Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week

HIV Diagnosis - HIV-1/2 oral fluid rapid tests under development

HIV/AIDS - (+)-Inophyllum B and (+)-calanolide A candidates for anti-HIV therapy

HIV/AIDS - Intracellularly expressed HIV-1 Tat protein inhibits neural cell proliferation

HIV/AIDS Gene Therapy - TAT-pK/DNA complex useful way to package therapeutic genes for cell transduction

Head & Neck Reconstruction - Researchers use an innovative technique for cutting the pectoralis major muscle

Heart Attack - First international shipment made of automated external defibrillators

Heart Disease - Details of pacemaker study indicate efficacy of biomedical technology

Heart Disease - Enrollment in Taxus registry completed

Heart Disease - Mammograms may help predict cardiovascular disease?

Heart Disease - Positive results presented from PISCES stent trial

Heart Disease - StarClose vascular closure system launched

Heart Failure - AbioCor replacement heart implanted in 14th patient

Heart Failure - Illinois man is 10th in U.S. to survive for year or more with heart pump

Heart Failure - Mechanical support pumps can be a bridge to cardiac transplantation

Hematology - Age and packed cell transfusion volume act synergistically to increase mortality

Hematology - Cryoprecipitate-removed plasma is factor IX source for treatment of hemophilia B

Hereditary Angioedema - DX-88 placed on clinical hold pending review

Hip Replacement - Bone cement reduces acetabular cup wear

Human Genome - Genomics company publishes DNA sequence of human chromosome 10

Hysterectomy - Minimally invasive, minilaparotomically-assisted surgical method developed

Imaging - Nanoparticles illuminate brain tumors for days under MRI

Imaging - When blood can't get to brain, special CT scan helps

Imaging Technology - Despite controversy, consumer hype could drive demand for fetal ultrasound

Immunology - $100,000 invested in software modeling systems for inflammatory diseases

Immunology - Modified interferon-beta protein may one day help multiple sclerosis patients

Immunology - Selected peptides functionally represent the Fc-gammaRII-binding part of IgG1

Infectious Disease - Multiplex PCR effective for Salmonella typing

Infectious Disease - Treatment of long-term catheter-related Brevibacterium described

Information Technology - New tool released to improved protein identification

Kidney Failure - Zemplar (Paricalcitol Injection) receives FDA approval for pediatric use

Knee Replacement - CT-guided knee replacement system improves accuracy

Laser Technology - Distribution agreement reached for laser system treatment for enlarged prostate

Legislation - Pharmaceutical company reports higher revenue, earnings

Liver Cancer - Utility of cryotherapy as ablative treatment evaluated

Liver Tumors - Liver transplantation is feasible for neuroendocrine tumors

Lung Cancer - Benefits of screening for lung cancer with CT are not proven

Lung Cancer - Lung screening test may prove useful as first line of lung cancer testing

Lung Transplantation - FDG-PET scan can find post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder

Lymphoma - Initial bone marrow involvement is infrequent in nasal-type NK/T cell lymphoma

Magnetic Resonance Imaging - MRI can detect primary lung tumors in rodents

Mangement - Biopharmaceutical company names new board director

Medical Devices - Aortic Starr-Edwards ball valve prosthesis replaced after 28 years

Medical Devices - Femoral nerve catheter knotting reported

Medical Devices - Immunoassay for detection of irradiated prawns developed

Medical Devices - TIPS stent-grafts do not prevent liver transplantation

Medullary Thyroid Cancer - A single, small medullary thyroid tumor does not mandate total thyroidectomy

Melanoma - MART1/MelanA stains have high false-positive rate

Meningioma - Study reviews the biology, diagnosis, and treatment of meningiomas

Mergers & Acquisitions - Boston Scientific to acquire Advanced Bionics

Mergers & Acquisitions - Business information provider Medtech Insight acquired

Mergers & Acquisitions - Cardiovascular software company acquired

Mergers & Acquisitions - Dental implant, device firm acquired by orthopedics company

Mergers & Acquisitions - Ophthalmic device firm commences offer to acquire Drew Scientific Group

Microfluidics - New technology introduced to replace liquid chromatography columns

Molecular Diagnostics - Molecular typing techniques are useful for detecting pathogenic fungi

Nanotechnology - International nanotechnology shores up European shareholder base

Neuroscience - Alterations in tau transcripts correlate with sporadic tauopathy neurofilament

Neuroscience - MRI can locate ataxia-inducing lesions in Miller Fisher syndrome patients

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma can occur in the sinonasal tract

Obesity Surgery - Minimally invasive surgery for morbid obesity reviewed

Obstetrics - Amniocentesis, CVS tests decline despite increase in number of older mothers

Obstetrics - Study casts doubt on common surgical procedure to reduce premature birth

Ophthamology - Ocular inflammation treatment on file with FDA

Oral Cancer - Synthetic and natural agents can cause apoptosis in oral cancer cells

Orthopedic Surgery - Prevention of deep vein thrombosis reviewed

Orthopedics - New CT-based classification proposed for acetabular fractures

Osteoporosis - Calcaneal quantitative ultrasound useful for assessing fracture risk

Osteoporosis - Calcaneal ultrasound helps identify premenopausal women at risk for bone loss

Osteoporosis - FDA clears DXL Calscan - a new type of bone densitometers

Osteoporosis - Several factors can result in faulty measurement of BMD by DXA

Osteoporosis - Study: WHO definition isn't applicable to multi-site axial transmission QUS

