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IBM Is Spending $1 Billion to Give Watson Its Own New York City-Based Business Division
Jan 10, 2014IBM is spending $1 billion to give Watson its own New York City–based business division as it seeks commercial applications for its Jeopardy-winning supercomputer in healthcare and other fields. But will medical companies truly find a ...
Tags: IBM, Computer Products
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A New Combination of Drugs Might Prolong Life in Certain Older Leukemia Patients
Jan 10, 2014A new combination of drugs might prolong life in certain older leukemia patients, a new study suggests. The research, led by German scientists, included nearly 800 older people (average age 73) who had been diagnosed with chronic ...
Tags: Drug, Drug Combo, Leukemia
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Gene Therapy Might Be a Powerful Weapon Against Leukemia and Other Blood Cancers
Dec 26, 2013Preliminary research shows that gene therapy might one day be a powerful weapon against leukemia and other blood cancers. The experimental treatment coaxed certain blood cells into targeting and destroying cancer cells, according to ...
Tags: gene therapy, leukemia, blood cancer
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Boston Strategics Has Entered Into a New Drug Development Partnership with FPHU
Nov 29, 2013US-based research and development biotechnology firm Boston Strategics has entered into a new drug development partnership with Fujifilm Pharmaceuticals USA (FPHU), a global pharmaceutical development center of Japan's Fujifilm Corporation. ...
Tags: Oncology Drugs, Fujifilm Pharma
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Palmetto Health Unveiled Its Newest Tool in Its Patient Safety Arsenal
Oct 28, 2013Palmetto Health unveiled its newest tool in its patient safety arsenal, Xenex’s germ-eliminating robots. The new portable room disinfection system uses pulsed xenon ultraviolet (UV) light that is 25,000 times more powerful than ...
Tags: Palmetto Health, Safety Arsenal
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Elekta's Two Radiation Therapy Systems Is Purchased by MD Anderson Cancer Center
Apr 22, 2013The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, US, has purchased Elekta's two radiation therapy systems. Equipped with the Agility multileaf collimator, Versa HD linear accelerators provide high-speed, high-precision beam ...
Tags: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Elekta Versa HD Linear Accelerators
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Concord Medical Services Has Acquired 19.98% of Indirect Ownership Interest
Jan 7, 2013Specialty hospital management solution provider Concord Medical Services has acquired 19.98%of indirect ownership interest in the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Proton Therapy Center. Under the transaction,CCM paid an ...
Tags: Concord Medical Services, CCM, radiotherapy, operator, cancer
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Broken Light Has Won The IALD Radiance Award for Its Broken Light Project in Rotterdam
Dec 26, 2012Dutch lighting design company Daglicht&Vorm has won the International Association of Lighting Designers'(IALD)Radiance Award for its Broken Light project in Rotterdam. Daglicht&Vorm was one of fifteen award winners to be recognized by the ...
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The Hand of Government Is Not All That Heavy on Businesses
Dec 21, 2012The hand of government is not all that heavy on businesses when it comes to notification requirements about data breaches that affect personal information. And it looks like it won't get much heavier, even if a bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. ...
Tags: data breaches, personal information, law, wiggle room
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Ventana Medical Systems Launched a New Fully-Automated Staining Technique
Dec 7, 2012Ventana 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 ...
Tags: Ventana, staining technique, cancer detection, miRNAs
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Ventana Medical Systems Has Introduced a Fully-Automated Staining Technique
Dec 4, 2012Ventana Medical Systems, a member of the Roche Group, has introduced a fully-automated staining technique, which helps researchers to examine miRNAs and proteins related to cancer in the same section of tumor tissue. Detecting miRNAs and ...
Tags: Ventana Medical Systems, miRNAs, proteins related to cancer
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National Institutes of Health's National Center Awards $100,000 STTR
Aug 23, 2012National Institutes of Health's National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences has awarded $100,000 small business technology transfer program (STTR) Phase I grant to Transgenomic to develop a genetic test that can detect pancreatic ...
Tags: genetic test, ICE COLD-PCR, genetic information, Pancreatic Cancer Test
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Daglicht&Vorm Has Won The IALD Radiance Award for Its Broken Light Project in Rotterdam
May 11, 2012Dutch lighting design company Daglicht&Vorm has won the International Association of Lighting Designers(IALD)Radiance Award for its Broken Light project in Rotterdam. Daglicht&Vorm was one of fifteen award winners to be recognized by the ...
Tags: Award, Light, Daglicht&Vorm