02/28/2007
A team of researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder has developed a new technique to generate laser-like X-ray beams, removing a major obstacle in the decades-long quest to build a tabletop X-ray laser that could be used for biological and medical imaging. [click link for full article]
CU finds more than quarter of sampled plans hike drug costs 5% last year; costs also go up in first month of 2007
A breath test can successfully pick up lung cancer with "moderate accuracy" even in the early stages, reveals research published ahead of print in Thorax.It could revolutionise the way cancer is detected and potentially save lives, say the authors.The test comprises a chemical colour sensor, which detects tiny changes in the unique chemical signature of the breath of people with lung cancer. [click link for full article]
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In the absence of federal and state reformoffering universal health care coverage, local coalitions can make a bigdifference for children without health insurance. That¹s according to a study by University of Southern California (USC)researchers to appear in the April issue of the American Journal of PublicHealth and now available online. [click link for full article]
The drug company Pfizer says that its latest HIV drug maraviroc doubles the number of people with undetectable levels of HIV compared to the current treatments.The company revealed half-year results of two advanced trials of maraviroc on patients for whom treatment no longer works at the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2007) in Los Angeles. Maraviroc belongs to a class of drugs known as CCR5 inhibitors. [click link for full article]
A new system for recruiting junior doctors has descended into pandemonium, the BMA said yesterday (Tuesday 27 February, 2007).An estimated 30,000 junior doctors have applied for around 22,000 new UK specialist training posts under the 'Modernising Medical Careers' scheme. Last year, the BMA warned that the government was rushing through the reforms in too short a timescale. [click link for full article]
Chemists at the University of Liverpool have designed a unique structure to capture the movement of atoms which may impact on future designs of pharmaceuticals. [click link for full article]
Terumo Heart Inc. announced today that it has received a CE Mark allowing the commercial distribution of the DuraHeart(R) Left Ventricular Assist System within the European Community. The DuraHeart is the world's first magnetically levitated centrifugal LVAS to receive market approval in Europe. The CE Mark approval is based on a clinical trial conducted in four European centers (Germany, Austria, and France). [click link for full article]
Baxter Healthcare Corporation announced today that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its COLLEAGUE infusion pump 510(k) pre-market notification. The company is preparing to modify pumps currently in the market and will soon submit manufacturing and service documentation to FDA in advance of deploying upgrades to U.S. COLLEAGUE infusion pumps. [click link for full article]
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Created: 2/28/2007
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