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Paraplegic Takes Leap of Faith for Treatment in India

American Public Media interviewed Rusty Leech of Rusty Without Wheels, the web story of a man with paralysis who has traveled to India for stem cell treatment that he could not receive in the U.S. Grand Junction, CO (PRWEB) June 29, 2009 -- Rusty Leech, of Rusty Without...

Juva Skin Center's Laser Skin Treatments Take an Innovative Leap with Pixel CO2 Device

Patients who used to spend weeks in recovery after cosmetic skin treatments can often return to work after a long weekend sporting impressive skin care results, thanks to an innovative new tool. The Pixel CO2 OMNIFIT device reduces aesthetic skin treatment downtime ten-fold, from 30 days to just ...

MyHealthArchive.com's New Features -- A Quantum Leap in Using Health Information to Promote Your Health

HOUSTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- With its acclaimed debut in 2007, MyHealthArchive revolutionized every aspect of old-fashioned pen and paper patient medical records by bringing the process into the digital age. Today's release of new features goes far beyond basic record-keeping, allowing subscrib...

1 small step for a lab science, 1 green leap for mankind

Environmentally friendly is not a phrase normally used to describe a chemistry lab. But thanks to a groundbreaking discovery at Tel Aviv University, the chemical industry is a step closer to being green. Prof. Arkadi Vigalok from the School of Chemistry at Tel Aviv University has discovered a ...

What are the Odds? Friends Give Birth to Leap Year Babies within Hours of Each Other

PANAMA CITY, Fla., Feb. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- What are the odds? Today, at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Panama City, Florida, friends Ashley Mize and Wendy Baker gave birth to Leap Year babies. That news may not make headlines, but consider the following. Ashley and Wendy attend the same church i...

'Free For All' on Leap Day to Get Hearts Pumping!

Ronzoni(R) Pasta Encourages Small Leaps to Heart Health with a FREE Box of Healthy Harvest(R) Pasta for ALL Americans on February 29th HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Every four years, Leap Day gives us an extra 24 hours. This year, on February 29th, Ronzoni(R) Healthy Harvest(R) ...

Britain’s cancer initiatives leap forward with a miracle dru

A miracle drug is beginning to light up the lives of thousands of cancer patients, with hope for treating two severe cancers of the kidney and the gut.// Initial examinations of the drug have left a clue of its future use in breast, lung and pancreatic cancers. This drug called Sutent, nickn...

$1 million grant to RI Hospital M.D. for primary care melanoma screening training program

... is web-based for widespread use and grounded in the realities of primary care delivery. We believe the program we are developing will allow a quantum leap in interactivity compared to prior efforts in melanoma screening." The training will also incorporate the use of dermoscopy, the use of a speciali...

Leading health organizations launch new accreditation process for laboratories across Africa

...or accreditation; and showcase a task-based training program in support of laboratory improvement required for accreditation. "This is a tremendous leap forward for diagnostic laboratory services in Africa," said Dr. Lee H. Hilborne, past president of the American Society for Clinical Pathology, which ...

Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. Announces Closing of Offer to Acquire Warrants

...d paid to them $2.8 million in cash. "The closing of the new financing by the Vatea Fund and the exchange of the warrants marks an enormous leap towards positioning our company for attracting and obtaining future financings that are necessary to support our product development," said Chris Ster...

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Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute and Inverness Medical Innovations to Develop Commercial Test to Detect Early Alzheimer's Disease

...illiam Singer, President of BRNI's Board of Directors. "This partnership will ensure that expanded clinical trials occur quickly which will be a major leap in bringing a proven Alzheimer's disease diagnostic to the public." A recent study has been conducted with more than 300 patients in 15 hospital...

Boston Scientific Launches Third-Generation Platinum Chromium Drug-Eluting Stent

...rm that has the potential to simplify complex procedures and improve outcomes." "Our platinum chromium Element Stent series represents a significant leap forward in drug-eluting stent innovation," said David McFaul, Boston Scientific Senior Vice President, International. "This breakthrough technology c...

Cepheid Announces European Release of First On-Demand Molecular Test for Simultaneous Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) and Resistance to Rifampicin

... detection of TB, but simultaneous determination of whether or not it is a drug resistant strain. Xpert MTB/RIF should be a breakthrough technological leap forward in helping to ensure appropriate therapeutic management and in helping to halt transmission of this disease." "I would also like to note ...

Good Medicine: Smarter Smartphones for People With Chronic Disease

...tt Koop commented, "Drugs don't work in people who don't take them." leap of Faith Technologies, a Crystal Lake health technology company, has introd...s must be age 50 or older, taking at least one medication for hypertension. leap of Faith supplies the phone and service during the 90-day study. Participan...

