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Early stage lung cancer blood test to simplify and standardize detection gets $1M grant

Early stage lung cancer blood test to simplify and standardize detection gets $1M grant

August 20, 2012 2:56 pm by | 0 Comments

Detecting non-small cell lung cancer in its early stages could soon be as easy as getting a blood test in a routine checkup. A group of researchers is taking advantage ... Read more
Skeptical of Durata lead safety, FDA orders post-marketing surveillance study

Skeptical of Durata lead safety, FDA orders post-marketing surveillance study

August 16, 2012 3:55 pm by | 0 Comments

Looks like the Food and Drug Administration is not buying St. Jude Medical’s (NYSE:STJ) insistence that the Durata ICD lead is safe.While some have argued that the Durata leads are ... Read more
Artificial salivary gland project to aid throat cancer patients

Artificial salivary gland project to aid throat cancer patients

August 13, 2012 3:13 pm by | 0 Comments

Research to develop artificial salivary glands to facilitate swallowing for throat cancer patients has brought a Delaware health system’s cancer research center a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes ... Read more
Chief innovation officer for Boston Children’s Hospital explains how to cross the O-gap

Chief innovation officer for Boston Children’s Hospital explains how to cross the O-gap

July 10, 2012 11:56 pm by | 0 Comments

If ever there was an overused word in the coverage of new developments in the life science and healthcare industries, innovation may top most lists. This journalist holds her hand ... Read more
Newborn screening program data collected to track congenital disease treatment

Newborn screening program data collected to track congenital disease treatment

January 25, 2012 12:15 pm by | 0 Comments

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is developing a data storage system connected to its newborn screening program to track the treatment of rare congenital diseases for research scientists to use.It ... Read more
Temple University Hospital CEO steps down

Temple University Hospital CEO steps down

December 9, 2011 2:48 pm by | 0 Comments

Temple University Hospital‘s CEO has stepped down and will be replaced by John N. Kastanis, a healthcare consultant from Navigant (NYSE:NCI), a Chicago firm that has offices in Philadelphia.Sandy Gomberg ... Read more
Mayo Clinic adds diagnostic exam to better understand TB test results

Mayo Clinic adds diagnostic exam to better understand TB test results

July 18, 2011 3:35 pm by | 0 Comments

Mayo Medical Laboratories is adding a new tuberculosis test that will help physicians better determine the kind of TB afflicting patients.Mayo licensed the diagnostic test from Germany’s Qiagen, a provider ... Read more