Lourdes Basabe-Desmonts has an impressive capacity to translate high quality basic science into pragmatic solutions for clinical application.

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Dr Sindi also founded Sonoptix Technology, Cambridge, with Saudi Arabian seed funding, and led the development of a cost effective measurement technology for application in clinical diagnostics.

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Researchers found a 20% improvement in progression to advanced AMD with the replacement, said Emily Chew, deputy director of epidemiology and clinical application for the National Eye Institute, a branch of the National Institutes of Health.

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In late 2001, federal regulators refused to accept Imclone's (nasdaq: IMCL - news - people ) application for Erbitux, questioning its clinical trial data.

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Then, two months ago, the NIAID signed another agreement to fund clinical trials of VivaGel aimed to study its application for genital herpes prevention.

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Another promising application of mHealth involves integrating mobiles into EHRs and software for clinical-decision support.

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Boston Scientific released positive clinical trial results last month and is in the process of preparing to submit application for approval for its device in Europe.

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But McNamee says he can keep up the growth, by performing more of the life-insurance-application process for companies and by carefully expanding into related lines, such as monitoring clinical trials for drug companies--another opportunity opened up by the Internet, which offers the most efficient way to track and report such events.

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