ICW and Surescripts to Develop E-Prescribing Prototype Project for SHIN-NY

Prescription history data priority for Statewide Health Information Network for New York WAYNE, Pa., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) has partnered with global eHealth specialist InterComponentWare Inc. (ICW) and Surescripts, operator of the country's larges...

New Intervention for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Prototype Completed by SIMmersion LLC

Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) frequently struggle to fit into a world that does not understand them, and aid is often more difficult find for adults than for children. SIMmersion LLC is hoping to help adults with ASD; the company recently completed a prototype of its simulation soft...

Shopko Announces New Prototype Store in Council Bluffs

GREEN BAY, Wis., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Shopko has some groundbreaking news for Council Bluffs. The retail merchandiser is bringing a fifth Shopko store to Iowa as well as a fifth store to the suburban Omaha market. This will be the first Shopko store in Council Bluffs. This month, Shopko w...

CMV Vaccine Prototype Successfully Tested in Guinea Pigs

Researchers have developed an experimental vaccine that reduces stillbirths of rodents born to mothers infected with cytomegalovirus// (CMV). This virus also causes mental retardation and hearing loss in newborn children infected in early fetal life. The National Institutes of Health funded this re...

Medizone Expects OTCBB Listing

...gy, "Medizone is preparing a transition into the hospital beta testing stage. We now expect to begin hospital testing during October using production prototype equipment. We are targeting initial sales before the end of this year with deliveries during the first quarter of 2010 expected to bring the company ...

Professor Bruce Beutler Joins aTyr Pharma's Scientific Advisory Board

... research into therapies that have reduced suffering for millions of patients with inflammatory disease. Dr. Beutler is the inventor of Enbrel(R), the prototype for the most successful class of biotherapeutics ever developed: recombinant inhibitors of TNF that are used to treat inflammatory diseases such as rh...

Breast CT Scanner Could Improve Cancer Screen Comfort

...lude being more comfortable than conventional mammograms but just as safe. More than 200 women have been scanned with the custom-designed breast CT prototype scanner, he said. The technology has not yet made its way into clinical practice, he said, but preliminary results look good. "Breast CT is still expe...

Prototype, 7-foot-tall sanitizer automates disinfection of hard-to-clean hospital equipment

...m-negative type bacteria, most notably, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii, plus some types of fungi. "Our study results with the prototype offer strong evidence that more can be done to disinfect noncritical equipment through automated decontamination processes in heavily trafficked areas...

'Artificial Golgi' may provide new insight into key cell structure

...New York and North Carolina are reporting assembly of the first functioning prototype of an artificial Golgi organelle. That key structure inside cells helps pro... that helps prevent clotting. The researchers describe development of a prototype lab-on-a-chip device that closely mimics the natural Golgi apparatus. They ...

QLT announces interim data from a Phase II clinical trial and a device study for the Punctal Plug Drug Delivery System

...ent with the Phase II clinical trial, punctal plug prototype designs for the sustained delivery system are bein...up is ongoing. The Device Study (Punctal Plug prototype Designs) This study is an ongoing, device, op...d insertion/removal, and retention of punctal plug prototype designs, in healthy subjects. Subjects are fitted ...

Prototype in Medical Technology

University of Michigan Study Shows SEQUENOM's MassARRAY Technology Identifies HPV Infections Missed by Standard Hybridization Test

... HC2 test, the most widely used clinical HPV test, and 77 tissue samples taken from tumors in confirmed cervical cancer patients were analyzed using a prototype assay developed by the late Dr. David Kurnit at the University of Michigan (subsequently, the assay has been exclusively licensed by SEQUENOM and know...

Iontophoretic Drug Delivery System (IDDS) Containing Lidocaine and Epinephrine is Effective in Reducing Pain Associated With Insertion of an Intravenous Catheter in a Phase 2 Clinical Trial

...nscu Group," said Paul R. Sleath, President and CEO of Dharma Therapeutics. "We are very excited about this product and the improvements over Dharma's prototype evaluated in earlier clinical trials. Our current design is very user friendly and can be manufactured cost efficiently at commercial scale. We belie...

VivoMetrics(R) Introduces Next Generation LifeShirt Prototype, a Smart Garment That Delivers Real-time Vital Signs Remotely to Healthcare Providers

... VENTURA, Calif., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- VivoMetrics, Inc., a leading innovator in remote patient monitoring (RPM), announced today the first complete prototype of their next generation LifeShirt for the remote monitoring of patients' vital signs by healthcare professionals. The new LifeShirt has significant a...

Senesco Announces H1N1 Influenza Survival Test Results in Mice

...ternal Medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and past president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, commented, "These prototype studies have demonstrated that Factor 5A is a promising candidate for future study in several infectious diseases, including a model of lethal influen...

