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Maryland stem cell commission named (Gazette.Net)
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. on Thursday named the final four members of the 15-member Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission.
(Jul 7, 2006)
Has India opted out of the supercomputing race? (The Hindu)
No `desi' entries in latest `Top 500' rankings
(Jul 7, 2006)
UCLA Study Finds Same Genes Act Differently In Males And Females (Science Daily)
Scientists may have revealed the origin of the battle of the sexes -- in our genes. UCLA researchers report that thousands of genes behave differently in the same organs of males and females -- something never detected to this degree. Published in the August issue of Genome Research, the study sheds light on why the same disease often strikes males and females differently, and why the genders may
(Jul 7, 2006)
Does Genetic Testing From Different Labs Yield the Same Result? (Newswise)
For individuals who develop colorectal cancers at a young age or have a family history of such cancers, microsatellite instability testing (MSI) has become an almost standard component of clinical evaluation. However, there have been no reports of how well the results from any given laboratory agree with any other laboratory.
(Jul 7, 2006)
Confucius say... learn Chinese and prosperity will follow (Independent)
Confucius say ... spread Chinese culture around the world and teach Confucian philosophy at home. And don't be afraid to mention my name as branding while you're at it.
(Jul 7, 2006)
Reversing 'hibernating' Heart Muscle Focus Of UB Researchers (Medical News Today)
Heart researchers at the University at Buffalo have received a $2.5 million five-year grant to develop new strategies to reverse a heart dysfunction called "hibernating myocardium" that can cause disabling heart failure and sudden death. [click link for full article]
(Jul 8, 2006)
Personalized medicine: Tailoring treatment to your genetic profile (Mayo Clinic)
Gene variations are common but can have a big impact on how your body processes medications. See what genetic tests are available to help customize your treatment.
(Jul 8, 2006)
United States releases roadmap for developing ethanol as alternative to gasoline (New Kerala)
Washington: The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a scientific road map aimed at developing cellulosic ethanol as an alternative to gasoline. Cellulosic ethanol is derived from the fibrous, woody and generally inedible portions of plant matter.
(Jul 8, 2006)
Bradley, Kiscaden choose to leave spotlight (Post-Bulletin)
Though their terms don't officially end until December, the legislative careers of Rep. Fran Bradley and Sen. Sheila Kiscaden ended for all practical purposes with the expiration of the legislative session in May
(Jul 8, 2006)
Developing Countries Take The Lead In A Global Program To Catalogue Human Mutations (Medical News Today)
Access to this information could transform the outcomes for many people in developing countries.For a sample of the expected rewards, look at the work of Professor Raj Ramesar, a professor at the division of human genetics at the University of Cape Town.Ramesar studied the genes of a family who suffered from a heredity eye disease, which led to their becoming gradually blind. [click link for full
(Jul 8, 2006)
Cell Survival Depends On Chromosome Integrity (Medical News Today)
As part of a large National Institutes of Health-funded Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways project, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered protein machinery important for cells to keep chromosomes intact. Without such proteins, their experiments show that yeast cells experience broken chromosomes and DNA damage that in human cells are well known to lead to cancer. [click link for
(Jul 8, 2006)
Bradley, Kiscaden Choose to Leave Spotlight (RedNova)
By Matthew Stolle, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. Jul. 8--Though their terms don't officially end until December, the legislative careers of Rep. Fran Bradley and Sen. Sheila Kiscaden ended for all practical purposes with the expiration of the legislative session in May.
(Jul 8, 2006)
Protests follow biotech firm (The Arizona Republic)
A pharmaceutical testing lab proposed for Chandler promises to bring good jobs and to give a boost to the state's emerging biomedical industry, but animal testing that could occur at the plant has turned many residents against the project.
(Jul 9, 2006)
Geezer-Pleasers (Newsweek)
How can boomers find new bands they'll actually like? The Web has some very surprising answers.
(Jul 9, 2006)
Boffins get ready to network (Stuff)
The first strands of the Advanced Research Network that will link universities, crown research institutes and libraries are due to be lit up later this month for a proof-of-concept, ahead of its general availability in November or December.
(Jul 9, 2006)
Proton Therapy Center Opens To Patients (Medical News Today)
Launching a new era in radiationtreatment, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has startedtreating patients at its Proton Therapy Center. The first National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive CancerCenter to offer the treatment, and just the fourth facility in the country,the $125 million, 94,000-square-foot Proton Therapy Center at M. D. [click link for full article]
(Jul 9, 2006)
Admissions at TNAU begin (The Hindu)
Single-window system of counselling will continue till July 14
(Jul 9, 2006)
Variety of Medical Options at PTPL (RedNova)
STUDENTS these days are spoilt for choice when it comes to the number of higher education institutions from which they can pick. It is crucial that students choose the most appropriate field of study, besides deciding which public or private institution suits them best.
