Breast cancer risk in women may be tied to the rate at which their breast-tissue density changes as they age, a new study suggests. Researchers examined 282 breast cancer patients and 317 women without the disease who underwent both ...
Glitches in the connections between certain brain areas may be at the root of the common learning disorder dyslexia, a new study suggests. It's estimated that up to 15 percent of the U.S. population has dyslexia, which impairs people's ...
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Shrunken structures inside the brains of heavy marijuana users might explain the stereotype of the "pothead," brain researchers report. Northwestern University scientists studying teens who were marijuana smokers or former smokers found ...
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Investors apparently like the potential for the ViewRay system — a combo of simultaneous MRI and radiation therapy delivery that has already been acquired by major five cancer treatment centers worldwide. Cleveland–based ...
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, report on the use of their Spinsolve Benchtop NMR spectrometer to study polymers at the Delft University of Technology. Dr. Theo Dingemans is the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ...
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Helium reserves on earth are limited, which could spur makers of MRI machines to look to the moon to fine reserves of this valuable noble gas. The dwindling supply of helium, which is also used in silicon wafer manufacturing, arc welding, ...
C4 Imaging, a US-based medical device company, has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Sirius MRI marker. Sirius is a positive-signal MRI marker that will be used following treatment of ...
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EarMuffers™today introduces revolutionary earplugs that muffle, rather than completely eliminate, sound so that users are not disturbed by sound yet can hear alarms. Based on a patented methodology, the earplugs have secured one of ...
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Toshiba America Medical Systems is introducing enhancements to its Vantage Titan MR product line to help healthcare providers image patients faster and more comfortably. The new technologies improve workflow, image quality and patient ...
Teva Pharmaceutical has licensed rights to commercialize glatiramer acetate to Takeda Pharmaceutical in Japan as part of their agreement signed earlier in 2013. Currently both the firms are working on additional agreements for ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug status for Kinex Pharmaceuticals' dual src/pre-tubulin inhibitor 'KX02' for the treatment of gliomas, which are the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer. KX02 is ...
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If rare earth metals become even more scarce than they are today, the medical device industry could be impacted in a significant way. But according to a paper published in PNAS (via Ars Technica), not much can be done to overcome a shortage ...
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US-based Claret Medical has submitted an investigational device exemption (IDE) application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a multicenter study of the company's Sentinel cerebral protection system (CPS) for embolic ...
Posted in Printing Equipment and Supplies by Qmed Staff on November 25, 2013 Innovations in 3-D printing have allowed researchers to fabricate human bones, ears, early-prototype human hearts, strips of liver and face prosthetics. In the ...
Biotronik, a manufacturer of cardiovascular medical devices, has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Phase B of the company’s ongoing ProMRI clinical trial. Biotronik has recently completed Phase A of the ...
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