By the time they're two, most children have had respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and suffered symptoms no worse than a bad cold. But for some children, especially premature babies and those with underlying health conditions, RSV can lead ...
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The United States no longer leads the world in biomedical research; it fell from 51 percent in 2007 to 45 percent in 2012, but Asia spent more, researchers say. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found U.S. ...
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U.S. researchers say they dissected what compassionate speech sounds like to create a behavioral taxonomy -- classification -- to guide medical training. Dr. Ronald Epstein, a professor and director of the University of Rochester's Center ...
Rheumatoid arthritis patients can generally look forward to a much better quality of life today than they did 20 years ago, new research suggests. The observation is based on a comparative multi-year tracking of more than 1,100 rheumatoid ...
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission, a state economic development initiative, recently approvedmore than $12.8 million in funds to promote cutting-edge biotechnology, including a neurostimulation device to enhance breathing and a spine ...
Horses are known for their massive stature and majestic features.Everything from their muscular physique to their large,lovely eyes leaves us in awe.However,just as horses can injure their joints and muscles quite easily,ocular trauma is ...
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Optical inspection tool manufacturer Nanotronics Imaging LLC of Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA has completed a $7m Series B financing round from San Francisco-based technology investment firm Founders Fund (which has previously backed companies ...
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Regenesis Biomedical has announced that the US Food and Drud Administration (FDA) has approved the removal of the contraindication for use of the company's Provant therapy system in patients with metallic implants in the area of treatment. ...
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In October, Chicago preservationists' fight to save Bertrand Goldberg's historic Prentice Women's Hospital from demolition ended in disappointment. With the blessing of city officials and over the objections of renown architects like Frank ...
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U.S. and European researchers say they may be able to explain the biological mechanism resulting in the therapeutic effects of meditation. Study author Richard J. Davidson, founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the ...
The combination of tomato, olive oil, garlic and onion in a sofrito increases the amount of polyphenols and carotenoids, which are bioactive compounds that may help to prevent cardiovascular diseases and cancer, according to new research ...
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Covagen has announced that the company has secured CHF42m in a tranched Series B financing with an option to obtain an additional CHF14m that would increase the total amount of the financing round to CHF56m. This financing will mainly ...
Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O), global specialists in optical manufacturing, customised optical solutions and precision thin-film coatings, offers on-demand optical fabrication services to deliver turnkey optics for industrial, biomedical, ...
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US-based BioMedical Enterprises (BME) has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance (K131640) for its upgraded HammerLock Nitinol intramedullary fixation system for hammertoe deformities. The patent-pending HammerLock ...
Theraclone Sciences has received notification from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) informing the company that their proposal, 'Broad-spectrum anti-influenza A M2e fully human monoclonal antibody TCN-032: ...