Ireland's Tyndall National Institute (based at University College Cork) is leading the European consortium TOP-HIT (Transfer-print OPerations for Heterogeneous INtegration) to develop novel technology that will address the challenge of ...
Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC, have come together as one company at the European Coatings SHOW 2015 to explain how its product families of pigments and resins can be used together to create enticing metallic coatings for a full ...
Blood-platelet shortages may become a thing of the past, according to scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. The researchers have designed an industrial-strength bone marrow bioreactor that can generate human platelets in ...
Tags: Bioreactor, Health, Medicine
Merck has been awarded a patent for a pigment preparation, consisting of one or more effect pigments in platelet form that is a pearlescent pigment, an interference pigment, a metal effect pigment, a multilayer pigment with transparent, ...
Tags: Pigment, Construction, Decoration
A study of volunteers who ate about a pound of strawberries a day had lowered levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides, Italian and Spanish researchers say. Researchers at the Universita Politecnica delle Marche colleagues at the ...
Tags: Strawberries, lowered levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides
The FDA has rejected the new multiple sclerosis drug Lemtrada, saying the drugmaker didn't show the drug's benefits outweigh some serious risks. The agency asked the maker, Genzyme, to test the drug in more clinical trials. The drug was ...
Tags: FDA, Lemtrada, Genzyme, relapsing-remitting MS, rejection
With this coming February being American Heart Month and with the holiday gluttony behind us, maybe this is a good time to look at the causes and cure for heart disease. Heart disease is the number one killer in civilized nations with ...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Onions now come in a tearless version that scientists in New Zealand report may provide similar heart health benefits as its close relative, garlic. Colin C. Eady of New Zealand Agriseeds Ltd. ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Roche's new drug Gazyva (obinutuzumab) in combination with chlorambucil chemotherapy for treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who have not previously been ...
Tags: Combination Vaccine, Medicine
Israeli pharmaceutical company Protalix BioTherapeutics has announced initial positive results from its Phase I clinical trial of oral glucocerebrosidase (GCD), or oral GCD (PRX-112), in patients with Gaucher disease. In the trial, oral ...
ITC Nexus, engaged in hemostasis management and Point-of-Care (POC) testing, has acquired Accumetrics, a medical device company engaged in the development and marketing of comprehensive suite of assays for the assessment of platelet ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Diagnostics
US-based Aggredyne has obtained ISO 13485 certification for implementing rigorous quality control program related to the manufacture of the AggreGuide family of platelet function analyzers. The ISO 13485 certification covers the design, ...
Tags: Medical Device, CE Mark
Visitors attending ABRAFATI 2013 will be introduced to a broad range of dispersions, high performance, metallic and special effect pigments from Sun Chemical Performance Pigments that can meet sustainability needs, maintain high color ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Cardium Therapeutics has filed a new 510(k) submission for its current FDA-cleared Excellagen advanced wound care product based on the company's supplemental research and development activities. The new 510(k) submission describes ...
Visitors attending ABRAFATI 2013 will be introduced to a broad range of dispersions, high performance, metallic and special effect pigments from Sun Chemical Performance Pigments that can meet sustainability needs, maintain high color ...
Tags: Chemical, Construction, Decoration