Cook Medical Announces FDA Clearance For Advance(R) 35LP PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter

Cook Medical has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its newest balloon dilatation catheter, the Advance® 35LP. The device is intended for use in patients with lesions in the femoral, iliac and renal arteries and rounds out Cook's complete line of low-profile PTA balloons. The Advance 35LP will play an integral part in Cook's

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Scientists Decode Genome Of Deadly Parasitic Worm

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the parasite that causes intestinal schistosomiasis (also known as bilharzia or snail fever), a devastating tropical disease that afflicts more than 200 million people in the developing world. Najib El-Sayed, Associate Professor in the University of Maryland College of Chemical and Life Sciences, led the transatlantic research team, along with Matthew Berriman of the UK's Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

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