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Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Opens Office in Salt Lake City; Adds Key Talent to Its Biotech/Pharma Group (RedNova)
CHICAGO, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., announces the opening of a Salt Lake City office, coinciding with the hiring of two former Holland & Hart IP attorneys, Christopher L. Wight and Ryan L. Marshall.
(Jul 18, 2006)
Structure Determined For p53 Tumor Suppressor Protein As Bound To DNA For Anti-cancer Activity (Science Daily)
More than half of human cancers involve mutations in the p53 tumor-suppressor gene, specifically in its DNA-binding core domain, pointing to this region of the p53 protein as being pivotal to its anti-cancer activity. Clearly, a detailed view of the p53 protein in direct contact with DNA could provide important insights into preventing and treating an array of human cancers. Now, a new study by
(Jul 18, 2006)
Affymetrix to Introduce 1 Million-SNP Product in Early 2007 and Single 500K Array Before End of 2006; Affymetrix and (RedNova)
Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) announced today that it plans to introduce a 1 million-SNP product by the first quarter of 2007 and that the U.S. list price of its current two-chip 500K SNP genotyping set will be reduced to $250, effective immediately.
(Jul 19, 2006)
Rockville-Based Celera Genomics Discovers Genetic Target for Alzheimer's (RedNova)
By Karen Buckelew Celera Genomics has discovered a new genetic target for the diagnosis and therapy of Alzheimer's disease. The Rockville company has been working on the project for four years, both on its own and with partners including pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Inc.
(Jul 19, 2006)
Rapid Identification Of Cancer Targets: New Strategy (Medical News Today)
In a step toward personalized medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Brian J. Druker and colleagues have developed a new technique to identify previously unknown genetic mutations that can trigger cancerous growth. [click link for full article]
(Jul 19, 2006)
Galapagos and Cellzome in kinase drug discovery collaboration (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mechelen, Belgium and Boston, U.S.; 19 July 2006 - Galapagos NV (Euronext & LSE: GLPG), an integrated drug discovery company, and Cellzome Inc. have announced that they are collaborating in kinase drug discovery. Under the terms of the agreement, Galapagos' service division BioFocus DPI gives Cellzome access to its SoftFocus® kinase libraries and provides biological screening and chemistry
(Jul 19, 2006)
Ciphergen Reports Biomarkers Of Alzheimer's Disease (Medical News Today)
CiphergenBiosystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CIPH) announced today results of a multi-sitestudy aimed at discovering and validating biomarkers for Alzheimer'sdisease. For biomarker discovery, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples wereanalyzed from 65 Alzheimer's disease patients and 44 controls. [click link for full article]
(Jul 19, 2006)
Nuvelo Appoints H. Ward Wolff as Chief Financial Officer and Jill M. Pergande as Vice President, Human Resources (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Nuvelo, Inc. today announced the appointment of H. Ward Wolff as senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer and Jill M. Pergande as vice president, human resources. Both join Nuvelo as members of the senior management team.
(Jul 19, 2006)
Nuvelo Appoints H. Ward Wolff as Chief Financial Officer and Jill M. Pergande as Vice President, Human Resources (FinanzNachrichten)
SAN CARLOS, Calif., July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nuvelo, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. today announced the appointment of H. Ward Wolff as senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer (CFO) and Jill M. Pergande as vice president, human resources.
(Jul 19, 2006)
Wednesday, July 19th Stock Trading Alert (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
eLocity's stocks to watch for today are -- DC Brands International, Inc., eTelcharge.com, Inc., DNAPrint Genomics, Inc., Lifeline Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC.BB: LFLT).
(Jul 19, 2006)
Take a Sneak Peek into Major End-Use Biotechnology Industries and Take Note Of Select Trends In Genomics, Biochips, (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----July 19, 2006--Research and Markets has announced the addition of Biotechnology - Global Outlook 2006 to their offering.
(Jul 19, 2006)
Galapagos and Cellzome in kinase drug discovery collaboration (SYS-CON Media)
Mechelen, Belgium and Boston, U.S.; 19 July 2006 - Galapagos NV (Euronext & LSE: GLPG), an integrated drug discovery company, and Cellzome Inc. have announced that they are collaborating in kinase drug discovery.
