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Report predicts major growth opportunity in medical polymers |
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Medical Plastics/Polymers
: 26 September, 2013 |
NanoMarkets believes that medical polymers represents a major opportunity in the medical materials market over the next few years. Several factors are leading to growth in this market. Perhaps the most obvious is the ageing of the population in developed nations is expanding the addressable market for polymer implants. Many polymer implants are specifically intended to assist elderly patients. |
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Synthetic bone graft substitute gets CE`approval |
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Osteobiologic Materials
: 21 March, 2011 |
The UK orthobiologics company, Orthos Limited has announced CE approval to market its proprietary βGel synthetic bone graft substitute for use as a bone filler in non-structural areas such as in spinal cages to assist fusion, inside acetabular defects caused by osteolysis and alongside pins and plates to assist bone fracture repair. |
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Materials innovations designed to stimulate tissue regeneration recognised by industry award |
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Medical Implants
: 15 January, 2010 |
A highly competitive award, sponsored by Amgen International, recognises BioCeramic Therapeutics' use of materials innovations to benefit patients with some of the most serious orthopaedic and dental conditions by stimulating and assisting in the body's natural tissue regeneration processes. The materials innovations also have potential future applications in soft tissue regeneration.
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Biodegradable polymers in medical applications |
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Medical Implants
: 27 March, 2006 |
Rapra Technology, Europe's leading polymer research and test house, has secured 1.4 Million Euros of EU funding and assembled a consortium that will develop highly innovative supercritical fluid processing technology in order to make advanced multifunctional biodegradable polymer devices. |
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Going the extra mile for specialized heart attack care |
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Medical Implants
: 13 March, 2006 |
Diverting ambulances with patients suffering a heart to a hospital providing emergency angioplasty rather than a closer hospital with no ability to provide this specialized care, may be feasible for the majority of Americans, researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the University of Michigan report in Circulation. |
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Whiplash injury much more severe when head is turned |
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Medical Implants
: 13 March, 2006 |
Persons whose heads are turned at the time of a rear impact collision risk a much more serious whiplash injury with potentially chronic symptoms, and a current Yale School of Medicine study explains why. |
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ADHD medication might also treat hyperactivity symptoms in autism |
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Medical Implants
: 22 November, 2005 |
Methylphenidate, a medication used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, may be effective in treating hyperactivity symptoms in children with autism and related pervasive developmental disorders, researchers report in the November Archives of General Psychiatry. |
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Sleep apnea significantly increases risk for stroke and death |
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Medical Implants
: 10 November, 2005 |
Sleep apnea, a condition where people stop breathing repeatedly while asleep, increases the risk of stroke and death, according to a study from Yale School of Medicine published November 10 in the New England Journal of Medicine. |
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Study clarifies source of lymph node swelling in infections |
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Medical Implants
: 25 October, 2005 |
Contrary to popular belief, lymph nodes swell due to recruitment of lymphocytes that are not specific for any given microbe, according to a report by Yale School of Medicine researchers in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
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Cool therapy reduces brain injury and death from oxygen loss in newborns |
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Medical Implants
: 13 October, 2005 |
Infants born with oxygen loss who are given an innovative therapy that lowers their entire body temperature by four degrees within the first six hours of life, have a better chance of survival and lower incidence of brain injury, according to a report in today's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. |
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Streamlining treatment of heart attack patients |
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Medical Implants
: 29 September, 2005 |
In the first study of its kind, researchers at Yale School of Medicine show how hospitals can streamline procedures to reduce the time they take to treat heart attack patients. |
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Overlapping genetic factors in pathological gambling and major depression |
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Medical Implants
: 22 September, 2005 |
The correlation between pathological gambling and major depression in middle-aged men appears to be heavily influenced by overlapping genetic factors, according to a study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine and Washington University's School of Medicine. |
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Yale procedure cuts recurrence of aggressive uterine cancer |
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Medical Implants
: 22 September, 2005 |
A state-of-the-art treatment program developed at Yale School of Medicine increases survival from the aggressive uterine papillary serous carcinoma and spares some patients the need for additional therapy. |
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Gene that controls the severity of asthma identified |
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Medical Implants
: 20 September, 2005 |
School of Medicine researchers identified a gene prevalent in the population that controls the clinical severity of asthma, according to their report in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
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Promising diagnostic tools for multiple sclerosis |
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Medical Implants
: 20 September, 2005 |
Yale School of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with the University of Connecticut Health Center, have identified three rapid diagnostic methods that can target antibodies commonly found in multiple sclerosis patients, greatly improving potential diagnosis and treatment. |
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Eating and body weight regulated by specific neurons |
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Medical Implants
: 12 September, 2005 |
