Ins and Outs

April 27th, 2010 News

  • New mouse model of OCD… [Weill Cornell]
  • BIG MESS IN NATICK: Boston Scientific reports $1.6 billion first-quarter loss… [MassDevice]
  • FDA changes advisory panel rules… [MassDevice]
    More: FDA Changes Process for Medical Device Advisory Committees… [FDA]
  • Health care law’s unfinished business: cost curbs… [AP]
  • Increases in Health-Care Costs Even Worse in Military… [WSJ]
  • Cancer Research by U.S. Disorganized, Underfunded, Study Says… [Bloomberg]
  • Bill Gates Rethinks His War on Polio… [WSJ]
  • Newly Ratified ZigBee Health Care Profile Now Available for Public Download… [ZigBee Alliance]
  • Clinical Groupware: Platforms, Not Software… [thehealthcareblog.com]
  • iVisit inks deal with Ideal Life… [mobihealthnews]
  • Osmetech plc Receives 510(k) Clearance for the eSensor® Thrombophilia Risk Test… [Osmetech]
  • Charles River Labs to pay $1.6 billion for WuXi PharmaTech… [MassDevice]
  • CT Angiography Cuts Costs in Screening for CAD… [MedPageToday]
  • Atomistic model of spider silk nanostructure paves way for new class of synthetic materials… [Nanowerk]
  • Fern inspires new stent… [The Engineer]
  • Study Confirms Location of Stem Cells Near Cartilage-Rich Regions in Bones… [NIH]
  • Scientists Uncover New Functions of Mitochondrial Fusion… [Caltech]
  • Listeria Bacteria Shut Down Cellular Response to Stress… [HHMI]
  • Scientists Find Genes That Influence Brain Wave Patterns… [NIH]
  • Chloride channels render nerve cells more excitable… [Max Planck Society]
  • Cellular channel may open doors to skin conditions, hair growth… [Children’s Hospital Boston]
  • Biologists Link Gut Microbial Equilibrium to Inflammatory Bowel Disease… [Caltech]
  • A new device helps monitor low-level physical activity with a cell phone… [FASEB]
  • Plastics hamper DNA assays… [Nature]
  • Mercury Levels in Tuna Sushi Vary; Is Jeremy Piven Vindicated? [WSJ]
  • Caltech Investigates: African-American Babies and Boys Least Likely to Be Adopted… [Caltech]
  • Your Tax $$ at Work: FDA Should Set Standards For Salt Added to Processed Foods, Prepared Meals… [National Academy of Sciences]

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