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Stem Cells (National Science Foundation) BioTime Inc. in Alameda, California says it has received approval from National Institutes of Health (NIH) for adding four human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines to the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry. Two of the company’s hES cell lines are already listed in that registry. All of the . . . → Read More: NIH Approves Four More Embryonic Stem Cell Lines  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Regulations  biomedical, biotechnology, FDA, genomics, life sciences, NIH, stem cells Aircraft spraying dispersants on the BP oil spill (U.S. Coast Guard) A review of the worst two oil spills in U.S. history shows that oil-degrading microorganisms played a significant role in reducing their overall adverse environmental impacts. The results of the review of the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico . . . → Read More: Microbes Reduced Adverse Impact of BP, Exxon Valdez Spills (National Institutes of Health) Grants from the National Science Foundation’s Smart Health and Wellbeing Program are funding development of a sensor-based system to detect the risks of falls by frail elderly people. One of the grants, to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, will involve collaboration between the school’s engineering and gerontology departments; a smaller . . . → Read More: Monitors to Prevent Elderly Falls Before They Happen Comments are closed Finance, New products biomedical, computer science, engineering, grant, life sciences, medical device, NSF, physical sciences, university (Yale School of Medicine/Wikimedia Commons) A clinical trial conducted by University of Hull in the U.K. shows the drug omecamtiv mercabil improves the heart’s ability to pump blood in heart failure patients. The findings by Hull cardiology professor John Cleland and colleagues appear in the 20 August issue of the journal The Lancet . . . → Read More: Clinical Trial Shows Drug Improves Heart Muscle Functions One comment - (Comments are closed) New products, Regulations biomedical, biotechnology, clinical trials, Europe, heart disease, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, Russia, U.K., university Craig Hutto, left, and Michael Goldfarb. (John Russell, Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt University engineers in Nashville have developed a prosthetic lower leg, which allows amputees to walk without the leg-dragging that characterizes conventional artificial legs. The university has patented basic elements of the device’s design, and licensed the technology to a California company for . . . → Read More: Self-Powered Prosthetic Leg Developed, Patented, Licensed 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Intellectual property, New products biomedical, computer science, engineering, licensing, life sciences, medical device, NIH, NSF, patent, physical sciences, university (Photos8.com) Roche Canada, a division of the global drug company based in Switzerland, says it will build a new pharmaceutical development center at its current site in Mississauga, Ontario near Toronto. The new center, says Roche, involves an investment of $190 million over the next five years, and will add 200 skilled staff. . . . → Read More: Roche to Build Canadian Pharmaceutical Development Center One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance, Hiring/layoffs Canada, clinical trials, economics, investment, pharmaceuticals (Brookhaven National Lab) National Science Foundation and Department of Energy awarded a grant to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and its partners to establish a new Engineering Research Center for research and education on the nation’s electrical grid infrastructure. The two agencies will invest $18.5 million in the research center over five years. . . . → Read More: NSF, Energy Dept to Fund Power Grid Research Center 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations Asia, Canada, China, cleantech, computer science, energy, engineering, Europe, grant, NSF, physical sciences, university (NIH.gov) Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have found that stopping the use of powdered latex gloves reduces allergic sensitization to latex among health care workers. The team’s findings appear online in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (paid subscription required). Kevin Kelley, professor of pediatrics and internal medicine, . . . → Read More: Powder-Free Latex Gloves Reduces Latex Allergy Rate 2 comments - (Comments are closed) New products, Regulations biomedical, life sciences, materials science, medical device, physical sciences, university (Genome.gov) The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of National Institutes of Health, will fund research on patients’ genomic information linked to disease characteristics and symptoms in their electronic medical records. NHGRI will award grants totaling $25 million over the next four years to seven institutions in the Electronic Medical Records and . . . → Read More: Grants Awarded to Fund Research on Health Records, Genomics One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance biomedical, computer science, genomics, grant, life sciences, NIH, software, university (FDA.gov) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released its Strategic Plan for Regulatory Science that calls for modernization of the science used to protect the nation’s food and drug supplies. The plan describes the agency’s intent to improve the ways it develops and evaluates new products and materials, as well as improve . . . → Read More: FDA Issues Regulatory Science Modernization Plan 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Regulations biomedical, computer science, FDA, life sciences, medical device, pharmaceuticals |
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