Medical Research News
Focus on the latest clinical studies, reports, findings, programs and standards covering a wide spectrum of medical and health issues. This section highlights research into human populations and includes information about research facilities, funding, resources and public policy.
ALPCO Releases STELLUX™ Chemiluminescence Human Total Proinsulin ELISA
A new Human Total Proinsulin ELISA is launched in ALPCO's STELLUX™ Chemiluminescent line of assays. - November 19, 2013 - ALPCO
Pre-Eminent Stem Cell Doctor Joins Leading Edge Medical SAB
Hong Kong-based Leading Edge Medical (LEMed) announces that the world’s number one practicing stem cell doctor has joined its Science Advisory Board. - November 15, 2013 - Leading Edge Medical, Ltd.
Genapsys, Inc. Raises $37M to Commercialize Next Generation Sequencing Platform
GenapSys™, Inc. (GenapSys), a provider of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) systems, today announced it has raised $37M to commercialize the GENIUS™ 110 system (Gene Electronic Nano-Integrated Ultra-Sensitive), a fully integrated DNA Sequencing system for the rapidly evolving NGS... - November 14, 2013 - Genapsys Inc.
GenWay Biotech Announces Changes to Board of Directors
GenWay Biotech, a leading provider of protein and antibody solutions, today announced the appointment of Thomas Silberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of GenWay Biotech as Chairman of the Board, and Joseph Panetta, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BIOCOM and Robert Richard Garber, PhD, Drug Development Consultant as members of the Board of Directors. - November 14, 2013 - GenWay Biotech
Tourette Syndrome Families Encouraged to Tell Their Story and Contribute to the Ongoing Search for a Cure
Each month, TS expert Dr. Robert King of the Yale University Child Study Center and TS Clinic in Connecticut comes to Rutgers University in New Jersey to interview families interested in furthering the Tourette research cause. The next time Dr. King will be at Rutgers is December 5 and 6. - November 14, 2013 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Leading Edge Medical and Weber Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Hong Kong-based Leading Edge Medical (LEMed) and Weber Medical have agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding that will form the basis for several joint ventures. - November 09, 2013 - Leading Edge Medical, Ltd.
IonSense, Inc. Presenting Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART®) Mass Spectrometry at the 6th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA)
IonSense Exhibiting at RAFA, November 5-8, 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic. Customer Workshop Will Feature High Sensitivity Analysis Using Sorbent Technologies Coupled with DART. - November 04, 2013 - IonSense, Inc.
Clinical Trials GPS Launches New Patient Dashboard, Suggests Trials Based on Condition and Location, Connects Research Facilities with Patients in the U.S.
While government health sites remain behind the times, Clinical Trials GPS provides patients with up to date trial and facility data, new patient dashboard and study promotion tools for research sites. - November 03, 2013 - Clinical Trials Institute
MOgene LC Announces the Addition of Illumina HiSeq
MOgene LC, a full service genomics service provider, announces the addition of Illumina HiSeq to further expand its offerings. “MOgene is continually striving to become a one stop shop for genomics services. Expanding our service offerings allows us to partner with our customers and provide... - October 30, 2013 - MOgene, LC
New Autism Study Reveals Effectiveness of Web-Based Intervention Tool for Challenging Behaviors
The “Randomized Evaluation of a Web-Based Tool for Designing Function-Based Behavioral Intervention Plans” study, conducted by Center for Autism and Related Disorder’s researchers, is published in the December 2013 journal of Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. - October 25, 2013 - Center for Autism and Related Disorders
Pipette.com Launches New Blog Solutions.Pipette.com to Help Scientists Find Liquid Handling Answers
Liquid handling experts, Pipette.com has launched their blog site Solutions.Pipette.com. The new site will benefit the Life Science community by making it easier to find the best products and services that fit any lab technician’s problem. These resources include articles, promotions, product... - October 25, 2013 - Pipette.com
ALPCO Launches STELLUX™ Chemiluminescent Human Insulin ELISA
ALPCO releases second chemiluminescent assay in STELLUX™ product line. - October 24, 2013 - ALPCO
Leading Edge Medical Survey Reflects Keen Interest of Medical Professionals
LEMed survey indicates one third of stem cell doctors are interested in laser-medical therapies for their patients. - October 23, 2013 - Leading Edge Medical, Ltd.
