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dimarts, 2 de desembre del 2014

The 98%: Proteomics reveals proteins made from 'noncoding' DNA

Vector is Children's Hospital Boston's blog about research and innovation in pediatric and adult medicine. We report and comment on medical innovations and advances – from bench to bedside – touching on scientific, business and policy issues. Our ranks include science writers, physicians, lab researchers, market analysts and others inside and outside the hospital.

By Nancy Fliesler

Vast chunks of our DNA – fully 98 percent of our genome – are considered "non-coding," meaning that they're not thought to carry instructions to make proteins. Yet we already know that this "junk DNA" isn't completely filler. For example, some sequences are known to code for bits of RNA that act as switches, turning genes on and off.

Boston Children's Hospital

News Well, Vector Blog, Big Data, Blog

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dilluns, 1 de desembre del 2014

Medtronic prices $17B debt offering for Covidien buy

Medtronic says it priced $17 billion in a 7-tranche offering of senior notes worth a collective $17 billion, to help fund its $43 billion acquisition of Covidien.

Covidien, Medtronic

News Well, Funding Roundup, Medtronic buys Covidien, Mergers & Acquisitions

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Fluke Biomedical's Unfors licenses RaySafe S1 X-ray dose management system to Philips

Fluke Biomedical's Unfors RaySafe subsidiary licenses its RaySafe S1 X-ray dose management system to Royal Philips.

Philips Healthcare, Unfors RaySafe

News Well, Imaging

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Thoratec completes enrollment in HeartMate III study

Thoratec completes enrollment in a European clinical trial for its HeartMate III left ventricular assist device.

Thoratec Corp.

News Well, Clinical Trials, Cardiac Assist Devices, CE Mark

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Medical device sales: How analytics can improve the hiring of med tech sales talent

By using analytics to continually improve sales force hiring processes, medical device companies can improve their attraction and retention of the best sales talent for meeting the challenges of today’s health care market.

By Tobi Laczkowski, ZS Associates

In today's complex and challenging health care market, medical device companies have huge opportunity to use analytics to reshape their sales force hiring processes and acquire the best sales talent. As purchasing power shifts away from clinical stakeholders toward economic decision makers and committees, and med device makers adjust their sales processes accordingly, salespeople need new success characteristics and competencies that may not all coincide with those of the past.

ZS Associates

News Well, Sales, Salesforce Development and Training

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Supremes decline review of Stryker loss to Hill-Rom

The U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal of Stryker's loss to Hill-Rom in a patent infringement lawsuit over hospital bed monitoring systems.

Hill-Rom Holdings Inc., Stryker Corp., U.S. Supreme Court

Legal News, News Well, Patent Infringement

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BMC Medical claims win in patent spat with ResMed

Chinese respiratory device maker BMC Medical and its U.S. distributor, 3B Medical, claim a win in their global patent war with ResMed.

BMC Medical, ResMed Inc.

Legal News, News Well, Patent Infringement, Respiratory

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