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Da Vinci Award For Allergy Lab Test

Nov 27th 2008Drug InformationAllergies

Scientists who have developed a new technique that can test for up to 5,000 different allergens from just one drop of blood have scooped a prestigious national award which encourages innovation in healthcare technologies. The new basophil-microarray based allergy assay is the brainchild of researchers in The University of Nottingham’s Schools of Pharmacy and Biosciences, in collaboration with colleagues in the Centre for Respiratory Research at Nottingham City Hospital.

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Cardiac Biomarker Soluble ST2 Shows Significant Clinical Value Over Natriuretic Peptide Markers In Monitoring Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients

Nov 27th 2008Drug InformationCardiovascular

Critical Diagnostics announced today the publication of a key research paper identifying the clinical value of the cardiac biomarker soluble ST2 (sST2) as a tool to monitor patients hospitalized for heart failure. The research paper, “Serial Sampling of ST2 Predicts 90-day Mortality Following Destabilized Heart Failure” was published in the current issue of Journal of Cardiac Failure .

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Life Is A Highway: Study Confirms Cars Have Personality

Nov 27th 2008Drug InformationBiology

No one needs to tell Disney, which brought the likes of Herbie the Love Bug and Lightning McQueen to the big screen, that cars have personality. Now a study co-authored by a Florida State University researcher has confirmed through a complex statistical analysis that many people see human facial features in the front end of automobiles and ascribe various personality traits to cars — a modern experience driven by our prehistoric psyches.

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