One of the world’s largest and most established family cord blood banks and global industry leader in innovative stem cell solutions, announced today. Further information: Article source

Flu surveillance, laboratory testing and inventory tools for use by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) international partners and collaborating countries. Further information: Article source

(Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen) The recent outbreak of an E. coli infection from cucumbers in Germany raises serious concerns about the potential appearance of a new deadly bacteria strain. The University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf and BGI-Shenzhen began working together immediately to sequence the bacterium and assess its human health risk. Within three days BGI-Shenzhen [...]

(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) People whose blood clots more easily than normal are more often affected by cancer. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center have discovered that a number of variants of clotting factor genes have an influence on bowel cancer risk. They found out that carriers of a particular gene variant [...]

NewswireToday (newswire) – 06/02/2011 Washington, DC United States – Company participating in many facets of meeting, brings full imaging portfolio to floor Further information: Article source

Hall & Partners Health, a specialist division of Hall & Partners dedicated to healthcare and pharmaceutical brand marketing and communications research, has launched Engager Rx, a ground-breaking brand engagement measurement model for the health care industry. The framework measures physician engagement with prescription brands, showing how doctors use emotion when choosing drugs. Hall & Partners’ [...]

Avail Clinical Research conducts Clinical Research Studies in DeLand, FL. Further information: Article source

Newark Outpatient Facility to Provide Health Services for Low-Income, Frail Seniors Further information: Article source

The World Health Organization (WHO) Recommends Vaccine Composition for the 2011-2012 Northern Hemisphere Influenza Season Further information: Article source

(American Society for Microbiology) A distinctly new type of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that is not detected by traditional genetic screening methods has been discovered in patients in Irish hospitals according to research to be published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. These findings provide significant insights into how new MRSA strains emerge [...]