Inverness Continues Holiday Shopping Spree
Having refreshed its coffers with a recent stock offering, Inverness continues to spend through the holiday season. The most recent acquisition, or acquisition to be, […]
Articles by Doug Cress
Tantalus: Gastric Stimulation to Combat Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
Vanderbilt Medical Center announced yesterday that it is seeking participants for a clinical study aimed at evaluating the Tantalus System, an investigational device designed to […]
Emerging Company Finance Forum January 7th – 8th
The first annual meeting organized by OneMedPlace, the 2008 Finance Forum, will take place January 7th & 8th in San Francisco. The venue is the […]
GlucoBoy Brings Diabetes Monitoring to the…Video Game Market?
GlucoBoy, developed by Minnesota-based Guidance Interactive Healthcare, is a blood glucose meter that can be used in conjunction with a Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The […]
MRSA: Does This Celebrity Superbug Have Staying Power?
The 1994 bestseller “The Hot Zone” spawned national interest in superbugs, maladies against which the human body is defenseless and for which no effective treatment […]
[Video] Interview with John Climaco, Co-Founder and CEO of Axial Biotech
Axial Biotech uses genetic research and minimally invasive, motion preserving implants to advance the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and deformities of the human spine. […]
Revolution Health Takes on WebMD with User-Centric Focus
This week, Revolution Health completed the acquisition of two burgeoning health websites. Revolution added HealthTalk, a site focused on patients with chronic conditions, and invested […]
[Video] Interview with Kathryn Tunstall, Chairman of NeoMatrix
Irvine, California-based NeoMatrix offers the HALO Breast Pap Test, a fully automated, noninvasive breast disease screening device designed for use in a primary care setting. […]
Luminex Targets Growing Area of Gene Research with FlexmiR Select
FlexmiR Select, a new assay designed by Luminex, will allow researchers to improve their analysis of microRNAs (miRNA) – single-stranded RNA molecules which regulate gene […]
HIV Outlook and Prevalence
In the past few weeks, there have been several conflicting reports examining the rate of new HIV infections. It’s an inherently touchy subject: every time […]