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Texas A & M to host Biomaterials Day
February 18, 2010 9:44 am | by Texas A&M University | CommentsThe Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering will host Biomaterials Day at Texas A&M University on Feb. 22. The one-day symposium, which is sponsored by the Society for Biomaterials, will be held at the Annenberg Presidential...
Sy Goodman Lends Support to the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
February 18, 2010 9:44 am | by Georgia Institute of Technology | CommentsGoodman testifies before the House of Representatives
HABET Flight LX-121-A is set for 8:00 AM Saturday Morning Launch
February 18, 2010 9:44 am | by Iowa State University | CommentsThe Spacecraft Systems and Controls Laboratory will be conducting a launch Saturday, February 13,...
Researchers Find Switch That Allows Cancer Cells to Spread
February 18, 2010 9:43 am | by Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | CommentsResearchers discovered of a specific protein called disabled-2 (Dab2) that switches on the process that releases cancer cells from the original tumor and allows the cells to spread and develop into new tumors in other parts of the body. The process called epithelial-mesenchymal...
Grant from Goizueta Foundation Advances Science and Engineering at Yale
February 18, 2010 9:43 am | by Yale University | CommentsYale University today announced receipt of a grant from The Goizueta Foundation, which has a long history of supporting science and engineering education at the University. The award of $1.915 million will establish the School of Engineering & Applied Science Advanced Graduate...
Miniature ultrasound undergoing clinical trial
February 18, 2010 9:43 am | by Cornell University | CommentsThe latest ultrasound device created by Cornell graduate student George K. Lewis could one day introduce a whole new level of home therapy for pain management.
Foot Prints
February 18, 2010 9:43 am | by Screaming Circuits | CommentsI write a fair amount about component foot prints / land patterns / CAD library components - whatever you call them. What are you supposed to call them anyway? I've heard them called all three of those things and a...
Meigan Aronson Named Department of Defense Security Fellow
February 18, 2010 9:43 am | by Brookhaven National Laboratory | CommentsMeigan Aronson, a physicist at Brookhaven Lab and a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to be one of 11 distinguished scientists and engineers forming the 2010 class of its National Security...
Federal Register: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Guidance for Humanitarian Device Exemption Holders, Institutional Revie...
February 18, 2010 9:41 am | by FDA (The Center for Devices and Radiological Health) | CommentsThe FDA is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Federal Register: Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
February 18, 2010 9:41 am | by FDA (The Center for Devices and Radiological Health) | CommentsOn March 18, 2010, the committee will discuss, make recommendations, and vote on the premarket approval application (PMA) for the Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators (CRT-Ds) sponsored by Boston Scientific.
Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs): Procrit, Epogen and Aranesp: Drug Safety Communication
February 18, 2010 9:40 am | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsFDA requires REMS that ensures that only those hospitals and healthcare professionals who have enrolled and completed training in risk management program will prescribe and dispense ESAs to patients with cancer.
Maalox Total Relief and Maalox Liquid Products: Medication Use Errors
February 18, 2010 9:40 am | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsConsumers who have a history of gastrointestinal ulcers or a bleeding disorder should not use Maalox Total Relief because it contains bismuth subsalicylate, a substance chemically related to aspirin.
Exjade (deferasirox): Boxed Warning
February 18, 2010 9:40 am | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsChanges to Prescribing Information re: risk of renal impairment/failure, hepatic impairment/failure or gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
Corporations, agencies infiltrated by hacking
February 18, 2010 9:34 am | by JORDAN ROBERTSON - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsSecurity experts have found a network of 74,000 virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and government agencies. The find reflects the dangers of having computers with sensitive data connected to the open Internet.More than 2,400 organizations, including...
Voxware narrows fiscal 2nd-qtr loss as costs dip
February 12, 2010 3:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsVoxware Inc., which makes voice-driven software for use in warehouse operations, said Friday that its fiscal second-quarter loss narrowed as costs fell.For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Voxware reported a loss of $528,000, or 7 cents per share, compared with a loss of $1.7 million, or 26 cents per...
