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FDA Approves Human Hookworm Vaccine for Phase I Safety Trials

As any dedicated video game player knows, the first requireme...

Aloe vera coating may prolong freshness, safety of fruits and vegetables

gel is best known for its therapeutic effect on burned or irritated skin, but in the future you could be eating the gel as a healthful additive to your fruits and veggies. Researchers in Spain say they have developed a gel from the tropical plant that can be used as an edible coating to prolong the quality and safety of fresh produce. The gel, which does not appear to affect fo...

Feds give researchers ok for safety test of adult stem cells in patients with heart disease

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved plans to begin a study to evaluate the safety of using adult stem cells from bone marrow to treat chronic ischemia, a serious form of heart disease. The FDA has approved a Phase I study designed to test the safety of the...

Flesh-eating bacteria escape body's safety net

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered that so-called flesh-eating "Strep" bacteria use a specific enzyme to break free of the body's immune system, a finding which could potentially lead to new treatments for serious infections in human patients. The research, reported in the February 21, 2006 issue of the journal Current Biology,...

Magnetism and mimicry of nature hold hope for better medicine, environmental safety

Critical advances in medicine and environmental protection promise to emerge from a new method for biochemical analysis of fluids developed by an international science team led in part by Arizona State University researchers. Called "digital magnetofluidics," it promises more rapid, more accurate and less costly analyses of water and biological fluids ?blood, urine, saliva ?that require o...

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Safety Glasses Dispensers from Terra Universal, Inc.

Description:These handy dispensers save space and organize gloves, safety glasses, wipers, hats, and other garb. They are the perfect benchtop storage bins for small parts used in labs, processing and manufacturing. Clear static-dissipative PVC eliminates static charges and the particles they attract. Open-slot design for easy cleaning. Many other sizes and custom configurations available....
Company:Terra Universal, Inc.

Safety Glasses Dispensers from Terra Universal, Inc.

Description:These handy dispensers save space and organize gloves, safety glasses, wipers, hats, and other garb. They are the perfect benchtop storage bins for small parts used in labs, processing and manufacturing. Clear acrylic. Open-slot design for easy cleaning. Many other sizes and custom configurations available....
Company:Terra Universal, Inc.

Safety Glasses Dispensers from Terra Universal, Inc.

Description:These handy dispensers save space and organize gloves, safety glasses, wipers, hats, and other garb. They are the perfect benchtop storage bins for small parts used in labs, processing and manufacturing. Clear static-dissipative PVC eliminates static charges and the particles they attract. Open-slot design for easy cleaning. Many other sizes and custom configurations available....
Company:Terra Universal, Inc.

MSC.12 class II safety cabinet (Type A1 : recirculated) - BS 5726 (230V / 50Hz) from Thermo Scientific

Description:The Jouan MSC series of Class II Biological Safety Cabinets provides comfortable working conditions and certification to the world's highest safety standards. Fully automatic regulation ensures that the cabinets cannot be adjusted out of safe working conditions. Natural lighting, low noise and arm rest ensure safety through comfort....
Company:Thermo Scientific

MSC.12 class II safety cabinet (Type A2 (prev.B3) : ducted) - BS 5726 (220V / 50Hz) from Thermo Scientific

Description:The Jouan MSC series of Class II Biological Safety Cabinets provides comfortable working conditions and certification to the world's highest safety standards. Fully automatic regulation ensures that the cabinets cannot be adjusted out of safe working conditions. Natural lighting, low noise and arm rest ensure safety through comfort....
Company:Thermo Scientific

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Funds will support public safety communications interoperabilty

The funds will be used to implement a regional public safety mobile radio plan for the 16-county group, and purchase equipment that will ena...

High interest forces delay in food safety symposium

A surge in interest in a conference on protecting the U.S. food supply from terrorism and natural disasters has led its organizers to postpone the event until spring from its original November dates. The was originally slated for Nov. 1-3 in downtown Milwaukee, with as many as 1,000 people expected from the Gr...

Reforming FDA: Focus on safety, let market judge efficacy

The primacy of efficacy over safety seems to be so deeply integral to the system that it mig...

Human factors and IT: Designing for patient safety

MADISON In the medical profession, one of the greatest obstacles in taking care of a patient is the overflow of information that naturally accompanies treatment. Patient histories and care instructions are often long and full of irrelevant information, and if multiple hospitals are involved, more levels of complication develop. To many, a technological system that could organize all this informa...

UW Medical Foundation CEO shares his vision on the state of health care and patient safety

MADISON The human aspect of leveraging and delivering information technology for increased patient safety in health care is often overshadowed by the appeal of cutting-edge technologies, gizmos and gadgets. , president and chief operat...

