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Seattle's Infectious Disease Research Institute on Tuesday announced it has received a $6.3 million grant from NIH's national institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases to study a new tuberculosis vaccine, the Puget Sound Business Journal reports (Puget Sound Business Journal, 8/27). (Source: News-Medical News Feed)

The leading figures in stem cell science will present the latest and most exciting breakthroughs in this revolutionary field of research at NYSCF's Third Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference, October 14-15 at The Rockefeller University in Manhattan.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd (Novartis) welcomed the Final National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Technology Appraisal Guidance for age-related macular degeneration. NICE guidance recommends Lucentis(R) (ranibizumab) for the treatment of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD).

Diabetes Australia and SANE Australia launched an Australian-first, a guide to help the nearly 1 million Australians diagnosed with diabetes maintain good mental health. Up to 50% of people with diabetes are thought to also have a mental illness such as depression or anxiety.

Aperio Technologies, Inc., (Aperio), a global leader in digital pathology for the healthcare and life sciences industry, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the ER and PR image analysis applications available through its patented ScanScope® slide scanning system.

Blood transfusions are a valuable treatment mechanism in modern medicine, but can come with the risk of donor disease transmission. Researchers are continually studying the biology of blood products to understand how certain diseases are transmitted in an effort to reduce this risk during blood transfusions.

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have been awarded £2.8 million by the Wellcome Trust to develop a new drug that could ease the suffering of hundreds of thousands of heart disease patients who are unable to take beta-blockers. In the UK, 2.

A type of old-fashioned medical practice is making a comeback in some corners: While most physicians contract with one or more insurance companies, some are no longer accepting health insurance at all. They want to increase their quality time with each patient, reduce hassles, and return to their passion - healing people.

Medicare overpaid for irinotecan, a cancer drug sold by Pfizer under the name Campostar, by $6.5 million in March because of a delay in updating its pricing formula, according to a report released on Tuesday by the HHS Office of Inspector General, Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)

The Wall Street Journal on Thursday profiled Carilion health System, a large not-for-profit hospital system in southwestern Virginia that critics maintain has created a monopoly on health care services in the area. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)