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What are the best reources for video clips on the medical aspects of biodefense? (See answer from biodefense expert - Dave Balch)

In response to this question biodefense expert Dave Balch wrote:

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Off hand, I can't think of any readily available video clips. Tell me a little more about what you are looking for--length, type of video, etc.

However, I do have a couple of new links which might be relevant on this page.

White Paper: “Developing a National Inventory of Telehealth Resources for Rapid and Effective Emergency Medical Care: A White Paper Developed by the American… Continue

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New Members: Dr Ken Curley & Dr Ian Foster

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

- We have just been joined by 2 important new members:

- Dr Ken Curley, MD. Long time Chief Scientist of the U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). One of the most broadly knowledgeable individuals in the domain of advanced medical technology, especially as it relates to neuroscience.

- Dr Ian Foster, Phd, Director, Computation Institute, University of Chicago &… Continue

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National Labs (Los Alamos & Sandia) are aiding corporations & spinning off startups - BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek report that Fortune 500 companies and the National Laboratories are collaborating to create new products & companies.

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 13, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Drugmakers and Academia Should Collaborate More, Scientist Says (Wall Street Journal)

The Wall Street Journal reports that Marc Feldmann and Ravinder Maini, scientists from the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at Imperial College London have won the second Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research. The pair was honored by J&J for work that paved the way for drugs called TNF inhibitors, used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory… Continue

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New global communications infrastructure to provide high-speed, low-cost Internet connectivity to emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.

O3b Networks Ltd. today announced it will begin deployment of a new global communications infrastructure to provide high-speed, low-cost Internet connectivity to emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Backed with financial and operational support from Google Inc., Liberty Global, Inc. and HSBC Principal Investments, the new system will reduce bandwidth costs for telecommunications operators (telcos)… Continue

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NIH issues details on $250 million plan to fund "Transformative" research

As reported in GenomeWeb News, The National Institutes of Health today issued details of a $250 million plan to fund “transformative” research through a new type of grants that are designed to lower the hurdles researchers face as they try to win backing for “bold [and] creative” science. NIH said that the “Transformative-R01 (T-R01) Program” is aimed at helping scientists bypass some of the structure and review bottlenecks that… Continue

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Featured Members - Network News

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

- From time to time, I am going to take the liberty to send out notes you may find useful.

- Rich Friedrich, Director, Open Innovation Office, HP Labs has just joined us. Rich is responsible for nurturing academic research relationships for Hewlett Packard. I visited with Rich in Palo Alto last week, great individual. Please welcome him aboard.

- Tim Gerritty at Cal State, San Bernadino, is funding… Continue

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Featured Members - Network News (3 September 2008)

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Hewlett Packard Announces 41 Awardees in New Academic Research Program

HP announced 41 professors it has selected to receive its HP Labs Innovation Research Awards which fund strategic joint research projects between academic research institutions worldwide and HP Labs, the company's central research arm.

As part of a newly announced open and competitive process that reviewed more than 450 proposals from 200 universities in 28 countries spanning the globe, HP selected 41 projects… Continue

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Medical imaging grants available

MedTechIQ Member, Dr Timothy Gerrity, director of the Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization at Cal State San Bernardino is now accepting grant solicitations from universities, government labs and small technology companies interested in commercializing medical technologies for the military. Imaging technologies in demand are those aimed at curtailing fatalities by helping medical personnel in… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 23, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Military funds $35 million R&D program in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

The Department of Defense Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program of the Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs recently awarded the Mission Connect Mild TBI Translational Research Consortium a grant totaling approximately $35 million to support the five-year research program. The consortium includes research teams from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The… Continue

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Tell me!...What are the best Medical Blogs Online?

Just learned from James Westwood, organizer of the annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) conference about ScienceRoll out of Hungary. Excellent site! Does anyone know of others?

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Thank you for the kind words!

You should also check Clinical Cases and Images out.

And here is the eDrug top 100 list.

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NewYork Times - The Social Network as a Career Safety Net

SARAH JANE TRIBBLE, writes in today's New York Times that in a world of economic instability and corporate upheaval, savvy professionals understand the benefits of brushing up their online social networking image and keeping it polished.

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For limited time: Growthink offers free access to online Venture Capital portal & funding match making service

Leading venture capital research firm Growthink launches new initiative that offers entrepreneurs and venture-backed companies free access to its online research portal and matches them with premier service providers.

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 12, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Defense & Intel Communities Wrestle with Promise & Challenge of Web 2.0

Dr Jeff Roller, MD, submitted excellent article "Defense in a Wiki World" from the most recent issue of Government Computer News. The article is about how the Defense and Intelligence communities are pursuing the information sharing power of Web 2.0, without breaching the security they require. Quite a dilemma, and a challenge many enterprises will face in the upcoming years. Read on, and let us know what… Continue

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Google to Extend Reach With Venture-Capital Arm

The Wall Street Journal reports today that Google has begun moves toward starting a venture capital arm. Google already has a nonprofit philanthropy group, Google.org foundation, that addresses global health issues which includes investments in groups such as INSTEDD led by Dr Eric Rasmussen, MD (former Navy physician). Now it wants to start a formal venture capital arm, similar to Intel Capital, Time Warner… Continue

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FDA and Military Health System (MHS) deepen existing information-sharing relationship.

Federal Computer Weekly reported today that MHS TRICARE officials and the FDA commissioner attended a recent meeting to discuss the expansion of the sharing rights to include use of MHS databases to track unexpected side effects for newly approved pharmaceuticals. It will also include investigating and tracking outbreaks of food poisonings and incidents of bioterrorism.

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 30, 2008 at 8:19am — No Comments

Cloud vs Cloud: A guided tour of "Cloud Computing" with Amazon, Google, AppNexus, and GoGrid

Dr Jonathan Dugan, MedTechIQ member #1, CEO Matson Systems and expert on online community development/peer to peer megafile networking, shares a link from Info World that compares various "Cloud Computing" offerings. As described by Dan Reed, Microsoft Research, cloud computing is the commercial evolution of GRID computing and is proliferating… Continue

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Intuitive Surgical Inc, surgical robotics industry leader, reports 56% increase in 2d Qtr revenues to $219.2 million

With stock price currently exceeding $300.00 per share, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISRG), the industry leader in surgical robotics, today reported second quarter 2008 revenue of $219.2 million, increasing 56% from $140.2 million for the second quarter of 2007. Second quarter 2008 revenue growth was driven by continued robotic procedure adoption and higher da… Continue

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Medpedia - Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, U of Mich - Collaborate to Create World's Largest Online Medical Encyclopedia

According to Wall Street Journal MarketWatch, physicians, medical schools, hospitals, health organizations and public health professionals are now volunteering to collaboratively build the most comprehensive medical clearinghouse in the world for information about health, medicine and the body.

This free public site… Continue

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