Organomation Announces Laboratory Evaporator Article Series
This fall, Organomation will publish several laboratory evaporator themed pieces to the company's blog. They will focus on critical topics including optimum operating conditions for laboratory evaporators and preventing sample contamination. - October 23, 2013 - Organomation
South Nassau Communities Hospital Surgeon’s Research Published
Their analysis found that TEE-induced esophageal perforation occurred predominantly in the thoracic esophagus segment, in elderly female patients, in an intra-operative setting and in cases with a perceived low risk or an uneventful TEE exam. - October 19, 2013 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Paid Migraine Clinical Trial Now Enrolling at Achieve Clinical Research Near Birmingham, Alabama; Accepting M/F Patients Suffering from Migraines Age 18 - 75
Achieve is conducting a randomized, single-dose study comparing the efficacy and safety of a combination of acetaminophen and aspirin vs placebo in the acute treatment of migraine headaches. - October 18, 2013 - Clinical Trials Institute
Paid Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Clinical Trial Now Enrolling at Achieve Clinical Research in Birmingham, Alabama; Accepting M/F Patients with RA Age 18 - 75
Achieve is conducting a study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a new drug versus rituximab in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). - October 16, 2013 - Clinical Trials Institute
KJT Group CEO Interviewed for CEOCFO Magazine
KJT Group Founder and CEO, Kenneth Tomaszewski, is featured in the October 7, 2013 issue of CEOCFO Magazine. - October 11, 2013 - KJT Group
American Clinical Solutions Has Unveiled a New Testing Service for Delta 9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in Oral Fluid
For patients with a history of chronic marijuana use, detection of urine THC-COOH might not be able to help physicians determine a patient’s current status of marijuana use. - October 10, 2013 - American Clinical Solutions
AsisChem Launches New Streamlined Website with Improved Product Search and E-Commerce Features
AsisChem, the contract medicinal drug and drug discovery and research company co-located in Waltham, Massachusetts and St. Petersburg Russia, announced today the launch of its new website with searchable product profiles and e-commerce shopping functions. The new design of www.asischem.com greatly... - October 08, 2013 - AsisChem
Rosa’s Toufigh Gordi to Present Models and Their Utility in Drug Development at Target Meeting’s 3rd World Drug Discovery Online Conference
Dr. Toufigh Gordi will discuss the application of modeling at different stages in the drug development process, October 16th, 2013. - October 08, 2013 - Rosa & Co LLC
ScienceBased Health’s HydroEye® Benefits Post-Menopausal Dry Eye Sufferers in New Clinical Research
Just Published: One of the Only Controlled Trials to Show Significant Impact on Dry Eye with a Nutritional Product. More than half of peri and post-menopausal women are estimated to suffer from dry eye. Study findings published in the October issue of Cornea show that daily dietary supplementation is effective in improving symptoms and halting progression of dry eye. - October 02, 2013 - ScienceBased Health
Paid COPD Clinical Trial Now Enrolling at Avail Clinical Research Near Orlando, Florida; Accepting M/F Patients with COPD Age 40+
Avail is conducting a 24-week study to evaluate the effect of a once-daily experimental inhalation therapy on arterial stiffness compared to a placebo and another drug in subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). - September 29, 2013 - Clinical Trials Institute
Play an Important Role in Advancing Research and Finding a Cure for Tourette Syndrome at Rutgers University
Individuals and families with Tourette Syndrome can participate in the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders' genetics sharing program by interviewing with Dr. Robert King on October 10 or 11 and November 8 at Rutgers. - September 29, 2013 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Multichannel Pipettes Promotion Now Available at Pipette.com
Pipette.com, major distributor of liquid handling products, has announced their extension of promotions on multichannel pipettes. The promotions will help labs increase productivity. - September 26, 2013 - Pipette.com
StemCells21 to Open Second Luxury Medical Center
StemCells21 Company will open its second 5* medical facility. The new addition will feature state-of-the-art operation rooms, Cellular medicine laboratories and compounding nutrition & Hormone laboratories. All of which will be constructed to the highest standards and all class 10,000 clean room grade. - September 22, 2013 - StemCells21
SignaBlok Achieves Key in Vivo Proof of Concept for Treatment of Cancer and Sepsis
Novel First-in-Class Peptide Inhibitor of TREM-1 Modulates the Inflammatory Response and Shows Promise for Treatment of Cancer and Sepsis - September 18, 2013 - SignaBlok, Inc.