Study Confirms Effectiveness of Innovative Prism Glasses For Hemianopia Patients

...m consisted of Mr. Robert Giorgi and Drs. Russell Woods and Eli Peli, all of the Schepens Eye Research Institute. This study was conducted with a prototype of the glasses, on which the prisms are temporarily applied. There are now permanent prism glasses available, which continue to be studied and perfect...

Corgenix, Tulane Announce Award of NIH Grant Extending Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Product Development Program

...everal viral detection products which were deployed in Africa for clinical testing. Under the new grant, Corgenix and the other partners will move the prototype Lassa products into full commercialization. Current tests typically require the culture of live Lassa virus in a high-containment laboratory to produc...

Oakwood Surgeons Perform World's First 3D Surgery Without Special Glasses

... Test of prototype 3D display exceeds performance expectations. LIVONIA, Mich., April 20 ...g-time Detroit businessman and co-founder of Absolute Imaging. "Using this prototype 3D display, physicians are able to see human anatomy in its true-to-life fo...

Raptor Pharmaceuticals Appoints Dr. Patrice P. Rioux as Chief Medical Officer

...an NDA in 2010. In February, 2009, Raptor announced the completion of patient enrollment in its Phase 2a open-label clinical trial to evaluate a prototype formulation of DR Cysteamine in juvenile patients diagnosed with NASH. Results from that study are expected later this year. In November, 2008, ...

Novavax Presents Favorable Results from Phase I/IIa Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Program at World Health Organization Conference

...c Preparedness ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the 5th World Health Organization Meeting on Evaluation of Pandemic Influenza prototype Vaccines in Clinical Trials, Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX ) announced favorable results from the second stage of the Phase I/IIa human clinical trial...

MicroPhage Successfully Completes Beta Trial for Rapid MRSA Test

...ge performance expectations. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090113/AQTU542 ) The beta-site study evaluated MicroPhage's prototype assay to identify Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria and determine methicillin resistance (MRSA) or susceptibility (MSSA) in suspected cases of ba...

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Prentice Hall Nurse's Drug Guide 2006

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Prototype in Biological News

Virginia Tech football player uses prototype cast

Virginia Tech's starting running back Cedric Humes was able to play against Boston College despite a broken arm (the ulna bone) thanks, in part, to a prototype composite brace designed for him by Virginia Tech engineers. Brian Love, a professor of materials science and engineering in the College ...

UAB students' Nintendo Wii CPR earns American Heart Association support

... worked on the Wii CPR project for its Design in BME biomedical engineering course, which required the students to successfully design and construct a prototype of the technology for real-world use in order to pass the course. After a successful class presentation in May, which showed the students' progress an...

Crustacean shell with polyester creates mixed-fiber material for nerve repair

... different and are difficult to blend, but proper mixing is crucial because imperfectly blended fibers have weak points. Zhang and colleagues built prototype nerve guides measuring 1.5 millimeters (0.06 inches) in diameter, and between five and 15 centimeters (two to six inches) long. They tested a guide ma...

Flexible solar strips light up campus bus shelter

...ng researchers at McMaster University has been installed to power lighting for night-time transit users. The researchers are also hoping that the prototype will help boost efforts to commercialize the new technology. The bus shelter is located on the west side of University Avenue between the John Hodgin...

CSIRO deal to commercialize 'artificial gut'

...t is much quicker and more cost-effective than the current in vivo (human) method. The GI and RS Analyser is the first of its kind in the world. The prototype works by mimicking the human digestion process and was originally developed to test the properties of new grains being developed by the Flagship. Dr...

Next-generation software system for flood warning and risk analysis to be developed

...award from ICUK will take the development work to the next stage, supporting the translation of the 'Novel Flood Early Warning System' from a research prototype into a commercial system. Prof. Zhijia Li, who leads the research at Hohai University, adds: "ICUK has provided us with an excellent opportunity f...

A quicker, cheaper SARS virus detector -- one easily customizable for other targets

...search, in helping to establish certain important parameters for two-part biological systems like the antibody/target protein pair. The protein the prototype system detects is the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus n-protein, which infected more than 8,000 people in 2002-2003, killing nearly 10 ...

Protective footwear for diabetics at a high-street price

...Republic, Austria, Germany and Italy. Getting the measure of the problem The design and development phase of the project involved developing a prototype shoe last, along with specialised soles, insoles and antibacterial linings. Constructing and refining the shoe last required, for comparison purposes,...

ExcellGene SA first company to offer contract manufacturing in 250 Liter OrbShake bioreactor

... - Cooperations with Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) and Adolf Kühner AG - prototype of orbital shake bioreactor presented at ACHEMA 2009 Monthey, 19. Mai 2009 / b3c newswire / – ExcellGene SA, a leading provider of con...

