Nomar Medical Starts Approval Trials
Nomir Medical Technologies Inc. of Waltham, Mass., a medical device company, has announced the...
Leica, Acquires Coretech, McCormick Assets
Precision optical system designer and producer Leica Microsystems GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany, has...
GE Healthcare Wins FDA OK for CT Scanner
The LightSpeed CT750 HD from GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, UK, a transformational medical...
Alma Lasers Wins Approval from FDA
The Harmony(XL) from Alma Lasers Ltd. of Caesarea, Israel, a developer and marketer of laser, light...
Research Groups Launch Cancer Project
Research organizations from around the world have announced the launch of the International Cancer...
Agilent, Signature Genomic Sign Supply Pact
Measurement company Agilent Technologies Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., and Signature Genomic...
Purdue Sets Up Instrument Development Center
Purdue University of West Lafayette, Ind., has established the Center for Analytical...
Lumintex Forms Clinical, Research Center
Luminetx Corp. of Memphis, Tenn., has formed a Clinical Operations division at its company to...
Biodent Technologies Wins DARPA grant
Bioident Technologies Inc. of San Francisco, a mobile analytic and diagnostic systems developer,...
Nikon, Northwestern Join on Microscopy Project
Nikon Instruments Inc. of Melville, N.Y., and Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine...
Thermo Fisher Acquires Chemito Technology
In Waltham, Mass., Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has acquired the analytical technologies and...
Axsun, Lantis Laser Ink Supply Pact
Advanced photonic components and subsystems developer and manufacturer Axsun Technologies Inc. of...
Medisight, Wisconsin U in Research Accord
MGT Capital Investments Inc.’s subsidiary Medicsight PLC of London, a developer of computer-aided...
Spectros, Caliper Lifer Sign Agreement
Portola Valley, Calif.-based Spectros Corp., an advanced molecular sensing and imaging devices...
Omniguide Raises $25 Million in VC Finanace
OmniGuide Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., a developer of laser scalpels for minimally invasive surgery,...
Berthold Leibinger Announces Award
Berthold Leibinger Stiftung GmbH of Ditzingen, Germany, has selected the recipient of its Berthold...
Shimadzu Partners with Thomas Scientific
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments of Kyoto, Japan, has partnered with Thomas Scientific of...
Spectranetics Acquires Kensey Nash Business
Spectranetics Corp. of Colorado Springs, Colo., has closed a transaction to acquire the...
Varian Medical Wins Toshiba Supply Pact
In Palo Alto, Calif., Varian Medical Systems Inc. has received a three-year, $320 million contract...
Siemens Medical Wins FDA market OK
Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. of Malvern, Pa., has received FDA 510(k) market clearance for...
Carestream Molecular Partners with Labrepco on Sales
Carestream Molecular Imaging of New Haven, Conn., the manufacturer of Kodak molecular imaging...
Guided Therapeutics, Options Konika Minolta License
Guided Therapeutics Inc. of Norcross, Ga., has entered into a collaborative option to license and...
Gentel Bioscience Licenses PriTest Technology
Protein microarray life sciences company Gentel Biosciences Inc. of Madison, Wis., has obtained an...
Lutronic Wins FDA Market Approval
Lutronic Inc. of Princeton Junction, N.J., a medical laser systems developer and manufacturer, has...
Live-cell imaging with quantum dots made from nontoxic materials
Compared with classical fluorescent dyes such as fluorescein, quantum dots emit brighter...
A magnetic probe for pH and, perhaps, disease
There could be a new way to detect disease, researchers say. The technique uses MRI of...
MRI reveals brain connections behind face recognition
Despite their apparent differences, monkeys and people have some things in common. One is face...
CT assesses risk for emergency room chest pain patients
More than 4 million Americans who visit emergency departments for chest pain each year are admitted...
Perceiving the present causes illusions
A tenth of a second doesn’t sound like much. However, in that time a jogger will cover more than a...
Getting the most out of carbon nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes have been proposed for imaging and therapy, but the electronic properties and the...
Venture capitalists bet big on biotechnology
Venture capitalists invested $29.4 billion last year, with biotechnology and medical devices...