Silicon Kinetics® Ramps Commercial Efforts for Affinity Capture-Mass-Spectrometry (AC-MS)
Appoints Jay Smith as CEO and Keith Waddell as VP Business Development - September 12, 2013 - Silicon Kinetics
American Clinical Solutions Releases a New Confirmatory Test for Alcohol Exposure
Alcohol abuse is a serious public health issue in the United States. American Clinical Solutions routinely conducts alcohol tests in urine and oral fluid samples. - September 06, 2013 - American Clinical Solutions
American Clinical Solutions Releases Study "Alprazolam- Used and Abused"
American Clinical Solutions provides testing service for alprazolam and alphahydroxy alprazolam in urine and oral fluid. - September 03, 2013 - American Clinical Solutions
American Clinical Solutions Releases Breakthrough Testing Service for Acetyl Fentanyl
To help combat acetyl fentanyl abuse, American Clinical Solutions is going to offer a UPLC/MS based testing service for acetyl fentanyl in urine and oral fluid. - September 03, 2013 - American Clinical Solutions
Paid Constipation Clinical Trial Now Enrolling at Achieve Clinical Research in Birmingham, AL; Accepting M/F Patients with Opioid-Induced Constipation Age 18-80
Achieve Clinical Research is conducting a randomized clinical study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of a new drug for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation in adults taking opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain. - August 31, 2013 - Clinical Trials Institute
Pipette.com Has Extended Their Summer Promotions on Pipettes to Help Alleviate Sequestration Challenges
Pipette.com, major liquid handling products distributor, is extending their summer promotions on pipettes. The extension of these promotions will benefit labs dealing with budget cuts and looking to save money. - August 29, 2013 - Pipette.com
Pipette.com Has Announced Their Universal Pipette Filter Tip Promotion to Benefit Labs Dealing with Budget Cuts
Pipette.com, leading liquid handling product distributor, announces their universal pipette filter tip promotion. This promotion allows labs impacted by sequestration to extend their plastic consumable budget. - August 23, 2013 - Pipette.com
i-calQ Announced as Finalist in $2.25 Million Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE
i-calQ's innovative sensing technology, which makes essential diagnostic tests available anywhere, anytime… using a smartphone, has just received international recognition by a panel of industry experts as one of 12 finalists in the Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE (a new XPRIZE competition focused on health sensors). - August 16, 2013 - i-calQ, LLC
Cheers: Researchers Identified New Brain Markers with Creative Biomart’s S100B Antibody
In the study, researchers used the critical products purchased from Creative Biomart. During the process, the serum levels of molecular markers were determined by ELISA using antibodies and antigens from Creative Biomart (New York, NY) (S100B) which you can see in the article. - August 16, 2013 - Creative Biomart
Study Scavenger and CenterWatch Partner to Improve Patient Recruitment, Enrollment and Mobile Access to Clinical Trials with New Study Scavenger Smartphone App
Study Scavenger, the first bilingual smartphone app to allow subjects to search for clinical research studies that meet their health, travel and financial needs, and CenterWatch, a leading provider of clinical research business information and online publisher of active clinical trial listings for... - August 16, 2013 - Study Scavenger
American Venous Forum Foundation and JOBST® - a Brand of BSN medical, Inc. Are Proud to Announce the 2014 BSN-JOBST Research Grant
The BSN-JOBST Research Grant will provide a one year, $50,000 research grant for original, basic or clinical research in venous or lymphatic disease. The competition is open to residents, fellows in a vascular training program, as well as physicians who have completed their training within the past five (5) years. The grant will commence on January 1, 2014. Grant recipient will be invited to attend the American Venous Forum (AVF) 26th Annual Meeting on February 19-22, 2014 in New Orleans, LA. - August 16, 2013 - American Venous Forum