St. Jude Study Gives New Insights Into How Cells Accessorize Their Proteins

...to their correct targets. One question the researchers addressed about the NEDD8-attaching machinery was how NEDD8 can make a considerable molecular leap to cullin-RING from the previous enzyme in the cadre that manages the attachment process. Also, the researchers wanted to understand how, once NEDD8 a...

PEAK Surgical Announces Positive Results From Preclinical Study of PEAK PlasmaBlade(TM) Needle

...ompany that has developed the PEAK(R) Surgery System, a new tissue dissection system based on a proprietary technology that represents an evolutionary leap in the advancement of radiofrequency surgical technologies. The PEAK Surgery System consists of the PEAK PlasmaBlade(TM), a family of disposable cutti...

Bayer HealthCare Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Kogenate(R) Product Line and 8 Billion IU Milestone at 2008 WFH World Congress

...een infused to date. Kogenate(R) clinical trials began in May 1988 in Bonn, Germany. This advent of recombinant factor VIII technology represented a leap forward in the delivery of safe, effective treatment for people with hemophilia A. Since then, Bayer's Kogenate(R) line of products has maintained a r...

Anesiva Announces Publication of Phase 3 Zingo(TM) Data in the Journal Pediatrics

... Children's Medical Center, Hartford, who led the pediatric clinical trials of Zingo. "As demonstrated in the Phase 3 trial, Zingo's rapid action is a leap forward in the control of peripheral venous access pain management for children." More than 18 million children undergo venous access procedures, in...

EndoGastric Solutions(TM) Announces Results of EsophyX(TM) Multi-Center GERD Study

...al detrimental effects that should be avoided. EsophyX is an impressive technology with impressive results that advances the treatment of GERD a giant leap forward." Dr. Todd Overcash, Medical Director of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida, is th...

Diagnostic Center for Disease: Prostate Biopsy Spreads Prostate Cancer Cells

...er for Disease(TM) found 75 percent of biopsies performed yielded a cancer, allowing men without cancer to avoid a biopsy procedure. This is a quantum leap from the blind biopsy approach enabling the potential savings of millions of dollars to the healthcare industry. The secret to success involved the us...

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Intra Operative "Cysto" Suite

Description:... The UroVantage from HealthTronics is a quite simply the most versatile urology table available today. A technological leap forward in design and functionality, built for urologists by urologists, the UroVantage offers unmatched functionality and versatility in a urology ta...
Company:HealthTronics

Quantum™ Maverick™ Balloon Catheter

Description:...tions, superb flexibility. The TrakTip™ and Selective Cone Thinning provide exceptional tip flexibility. Higher Performance Dilatation - Quantum leap balloon material yields greater dilatation force. Improved Hinge® balloon compliance provides even lower growth at high pressures. Broad size sele...
Company:Boston Scientific Corporation

EndoEYE Flexible Video Cystoscope

Description:... The new EndoEYE Flexible Video Cystoscope from Olympus is a giant leap forward in surgical technology. By marrying proprietary video chip technology with an industry-leading flexible scope design, Olympus is now providing...
Company:Olympus America Medical

ApoTome

Description:...workstation in neuro-, cell and developmental biology to exciting heights. Significant advantages of the ApoTome system include: A performance leap in resolution Easy and seamless integration Minimal training necessary Spectacular results in minutes Zeiss ApoTome Receives Photonic...
Company:Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, Inc.

Fidelity IAB Intra-Aortic Balloon Catheter

Description:... Every so often a new product comes along that isn't a small step but a giant leap ahead of everything that has preceeded it. Such is the impact of the Fidelity IAB....
Company:Datascope Corp.

Rose K Lenses

Description:... Heralded as "a quantum leap forward in the evolution of lens design for the condition" of keratoconus the Rose K lens has become the world's most frequently prescribed rigid gas ...
Company:Rose K International

Sony DSR20-MD Grade Digital Video Player/Recorder

Description:... The Sony DSR20-MD Grade Digital Video Player/Recorder represents a giant leap in digital technology. This equipment is intended to be used by physicians who teach or present medical techniques through computational method...
Company:Linvatec Corporation (now ConMed)

Starfish NS Heart Positioner

Description:... From Medtronic, Inc., the leader in beating heart bypass, comes the Starfish NS Heart Positioner. The new Starfish NS device is the first leap in surgical technology designed to broaden patient acceptance of surgical revascularization. The Starfish NS Heart Positioner enables surgeons to: P...
Company:Medtronic Inc.

