NSF Career Development Award Won By NJIT Biomedical Engineer

Bryan J. Pfister, PhD, a specialist in neural tissue engineering, has been awarded a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Global Food Crisis To Be The Focus Of McGill Conference

The world is currently facing one of its most serious challenges in ensuring there is enough food for everyone. Changing dietary and food consumption patterns, rising energy prices, climate change, and dramatic natural events like floods and storms are all contributing to critical food shortages and sharply higher prices.

House Approves Supplemental War Appropriations Bill With Medicaid Provision

The House on Thursday passed a $257.5 billion supplemental war appropriations bill (HR 2642) with a provision that would delay for one year six new Medicaid regulations proposed by the Bush administration, the Washington Post reports (Kane, Washington Post, 6/20). The House approved the legislation in two votes, one for war spending and one for domestic programs and spending.

Phase Forward Introduces Empirica trade; Signal - Major New Release Of Signal Detection And Management Product

Phase Forward (NASDAQ: PFWD), a leading provider of data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety, announced the Empirica Signal product, a major new release of the company's flagship signal detection and management software formerly known as WebVDME.

ArthroCare Launches DoublePlay trade; New Osteoconductive Suture Anchor

ArthroCare Corp. (NASDAQ: ARTC) announced the launch of its new DoublePlay implant, a novel suture anchor device intended for soft tissue to bone fixation in surgical procedures such as rotator cuff repair. It is unique in terms of design and material. The DoublePlay device is a fully threaded anchor and features an "eyeless" design - a new concept in the world of screw-in anchors.

American Red Cross Responds To United Way Funding Cuts

United Way of Greater Cleveland has dramatically reduced its funding to the American Red Cross of Greater Cleveland by 77 percent -- from $1.9 million to an approximate total of $435, 000. While this decrease will be phased in over the next three years beginning in July, its impact is no less devastating.

Bioactive Paper To Destroy, Deactivate And Detect Deadly Pathogens

Researchers working to develop inexpensive paper that can destroy, deactivate and detect deadly pathogens, such as salmonella and SARS, will share their expertise with the world as the first ever international conference on bioactive paper kicks off next week in Espoo, Finland.

Australian Stem Cell Research Forges Ahead

Australian stem cell scientists will build on the recent discovery that stem cells can be made from skin cells in a new collaborative research program, Victorian Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings and NSW Minister for Science and Medical Research Verity Firth announced at the BIO International Convention.

SMI Launches Patient Recruitment Arm To Increase Enrollment In Clinical Trials

SMI announced the launch of SMI Clinical Trials, a patient recruitment division designed to accelerate the clinical trial recruitment and enrollment process and reduce per-patient recruitment costs.

Physicians Slow To Adopt Electronic Health Record Systems Because Of High Costs, Survey Finds

The cost of switching from a paper-based health records system to an electronic version for patients is a key obstacle for many primary care physicians in the U.S., according to a study published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, USA Today reports.