BioSpace News Archive

Genetown

Landmark Study Evaluates Long-Term Results of BTL Vanquish Technology Four Years Post-Treatment

BTL Aesthetics is excited to share the findings of a newly published study that boasts long lasting benefits of noninvasive, radiofrequency energy-as used in the breakthrough BTL Vanquish and Vanquish ME devices-to achieve abdominal circumferential reduction.

October 25, 2017
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Business

Michael J. Fox Foundation and Tau Consortium Announce Partnership to Develop New Imaging Tools for Devastating Neurodegenerative Diseases

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and the Tau Consortium today announce a funding partnership to accelerate development of novel PET imaging tracers for the detection of the alpha-synuclein and tau proteins in the living brain.

October 25, 2017
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QIAGEN and ICMP Launch Next-Generation DNA Testing Solutions for Identifying Missing Persons

The ICMP today announced the launch of a cutting-edge NGS workflow created in collaboration with QIAGEN N.V. for ICMP’s missing persons DNA identification laboratory in The Hague.

October 25, 2017
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1 min read
Business

ShangPharma Innovation Names Two Executives-in-Residence

ShangPharma announced the appointment of Dirk G. Brockstedt, Ph.D., and Benson Tsang, MBA, to its Executive-In-Residence (EIR) team.

October 25, 2017
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2 min read
Biotech Bay

First Patients in U.S. Treated With Varian HyperArc High Definition Radiotherapy

Varian today announced five patients with brain cancer became the first patients in the US to be treated using the company’s HyperArc High Definition Radiotherapy (HDRT), a new type of radiosurgery treatment, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center.

October 25, 2017
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2 min read
Biotech Bay

SyncThink Mobilizes Eye-Tracking VR Assessment Using Couchbase for Quicker Access to Brain Health Data

Couchbas announced that SyncThink, a world leader in neuro-technology, has adopted Couchbase to provide secure, HIPAA-compliant, offline capabilities for its EYE-SYNC solution.

October 25, 2017
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5 min read