Mx8000 Quad

Description:...nced applications and high performance as the Quad version. Both Dual and Quad systems can be upgraded to Infinite Detector Technology, an exponential leap in performance....
Company:Philips Medical Systems

Vasoguard Vascular Doppler

Description:... The VasoGuard from VIASYS Neurocare - continues the revolutionary leap forward in physiologic vascular diagnosis. Exceptional convenience and speed. Superior Doppler sensitivity and system reliability. VasoGuard de...
Company:VIASYS Healthcare (Nicolet Biomedical)

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Familial Hypercholesterolemia

... screening initiatives for familial hypercholesterolemia , together with a co-operative approach to treatment, are discussed as a possible quantum leap ... Familial hypercholesterolemia is a condition passed down through families in ... Risk of death varies among patients with familial hy...

ADHD

...... Get exclusive content and interact with ADHD Moms right from Facebook. ... Time for Spring Cleaning: Opening Up Family ADHD Dialogue. My leap of Faith ... Psychological assessment and therapy, including Neurotherapy for ADHD and Learning Difficulties and co-morbidities. Guide to th...

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New technique is quantum leap forward in understanding proteins

In this ongoing quest, a group of Scripps Research Institute scientists, along with colleagues from the University of California, San Diego, (UCSD) have borrowed from physics to deliver one of those research raritiesan unmitigated success. The group has devised a computational method that, with re...

Is hybridoma production about to take a quantum leap forward?

Biopharmaceutical companies have started to evaluate the use of fully human monoclonal antibodies as a complementary or primary therapeutic agent against a variety of diseases. The most obvious advantage would be to bypass the interference from the patient's immune system that typically characteri...

One small step means giant leap for spinal cord research

A new device developed at the University of Toronto that stimulates the muscles of patients with spinal cord injuries helps to increase walking function in those whose condition is not expected to improve. U of T researchers have found that functional electrical stimulation (FES), a process that...

New hope for fisheries

...sh taken out of the sea) and to identify which tools managers have applied in their efforts to rebuild depleted fish stocks. The work is a significant leap forward because it reveals that the rate of fishing has been reduced in several regions around the world, resulting in some stock recovery. Moreover, ...

Global curbs on overfishing are beginning to work

...taken out of the sea) and to identify which tools managers have applied in their efforts to rebuild depleted fish stocks. The work is a significant leap forward because it reveals that the rate of fishing has been reduced in several regions around the world, resulting in some stock recovery. Moreover, ...

Genetic finding could lead to targeted therapy for neuroblastoma

... been able to identify looking at the smaller cohorts of patients we each see at our individual institutions. In that sense, it's certainly an amazing leap forward in our understanding of the disease." The discovery does hold promise for developing treatments, but London cautions that these potential "...

Is this the beginning of the end of plant breeding?

... asexual reproduction possible in a normally sexual species. Turning meiosis into mitosis is not enough to reach clonal reproduction, but it's a giant leap towards it. This has potential revolutionary applications in crop improvement and propagation. ...

Researchers shed light on trading behavior in animals -- and humans

...home mortgages, have bartered or traded to receive something that they couldn't achieve on their own. It's the basis of the economy, and it requires a leap of faith to believe that each party will receive a payoff in return for taking a risk. When confidence breaks down, such as what happened during th...

Harvard scientist says we are what we eat -- and what we cook

...et 'human,' and the most logical explanation for the advances in brain and body size over our ape ancestors," Wrangham says. "It's hard to imagine the leap to Homo erectus without cooking's nutritional benefits." While others have posited that meat-eating enabled the rise of Homo erectus some 1.8 milli...

Triage technology with a Star Trek twist

...can be a life-saver. With this in mind, S&T wants to make a revolutionary leap forward in triage. Why not 30 seconds per person? And why not from a dista...y diagnose obscure diseases. The standoff patient triage tool is a quantum leap forward for medical response, but science fiction remains on the big screen...

leap in Biological Technology

San Diego Wireless Heavyweight Leap Wireless Supports New Start-up Incubator

CommNexus Forms Non-Profit to Support Innovative Start-up Companies and Entrepreneurs in Communications and Communications Convergence San Diego, CA (PRWEB) June 17, 2009 -- CommNexus and Leap Wireless, International, Inc., the parent company of Cricket Communications...

$10,000 ISSAC Award for Innovation Presented to MIT PhD

... for each dose. A combination product delivers drugs directly to the bladder, in controlled amounts over a defined period of time, which represents a leap forward from the limitations of the current treatment options. About TARIS Biomedical TARIS Biomedical Inc. is a specialty pharma...

