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The Drug Discovering Market Based On RNAi Is Expected To Be Worth $1.5 Billion In 2015 (DrugDiscoveryOnline)
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the Jain PharmaBiotech report: RNAi - Technologies, Markets and Companies
(Jun 9, 2006)
Microsoft Launches Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (TechWeb)
Software released Friday is Microsoft's first to run parallel HPC applications aimed at users working on complex computations.
(Jun 9, 2006)
Microsoft releases Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (Finextra)
Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, the company's first software offering designed to run parallel, high-performance ...
(Jun 9, 2006)
Ciphergen to Speak at Pacific Growth Equities 2006 Life Sciences Growth Conference, San Francisco, CA (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Ciphergen announced today that Gail Page, President & CEO is scheduled to provide a company overview and reiterate its corporate initiatives for 2006 at the Pacific Growth Equities 2006 Life Sciences Conference on Tuesday, June 13, 2006.
(Jun 9, 2006)
M.D. Anderson to collaborate with Chinese cancer center (BizJournals)
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has inked a collaboration agreement with Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital in China.
(Jun 9, 2006)
Ballmer: Windows HPC Edition To Steal Share From Linux (ChannelWeb)
Microsoft released its Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 to manufacturing Friday in anticipation of an August ship date. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Microsoft will go after Linux in the HPC market.
(Jun 9, 2006)
Stanford scientist wins Kyoto Prize (San Francisco Business Times)
Stanford scientist Leonard Herzenberg, who developed a machine that changed the face of science and medicine, was named Friday as a 2006 winner of the prestigious Kyoto Prize.
(Jun 9, 2006)
Ballmer: Windows HPC Edition To Steal Share From Linux (CRN)
Microsoft released its Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 to manufacturing Friday in anticipation of an August ship date. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Microsoft will go after Linux in the HPC market.
(Jun 9, 2006)
Stanford Scientist Wins Kyoto Prize for Developing Revolutionary Cell-Sorting Technology (RedNova)
A search for life on Mars, the first ink-jet printer and nuclear weapons testing seem unlikely inspirations for a machine that changed the face of science and medicine. But to hear developer Leonard Herzenberg tell it, it all makes perfect sense.
(Jun 9, 2006)
Microsoft Launches Supercomputing OS (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
Microsoft is staking its claim in the high-performance computing territory with the launch of an operating system specifically designed for computer clusters used by the likes of engineers, scientists, and researchers for data-crunching tasks such as developing new drugs, modeling weather patterns, and conducting genetic research.
(Jun 9, 2006)
Pa. hospital plans children's DNA database to research diseases (phillyburbs.com)
PHILADELPHIA - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia plans to build a database of children's DNA in hopes of creating diagnostic tests and tracking increasingly common illnesses such as diabetes.
(Jun 9, 2006)
Microsoft Launches Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (ChannelWeb)
Software released Friday is Microsoft's first to run parallel HPC applications aimed at users working on complex computations.
(Jun 9, 2006)
Einstein Researchers Take The Pulse Of A Gene In Living Cells (Science Daily)
Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have observed for the first time that gene expression can occur in the form of discrete "pulses" of gene activity. The researchers used pioneering microscopy techniques, developed by Dr. Robert Singer and colleagues at Einstein, that for the first time allow scientists to directly watch the behavior of a single gene in
(Jun 9, 2006)
Discovery Could Aid Fight Against Cystic Fibrosis Infection (Science Daily)
Harvard Medical School researchers have discovered one way that a hardy disease-causing bacteria could be surviving in the lungs of chronically infected cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.
(Jun 9, 2006)
NASA Spaceline 17 March 2006 Current Space Life Science Awareness (SpaceRef)
McClung JM, Davis JM, Wilson ME, Goldsmith EC, Carson JA. Estrogen status and skeletal muscle recovery from disuse atrophy. J Appl Physiol. 2006 Feb 23; [Epub ahead of print] (HSR&T PI: J.M. McClung, American College of Sports Medicine/NASA student grant)
(Jun 9, 2006)
NASA Spaceline 24 March 2006 Current Space Life Science Awareness (SpaceRef)
Mukkamala R, Reisner AT, Hojman HM, Mark RG, Cohen RJ. Continuous cardiac output monitoring by peripheral blood pressure waveform analysis. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2006 Mar;53(3):459-67.
(Jun 9, 2006)
NASA Spaceline 14 April 2006 Current Space Life Science Awareness (SpaceRef)
Prisk GK, Fine JM, Cooper TK, West JB. Vital capacity, respiratory muscle strength and pulmonary gas exchange during long-duration exposure to microgravity.
(Jun 9, 2006)
NASA Spaceline 24 March 2006 Current Space Life Science Awareness (AstroInfo)
Quelle: Space Wire Top Stories
(Jun 9, 2006)
NASA Spaceline 14 April 2006 Current Space Life Science Awareness (AstroInfo)
Quelle: Space Wire Top Stories
(Jun 9, 2006)
New biomed lab opens in Winnipeg (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
A mathematician, a biologist and a physicist walk into a lab... It's not the start of a joke, it's the start of a new type of cellular research in Winnipeg.