(Jul 10, 2006)
FedEx Institute makes move toward building bioinformatics program (BizJournals)
The FedEx Institute is expanding its reach into the bioinformatics field with the addition of Ramin Homayouni, director of the University's bioinformatics program.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Why Do Shift Workers Suffer More From Heart Disease And Metabolic Illness? Major Clue Found (Medical News Today)
Medical Research Council scientists have found a major clue to why shift workers suffer from increased incidence of heart disease and metabolic illnesses. [click link for full article]
(Jul 10, 2006)
Mesa puts biotech on fast track (The Arizona Republic)
Educators in Mesa have devised a novel strategy to attract young people to the burgeoning field of biotechnology.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Cutting gene testing time drives Diffinity to market (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Diffinity Genomics Inc., a local company formed out of University of Rochester research, has set its sights on 2007 to get its first product, an animal "genotyping" kit for research laboratories, into the market.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Mendel Biotechnology Announces Agreement With Monsanto (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. today announced a new research and commercialization partnership with Monsanto Company .
(Jul 10, 2006)
Code of the Caveman (Wired News)
A new DNA mapping technique may solve an ancient mystery: Do modern humans carry Neanderthal genes? By Annalee Newitz of Wired magazine.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Acacia Technologies Expands Business Development and Engineering Teams (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----July 10, 2006--Acacia Research Corporation announced today that its Acacia Technologies group, a leader in technology licensing, has expanded its business development and engineering teams with the addition of three new vice presidents.
(Jul 10, 2006)
SRU Biosystems Awarded Fourth U.S. Patent (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SRU Biosystems announced today that U.S. Patent 7,070,987 , entitled "Guided mode resonant filter biosensor using a linear grating surface structure" was issued to SRU Biosystems, Inc. on July 4, 2006.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Affymetrix Launches New Publication for Microarray Research (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----July 10, 2006--Affymetrix Inc. announced today the launch of the Affymetrix UserForum, an online magazine featuring weekly updates on new technology, analyses, services, and training.
(Jul 10, 2006)
GE Healthcare and TGen Announce Early Health Cancer Research Collaboration (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PISCATAWAY, N.J.----July 10, 2006--The Translational Genomics Research Institute and GE Healthcare announced today a strategic alliance designed to apply advanced cellular genomics technologies and strategies to improve and accelerate the discovery and development of new drugs.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Clinical Data Strengthens Cogenics Management Team with Strategic Appointments (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWTON, Mass.----July 10, 2006--Clinical Data, Inc. , a worldwide leader in providing comprehensive molecular and pharmacogenomics services as well as clinical diagnostics to improve patient care, announced today that it has appointed Robert Bondaryk, Ph.D., most recently Executive Vice President, General Manager and Business Development, Proteome Systems, Inc. and Vice President, Life Science
(Jul 10, 2006)
Ceres Announces Genomics Milestone in Energy Crop Enhancement Program (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Ceres, Inc. announced today that they have achieved a major milestone in their switchgrass genomics program for enhancing biomass yield, completing analysis of over 12,000 switchgrass genes and characterizing the genetic variation associated with them.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Luminex Corporation Second Quarter Earnings Release Scheduled for July 26, 2006 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Luminex Corporation today announced that it expects to report second quarter 2006 results on Wednesday, July 26, 2006.
(Jul 10, 2006)
New centre to advise Muslim world on science policy (SciDev.net)
An US$8 million research centre that will help Muslim countries set up effective science policies and national systems of innovation will be inaugurated tomorrow (12 July) in Pakistan.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Clinical Data Strengthens Cogenics Management Team With Strategic Appointments (RedNova)
Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDA), a worldwide
(Jul 10, 2006)
Genetic Parallels Found Between Lung Development And Lung Cancer (Science Daily)
Cancer development has long been speculated to mimic normal embryonic development. A gene-chip study now demonstrates this to be true -- and also offers a better way of classifying and predicting the prognosis of lung cancer, the world's leading cause of cancer deaths.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Genes Linked To Daily Flux In Drug Toxicity (Science Daily)
New findings in the July, 2006, Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press, may help to explain daily fluctuations in the ability to detoxify chemical substances, including chemotherapy drugs and sedatives. Researchers report that three related proteins drive the activity of genes involved in neutralizing toxins and breaking down drugs.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Mendel Biotechnology announces agreement with Monsanto (SeedQuest)
Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. ("Mendel") today announced a new research and commercialization partnership with Monsanto Company ("Monsanto").