Ovarian Cancer - Chemotherapy after cytoreductive surgery for ovarian cancer beneficial

Pain Medicine - Greek nurses express their knowledge of pain experiences

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma - Survival after surgery for pancreatic carcinoma averaged less than 6 months

Pancreatic Cancer - CyberKnife radiosurgery provides local tumor control

Patent Litigation - Court rules in favor of surgical device company's patent

Patents - Eight U.S. patents granted for high-speed cell analysis platform

Patents - Second U.S. patent granted for rapid microbe detection

Patents - U.S. patent granted for its Immunogene therapy for cancer

Patient Safety - Minstrel patient lifts recalled

Personnel - Cancer therapy systems manufacturer adds eighth member to board of directors

Personnel - Dale A. Stringfellow joins biotech company's board of directors

Personnel - Medical device company announces appointment of new board chairman

Personnel - Medical product manufacturer announces appointment of new board member

Personnel - Orthobiologics company appoints new board member

Personnel - Pharmaceutical company names three new leaders to U.S. executive team

Personnel - Technology development company names new vice president, sales and marketing

Pharmacokinetics - Time-resolved X-ray data can identify protein intermediate structures

Phenotyping - EBV-transformed B-cell lines used for reference and research in routine lab

Pneumonia - Phase II study results of pulmonary delivery of amikacin presented

Prostate Cancer - Array CGH superior to standard CGH for detection of DNA loss

Prostate Cancer - CHEK2 mutation is linked to increased prostate cancer risk

Prostate Cancer - Choosing hormone therapy for prostate cancer depends on several factors

Prosthodontics - Diagnostic and surgical template for dental implants developed

Prosthodontics - Utility of conversion partial dentures reviewed

Proteomics - Technique enables efficient production of microchip microdialysis membranes

Pulmonary Ossification - Diffuse pulmonary ossification is usually not clinically apparent

Quality Certifications - Medical device manufacturing facilities earn quality certifications

RNA Research - RNA interference-based microarray developed

Radiotoxicity - COMP-Ang1 protects endothelial cells from radiation-induced apoptosis

Respiratory Medicine - Drug-device combo improves efficiency of pediatric inhalation therapy

Robotics Technology - New partnership announced for marketing crystallization systems

Sexual Dysfunction - Funding enables study to improve women's ability to have orgasm

Spinal Cord Gangliogliomas - Surgical outcome is generally favorable for spinal cord gangliogliomas

Stem Cells - Preclinical studies show that stem cells may reverse diabetes in mice

Stem-Cell Research - Activated neural stem cells contribute to stroke-induced neurogenesis

Stem-Cell Research - Allogeneic PBSCT is feasible for children with beta/beta and beta/E

Stem-Cell Research - BMP-2 controls key early commitment step in embryonic stem cell differentiation

Stem-Cell Research - Cord blood stem cells plus fibrin platelet glue used for wound repair

Stem-Cell Research - Dopaminergic neurons generated from embryonic stem cells

Stem-Cell Research - Embryonic stem cells are an alternate marrow donor source

Stem-Cell Research - GAMT deficiency causes biochemical adaptations in brain and skeletal muscle

Stem-Cell Research - Large defect bone reconstruction using BM-derived SSC not proven for non-union

Stem-Cell Research - Mesenchymal stem cells from adult mouse bone marrow isolated and characterized

Stem-Cell Research - Novel DZIP gene expressed in embryonic stem cells and germ cells is identified

Stem-Cell Research - Pluripotent stem cell line expressing the AML1-ETO fusion protein established

Stem-Cell Research - Poly(NiPA-co-AAc) gel may provide optimal chondrocyte propagation 3D environment

Stem-Cell Research - Regenerative response in ischemic brain is restricted by p21(Cip1/waf1)

Stem-Cell Research - Side population cells in human/mouse epidermis lack stem cell characteristics

Stem-Cell Research - Skeletal muscle differentiation potential of adult BM cells may lead to therapy

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant for lymphoma should be selective

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Predictors of outcome identified in patients with metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma

Stroke - Cerebral oximetry associated with lower stroke rate after cardiac surgery

Tissue Engineering - Cartilage tissue regenerated by serum-free cultured chrondrocyte implantation

Tissue Engineering - Endocytosis of nano-environment produced by colloidal lithography by fibroblasts

Tissue Engineering - Nanocolumns produced for cell culture using colloidal lithography

Tissue Engineering - Web-like structured novel sheet promising for custom-shaped bone regeneration

Toxoplasmosis -  T. gondii-specific recombinant antigens useful for serodiagnosis

Transgenics - New transgenic system produces bulk protein

Ultrasonography - Ultrasound affects structure and function of proteins of PPSB complex

Urology - The benefits of radical prostatectomy extend beyond cancer control

Vaccines - DNA system to support research on vaccine devlivery

Vascular Disease - HEALING II CE mark clinical trial initiated

Vascular Treatments - Medical device manufacturer receives two FDA marketing clearances

Virology - Human Coronavirus 229E in nasal specimens detected by RT-PCR hybridization assay

Vitiligo - Efficacy of 308-nm xenon-chloride excimer laser clarified

Weight Control - New device used to eat less with smaller bites

Wound Treatment - LAM Pharmaceutical accelerates Central American product launch