Ventana Medical Systems, a member of the Roche Group, has launched a new fully-automated staining technique that allows researchers to visualize miRNAs and proteins related to cancer in the same section of tumor tissue. Detection of ...
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DJO Global's Surgical business unit has signed a license agreement with the University of Utah to develop a percutaneous osseointegrated prosthesis (POP) to aid above the knee amputees. POP, which includes an implant in the femur, ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(K) approval to KFx Medical's AppianFx Tissue Fixation Anchor. The 5mm AppianFx Tissue Fixation Anchor is designed to reattach tissue to bone in foot and ankle procedures. Seaview ...
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Threshold Pharmaceutical has received orphan drug designation for TH-302, a cancer drug, from the US FDA. Threshold is presently testing TH-302 along with a commonly used chemotherapeutic agent, doxorubicin, in a late-stage trial to treat ...
Rheonix, a developer of molecular diagnostic platforms, will present data of its automated KRAS CARD molecular diagnostic assay. The KRAS CARD is designed to detect seven known somatic mutations of KRAS oncogene from either fresh or ...
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Finland-based Metsä Tissue's Serla brand has announced the launch of its renewed product range including household towel and toilet paper with new packaging qualities. Post revamp, the brand's white toilet paper is more fresh fiber ...
Tags: packaging, printing, renewed product, recycled material
Specialty Coating Systems will be hosting a free, educational webinar entitled “Advances in Conformal Coatings: Enhancing Reliability of Innovative Technologies” on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at 10 AM Hong Kong/Singapore/Kuala ...
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Cytori Therapeutics has expanded its Celution system's CE mark approval to include several new indications including cryptoglandular fistula. The Celution system, which pulls stem cells and other regenerative cells out of fat , provides ...
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Very few inventions of man can match the perfect marriage of delicacy and sturdiness than that of the paper umbrella from China. The dainty surface, with its paintings of flowers, birds, characters and the picturesque Chinese landscape, ...
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DiFusion Technologies and German-based specialty chemicals company Evonik Degussa have collaborated to develop a PEEK based product, CleanFUZE, a new medical polymer that prevents infection and promotes bone and tissue integration. ...
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FDA has designated Stratatech's universal human skin substitute, StrataGraft, as an orphan drug for the treatment of partial and full thickness skin burns. As per the orphan drug status, the company will be able to market StrataGraft once ...
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has received FDA approval for Votrient (pazopanib) for the treatment of patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) who have received prior chemotherapy. The approval is based on the results of the randomized, ...
Tags: advanced soft tissue sarcoma, STS, soft tissue sarcomas, GlaxoSmithKline
Finland-based Metso has announced that it will rebuild the white top kraftliner machine at the Pite mill of SCA Packaging Munksund in Sweden, as part of a contract. The line is expected to be fully operational during 2013 and the rebuild is ...
Researchers at NIZO food research, an independent contract research company, have developed a strategy for salt reduction in processed meat products that focuses on the maximization of perception of the available salt in the food product. ...
Tags: salt reduction, meat products, research, healthier foods
MicroPhage has gained an additional FDA 510 clearance for its KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test-BT. Blood test was initially cleared to diagnose and distinguish methicillin resistant and methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus ...
Tags: MicroPhage, KeyPath platform, MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test-BT