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. Introduces Carbon Nanotube Probe Technology for Atomic Force Microscopy, CNT-Probes Deliver New Level of AFM Imaging Performance

...ages among other biological specimens such as, proteins, tissues and biopolymeric materials." "AFM researchers understand that the next leap in AFM productivity will be based on improved probe technology," said Vance Nau, CEO, Carbon Design Innovations. "They have been looking fo...

Waters Introduces New SYNAPT G2 with Greater Power, Versatility and Speed Than Any Other High-End Mass Spectrometer

...iciency) ion mobility resolution that is truly game-changing." "The launch of SYNAPT G2 is a significant event because it represents both a major leap forward in MS technology ... and a huge new opportunity for the worldwide research community attempting to solve fundamental problems at the molecular...

Angiotech's corporate partner, Boston Scientific, announces launch of third-generation TAXUS(R) Element(TM) Stent

...h the incorporation of a new highly deliverable dilatation catheter technology. "Our platinum chromium Element Stent series represents a significant leap forward in drug-eluting stent innovation," said David McFaul, Boston Scientific Senior Vice President, International. "This breakthrough technology co...

BioInformatics, LLC New Report -- The Market for Antibodies: Keys to Success for Commercial Suppliers, Vol. III

...cking changes in the market that have occurred since the publication of the 2006 version. Perhaps the most significant change is Abcam's (ABC.L: LSE) leap from an estimated market share of 5.2% in 2006 to 10% in 2009, trailing the market leader, Santa Cruz Biotechnology by only 2.5%. Additionally, Abcam...

GeneCards(R) Version 3.0 Beta Released

... CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Xennex, Inc. (Xennex) announced today a major leap for GeneCards(R) with the release of Version 3.0 beta, available at http://www.genecards.org/v3 . The new GeneCards Version 3.0 features a s...

Beacon Equity Issues Trade Alerts on Market Movers: CAH, LEAP, FISV, PBG, ARNA, LEN

... Today's Trade Alerts include: Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH ), leap Wireless International Inc. (Nasdaq: leap ), Fiserv Inc. (Nasdaq: FISV ), Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. (NYSE: PBG ),...

Cepheid Announces New Diagnostic Technology to Aid World Efforts in Halting the Spread of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (TB)

...tor in the development of drug resistant strains of tuberculosis and the availability of the Xpert MTB/RIF test should be a breakthrough technological leap forward in helping to ensure proper therapeutic management and in helping to halt transmission. We are expecting to make this test available as a CE I...

Spiral Biotech to Introduce New Autoplate Spiral Plating System at ASM General Meeting in May

...ast, very thorough, and ensures no sample-to-sample contamination. "Altogether, the new Autoplate drives spiral plating technology a generational leap forward," Pappas said. The new Autoplate deposits microbial suspensions without the need for most serial dilutions, thus increasing efficiency in...

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prOTOF 2000 MALDI O-TOF Mass Spectrometer from PerkinElmer

Description:...ba. As the first single MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer with an orthogonal design and collisional cooling, the prOTOF 2000 represents a substantial leap forward from conventional MALDI-TOF in mass accuracy and stability across a wide mass range, making possible much higher rates of successful protein i...
Company:PerkinElmer

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Antigen

... via a histocompatibility molecule . Depending on the antigen presented and the histocompatibility molecule used, several types of immune cells can leap into action. We can also classify antigens according to where they come from: Exogenous antigens Exogenous antigens are antigens that have...

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Intercalation

...ther molecules (or groups). Examples include DNA intercalation and in graphite intercalation compounds. Intercalation is the insertion of a leap day, week or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons or moon phases. Lunisolar calendars may require intercalations of ...

Humerus

...humerus is ossified in nearly its whole length, only the ... At the most simplistic level, the humerus is the bone which connects the ... Do not leap to the conclusion that this is therefore a humerus in dorsal view. ... Radial palsy in shaft fracture of the humerus . ... Surgical Treatment ...

Exoskeleton

...xoskeleton . Soft Pneumatic Exo-Skeleton Runs on Air, Electronics ... Exoskeletons will allow soldiers to run faster, carry heavier weapons and leap ... Exoskeleton Image Gallery ... ­Basically, an exoskeleton is a wearable ... Exoskeleton is a hard, external structure that covers, support...

Capsule

...in section, without any wings or other features to create lift during atmospheric reentry. Capsules have been used in most of the manned space... A leap forward for backup. Time Capsule offers automatic backup for your Mac. ... Time Capsule is a revolutionary backup device that works wirelessly wit...