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Air Force personnel will soon know within minutes if they or their equipment are contaminated with a biological agent, thanks to a new technology developed by the Air Force and a national laboratory. "The system will provide an increased capa...A step toward the $1,000 personal genome using readily available lab equipment
The theoretical price of having one's personal genome sequenced just fell from the prohibitive $20 million dollars to about $2.2 million, and the goal is to reduce the amount further--to about $1,000--to make individualized prevention and treatment realistic. The sharp drop is due to a new DNA sequencing technology developed by Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers Jay Shendure, Gregory...Supercomputing equipment to advance the frontiers of computational biology
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will continue to advance the frontiers of computational science with the help of IBM's Blue Gene supercomputer. Awarded under IBM's Shared University Research (SUR) program, this Blue Gene will complement the $100 million partnership between Rensselaer, IBM, and New York state to create one of the world's most powerful university-based supercomputin...Coriolis equipment from Bertin Technologies
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According to findings of a new report, the risks injection drug users face for infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) from sharing commonly used drug paraphernalia other than syringes, such as drug "cookers" and cotton filters.// While many anti-drug campaigns have warned of the hazards of sharing hypodermic needles, the new study found that injection drug users who shared cookers-...Mammography units and up gradation and tax cuts on diagnostic equipments in Hospitals
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss as assured the radiologist during the 59th Annual Conference of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA) held at Chennai that the current 12% tax on radiology// equipments will be reduced and all said that all diagnostic equipment in Government hospitals will be repaired and upgraded and added that Mammography units will be set up in all Governm...US Offers Specialized Equipment To Fight Bird Flu In Nigeria
The United States has supplied the latest equipment and supplies worth $356 500 To Nigeria in an effort to help the African country battle bird flu. // The US embassy in Nigeria said that this equipment includes sprayers, rubber boots, GPS units, first aid kits, gloves and disinfecting brushes. US ambassador John Campbell said, "We have not given up the fight to stamp out this horrible...China's Neusoft and Trivitron Plan to Set up Medical Equipments Unit
The Neusoft group, China's largest medical technology solutions provider with a turnover of $700 million, is planning a joint venture with the Chennai-based //Trivitron group to set up a medical equipment manufacturing unit, possibly in Bangalore. "The potential joint venture will earmark an initial investment of $5 million and will gradually scale it up to $25 million over a period of...Lack of Equipment and Skilled Doctors Costing Civilian Lives in Iraq
Doctors working in Iraq admit that more than half of the civilians killed could have been saved if better medical equipment and more experienced staff and were available.// Writing in this week’s BMJ, Bassim Al Sheibani and colleagues say that as the violence escalates, the reality is that they cannot treat many of the victims. Official figures from Iraqi authorities and U...SurePoint™ Stepper/Stabilizer EquipmentFloor Mount
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