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine provide direct evidence that two parts of a neuronal system, one that promotes eating and another that suppresses eating, are critical for the acute regulation of eating and body weight, according to a study published online in the September 11 issue of Nature Neuroscience. |
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Most embryos produced during IVF do not result in live births |
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Medical Implants
: 08 September, 2005 |
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that 85 percent of embryos transferred during in vitro fertilization fail to become live births, highlighting the need for improving diagnostic techniques to identify viable embryos. |
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Inconsistent effort may be sign of attention disorder in adults and children |
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Medical Implants
: 08 September, 2005 |
The adult or child who only concentrates when performing an activity in which they have a deep interest, such as playing a sport or drawing, may have 'impotence of the mind,' according to a new book by Thomas E. Brown, clinical professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. |
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Common pesticide may reduce fertility in women |
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Medical Implants
: 06 September, 2005 |
Methoxychlor, a common insect pesticide used on food crops, may interfere with proper development and function of the reproductive tract, leading to reduced fertility in women, researchers at Yale School of Medicine write in the August issue of Endocrinology. |
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GABA halts stem cell production in the brain |
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Medical Implants
: 01 September, 2005 |
Release of the neurotransmitter GABA by adult neuronal precursor cells that develop into neurons limits stem cell proliferation, according to a study at Yale School of Medicine in the September issue of Nature Neuroscience. |
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Studies Find Possible Drug Targets for Improving Vascular Health |
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Medical Implants
: 25 August, 2005 |
The enzyme nitric oxide synthase plays a role in peripheral vascular disease, a common disease that impairs the mobility of 25 percent of people over the age of 50, according to a Yale study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
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Brain distinguishes between nose and mouth odors |
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Medical Implants
: 19 August, 2005 |
Researchers in a study in Neuron this week present the first clear evidence that the brain processes the same odorant molecule differently if it arrives through the nose rather than the mouth. |
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Race and sex disparities in heart attack care, survival not improving |
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Medical Implants
: 17 August, 2005 |
Differences based on race and sex in treatment patterns for hospitalized American heart attack patients have remained unchanged over an eight-year period, despite improvements in quality of heart attack care during this time, Emory and Yale School of Medicine researchers write in the August 18 issue of New England Journal of Medicine. |
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Medication eases obsessive-compulsive symptoms |
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Medical Implants
: 29 July, 2005 |
A medication used to ease symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, also is helpful in treating people with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder, according to a pilot study at Yale School of Medicine. |
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Decreased breast cancer survival associated with high TRAIL-R2 expression |
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Medical Implants
: 25 July, 2005 |
High expression of TRAIL-R2, a cell surface receptor that triggers cell death, has been shown to be associated with a decrease in the survival rates of breast cancer patients according to a study published by Yale Cancer Center researchers in Clinical Cancer Research. |
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Understanding and diagnosing an inherited pain syndrome |
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Medical Implants
: 12 July, 2005 |
Yale School of Medicine researchers report the first demonstration that a single mutation in a human sodium channel gene can trigger pain in people with an inherited pain syndrome known as primary erythromelalgia, according to a study published this month in the journal Brain. |
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Yale scientists find MicroRNA regulates ras cancer gene |
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Medical Implants
: 17 March, 2005 |
Research in the laboratory of Assistant Professor Frank J. Slack at Yale University has identified a new way that a familiar gene is regulated in lung cancer, presenting new possibilities for diagnosis and treatment. The work is reported in March issues of the journals Cell and Developmental Cell. |
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Boosting HIV screening can increase survival and is cost effective |
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Medical Implants
: 09 February, 2005 |
Expanded HIV screening can increase patient life span, prevent the spread of the disease, and is cost effective, researchers at Yale, Harvard and the Massachusetts General Hospital report in the February 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. |
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Varicella vaccine effective on chicken pox |
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Medical Implants
: 03 February, 2005 |
The varicella vaccine is almost 90 percent effective against chickenpox, but its impact on herpes zoster (shingles) is unknown and needs wider surveillance, Yale School of Medicine researchers write in today's New England Journal of Medicine perspective section. |
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Blocking molecule protects health of implants |
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Medical Implants
: 20 December, 2004 |
Blocking a key molecule protects breast implants, permanent catheters, pacemakers, artificial joints, glucose sensors for diabetics, and other biomaterials from rejection and damage by the body, according to a study published this month in The American Journal of Pathology. |
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World's first medical grade 17' terminal for graphics-intensive applications |
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Medical Implants
: 09 April, 2004 |
Aimed at the market for graphics-intensive medical applications, POC-174 is based on the Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor-M, and is UL60601-1, EN60601 certified. POC-174's TFT LCD screen has a wide viewing angle of 170 degrees, which combined with high contrast ratio, high brightness and resolution, makes it the Point-of-care terminal of choice for applicationssuch as CT diagnosis, X-rays, PACS and DICOM. |
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