IntraLase Corp. Files Lawsuit Against Carl Zeiss AG.
Suit Alleges Intellectual Property Breach, Seeks Damages IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IntraLase Corp. , manufacturer of the ultra-fast laser that is revolutionizing refractive and corneal surgery, today announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of...

IntraLase to Present at the JMP Securities Sector Focus Conference.
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IntraLase Corp. , manufacturer of the ultra-fast laser that is revolutionizing refractive and corneal surgery, today announced that Robert J. Palmisano, President and Chief Executive Officer, will make a presentation to investors and financial analysts during the JMP Securities Sector Focus Conference in...

IntraLase to Present at Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference.
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IntraLase Corp. , manufacturer of the ultra-fast laser that is revolutionizing refractive and corneal surgery, today announced that Robert J. Palmisano, President and Chief Executive Officer, will make a presentation to investors and financial analysts during the 18th Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care...

IntraLase to Present at RBC Capital Markets 2006 Healthcare Conference.
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IntraLase Corp. , manufacturer of the ultra-fast laser that is revolutionizing refractive and corneal surgery, today announced that Robert J. Palmisano, President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in the RBC Capital Markets 2006 Healthcare Conference in New York on Wednesday, December 13,...

Antibodies counter diabetes: quick strikes against wayward immune cells.
Transplant surgeon Takashi Maki once put people with diabetes under the knife. Then and now, some diabetic patients get a new pancreas, full of insulin-producing cells, to replace similar cells that their bodies have destroyed. While pancreas transplantation is still used in some cases of type 1 diabetes, it's...

From death, a new life blooms.
Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard There were the years of constant fatigue and shortness of breath, the heart attack at age 11, the collapse from exhaustion on her high school graduation night. And still, Krystal Nichols wasn't sure she wanted the risky heart-lung transplant that could change...

IntraLase Corp. Awarded Contract From Defense Logistics Agency.
Contract Award Across All Branches of U.S. Military Firmly Establishes IntraLase as LASIK Technology of Choice IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IntraLase Corp. today announced today that on December 20, 2006 it was awarded a contract for up to $45 million from the Defense Logistics Agency...

ELAD(R) Bioartificial Liver Trial in China Achieves Significance at Halfway Point.
SAN DIEGO and BEIJING, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Vital Therapies, Inc. (VTI) announced today that it has completed the interim analysis of the first 45 patients enrolled in its controlled, randomized, two-center, single-treatment trial in China for the ELAD(R) (Extracorporeal Liver Assist Device) System. The trial is studying a...

CJ concerned over declining medical education.
BANGALORE: Though several medical and engineering colleges claim to have been recognised by the universities, students queue up outside chief justice's chambers urging him to transfer them to other colleges after discovering that the college has been cheating them on recognition status. Inaugurating the 52nd annual conference...

Obese living kidney donors may face risk of hypertension.
BOSTON -- Obese living kidney donors may have an increased risk of hypertension, but not renal insufficiency or proteinuria, many years after donation, Dr. Mehdi Tavakol said at the 2006 World Transplant Congress. In some reports, a high body mass index has been strongly associated with an...