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Technology helps doctors and researchers diagnose and seek cures...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 10/26/2009 - 22:00

(Case Western Reserve University) Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center have granted to Bioptigen, of Research Triangle Park, N.C., an exclusive intellectual property licensing agreement for Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT), an imaging technology developed from research at the university's Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Advances in functional FDOCT are expected to enhance the early diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases.


 

Calcineurin-Inhibitor Withdrawal May Improve Renal Allograft Out...

MedPage Today Surgery  Thu, 06/19/2008 - 13:19

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Following kidney transplantation, a planned phase out of a calcineurin inhibitor from sirolimus (Rapamune)-based immunosuppression improves outcomes and reduces costs, a statistical model of the strategy suggested.


 

Allegedly Conflicted Institute Director Leaves NIH

Health Care Renewal  Mon, 02/11/2008 - 10:38

Last summer, we posted about allegations that Dr David Schwartz, then-director of the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (part of the National Institutes, of Health, NIH), had several significant and previously undisclosed conflicts of interest.