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• UCLA Stem Cell Researchers Create Heart, Blood Cells from Skin Cells
  The finding is the first to show that induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, which don't involve the use of embryos or eggs, can be differentiated into the three types of cardiovascular cells needed to repair the heart and blood vessels. The discovery could one day lead to clinical trials of new treatments for people who suffer heart attacks, have atherosclerosis or are in heart failure, said Dr. Robb MacLellan (photo right), a researcher at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA and senior author of the study .. read more

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Medtronic Diabetes' OneTouch UltraLink Meter Just OK'ed by FDA

On April 28, Medtronic announced that the FDA had already cleared the OneTouch UltraLink Meter as the new wireless meter exclusively certified by Medtronic Diabetes of Northridge (formerly MiniMed) to wirelessly communicate with its diabetes management products. This new meter uses Medtronic's wireless technology to transmit glucose readings directly to MiniMed Paradigm insulin pumps and the Guardian REAL-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring System. This makes bolus dosing more accurate and easier for patients compared to the manual entry of data.

• Beckman Coultrer (Fullerton):
  • Beckman gets rights to hepatitis C test from Siemens
• Biolase Technology (Irvine):
  • Biolase Names New CFO
• Canopus BioPharma (Studio City):
  • Canopus Engages Pullan Consulting to Commence the Formation of Drug Development and Licensing Partnerships
• CoreValve (Irvine):
  • CoreValve Names Vito A. Canuso III as Vice President, Intellectual Property
  • CoreValve Names Daniel T. Lemaitre as Chief Executive Officer
• Cougar Biotechnology (Los Angeles):
  • Cougar Announces Initiation of Phase III Trial of CB7630 (Abiraterone Acetate)
• HairDx (Irvine):
  • New Genetic Test Helps Women And Doctors Predict Female Hair Loss Before It Starts
• ISTA Pharmaceuticals  (Irvine):
  • ISTA Announces New Phase III Clinical Findings to Support Bepreve NDA Filing
• North American Scientific (Chatsworth):
  • North American Scientific to Operate as ''NAS Medical''
• Valeant Pharma (Aliso Viejo):
  • Valeant to reduce employee count by almost half
• Sanguine Corporation (Pasadena):
  • Sanguine Adds to its Management Advisory Team
• SenoRx  (Aliso Viejo):
  • Court Denies Hologic Request for Preliminary Injunction Against Sales of Contura
• Synthetic Blood International (Costa Mesa):
  • Synthetic Blood Comments on JAMA Article About Hemoglobin-Based Blood Substitutes
• Watson Pharmaceuticals (Corona):
  • Watson gets FDA OK for new syringe

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