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Placement Marks Commercial Launch of the Vantera Clinical Analyzer for Clinical Labs RALEIGH, N.C., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LipoScience, Inc., (NASDAQ: LPDX) a diagnostic company pioneering a new field of personalized nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) diagnostics to advance the quality of patient care, today announced availability of NMR lipoprotein particle testing using the Vantera(®) Clinical Analyzer through Mayo Medical Laboratories. NMR lipoprotein testing on the...
More Than 40 Million to Gain Access to World-Class Wellness Programs Raleigh, NC and Rochester, MN (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Workplace Options, a global employee effectiveness company and the world’s leading work-life services provider, and Mayo Clinic have established a strategic relationship to offer enhanced wellness services. In an initiative set to launch July 1, 2013, Workplace Options will adopt Mayo Clinic’s coaching model into its existing suite of wellness services. The services...
BenchmarkPortal recognizes the exceptional efficiency and effectiveness of the Mayo Medical Laboratories Contact Center by awarding it Certification as a Center of Excellence for the second year in a row. The granting of certification is based on a company’s operational metrics, customer satisfaction and agent satisfaction. Rochester, MN (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 The Mayo Medical Laboratories customer contact center has been certified as a Center of Excellence by BenchmarkPortal, a leading...
Two Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine studies presented at the 2013 AUA Annual Meeting demonstrate Decipher's ability to outperform existing tools for predicting metastasis and disease progression SAN DIEGO, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GenomeDx Biosciences today announced that data presented by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers at the 2013 Annual Meeting for the American Urological Association demonstrated that Decipher(TM), a transformative genomic...
MONT-SAINT GUIBERT, Belgium, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Belgian biotechnology company, Cardio3 BioSciences (C3BS), a leader in the discovery and development of regenerative, protective and reconstructive therapies for the treatment of cardiac diseases, announces that it has increased its equity by EUR19 million through a private placement with existing investors. The new funds will be used to finance the on-going clinical development of the Company's lead product,...
Additional validation data of Decipher(TM) prostate cancer test to be presented at AUA 2013 SAN DIEGO, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GenomeDx Biosciences announced today that it has expanded an existing research agreement with the Mayo Clinic. The expanded agreement includes exclusive license to certain Mayo developed intellectual property along with exclusivity covering co-developed intellectual property. The agreement also includes continued access to the clinical data...
Support for altruistic kidney donation has more than doubled since 2001; support for all types of organ donation increasing Good news for anyone needing a transplant; a new Mayo Clinic survey shows that the public's support for both living and deceased organ donation is increasing. Eighty-four percent of respondents said they would be very or somewhat likely to consider donating a kidney or a portion of their liver to a close friend or family member in need, and an astounding 49 percent...
Patent Describes Multi-Gene Analysis to Individualize Psychotropic Medication Selection MASON, Ohio and ROCHESTER, Minn., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayo Clinic and AssureRx Health, Inc. today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued U.S. Patent No. 8,401,801 encompassing "Methods for Selecting Medications" by Mayo inventors Drs. David A. Mrazek, John L. Black, and Dennis J. O'Kane. The Mayo Clinic patent covers the use of multiple...
Dr. Paul Pitlyk's details the experiences of a brain surgeon, U.S. Navy captain during wartime. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 13, 2013 Where most Vietnam memoirs end, Dr. Paul Pitlyk’s just begins. Sharing his intimate emotions and dilemmas, Pitlyk chronicles his journey as a young brain surgeon on the front lines during the Vietnam War. After completing his residency at the Mayo Clinic, Pitlyk began work in private practice neurosurgery. Despite his blossoming career, he felt as...
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida participated in a nationwide study that found minor differences between genes that contribute to late-onset Alzheimer's disease in African-Americans and in Caucasians. The study, published April 10 in The Journal of the American Medical Association, was the first to look at the genetics of a large number of African-Americans diagnosed with this common form of Alzheimer's disease (1,968 patients) compared to 3,928 normal elderly African-American control...
