Human-caused climate change and air pollution remain major global-scale problems and are both due mostly to fossil fuel burning. Mitigation efforts for both of these problems should be undertaken concurrently in order to maximize ...
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The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) (formerly known as NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression), under the direction of president and CEO Dr Jeffrey Borenstein, has announced the latest ...
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TherOx, a medical device company, has presented results from the investigational device exemption (IDE) pilot study on its second-generation supersaturated oxygen (SSO2) therapy system at the 25th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular ...
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Myriad Genetics, a US-based molecular diagnostic company, has launched a new prognostic test, Myriad myPlan Lung Cancer, for patients diagnosed with early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. myPlan lung cancer test is an RNA expression panel of 31 ...
US-based Boston Scientific has obtained CE Mark approval for its Lotus valve system, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device designed to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high risk with surgical valve ...
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Belgian biotechnology firm Cardio3 BioSciences has secured approval from the Italian Medicines Agency (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco) to start its congestive heart failure cardiopoietic regenerative therapy (CHART-1) European Phase III trial ...
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US-based Medtronic has announced the first implantations of its CoreValve Evolut R recapturable system as part of a clinical study. CoreValve Evolut R recapturable system has CoreValve Evolut R transcatheter valve and EnVeo R recapturable ...
Biotechnology firm Alexion Pharmaceuticals has secured approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan for the use of its Soliris (eculizumab) drug to treat pediatric and adult patients with atypical hemolytic ...
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The projects in India are aimed at mitigating infant malnutrition in the Darbhanga region in the state of Bihar and helping with the fight against visceral leishmaniasis (or kala azar) in the nearby city of Vaishali The Turkish initiative ...
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US-based medical device company TherOx has successfully completed the patient enrollment in its multicenter investigational device exemption (IDE) pilot study to evaluate the second generation system that delivers supersaturated oxygen ...
T2 Biosystems has initiated the direcT2 clinical trial of T2Candida, designed for the rapid and sensitive identification of five species of Candida. The direcT2 trial will provide data to support a regulatory submission for T2Candida. ...
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ResMed, a developer of medical equipment for respiratory disorders, has enrolled 1,325 patients in SERVE-HF, an international, randomized study designed to determine sleep-disordered breathing in heart failure patients. The study will ...
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Biotronik has unveiled the results from the IN-TIME study, a first randomized, controlled trial designed to assess the influence of Biotronik Home Monitoring on all-cause mortality in heart failure patients at the ESC (European Society of ...
LifeAgain Insurance Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cardium Therapeutics, has signed a commercialisation agreement with insurance broker AgencyONE to support the development and marketing of new survivable risk life insurance ...
Xylem has expanded its range of Wedeco ultraviolet (UV) disinfection solutions specifically designed for the tank-based aquaculture industry. Xylem?s new, closed-vessel Wedeco BX and Quadron series UV systems are designed for inactivating ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Saltwater Resistant, Ultraviolet