Research Triangle Park Health News (North Carolina, United States)

New partnership creates online program enabling healthcare providers and caregivers to remotely monitor, record and track a patient’s health status and medication use on a daily basis.

Two leading public health organizations combine forces to offer a robust slate of education and support services around human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer.

NIH grant enables Family Health Network To test technologies among diverse N.C. elderly populations

Bioptigen has created the commercial market’s deepest spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) system for pre-clinical applications.

Company will apply grant to research in pediatric ophthalmology

New software delivers automated retinal layer segmentation of mouse SDOCT images

New line of < 3mm SPIDER MicroLap™ surgical instruments paves way for ‘freckle’ surgery

ASHA is launching a new project specifically designed to educate and motivate women at greater risk about Pap tests, vaccination, and other prevention measures to help reduce the impact of cervical cancer on women in North Carolina

States spend nearly 15 billion dollars each year to treat new cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and a new study by the American Social Health Association (ASHA) finds much more can be done to stem the epidemic.

Greensboro , NC Well•Spring Retirement Community has contracted with Family Health Network to procure and deploy twenty-five pilots of Family Health Network’s tool, “Connected For Life”.

The life sciences company Entegrion has received a two-year $8.2 million research and development contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for continuing development of a method for aseptic production of dried human plasma for transfusion.

Dr. Brian B. Quebbemann, one of the country’s leading experts in minimally invasive bariatric surgery, has successfully performed a single-incision vertical sleeve gastrectomy using the TransEnterix SPIDER® Surgical System.

RIEMSER, Inc., a leader in oral surgery technology, announces the launch of AlloSorb™, a cost-competitive allograft that provides a natural structure and framework to build healthy bone in the regeneration process.

RIEMSER, a leading manufacturer of bone tissue regeneration, dental implant and wound healing products, has announced an upcoming bone grafting workshop to be held in Atlanta on Friday, April 17th from 8:00 am to 1:30 pm.

Hearts are throbbing. Come hither looks abound. If one of Cupid’s arrows finds its way to you this month (or any other time!), though, ASHA wants you to be safe. With that in mind, ASHA recognizes February as National Condom Month 2009.

ZenBio, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a Phase II SBIR grant to commercialize their primary human peritoneal mesothelial cells from the National Institutes of Health.

Women, young people, men who have sex with men, and communities of color most severely impacted by reportable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)

The American Social Health Association (ASHA) is very pleased to announce the launch of an online Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C Education Website for Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM).

States spend a staggering 14.7 billion dollars each year to treat new cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and a new study by the American Social Health Association (ASHA) finds much more can be done to stem the epidemic.

Greg Bleck, the senior director of cell line engineering at Catalent Pharma Solutions, will present this week at the 2nd International Cell Engineering Conference to be held in Santa Barbara, C.A., December 2-4, 2008.

Copernicus Group IRB (“CGIRB”) announced today the appointment of Mr. Bruce Tomason as its new Chief Executive Officer.

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