Scientists work to plug microorganisms into the energy grid

...and sunlight. The hydrogen can then converted to electricity using fuel cells that his lab is also developing. They have completed laboratory scale prototype "microbial batteries" using the bacteria and the fuel cells in a single enclosed system that, when exposed to sunlight, produces enough electrical cur...

Prototype in Biological Technology

ExonHit Completes a Prototype to Detect Alzheimer's Disease From Blood

PARIS, November 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ExonHit Therapeutics, a drug and diagnostic discovery company, has completed a prototype of the first blood-based Alzheimer's disease test. The company expects to have this test certified and to provide it as a service in its GLP (Good Laboratory Pra...

GeoVax Labs, Inc. Provides Clinical Studies Update

...of testing positive for HIV," stated McNally. He continued, "You will recall that trials conducted using a simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) prototype of the GeoVax HIV vaccine in SIV-infected primate animal models have held high promise that the GeoVax vaccine will be able to contribute to the contr...

A drug-dispensing contact lens

...t amount of medication to the eye, at adjustable rates. They describe their prototype lens in the July issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science ....ular use by the Food and Drug Administration. In laboratory testing, the prototype lenses dispensed ciprofloxacin (an antibiotic often used in eyedrops) for 3...

New geothermal heat extraction process to deliver clean power generation

...as emissions, geothermal is also a steady and dependable source of power. "By the end of the calendar year, we plan to have a functioning bench-top prototype generating electricity," predicts PNNL Laboratory Fellow Pete McGrail. "If successful, enhanced geothermal systems like this could become an important...

iSource Networks Partners with inVentiv Health to Develop New Technology Platform for Reaching Healthcare Consumers

...behaviors. Dr. Rapaille said, "I deeply believe that iSource has created a new media which will transform all health issues in the future." A prototype of the iSource platform is in development and is expected to be piloted by the end of the year. To learn more, contact Wick Rudd, EVP of Business Dev...

Finesse Solutions Forges Agreement With Leading Biotechnology Company for Single-Use Technology Exploration

...e technologies include novel disposable sensors, software platforms, and control algorithms. As part of the agreement, Finesse will provide prototype sensors, software, and systems for use by Biogen Idec in its bioprocessing platforms, and refine them for single-use applications. This collaboration...

Stanford researchers find a quicker, cheaper way to sort isotopes

...io mass spectrometers can weigh as much as 1500 pounds and occupy the space of a large freezer case, such as those found an ice cream shop Once the prototype is fully developed and commercialized, "It'll fit into the backseat of a car," Zare said. This portability can take isotopic analysis directly into th...

Matrix Genomics, Elizabeth Corder, PhD - Gene Variation in the LRRK2 Gene and High Risk for Parkinson's Disease

... parents. This finding has been replicated in hundreds of studies and remains the one established genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, and the prototype for investigating common gene variants for common disorders. ### Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2496714.htm ....

Vaxart Begins Animal Testing of H1N1 Flu Vaccine Candidate

...or exposure to their platform vector does not impact the performance of later vaccinations. The company has previously demonstrated that its avian flu prototype vaccine has the ability to protect animals from lethal exposure to the pandemic strain. "We look forward to continuing our work with government a...

Hospira Announces Plans to Integrate Symbiq(R) and EndoTool(R) Technologies

... -- prototype of the Innovative Combined Technology on Demonstration at AACN Expo -- ...fusion pump and industry-leading EndoTool(R) glucose management software. A prototype of this technologically advanced combination system is being demonstrated a...

Prototype in Biological Dictionary

Sarcoplasm

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Ootid

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Microscope

...t is called microscopy. The term microscopic means... Electron microscope constructed by Ernst Ruska in 1933. The first electron microscope prototype was built in 1931 by the German ... Provides stereo and compound microscopes , as well as imaging devices for individuals, schools, and industry...

Lateral meristem

...dary tissues. ... ... dicots have extensive lateral meristems (the cambium, the ... Procambium and Lateral Meristems ... The cambium is the prototype of a lateral meristem . ... Lateral meristems are responsible for secondary growth (growth in thickness) ... The Mechanisms for Lateral ...

Lambda phage

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Karyoplasm

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Hepadnaviridae

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Exoskeleton

...xtremity Exoskeleton (BLEEX), as it's officially called, ... The first prototype experimental exoskeleton is comprised of two powered ... The Exoskeleton...n even the burliest individuals. ... Two innovations distinguish Rosen's prototype from other exoskeleton designs. One is a special design of the exoskelet...

Diakinesis

...alent in diakinesis forms a rod bivalent at metaphase I in 17.3% of ... Word: diakinesis . n. the final stage of the prophase of meiosis. prototype PAGE, Source: WordNet ... Bovine cumulus-enclosed oocytes, initially cultured up to diakinesis (8 h of initial culture) or metaphase I (12 h of...