Robert H. Burke, MD, DDS, MS, FACS and Erchonia Corporation Announce Their Collaboration in a Pilot Study Using Laser to Treat Temporomandibular Joint Pain
Clinical research study on the effectiveness of the Erchonia TMJ Laser is being conducted in Ann Arbor Michigan for treating TMD. Patients are welcome to request to be part of this study. - August 13, 2013 - Michigan Center for Cosmetic Surgery
Purest Algal DHA Ingredient Clears FDA Examination for US Food and Supplement Markets
Source-Omega today disclosed that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sampled and cleared their new algal DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) oil. The FDA samples products making its own admissibility determinations to ensure safety, efficacy and quality of products. Less than 1 percent of products are... - August 12, 2013 - Source-Omega
Families of SMA Awards $150,000 to Drs. Hua and Krainer at CSHL
Families of SMA is dedicated to creating a treatment and cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy by funding and advancing a comprehensive research program, including drug discovery programs to make practical new therapies. This is the fourth drug discovery project funded by Families of SMA in 2013 with a total investment of $550,000. - August 10, 2013 - Cure SMA
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL) and Institute for Biopharmaceutical Research (IBR, Inc.) Partner to Provide Pipette Calibration Solutions for GLP and GMP
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leading supplier of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), is excited to announce a new partnership with Institute for Biopharmaceutical Research (IBR, Inc.) - a leader in turnkey calibration software. ATL is the North American Partner... - August 03, 2013 - Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc.
Dataline Launches Web Based Solution for Clinical Trials
Novo Nordisk is a world leader in diabetes care and continuously carries out clinical research programmes in its endeavour to develop new and effective treatments. These programmes currently involve over 2,000 UK diabetes patients - volunteers - in clinical trials every year at around 100 UK study... - August 02, 2013 - Dataline Software
American Clinical Solutions Releases Study "Tramadol - A Different Kind of Opioid"
American Clinical Solutions currently provides testing services for tramadol and tapentadol in both urine and oral fluid samples. - August 02, 2013 - American Clinical Solutions
American Clinical Solutions Releases Gabapentin and Pregabalin Study- "Seizure The Day"
American Clinical Solutions currently provides testing services for gabapentin and pregabalin in urine and oral fluid samples. - August 01, 2013 - American Clinical Solutions
Eden Spine’s Proprietary Dynamic Interspinous Technology and Vertebral Body Replacement Receive Regulatory Approvals in Argentina
“After our successes in Central America, Venezuela and Brazil this is an important step in our continued momentum and commitment in Latin America. We are now actively looking for distributors in Chile, Peru and Columbia." - July 31, 2013 - Eden Spine, LLC
Pipette.com, Major Liquid Handling Distributor, Has Increased Their Bottletop Dispenser Stock
Pipette.com has increased their stock of bottletop dispensers, boosting their already extensive assortment of high quality liquid handling products. - July 31, 2013 - Pipette.com
New Research Validates Importance of Central Lab to Overall Investigator Satisfaction
More than 250 Clinical Investigators Indicate Central Lab Preference - July 26, 2013 - Life Science Strategy Group, LLC
Larry Saylor II, DMD Offers Patients Dentistry That Fits Their Lifestyles
Latest technology creates natural-looking crowns, veneers, and fillings in a single dental visit from Dr. Saylor. - July 26, 2013 - Doctor Saylor
Hans Lehrach to Present on Big Data Medicine at GTC’s Biomarker Europe Summit, Oct. 9-10, Berlin
Hans Lehrach, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics will give a presentation titled “Big Data Medicine and Drug Development” at GTC’s Biomarker Summit Europe on October 9–10, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. In the last ten or so years, Dr. Lehrach’s lab... - July 26, 2013 - GTCbio