(Jun 9, 2006)
EU scouting for Indian researchers for 7th EU Research Framework Programme (PharmaBiz)
AstraZeneca Research India (AZRI) is a part of the 16 member research team for an Integrated Tuberculosis (TB) project under the aegis of the Sixth European Union Research Framework programme for health projects commencing from January 2006. The project has time span of five years.
(Jun 10, 2006)
Large-scale Genomics Project Will Hunt Genes Behind Common Childhood Diseases (Medical News Today)
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is launching an ambitious program to identify the genes responsible for common childhood diseases. Making use of advanced automated technology from the biotechnology company Illumina, Inc. [click link for full article]
(Jun 10, 2006)
Treatment for West Nile virus? (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
WEST NILE VIRUS: Private bio-med firms conduct clinical trials; Health officials say prevention still best option.
(Jun 10, 2006)
Valley & state business briefs (The Arizona Republic)
Valley and state business news in brief.
(Jun 10, 2006)
Akaza Research Partners with Northwestern and Semantic Bits, LLC to Develop Patient Study Calendar Module for the (PR Web)
Akaza Research has been awarded a contract by the National Cancer Institute to develop a Patient Study Calendar module for OpenClinica under the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Bioinformatics Grid (caBIG) initiative. (PRWEB Jun 10, 2006)
(Jun 10, 2006)
Burnham Institute looks to build labs in Florida (San Diego Union-Tribune)
June 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE): Florida has a way of enticing San Diego's biomedical institutions to open satellite labs in the Sunshine State, and its carrot is simple and powerful: hundreds of millions of dollars in free money.La Jolla's Scripps Research Institute, with nearly 2,700 employees, was the first to bite. It sealed a deal last month that tops $500 million to establish a lab at Florida
(Jun 10, 2006)
New World Cup Soccer Ball Will Unsettle Goalkeepers, Predicts Scientist (Science Daily)
The new football that is being used for the first time in the World Cup is likely to bamboozle goalkeepers at some stage of the tournament, a leading scientist has warned.
(Jun 11, 2006)
HHMI Professor's Phage-hunters Strike Pay Dirt (Medical News Today)
A handful of Pittsburgh high school and college students, openly encouraged to dig in the dirt around their homes and schools by their teachers and professors, have isolated and characterized 30 viruses that infect bacteria. As a result of their foray into the world of scientific discovery, the students are now co-authors of an upcoming research article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
(Jun 11, 2006)
Gene linked to Type 2 diabetes found (EARTHtimes.org)
In what might be the first step towards finding a cure for one of the most common diseases, Australian scientists have found a gene that is associated with Type 2 diabetes, a condition that affects millions of people worldwide.
(Jun 11, 2006)
Researchers Identify Protein Associated With Severe Preeclampsia (Medical News Today)
Building on their earlier discovery which found that elevated levels of the sFlt1 placental protein leads to the onset of preeclampsia, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), in collaboration with a research team from The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, have identified a se [click link for full article]
(Jun 11, 2006)
BioWorld Today Columnist (BioWorld)
For the past 20-plus years, I have fought hard against the idea that "the biotech model is broken" - a concept that rears its ugly head every time the public markets close for a while. But I've finally concluded that it's true; if not dead, the model is hurt real bad.
(Jun 12, 2006)
US drops plans to restrict foreign scientists (Independent Online)
The United States has dropped proposed security rules that would have prevented some foreign-born researchers from using the equipment available in American laboratories, even if they had become American citizens, according to the international weekly journal Nature.
(Jun 12, 2006)
NetApp targets high performance (The Register)
Spinnaker ship comes in with ONTAP GX NetApp is finally unleashing the first fruit of its 2003 acquisition of Spinnaker today. Its new OS, Data ONTAP GX, incorporates Spinnaker's global namespace technology for running high performance Linux NAS arrays.…
(Jun 12, 2006)
CoGenesys Raises $55 Million in Series A Financing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
CoGenesys, Inc. announced today the completion of a $55 million Series A financing, which will be used to advance the Company's pipeline of product candidates entering clinical-stage development.
(Jun 12, 2006)
ECU notes: Students research microbes and soil (The Daily Reflector)
An East Carolina University biologist brought his lectures and experiments into the laboratory of students at D.H. Conley High School during the recently concluded school year.
(Jun 12, 2006)
Clinical Data to Present at Fifth Annual Needham & Company Biotechnology and Medical Technology Conference (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWTON, Mass.----June 12, 2006--Clinical Data, Inc. , a worldwide leader in providing comprehensive molecular and pharmacogenomics services as well as genetic tests to improve patient care, announced today that the company plans to be a presenter at the Fifth Annual Needham & Company, LLC Biotechnology and Medical Technology Conference at 2:00 p.m.
