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PLDA’s SoMZ-7045 Platform Helps Lighthouse Imaging Create Commercial Products in Record Time

Lighthouse Imaging, which provides all-inclusive design and manufacturing services for medical imaging and visualization, is using PLDA’s SoMZ-7045 platform to create commercial products for their clients in record time.

17 Dec 2014

Combinatorial Imaging Could Help Diagnose Pre-Cancerous, Cancerous Conditions in Ascending Colon

Since the first “catalog” of the normal bacterial makeup of the human body was published in 2012, numerous connections between illness and disturbances in the human microbiota have been found. This week, scientists report yet another: Cancerous tumors in the ascending colon (the part nearest to the small intestine) are characterized by biofilms, which are dense clumps of bacterial cells encased in a self-produced matrix.

15 Dec 2014

Long-Term Study Confirms Benefits of Endoscopic Laser Treatment for Early Vocal-Cord Cancer

The first long-term study of a pioneering endoscopic laser treatment for early vocal-cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and previously shown to provide optimal voice outcomes, finds that it is as successful as traditional approaches in curing patients' tumors while avoiding the damage to vocal quality caused by radiotherapy or by conventional laser or cold-instrument surgery.

10 Dec 2014

New Light-Based Tool Helps Swimmers Improve Technique, Heal Muscles

Swimmers looking to monitor and improve technique and patients striving to heal injured muscles now have a new light-based tool to help reach their goals. A research article by scientists at the University of Essex in Colchester and Artinis Medical Systems published today (5 December) in the Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO) describes the first measurements of muscle oxygenation underwater and the development of the enabling technology.

10 Dec 2014

Syneron Signs Multi-Year Agreement with American Medical Systems to Supply Holmium Lasers

Syneron Medical Ltd., a leading global aesthetic device company, announced today the signing of a multi-year agreement with American Medical Systems (AMS) to supply holmium lasers. AMS, an Endo International plc subsidiary, is a leading global provider of medical technologies for pelvic health conditions.

10 Dec 2014

Light-Activated Aptamer Accurately Targets Tumor Tissues

While aptamers—single-stranded nucleic acids—offer promise as drug-delivery tools for cancer treatment, it has proven difficult to get them to tumor cells at therapeutic levels.

4 Dec 2014

IRIDEX Awarded Competitive Tender to Supply Ophthalmology Laser Equipment to China's Rural Regions

IRIDEX Corporation announced today that its China distributor has been awarded a competitive tender for more than $620,000 in ophthalmology laser equipment to fulfill a government program designed to provide advanced ophthalmology solutions to patients across vast areas of China's rural regions.

3 Dec 2014