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Three-dimensional breast tissue image, with tumor highlighted in red (ESRF-LMU/Emmanuel Brun) Physicists and radiologists in the U.S. and Europe developed a new method for producing three-dimensional images of breast tissue with a lower dose of radiation than a mammogram. The team from University of California in Los Angeles, Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . . . → Read More: 3-D, Low-Radiation Breast Cancer Imaging Technique Developed  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Joint ventures/collaborations, New products  biomedical, computer science, engineering, Europe, life sciences, mathematics, medical device, physical sciences, physics, software, university (National Institute of Drug Abuse) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug perampanel, given in tablet form to treat partial onset seizures in patients with epilepsy ages 12 years and older. Perampanel is marketed under the brand name Fycompa by Eisai Inc. of Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, and headquartered in Tokyo. . . . → Read More: FDA Approves Drug to Treat Seizures in Epilepsy Patients One comment - (Comments are closed) Regulations Asia, biomedical, clinical trials, Europe, FDA, Japan, life sciences, pharmaceuticals (Agricultural Research Service, USDA) Researchers at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, Northern Arizona University, and University of California in Davis found that increases in temperature and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are making rice agriculture a larger source of the greenhouse gas methane. The team’s findings appear online this week in the journal . . . → Read More: Current Rice Cultivation Techniques Adding Greenhouse Gases One comment - (Comments are closed) Regulations agriculture, chemistry, Europe, physical sciences, university On a surface patterned with tiny pillars (white squares), and with a coating of a lubricant liquid that fills the spaces between the pillars, dome-shaped droplets of water condense but remain free to move quickly across the surface. (Varanasi Lab, MIT) Engineering researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology devised a technique for accelerating . . . → Read More: Lubricated Textured Surfaces Boost Condenser Water Movement One comment - (Comments are closed) New products energy, engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university, water A survey of pediatric hospital physicians shows increasing use of mobile phone text messaging rather than pagers among this segment of the medical profession. Pediatrician Stephanie Kuhlmann and colleagues from the Kansas University medical school in Wichita presented their findings yesterday at a meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in New Orleans. The Kansas . . . → Read More: More Hospital Pediatricians Replacing Pagers with Texting (USDA.gov) Agricultural technology company Arcadia Biosciences in Davis, California will develop heat-tolerant varieties of wheat under a $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development. The deal also involves the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), which will share in the rights to the discoveries. Arcadia Biosciences says some 50 . . . → Read More: Arcadia Biosciences to Develop Heat Tolerant Wheat One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance, Intellectual property agriculture, biotechnology, genomics, grant, licensing, life sciences (Investor.gov) Venture capital (VC) funding for U.S. companies dropped sharply in the third quarter of 2012, with the amount of money invested declining by about a third and number of deals down by almost 10 percent compared to 2011. For the year to date, says Dow Jones VentureSource, a financial industry research service, . . . → Read More: Q3 Venture Funding Drops, Science Sectors Hit Hard Comments are closed Finance biotechnology, computer science, energy, engineering, equity, investment, pharmaceuticals, venture capital Rita Alloway (University of Cincinnati) Researchers at University of Cincinnati will lead a clinical trial testing a brand-name drug to reduce rejection of transplants against generic versions. The $2.7 million study, funded by the Food and Drug Administration, includes colleagues from University of Colorado and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The trial will . . . → Read More: Trial to Test Branded vs. Generic Anti-Rejection Drugs 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Finance, Regulations biomedical, clinical trials, FDA, grant, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, university Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria (CDC) Researchers in the U.S. and Korea found the antibiotic linezolid largely effective in treating patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, who had not responded to previous treatments. The findings of the team led by Clifton Barry of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes . . . → Read More: Antibiotic Found Effective On Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Comments are closed Regulations biomedical, clinical trials, Korea, life sciences, NIH, pharmaceuticals, university Sample of fabric made from carbon nanotubes (Lawrence Livermore National Lab) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California is developing a new material for military wear that repels chemical and biological agents using a fabric made from carbon nanotubes. The five-year, $13 million project is funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, with collaborators . . . → Read More: Lab Developing Fabric that Repels Chemical, Bio Agents 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Finance, New products chemistry, DoD, engineering, grant, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences |
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