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Alerts for safety of heart device

Heart devices may go wrong sometimes.There has been a rise in the number of safety warnings concerning devices that regulate the heart rhythm. Many depend on either a pacemaker or an implantable defibrillator to keep their heart beating rhythimically. However sophisticated and accurate devices they may be, sometimes they to do go wrong. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Ho...

Surgery a safety in senility

Elderly patients with heart disease are twice as likely to have a better quality of life after an operation than with medication, research suggests. Researchers in a Swiss study looked at patients with an average age of 80 who suffered from chronic angina. Doctors either gave them medication, or referred them for an angioplasty - a treatment where a fine tube with a small inflatable b...

Surgery a safety in senility

Elderly patients with heart disease are twice as likely to have a better quality of life after an operation than with medication, research suggests. Researchers in a Swiss study looked at patients with an average age of 80 who suffered from chronic angina.// Doctors either gave them medication, or referred them for an angioplasty - a treatment where a fine tube with a small inflatable...

Surgery a safety in senility

Elderly patients with heart disease are twice as likely to have a better quality of life after an operation than with medication, research suggests. Researchers in a Swiss study looked at patients with an average age of 80 who suffered from chronic angina.// Doctors either gave them medication, or referred them for an angioplasty - a treatment where a fine tube with a small inflatable...

New standards for Human Research Safety

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and the National Committee for Quality Assurance recently announced plans to set up a program to review the safety of clinical tests// in humans. This announcement came close on the heels of U.S. officials moving to suspend gene therapy studies pending an investigation of side effects in a French study, which found a cure for "bubble...

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Safety Lock Rib-Back

Description:Sterile Bad-Parker blades offer the superior cutting advantages of carbon and stainless steel technology, plus the exclusive Rib-Back design for greater cutting control and strength. Brad-Parker brand producer offer the wide selection of surgical blades, handles and disposable scalpels. Every blade is packaged in a foil pouch for maximum protection of blade and user....
Company:BD Ophthalmics

Bunnell Mini-Modified Safety Finger Pin

Description:Bunell Mini-Modified Safety Finger Pin reduces PIP flexion contractures....
Company:AliMed, Inc.

Class II Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet

Description:Class II Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet...
Company:NuAire

Class II Type B1 Biological Safety Cabinet

Description:Class II Type B1 Biological Safety Cabinet...
Company:NuAire

Calss II Type B2 Biological Safety Cabinet

Description:Calss II Type B2 Biological Safety Cabinet...
Company:NuAire

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Managing Preanalytical Processes for Patient Safety

Contributing Editor Positive patient identification (ID) is a major put by healthcare accrediting bodies for the past few years. Until recently, the costs associated with hardware and software were beyond the reach of the average hospital or laboratory. Today there are multiple vendors with devices that can be integra...

YM BioSciences Announces Secondary Efficacy and Safety Findings in Randomized Phase IIB Aerolef Trial

- Company Announces Lead Investigator for U.S. Trial - MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 11, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - YMBioSciences Inc. , an oncology company that identifies, developsand commercializes differentiated products for patients worldwide,today announced results of secondary endpoint data from its 99patient, randomized, placebo-controlled, multi-center Phase IIbtrial (DLXLEF-AP4) with...

New Phase 3 Study Published in The Lancet Evaluates Efficacy and Safety of Prezista/Ritonavir vs. Kaletra as Part of HIV Combination Therapy in Treatment-Experienced Adults With HIV

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., July 05, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Results fromthe primary analysis of a randomized, controlled, open-label, Phase3 study showed that 77 percent of treatment-experienced HIV-1infected adults taking PREZISTA(TM) (darunavir) 600 mg tablets with100 mg ritonavir (PREZISTA/r) twice daily, plus an optimizedbackground regimen (OBR) of antiretroviral (ARV) agents, reached aplasma v...

Cytogen Presents Phase 1 Data Showing Promising Antitumor Activity and Safety Profile of Quadramet at International Myeloma Workshop

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 28, 2007 - CytogenCorporation (NASDAQ: CYTO) reported updated data from a Phase 1dose escalation study evaluating QUADRAMET(R) (samarium Sm-153lexidronam injection) in combination with bortezomib (Velcade(R),Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) in patients with relapsedmultiple myeloma. Data from 33 patients were presented today in aposter titled, "Phase 1...

New Proof of Genistein's Efficacy and Safety for Osteopenia and Osteoporosis Published in Annals of Internal Medicine

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 27, 2007 - Annals ofInternal Medicine has published the results of a two-year clinicalstudy on the impact of genistein on bone loss. The paper, "Effectsof the Phytoestrogen Genistein on Bone Metabolism in OsteopenicPostmenopausal Women-A Randomized Trial," appears in the currentissue (June 19, 2007) and details the safety and efficacy ofgenistein for...

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