Lab-on-a-Chip - Biotech, Pharma and Life Science Channel
Lab-on-a-chip is the new trend in molecular testing, used both clinically and for research. It condenses all the processes of a conventional laboratory into a single chip which can be operated automatically.
They work on the principles of micro-fluidics - very small diameter tubes and microscopic volumes of fluids.
News Articles
Toshiba’s Patient-Focused Ultrasound Achieves 28 Percent Business Growth
New Aplio 500 and 300 Systems Drive 52 Percent Growth in Radiology, According to Klein Biomedical Consultants Led by the successful launch of the AplioTM 500 and Aplio 300...
OncoGenex Announces Multiple 'Trials in Progress' Presentations at the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting
BOTHELL, Wash. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI), a leader in the development of novel therapeutics to target mechanisms...
CALGARY, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. ("Oncolytics") (TSX:ONC, NASDAQ:ONCY) today announced preliminary results from its U.S. Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with metastat...
IRVINE, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ZO Skin Health, Inc. is pleased to announce that they will host a series of educational seminars and webinars on "Expanded Concepts and Principles of Skin...
Assured Pharmacy Hires Hayden IR
PLANO, Texas, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Assured Pharmacy, Inc. (APHY), a leading pharmacy group that specializes in providing prescription medications to sufferers of chronic pain, announc...
Best Value Green Coffee Bean Extract Designation Awarded To Perfect Brand
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Perfect Green Coffee has been named the Best Value Green Coffee supplement by HealthFoodPost.com, a popular international shopping destination...
WomanCare Global launches Simplant, Long-acting Reversible Contraception, in Chile
SAN DIEGO, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WomanCare Global recently launched Simplant in Chile with an extensive training initiative attended by 90 health care providers. (Photo...
People with Psychiatric Diagnoses Attest: SAMHSA Mental Health Programs Save Lives
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, as a Congressional Subcommittee holds a hearing on the effectiveness of federal grant programs for mental health services, the National Coali...
10 Warning Signs: What Your Mouth Says About Your Health
NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- If the eyes are the windows to your soul, then your mouth is the gateway to your overall health. Research has found a surprising number of links betwe...
LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kathy Ireland, CEO and Chief Designer of kathy ireland Worldwide (kiWW) and leading women's health advocate, and world-renowned board certified surg...
Events
The Economist Conference - Healthy Europe
From sick care to health care
Evolving Big Data Management to Advance Data Analytics, Business Forecasting, and Expedite Decisions
Payer Strategies for Emerging Markets
Understand payer needs, build robust partnerships and drive profit growth.
Strategic Pipeline Planning & Portfolio Valuation
R&D Target Selection, Licensing and M&A, Prioritization and Investment Decision-Making
Cancer Vaccines will provide attendees with a complete view of the cancer immunotherapy field. Focusing on the discovery of new vaccines, developments in target identification
Diabetes: Secondary Complications, Regulation and Innovation Conference
SMi is very proud to present our 11th conference focusing on Diabetes and metabolic disorders taking place on 1st and 2nd Oct 2013, London.
The 12th annual Evolution Summit is a premium forum bringing together leaders in biopharmaceutical clinical operations with the most renowned CROs and solution providers.
BIOASIA - THE ULTIMATE 3-DAY KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND NETWORKING PLATFORM FOR BUSINESS LEADERS OF LIFESCIENCES!
Select Biosciences' 4th annual Single Cell Analysis Summit 2013 will build on the overwhelming success of the previous Single Cell events.
SELECTBIO CellTech2014 will feature an integrated program of tracks designed to fully describe the latest trends in analysis of cells, cell-based assays, and high-content phenotypic assays.
Companies
The Moss Center for Integrative Medicine
Deplin is a prescription medical food for the dietary management of suboptimal L-methylfolate levels in patients with depression. Up to 70 percent of people who suffer from depression may have a spec...
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)
The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), founded in 1979, opens the world of communication to people with hearing loss through information, education, advocacy, and support...
LABS, Inc., founded in 1979 as Immunological Associates of Denver, was one of the first transplant laboratories established in the United States. Today, as a taxable, non-profit c...
Merz North America is a specialty healthcare company that develops and commercializes innovative treatment solutions in aesthetics, dermatology and neurology in the U.S. and Canad...
Ambry Genetics is a CAP-accredited, CLIA-certified commercial clinical laboratory headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California. Since the company's inception in 2000, it has become a leader in provi...
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
Lucile Packard Childrenâs Hospital at Stanford is an internationally recognized 311-bed hospital, research center and leading regional medical network providing a full comple...
The Little Gym is the worldâs premier enrichment and physical development center for kids ages four months through 12 years. To parents, The Little Gym is an internationally...
