be used to let him or her hear the world. The IU group, led by Eri Hashino, Ph.D., was able to transform, in the laboratory, stem cells taken from adult bone marrow into cells with many of the characteristics of sensory nerve cells -- neurons...

Proteomics brings researchers closer to understanding microbes that produce acid mine drainage

A pink, bacterial scum on the floor of an abandoned mine seems an unlikely place to study community development, but a biological breakthrough is allowing University of California, Berkeley, researchers to probe the give and take in this microbial mat. Last year, the UC Berkeley team joined with the Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute to pluck out the genomes of the five dominan...

UC Davis researchers move biotechnology closer to replacing electronic pacemakers

UC Davis researchers have successfully used a custom designed protein and gene delivery system to restore normal heart rhythms in pigs with electronic pacemakers, reducing their dependence on implanted devices. This work suggests that scientists are one step closer to making bioengineering a reality in treating the more than 2.2 million Americans affected by irregular heartbeats. The UC...

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Biotech executive books a career flight that's closer to home

The Madison native has joined...

Wisconsin spaceport committee moves closer to formation

Mark Hanna, a city alderman, and Judy Schieble, co-director of an educational rocket program, will join s...

Sonic closer to turning profit corner

Chairman and CEO Rimas Buinevicius and CFO Ken Minor released upbeat re...

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A closer look at Vitamins

New research shows vitamins may not play a role in preventing death from cardiovascular disease. Past research has led investigators to believe vitamin intake could prevent cardiovascular disease, but results of these trials have not been conclusive.// Researchers from University Hospital in Switzerland and University of Miami School of Medicine in Florida conducted a study to determine if vitami...

A Closer Look into Vitamin D and Fractures

Osteoporosis (reduced bone mineral density) is most common in older adults, particularly women. It is a major risk factor for bone fractures that will become a bigger and more costly problem unless something is done to prevent it. While vitamin D has been shown to reduce the risk of fracture in the elderly // certain questions regarding how much of Vitamin D is needed has to be answered....

Scientists Closer To Identifying Gene Connected To Alzheimer's

Scientists have identified six genes which may be involved in heightening the risk of contracting Alzheimer's disease. The chromosome 10 region appears // to be involved in the process. "There are a few genes that have been implicated in the development of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, but other than APOE, no genes have been found that increase risk for the more common, late-onset f...

Scientist Move A Step Closer To Treating Genetic Obesity

University of Florida researchers have found that mutation causes receptors to miss signals from molecules that tell a person when to eat and when not to eat //. Genetic obesity accounts for 6% of obesity in children and adults. Genetic obesity has long been associated with mutation in melanocortin-4 receptor, a gene found in brain cells that regulate hunger. This finding will help scientist t...

Chlamydia Vaccine a Step Closer to Reality

Scientists at Queensland University of Technology are one step closer to developing a world-first vaccine //to protect women against contracting the most common sexually-transmitted disease, Chlamydia. A major international vaccine company has awarded QUT a funding boost of more than $300,000 to continue its research into Chlamydia and work towards developing a vaccine specifically t...

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The Closer

Description:The Closer vascular closure device is a suture mediated closure system. It has a sheath-like profile and easy positioning. It has an innovative design which involves the needles outside the artery and the suture is inside the sheath....
Company:Perclose, An Abbott Laboratories Company

Closer S Suture-Mediated Closure

Description:Designed for use in 5 to 8 Fr. access sites following diagnostic or interventional catheterization procedures. The Closer S 6F SMC System is indicated for the percutaneous delivery of suture for closing the common femoral artery access site of patients who have undergone diagnostic or interventional catheterization procedures using 5 to 8F sheaths. The Closer S 6F SMC System reduces the time to...
Company:Abbott Vascular

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Arrowhead Subsidiaries Insert & Calando Present Data on Cyclosert Drug Delivery System at AACR Meeting

Novel Systems May Provide Cancer Patients With Improved Potentialto Battle Their Disease PASADENA, Calif., April 16, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Arrowhead Research Corporation announced today that two of itsmajority-owned subsidiaries, Insert Therapeutics Inc. and CalandoPharmaceuticals Inc., are presenting data at the 2007 AmericanAssociation for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting....

Poster on Cyclosert Drug Delivery Presented at AACR Meeting

Novel System May Provide Cancer Patients With Improved Potential toBattle Their Disease PASADENA, Calif., April 16, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- InsertTherapeutics, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of ArrowheadResearch Corporation announced today its novel delivery systemcalled Cyclosert(TM) will be featured in a poster presentation atthe 2007 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annu...