(Jul 10, 2006)
Ceres, inc. announces genomics milestone in energy crop enhancement program - Full-length switchgrass genes sequenced (SeedQuest)
Ceres, Inc. announced today that they have achieved a major milestone in their switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) genomics program for enhancing biomass yield, completing analysis of over 12,000 switchgrass genes and characterizing the genetic variation associated with them.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Beyond the bustle of GM crops (Deccan Herald)
For years the life science companies — Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Pioneer Hi-Bred etc have argued that genetically modified food is the next great scientific and technological revolution in agriculture.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Genetic variation found that predicts response to heart failure medication (EurekAlert!)
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore and the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver have identified a common genetic variation that could help determine whether a person with heart failure would benefit from beta-blockers, a class of drugs used to treat chronic heart failure.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Molecular Devices Introduces Its Next-Generation No-Wash, Cell-Based Calcium Assay Kit For GPCR Screening (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Molecular Devices Corporation , a leader in innovative solutions for drug discovery and life sciences research, today introduced its next-generation no-wash calcium flux assay -- the FLIPR Calcium 4 Assay Kit.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Molecular Devices Introduces Its Next-Generation No-Wash, Cell-Based Calcium Assay Kit For GPCR Screening (FinanzNachrichten)
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Molecular Devices Corporation ( Nachrichten ), a leader in innovative solutions for drug discovery and life sciences research, today introduced its next-generation no-wash calcium flux assay -- the FLIPR Calcium 4 Assay Kit. Molecular Devices' cell based, no-wash calcium kits, first introduced in 1999, have become the standard for GPCR
(Jul 10, 2006)
Producing Flu Vaccines Will Be Faster And Cheaper, Thanks To MSU Technology (Science Daily)
Technology from Michigan State University animal science labs looks to produce new human flu vaccines quicker and cheaper than current methods. While studying new techniques to produce vaccines for a common chicken disease, MSU professor Paul Coussens and his colleagues found a cell line that had intriguing potential for growing flu virus â�" a change from the fertilized chicken eggs that are
(Jul 10, 2006)
Genetic Variation Predicts Response to Heart Failure Medication (Newswise)
Researchers have identified a common genetic variation that could help determine whether a person with heart failure would benefit from beta-blockers, a class of drugs used to treat chronic heart failure.
(Jul 10, 2006)
SRU Biosystems awarded new U.S. patent (News-Medical-Net)
SRU Biosystems has announced that U.S. Patent 7,070,987 (the '987 patent), entitled "Guided mode resonant filter biosensor using a linear grating surface structure" was issued to SRU Biosystems, Inc. on July 4, 2006.
(Jul 10, 2006)
Combating cancer faster, smarter (Sydney Morning Herald)
Using a computer cluster to analyse protein data has cut the time taken to run important colon cancer experiments from two-to-three months down to three weeks.
(Jul 11, 2006)
New centre to advise Muslim world on science policy (SciDev.net)
An US$8 million research centre that will help Muslim countries set up effective science policies and national systems of innovation will be inaugurated tomorrow (12 July) in Pakistan.
(Jul 11, 2006)
Daiichi Pure Chemicals, Toshiba and Toshiba Hokuto Electronics Agree to Develop DNA Chip Diagnostics Business; Aiming (FinanzNachrichten)
Daiichi Pure Chemicals Co. Ltd, Toshiba Corporation, ( Nachrichten ) and Toshiba Hokuto Electronics Corporation have agreed to work together to promote in-vitro DNA-chip-based diagnostics, starting with diagnosis of the human papilloma virus (HPV). Under an agreement announced today in Tokyo, the three companies will direct Toshiba's industry-leading capabilities in DNA chips and electrochemical
(Jul 11, 2006)
Live Wires: Microbiologist Discovers Our Planet Is Hard-wired With Electricity-producing Bacteria (Science Daily)
A series of experiments by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., and published online in PNAS show that a wide variety of bacteria, including species involved in fermentation and photosynthesis, can form nanowires under a various environmental conditions. Yuri Gorby and colleagues produced bacterial nanowires as small as 10 nanometers in diameter and in bundles as wide as
(Jul 11, 2006)
Molecular Devices Introduces Its Next-Generation No-Wash, Cell-Based Calcium Assay Kit For GPCR Screening (SYS-CON Media)
the FLIPR Calcium 4 Assay Kit. Molecular Devices' cell based, no-wash calcium kits, first introduced in 1999, have become the standard for GPCR screening in laboratories worldwide. This new kit includes a masking technology licensed exclusively by Molecular Devices from Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany; Patent Nos. US 6,420,183, EP 0906572).
(Jul 11, 2006)
Acacia Technologies Enters into License Agreement with Sanyo Electric (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----July 11, 2006--Acacia Research Corporation announced today that New Medium Technologies, LLC, IP Innovation, LLC and AV Technologies, LLC, all wholly owned subsidiaries that are a part of the Acacia Technologies group, have entered into a license and settlement agreement with Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. covering patents that apply to Audio/Video Enhancement and
(Jul 11, 2006)
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