(Jun 12, 2006)
The Long And The Short Of It: Expanding Small RNA Biology In Mammals (Science Daily)
In independent studies, Drs. Haifan Lin (Duke University) and Toshiaki Watanabe (Kyoto University) and colleagues report on their identification of novel small RNAs in the mouse germline.
(Jun 12, 2006)
Mosquito Immune System: Same Immune Factors Used To Fight Malaria Parasite And Infectious Pathogens (Science Daily)
Mosquitoes employ the same immune factors to fight off bacterial pathogens as they do to kill malaria-causing Plasmodium parasites, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. They identified several genes that encode proteins of the mosquito's immune system. According to the authors, the findings add to the understanding of mosquito immunity, and
(Jun 12, 2006)
Professor's Phage-hunters Strike Pay Dirt (Science Daily)
Pittsburgh high school and college students, encouraged by their teachers to dig in the dirt, have isolated and characterized 30 viruses that infect bacteria. Now they are co-authors on an article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Phage-hunting is an engaging and effective way to combine education and scientific research.
(Jun 12, 2006)
Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc. Establishes Scientific Advisory Board of Distinguished Scientists (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc. today announced the establishment of a Scientific Advisory Board to assist in directing the Company's product development strategies. Members of the scientific advisory board are distinguished members of academia and industry with experience in diagnostic test development and commercialization.
(Jun 12, 2006)
Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc. Establishes Scientific Advisory Board of Distinguished Scientists (FinanzNachrichten)
FREMONT, Calif., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ciphergen Biosystems, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. today announced the establishment of a Scientific Advisory Board to assist in directing the Company's product development strategies.
(Jun 12, 2006)
Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Raises $8.9 Million in Series D Round of Financing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company focused on developing therapeutic and diagnostic products for cancer, announced today that it has closed its Series D Private Placement raising $8.9 million.
(Jun 12, 2006)
GulfStream Bioinformatics Releases Next-Generation Flagship Product, BIGR(R) 5.0, for Biospecimen Management (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LEXINGTON, Mass.----June 12, 2006--GulfStream Bioinformatics Corporation, a provider of comprehensive web-based software solutions for biomedical research and drug development, announced today the release of the next generation of its flagship product for biospecimen management and advanced data annotation, BIGR® 5.0.
(Jun 12, 2006)
Clinical Data to Present at Fifth Annual Needham & Company Biotechnology and Medical Technology Conference (RedNova)
Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDA), a worldwide
(Jun 12, 2006)
Med BioGene Inc. Appoints Bruce Cousins as a Director (T-Net British Columbia)
Vancouver, BC, June 12, 2006--(T-Net)--Med BioGene Inc. (TSX Venture: MBI) announced the appointment of Bruce Cousins, C.A., as a director of MBI. Mr. Cousins is the Chief Financial Officer of Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: ASPV; TSX: ASV) (www.aspreva.com).
(Jun 12, 2006)
Gene Codes Forensics is Providing Software to Aid the DNA Shoah Project With Holocaust Victim Identification Efforts (SYS-CON Media)
M-FISys, the DNA matching system created after 9-11 to address the massive problem of identifying human remains recovered from the World Trade Center, has been called to service again, this time to help identify remains of Holocaust victims in the recently announced DNA Shoah project. M-FISys (pronounced 'emphasis') is an acronym for 'Mass-Fatality Identification System' and is produced by Gene
(Jun 12, 2006)
Gene Codes Forensics is Providing Software to Aid the DNA Shoah Project With Holocaust Victim Identification Efforts (SYS-CON Media)
M-FISys, the DNA matching system created after 9-11 to address the massive problem of identifying human remains recovered from the World Trade Center, has been called to service again, this time to help identify remains of Holocaust victims in the recently announced DNA Shoah project. M-FISys (pronounced 'emphasis') is an acronym for 'Mass-Fatality Identification System' and is produced by Gene
(Jun 12, 2006)
Gene Codes Forensics is Providing Software to Aid the DNA Shoah Project With Holocaust Victim Identification Efforts (SYS-CON Media)
M-FISys, the DNA matching system created after 9-11 to address the massive problem of identifying human remains recovered from the World Trade Center, has been called to service again, this time to help identify remains of Holocaust victims in the recently announced DNA Shoah project.
(Jun 12, 2006)
Bio-IT Briefs (Bio-IT World)
June 12, 2006 | As part of its ongoing effort to build a public, genome-wide library of “knockout” mouse models for the study of human disease, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today awarded $800,000 to two public mouse repositories to acquire genetically engineered mouse lines not yet widely accessible to researchers.
(Jun 12, 2006)
Some Genetic Research is Best Done Close to the Evolutionary Home (PhysOrg)
Some aspects of evolution are like the real estate business in that it`s all about location, location, location! Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy`s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) have shown that when it comes to comparing evolutionarily conserved DNA sequences that regulate the expression of genes, more closely
(Jun 12, 2006)
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