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LIRR: Man found near LIRR tracks died of cardiac arrest
2015-10-15 05:51:30| Railroads - Topix.net
A homeless man was crossing the railroad tracks with friends in Freeport when he collapsed Wednesday and never regained consciousness, MTA officials said. Yoni Marcos, 35, was taken to South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, where he was pronounced dead, said Salvatore Arena, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Audentes Therapeutics Acquires Cardiac Gene Therapy Company Cardiogen Sciences
2015-09-02 07:53:29| drugdiscoveryonline News Articles
Audentes Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company committed to the development and commercialization of gene therapy products for patients with serious, rare diseases, recently announced the acquisition of Cardiogen Sciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of adeno-associated virus(AAV) gene therapy products for rare, inherited arrhythmogenic diseases
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Tissue velcro allows for scalable assembly of cardiac cell power units
2015-09-01 17:46:16| Extremetech
A big step forward in the heart repair business was recently made at the University of Toronto. Researchers there have come up with a promising new way to assemble 2D cellular sheets into 3D cardiac tissues that beat in unison, and may provide a new way to fix ailing hearts.
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Maitland (Florida) Fire/Rescue and Police Departments Deploy Cardiac Science Powerheart G5 AEDs
2015-07-17 12:31:11| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Maitland Deputy Police Chief: "We want the best device available" WAUKESHA, Wis. Cardiac Science announced today that the Maitland (Florida) Fire/Rescue and Police departments have purchased the new Powerheart G5 automated external defibrillator (AED) to enhance their existing AED programs. "We chose to upgrade...
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Two treatments yield similar results for children after cardiac arrest
2015-04-25 23:52:48| Biotech - Topix.net
A large-scale, multicenter study has shown that emergency body cooling does not improve survival rates or reduce brain injury in infants and children with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest more than normal temperature control. Therapeutic hypothermia, or whole body cooling, can improve survival and health outcomes for adults after cardiac arrest and also for newborns with brain injury due to a lack of oxygen at birth.
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