Approval from the MHRA allows testing of the technique as a means to detect breast cancer tissue. THz spots the difference in breast cancer tissue The application of terahertz(THz)spectroscopy to the in vivo detection of cancerous ...
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The eye has inspired robot vision steering at Georgia Tech. Key to the control system is a muscle-like piezoelectric actuator. In muscle,many small actuator units are connected in series or in parallel. "The actuators developed in ...
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San Diego-based medical device company SpectraScience has begun initial shipments of its WavSTAT4 Optical Biopsy System to Pentax Europe under the exclusive, five-year distribution agreement announced earlier this month. The agreement ...
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Nestle has sold its Australian ice cream business Peters to private-equity firm Pacific Equity Partners for an undisclosed sum. The sale, which includes Nestle's Mulgrave factory, will also comprise sub-brands such as Original, Light & ...
"Only reason for recent weakness in stock price is the re-balancing of the Russell 3000 Index." All smiles:Biolase booth at the American Dental Association meet in Las Vegas(November,2011). Dental laser manufacturer and distributor ...
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Procedure for treating chronic atrial fibrillation,a condition that causes palpitations and fainting,features a laser balloon catheter. Green light for laser heart treatment? A follow-up study of 56 patients with chronic atrial ...
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Examination of tissues drawn from Otzi gives an insight into blood cell degradation over fifty centuries. Opening old wounds Since his discovery in the Ötztal Alps in 1991, the ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a conditional investigational device exemption (IDE) approval to Edwards Lifesciences' new GLX technology platform. Based on the IDE approval, the company will commence a clinical ...
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CytRx Corporation has received a patent covering for its tumour-targeting linker platform technology and pharmaceutical compositions from the European Patent Office (EPO). The company also revealed aldoxorubucin as the new generic ...
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Fluorescence technique to interpret speed and direction of blood flow now incorporated into operating microscope. Carl Zeiss Meditec Carl Zeiss Meditec has developed two fluorescence modules intended to assist neurosurgeons interpret ...
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Thermal imaging used in tandem with other tests offers an alternative to mammography. Infrared scanning for breast cancer:now worthy of wider adoption Mammography is the commonest imaging technique applied to the detection of ...
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HiWave,the audio and haptic touch specialist,achieved 27 design wins in 2011 and is looking to double in size. Anyone with a technology which can stimulate nerve endings is sitting on a value proposition.This is what HiWave brings to the ...
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Australian tissue and paper suppliers Solaris Paper and Paper Force have welcomed the commitment by their affiliate, Asia Pulp & Paper Group, to immediately cease the clearing of natural forest on APP-owned pulpwood concessions in ...
Results from a Dutch clinicstudy provide further evidence that the technique will be be a valuable diagnostic tool. al Photoacoustic scan A Dutch clinical trial of twelve patients examined using a photoacoustic(PA)imaging technique ...
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Austin-based Illumitex, which develops LED lighting technology, has raised $9.3 million and recruited a new CEO to lead its expansion push, the company said Tuesday. Founded in 2005, Illumitex develops and sells LEDs for the general ...
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