Korea4Health is the gateway to the internationally renowned Korean healthcare services prepared for the US patients exploring the most advanced and affordable healthcare solutions...
Clinical Trials
Combination Chemotherapy and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Sarcoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug and combining chemotherapy with periphe...
Effects of Exenatide and Insulin Glargine in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes
This Phase 3, open-label, multicenter study is designed to compare the effects of exenatide and insulin glargine (Lantus® injection) on beta-cell function in patients with type 2 diabetes...
Pamidronate to Treat Osteogenesis Imperfecta in Children
This study will evaluate the effect of pamidronate-a drug that decreases bone resorption (breakdown)-on osteogenesis imperfecta. This is a genetic disorder of collagen, the major protein...
Immune Response to Hepatitis C Virus
This study will identify and characterize immune factors involved in hepatitis C infection and elimination of the virus. Individual responses to hepatitis C infection vary; some people ar...
Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Preventing Chronic Lung Disease in Premature Infants
To determine whether or not inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) safely decreases the incidence of chronic lung disease (CLD) in premature infants.
Cell Lines From High-Risk Breast Tissue
Background: - Many risk factors for breast cancer have been identified, including family history, endocrine background, changes in breast tissue, cancer in one breast, radiation...
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) to Study Brain Signaling
This study uses positron emission tomography (PET) to examine brain function and signaling involving phospholipids, and to see how signaling is related to blood flow. Much of the brain is...
Screening Evaluation for Women With Postpartum Depression
This study evaluates the relationship between mood changes and hormones in women with postpartum depression (PPD). This is an observational study; volunteers who participate will not rece...
Pelvic Pain in Women With Endometriosis
This study will examine pelvic pain associated with endometriosis and explore better approaches to treatment. In women with endometriosis, uterine tissue grows outside the uterus. Standa...
Imiquimod Cream in Treating Patients With Basal Cell Skin Cancer
RATIONALE: Biological therapies, such as imiquimod cream, work in different ways to stimulate the immune system and stop tumor cells from growing. PURPOSE: This randomized phase I trial i...
PubMed Articles
Incidence of hip fractures in Germany, 1995-2010.
We analyzed hip fracture incidence trends in Germany in 1995-2010, using national hospital discharge register. Overall, after age-sex-region adjustment, there was no significant trend. However, strati...
Incidence of hip fracture in Rohtak district, North India.
Hip fracture incidence is not known in India. This retrospective study was conducted to evaluate hip fracture incidence rates in Rohtak, a single district of North India. A total of 304 patients from...
Intrapartum sacral stress fracture due to pregnancy-related osteoporosis: a case report.
Low back pain (LBP) and hip pain frequently occur during pregnancy and postpartum period. Although pelvic and mechanic lesions of the soft tissues are most responsible for the etiology, sacral fractur...
INTRODUCTION: Nonunion of femoral neck fractures frequently occurs in elderly patients. In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, reoperation rates after internal fixation of a displaced femoral neck fra...
This retrospective analysis of hip fracture patients with and without muscle atrophy/weakness (MAW) revealed that those with MAW had significantly higher healthcare utilization and costs compared with...
A health economic analysis of osteoporotic fractures: who carries the burden?
This is a cost-of-illness study of osteoporotic fractures in Denmark estimating the incremental societal cost associated with osteoporotic fractures, with both direct cost and productivity cost. This...
Major aims of the 5th Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Summit on Osteoporosis held in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 2 and 3 December 2011, were to provide participants with state-of-the-art knowledge in th...
Estrogens and IL-12 play a pivotal role in the development and progression of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC); at the same time, estrogen receptor β2 and (interleukin-12 receptor β2)IL-12Rβ2 are...
Antisense oligonucleotides (oligos) have been employed against prostate cancer models in both in vivo and in vitro systems. While most target growth factors or their receptors, other oligos are direct...
Tumor lysis syndrome and malignant melanoma.
Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is an oncological emergency that results from massive cytolysis of malignant cells with a sudden release of their contents into the systemic circulation. TLS was rarely desc...
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Physalis
A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain physalin and withangulatin.
Solanum
A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain SOLANACEOUS ALKALOIDS. Some species in this genus are called deadly nightshade which is also a common name for ATROPA BELLADONNA.
Solanum Melongena
A plant species of the genus SOLANUM, family SOLANACEAE. The fruit is a large, egg-shaped berry, varying in color from dark purple to red, yellowish, or white. The leaves are large and ovate. The flowers are pendant, violet, and two inches across.
Solanum Nigrum
A plant species of the genus SOLANUM, family SOLANACEAE that contains steroidal glycosides.
Withania
A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain withanolides. Withania somnifera is the source of ashwagandha and aswal.
