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Direct Flow Medical® Announces the Appointment of Chief Medical Officer, Charles Davidson, MD

SANTA ROSA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Direct Flow Medical, Inc., a privately held, emerging medical device company focused on the next generation, minimally invasive implant to treat patients with heart valve disease announced the appointment of Charles Davidson, MD, as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Davidson brings a wealth of knowledge to the organization, having spent over 20 years in interventional cardiology and medicine. Continue reading

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Stem cell therapy for WCMS student has remarkable results

When Tyler was born, the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, causing a lack of oxygen to his brain that led to Tyler suffering a stroke during delivery. The stroke caused damage to the back of Tylers brain. Tyler was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and his mother, Lisa Biermann, was told to expect the worst: a child who would never walk, talk, or have any chance at a normal life Continue reading

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Professor named to prestigious Royal Society

SAN DIEGO Jack E. Dixon, vice president and chief scientific officer of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor of pharmacology, cellular and molecular medicine, chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego, has been named a foreign member of the Royal Society. Dixon is among 44 newly elected fellows and eight new foreign members of the Royal Society, a fellowship of the world’s most eminent scientists that is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Continue reading

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Rosalind Franklin Investigator Award Application Site Opens

Newswise BETHESDA, MD April 26, 2012 The Genetics Society of America (GSA) and the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) announce the opening of the online application for the 2013 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award, a career development research award for early career female geneticists, funded by The Gruber Foundation. The award, which is open to women scientists worldwide who are within their first three years as an independent faculty level researcher, provides $75,000 over three years ($25,000 per year) in support. GSA and ASHG will select two recipients, one for genetics research in human or non-human mammals and one for genetics research in model organisms Continue reading

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Enzymes Grow Artificial DNA

Nature | Health Certain artificial genetic polymers, or ‘XNAs,’ could bind and inhibit proteins, including those involved in macular degeneration, or resemble Earth’s earliest genetic molecules April 19, 2012 By Helen Shen of Nature magazine Nearly all organisms share a single genetic language: DNA. But scientists have now demonstrated that several lab-made variants of DNA can store and transmit information much like the genuine article Continue reading

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Gene Hunters Link Genes to Brain Size

Four New Papers May Pave the Way Toward New Treatments for Brain Diseases By Denise Mann WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD April 16, 2012 — An international team of gene hunters has zeroed in on genes that may play a role in boosting brain size and IQ Continue reading

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BioTime CEO Michael D. West to Present at the Future Leaders in the Biotech Industry Conference

ALAMEDA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex:BTX), a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of regenerative medicine, today announced that Chief Executive Officer Michael D Continue reading

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Roboz Surgical Exhibits New Micro Scissors at Experimental Biology 2012

Roboz Surgical will participate in Experimental Biology 2012 meeting exhibitions in San Diego, California from April 21-25, 2012. Continue reading

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L.A. County Science Fair names top student scientists

Judges at the Los Angeles County Science Fair named the top two winners of the competition on Saturday out of the more than a thousand students who had their experiments on display. Kenneth Lee, a senior from Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, received the top sweepstakes prize for the senior-level division made up of high school students. He won for his project in the biochemistry and molecular biology category: “The Role of Testosterone in Hepatocyte Apoptosis in High Fat Diet-Induced Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.” His teacher on the project was Peter Starodub Continue reading

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Molecular Motor Coupled to High Sensitivity Nanopore Promises Cheap DNA Sequencing

Lately we have been covering some of the recent developments in nanopore sequencing that are targeted to enable affordable personalized medicine. Continue reading

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Squaw Valley native prepares for graduation from medical school

Cezanne Manor hails from Squaw Valley and is on her way to becoming a successful doctor. At 15 years old, Manor began taking pre-med classes at Reedley College. Ten years later, she has graduated from medical school and is now preparing to enter a residency program in Arizona this June. Continue reading

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Vatican’s Stem-Cell Censorship Sham

The Catholic Church has never had a particularly easy relationship with science. After all, this is the institution that sentenced Galileo Galilei as a heretic for his theories on the universe during the Roman Inquisition. Continue reading

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Sequent Medical and Inceptus Medical Announce a Licensing Agreement on MicroBraid Technology

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Sequent Medical, Inc. Continue reading

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Biz Beat: Wisconsin quietly a leader in medical technology

Mike Ivey writes on all matters money in the spirit of Capital Times founder William T. Evjue, who believed that the concentration of wealth in the U.S Continue reading

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Medical Marijuana Tracking on NBC News MedMar Healing Center – Video


27-03-2012 15:14 MedMar Healing Center is featured in this NBC local news segment speaking about the possibility of California law requiring the tracking of Prop 215 patients across California. Continue reading

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SDSC graduate student awarded NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship

Public release date: 27-Mar-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Jan Zverina jzverina@sdsc.edu 858-534-5111 University of California – San Diego A graduate student working in the Walker Molecular Dynamics laboratory at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego is a recipient of the 2012-2013 NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program award for his innovative molecular dynamics research using GPU (graphics processing unit) computing. Benjamin Madej, a chemistry and biochemistry Ph.D Continue reading

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Response Genetics, Inc. Announces Appointment of Stephanie Astrow, Ph.D., as Vice President, Research and Development

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Response Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RGDX – News), a company focused on the development and commercialization of molecular diagnostic tests for cancer, announced today the addition of Stephanie H Continue reading

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NIH director to Cambridge biotechnology executives: Coming years won’t be easy

By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff CAMBRIDGE — Despite strides in medical technology, the biotechnology industry faces mounting challenges ranging from reduced research funding to uncertainty over reimbursements to a shift in pharmaceutical companies focus from drug discovery to mergers and marketing. That was the unsettling prognosis delivered Monday at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council by Dr Continue reading

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How Do Cats Survive Massive Falls? [Biology]

Everyone knows that cats can somehow survive falling out of a tree, but last week a cat survived a 19-story fall in Boston. So just how the hell did it manage it Continue reading

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Vatican Calls Off Stem-Cell Conference

Nature | Health A Monsignor and Officer for Studies at the Pontifical Academy for Life called the cancellation a “sad event.” Attendees are set to receive an official explanation March 26, 2012| By Ewen Callaway of Nature magazine The Vatican has abruptly cancelled a controversial stem-cell conference that was set to be attended by the Pope next month. The Third International Congress on Responsible Stem Cell Research, scheduled for 25-28 April, was to focus on clinical applications of adult and reprogrammed stem cells. But a number of the invited speakers, including Alan Trounson, president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine in San Francisco, and keynote speaker George Daley, a stem-cell scientist at Children’s Hospital Boston in Massachusetts, are involved in research using human embryonic stem cells, which the Catholic Church considers unethical Continue reading

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