Cancer deaths fall, but prevention still lags behind
Although overall mortality from cancer is decreasing in the European Union, its incidence increased by almost 20%, from 2.1 million new cases in 2002 to 2.5 million in 2008, says a special issue of the European Journal of Cancer (the official journal of ECCO - the European CanCer Organisation) on cancer prevention.
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Synpromics: Scotland's Latest Biotech Company
Synpromics announces it incorporation as Scotland’s latest biotech company. The new company aims to focus its activities in the area of synthetic mammalian biology and has acquired a number of patent applications that arose out of inventions by its founder and managing director; Dr Michael Leslie Roberts. Synpromics' technology will centre on the development of synthetic promoters for application as research, diagnostic and therapeutic tools.
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Caris Life Sciences Staffs for Aggressive European Growth
Recognizing the strong commercial opportunities for its services in Europe, Caris Life Sciences™, a leading biosciences company focused on driving precise and personalized healthcare, has named Ian Walker as its Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Europe and Ian Abercrombie as its Vice President of Commercial Operations for Europe. The new positions reflect the Company's rapid scaling for an aggressive growth strategy in the region.
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Roche Diabetes Care and ICW Announce Technology Partnership
Roche Diabetes Care, a global leader in diabetes care and eHealth specialist InterComponentWare (ICW) announced a multi-year, global partnership to develop a next-generation web-based solution for efficient diabetes management. The structured evaluation and communication of blood glucose monitoring and insulin data is a pivotal part in efficient diabetes management. Until today, this poses a significant challenge for both people with diabetes and healthcare professionals.
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Change in environment sparks stem cell cross-over
EU-funded scientists have discovered that stem cells from one of the immune system's main organs can be reprogrammed to form hair follicle stem cells. The key lies in altering the environment in which the cells are grown. These results demonstrate that it is possible to alter stem cells without genetic manipulation. Details of the study are published in Nature.
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EMIS Acquires Majority Stake in Pharmacy Software Company Rx Systems Limited
EMIS Group plc (AIM: EMIS), the UK's leading supplier of healthcare software to GPs, today announces that it has acquired 78.9% of the issued share capital of Rx Systems Limited ("RX"), a pharmacy software and services company, for a total consideration of up to £9.95 million.
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Pharmacy's online service helps care homes improve their support for residents
Pharmacy Plus launched its new Online Service, the service which is freely available to all its customers offers a unique online tool that provides care homes with data and analysis relating to individual patients medication history and drug usage, to enable them to offer improved and personalised care to all their residents.
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