More Good News from Aethlon, Hemopurifier Reverses Immune Suppression in Cancer Patients

Aethlon’s prospects seem to be growing brighter by the minute. Last week I reported that the company had initiated a research collaboration to study the in vitro effectiveness of clearing HIV from blood. This Monday, Aethlon announced that researchers have documented Hemopurifier’s ability to remove...

Kensey Nash Delivers OsseoFit, Further Strengthening its Biomaterials Division

Kensey Nash announced the first commercial shipment of its OsseoFit Porous Tissue Matrix to Biomet Sports Medicine, the sports medicine subsidiary of Biomet Inc. The event triggers a milestone payment, which had been planned for the current quarter. In January 2007, Kensey and Biomet signed an exclusive...

Aethlon Medical to Study Effectiveness of Hemopurifier in Treating HIV

Aethlon Medical has initiated a research collaboration to study the in vitro effectiveness of the Aethlon Hemopurifier to clear HIV from blood. The studies, being conducted in collaboration with ImQuest Biosciences, will document the rate at which the Hemopurifier captures infectious forms of HIV, including...

Four Cases of HIV Transmission May Dictate Use of the Nucleic Acid Amplification Test

The Tribune reported yesterday that four transplant recipients in Chicago have contracted HIV and hepatitis C from an organ donor. It is the first time in more than a decade that HIV was spread by organ transplants and the first reported instance in which both viruses were spread by the same transplant. The...

Best Practice Web Design in the Healthcare Industry

A website is a critical component of any medical device company, not only because patients use them to learn about new or innovative cures, but because they are often the first stop for investors seeking the latest opportunities. Working in the space, I see my fair share of med tech websites. Many have...

Regeneration Technologies, Tutogen Medical to Form Implant Powerhouse

Regeneration Technologies and Tutogen Medical have approved a definitive agreement to merge the two companies in a tax-free, stock-for-stock exchange. The combined entity will be “a provider of sterile biologic solutions for patients worldwide, with a diverse mix of implants and...

ISTO Technologies Appoints Blake Miles as VP of Sales

ISTO Technologies today announced the appointment of Blake Miles as Vice President of Sales. Prior to joining ISTO, Blake was a Regional Sales Manager with a distributorship for Depuy Spine, Inc. a global designer, manufacturer, and supplier of spinal devices and a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Mr....

AngioDynamics’ RFA Shows Promise for Patients with Unresectable Liver Metastases

A recent study conducted by Dr. Allan Siperstein and colleagues at the Cleveland Clinic presented three and five year survival data following radiofrequency ablation of colorectal liver metastases. As Siperstein noted in his paper, colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of cancer death in men and...