Nonlinear Dynamics announces more details of its global partnership with PerkinElmer
Nonlinear Dynamics Ltd, a leading provider of bioinformatics solutions, today announced further details of its global OEM partnership with PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a leading provider of drug discovery, life science research and analytical solutions. As detailed in a press release issued last week, PerkinElmer will distribute Nonlinear's full range of 1D, 2D and array software. Howeve...New study: Sexually transmitted disease treatment can be effectively administered by sex partners
Effective control of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) requires treatment of the sexual partners of infected patients. A new study shows that providing infected men with antibiotics to give their partners is more effective than traditional means of contacting and treating the partners, according to an article in the Sept. 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. Men with...Molecular Partners Required For Appropriate Neuronal Gene Repression
Oregon Health & Science University researchers have identified some of the key factors that prevent the repair of brain damage caused by multiple sclerosis (MS), complications of premature birth, and other diseases and conditions. The findings offer important clues about why the nervous system fails to repair itself and suggest ways that at least some forms of brain damage could be reversed....New partnership to clear landmines for African Elephants
A region made impassable by civil war in recent decades will be cleared of landmines to allow huge elephant herds to resume their normal spread in southern Africa, Roots of Peace (RoP) and Conservation International (CI) announced today. The U.S.-based non-profit organizations are partners in a project to remove landmines sown during Angola's 26-year civil war from critical access corridor...Spousal illness can trigger partner death
In the largest study ever to quantify caregiver burden and the widower effect, researchers found that for people aged 65 and older, hospitalization of a spouse can harm the wellbeing of his or her partner and significantly contribute to that partner's death. This risk also varies with the ill spouse's diagnosis. The study appears in the Feb. 16 New England Journal of Medicine. "Our study shows th...Fergus joins Baird Venture Partners, Caden Bio
Fergus, a graduate who will be b...Avolte Venture Partners reaches capital goal
The fund, which was to be capped at $50 million, has not raised that muc...Jellyfish partners for sales tracking technology
Greg Kaldor, vice president of mer...GE Healthcare partners with UNC on breast cancer imaging research
With funding from GE Healthcare, a $17 billion unit of General Ele...Manufacturing partnership will move into biotech and biomedical spaces
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The May issue of Psychosomatic medicine reports that spending a little quality time with one's spouse and other partners seems to have a calming influence on a person's blood pressure. In a study that used portable monitors to track people's blood pressure, it turned out that the participants' pressure was lowest when they were with their partners, regardless of what they were doing....Changing Partners may put Expectant Mothers at Risk
New research finds that women who change partners between the births of their first two children are more likely to deliver pre-term babies with a low birth weight than women who have the same partner.// These babies are also more likely to die within the first year of life. The results are the same even when researchers take into account the mother’s age and education, the interval bet...Ruling: HIV victim exempted from disclosing condition to partner
The Wellington District Court, New Zealand, has ruled that HIV-positive people don't have to disclose their condition to their sexual partners if condoms are used. Justin Dalley was charged with criminal // nuisance after not disclosing to his female partner his HIV positive status before they engaged in protected vaginal sex and unprotected oral sex. However, Judge Susan Thomas today...Unwed mothers find it difficult to attract potential life partner
Women who have children out of an extramarital relationship are less likely to marry when compared to other single women of their age. But even if they do marry, their husbands tend to be less well-matched, in terms of age // and educational background. The data for the study was collected from a population of 102, 722 women aged 18 to 34. The study showed that single mothers were less...Diabetes Partner PC (Patient Software)
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Description:Practice Partner Patient Records provides a host of innovative tools to improve both office and clinical efficiency, while helping to improve quality of care. Patient Records allows practices to replace their paper charts, with a comprehensive feature set utilized nationwide by over 700 medical offices of all sizes and specialties....Practice Partner Medical Billing
Description:Practice Partner Medical Billing offers a set of features for handling business requirements. Medical Billing features a Windows-based design that allows staff to customize the system to meet their needs and preferences. Using Medical Billing's electronic encounter forms, charges can be entered directly at the point of care when used with Practice Partner Patient Records. Medical Billing is f...GenoLogics Announces Bioinformatics Partnership with Illumina
GenoLogics Announces Bioinformatics Partnership withIllumina BEYOND GENOME CONFERENCE, San Francisco, CA, June 21, 2007-GenoLogics, a leading developer of lab and data managementsoftware solutions for life sciences research, today announced thatit has penned an agreement with Illumina, Inc. to become atechnology partner and participant in IlluminaConnect, abioinformatics software...