NEW YORK, March 9 (UPI) — U.S. scientists say they’ve devised a method that uses blood vessel cells to grow unlimited amounts of adult stem cells.
Doctors using stem cells to treat spinal injuries (News 8 Austin)
Every year 12,000 people are told they’ll never walk again after an accident, but what if one injection of stem cells could pump new movement and new hope into a paralyzed body? A scientist who’s spent the past decade in the lab looking for a cure says a new treatment is within reach.
Primary care appeals to med student from Troy (The Western News)
By The Western News Troy native Sarah Reichert began a monthlong rural medicine rotation in Libby last week while working toward a degree from Kansas City University of Medicine, Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Lawsuit against Ohio University dismissed (The Columbus Dispatch)
A judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit filed by a graduate of Ohio University’s medical school who challenged the school’s right to collect money from out-of-state students who renege on promises to practice in Ohio after graduation.
Pike moving forward with comprehensive plan strategy (Williamson Daily News)
PIKEVILLE, Ky – What will Pike County look like in 20 years? Pike County’s Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee is putting that answer in perspective. Employees from R.W. Armstrong and Associate…
NYIT Hosts a Day of Mentoring Funded by TD Charitable Foundation (PRWeb)
Middle and high school students experience a day of college life (PRWeb Mar 9, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3698414.htm
Nutrition Services For Older Adults At Home And In Communities (Medical News Today)
The Society for Nutrition Education (SNE) has partnered with the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and American Society for Nutrition (ASN) to publish a position paper, “Position of the American Dietetic Association, American Society for Nutrition, and Society for Nutrition Education: Food and Nutrition Programs for Community-Residing Older Adults,” focusing on access to safe and adequate food …
Booyah Teams With ZonePerfect® Nutrition Bars, Official South by Southwest Sponsor, to Reward MyTown Followers (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PALO ALTO, Calif.—-Booyah, developer of the popular location based app MyTown, today announced it is teaming with Abbott, the maker of ZonePerfect Nutrition Bars, to the be first brand to offer real prizes for the MyTown community.
Diet and Healthy Weight Tips for National Nutrition Month from Patients Medical (redOrbit)
NEW YORK, March 8 /PRNewswire/ — Patients Medical, a leading integrative and holistic medical center in New York City, is supporting National Nutrition Month by offering free nutrition seminars and providing patients with tips to improve their overall well-being this March.
BioImagene Introduces the iSlideTM to Enhance the Transition from Manual to Digital Pathology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—-BioImagene, Inc., the leading provider of end-to-end digital pathology solutions, today announced the availability of the iSlide™ input device, an innovative device that allows pathologists to use a microscope-like interface to manipulate digital images of slides.
Nutrition Services For Older Adults At Home And In Communities (Medical News Today)
The Society for Nutrition Education (SNE) has partnered with the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and American Society for Nutrition (ASN) to publish a position paper, “Position of the American Dietetic Association, American Society for Nutrition, and Society for Nutrition Education: Food and Nutrition Programs for Community-Residing Older Adults,” focusing on access to safe and adequate food …
Booyah Teams With ZonePerfect® Nutrition Bars, Official South by Southwest Sponsor, to Reward MyTown Followers (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PALO ALTO, Calif.—-Booyah, developer of the popular location based app MyTown, today announced it is teaming with Abbott, the maker of ZonePerfect Nutrition Bars, to the be first brand to offer real prizes for the MyTown community.
Diet and Healthy Weight Tips for National Nutrition Month from Patients Medical (redOrbit)
NEW YORK, March 8 /PRNewswire/ — Patients Medical, a leading integrative and holistic medical center in New York City, is supporting National Nutrition Month by offering free nutrition seminars and providing patients with tips to improve their overall well-being this March.
Gloria plus Bangit equals political longevity (The Daily Tribune)
Has Gloria Arroyo given up her quest for political longevity? Going by her, and the Commission on Elections (Comelec)’s moves, she has far from given up her quest to remain in power and position.
Purdue vet to visit old dogs for human longevity clues (The Indianapolis Star)
A Purdue University veterinarian this week will embark on a long, strange trip to study human longevity. He’ll spend three weeks on the road visiting 15 of the nation’s oldest living Rottweilers, a type of large dog.
Low Tolerance for Pain May Be Genetic (Wired News)
In a study of patients with osteoarthritis, people who reported feeling more pain shared a genetic variant.
A Vision for Personalized Medicine (Technology Review)
Genomics pioneer Leroy Hood says a coming revolution in medicine will bring enormous new opportunities. Leroy Hood has been at the center of a number of paradigm shifts in biology. He helped to invent the first automated DNA sequencing machine in the 1980s, along with several other technologies that have changed the face of molecular biology. And in 2000, he founded the Institute for Systems …
Researchers Identify Previously Unrecognized Genetic Disorder (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SPOKANE, Wash.—-Researchers from four laboratories that perform diagnostic genetic testing of chromosome abnormalities in individuals with unexplained physical and developmental disabilities recently identified a previously unrecognized genetic disorder.
In U.S. Imaging First, Prenatal MRI Detects Rare Genetic Disease in Newborn (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
STANFORD, Calif.—-In a case believed to be a United States first, the radiology team at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital has used prenatal magnetic resonance imaging to detect an often-misdiagnosed genetic disease.
Response Genetics Announces $4M Private Placement (Medical Device Link)
Response Genetics Inc. entered into a purchase agreement with certain new and existing investors and certain funds managed by Lansdowne Partners Limited Partnership to raise approximately $4 million from the private placement of 3,005,349 newly issued shares of its common stock, at a purchase price of $1.31 per share.