(Jul 19, 2006)
A Wealth of Genetics Technology Under One Roof (RedNova)
By Core, Jim Genomics research is a rapidly evolving field that requires expensive and sophisticated equipment. The USDA Mid South Area Genomics Laboratory (MSAGL) was formed in 2000 to meet the geneticsequencing needs of 14 research locations in a 5-state region.
(Jul 19, 2006)
Osmogenetics: Aristotle to Arabidopsis (RedNova)
By Maggio, Albino; Zhu, Jian-Kang; Hasegawa, Pa
(Jul 19, 2006)
GenoMed Briefs Employers on How to Save 25% of Healthcare Costs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
GenoMed , a Next Generation Disease Management company that uses medical genomics to keep people healthier, will explain today how it can save healthcare costs by avoiding hospitalization for employees with high blood pressure, diabetes, and emphysema.
(Jul 19, 2006)
Digital Waves targets BFIS with HPC (CIOL)
BANGALORE: Technology Infrastructure solutions provider Digital Waves today announced the launch of HPC (High Performance Computing) solutions in India.
(Jul 19, 2006)
Wednesday, July 19th Stock Trading Alert (SYS-CON Media)
DCBrands International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DCBI), eTelcharge.com, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLC), DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (OTCBB: DNAG), Lifeline Therapeutics, Inc.(OTCBB: LFLT).
(Jul 19, 2006)
Affymetrix Shares Slide After Price Cut (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of genetic analysis technology company Affymetrix Inc. slipped Wednesday following the company's move to reduce prices of a product used to test drug candidates.
(Jul 19, 2006)
UP ITTC gears up for 4th Y4IT (Manila Bulletin)
The University of the Philippines Information Technology Training Center (UP ITTC), UP System IT Foundation (UP SITF), and Virtual Center for Technology Innovation in Information Technology (VCTI- IT), in cooperation with the Philippine Society of IT Educators (PSITE), Computing Society of the Philippines (CSP), and VCTI-IT Student Volunteer Corps, present this year’s Philippine Youth Congress
(Jul 19, 2006)
Sloning BioTechnology GmbH Launches With The Production Of Synthetic Genes Using Slonomics Technology (BioresearchOnline)
Sloning Biotechnology announces its market entry. As of July, the company produces synthetic genes using the novel Slonomics technology
(Jul 19, 2006)
DNAPrint and Harvard Team Up on 'Super EPO' (RedNova)
DNAPrint Genomics has entered into a sponsored research agreement with the Harvard Medical School for research on a new, more potent and longer-acting form of the anemia drug erythropoietin.
(Jul 19, 2006)
How students can enjoy e-books (Navhind Times)
How much the world has changed in the past 25 years. There is high speed global connectivity and a tremendous explosion of scientific and technical knowledge. It is an exciting age for the students of science, engineering and medicine.
(Jul 19, 2006)
DNAPrint and Harvard team up on 'Super EPO' (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
DNAPrint Genomics has entered into a sponsored research agreement with the Harvard Medical School for research on a new, more potent and longer-acting form of the anemia drug erythropoietin.
(Jul 20, 2006)
New Role For Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene Identified By Study (Medical News Today)
]A recently discovered facet of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 reveals a mechanism linking mutation of BRCA1 to formation of large blood vessels needed to support cancer progression. The findings demonstrate that, in addition to an impaired DNA damage response associated with cancer initiation, mutation of BRCA1 is also linked to manipulation of the tumor microenvironment. [click
(Jul 20, 2006)
Illumina and ReaMetrix to Collaborate on Molecular Diagnostics and Market Development (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO & SAN CARLOS, Calif.----July 20, 2006--Illumina, Inc. and ReaMetrix, Inc. announced today the formation of a diagnostic collaboration under which the companies plan to co-develop molecular diagnostic panels for a range of disease areas.
(Jul 20, 2006)
DNAPrint Pharmaceutical Completes Sterility Testing on Anemia Drug Cell Lines for Clinical Development (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. today announced that sterility tests of specific cell lines for producing PT-401, the lead drug in the Company's product pipeline, have been completed satisfactorily, a significant step in developing material for preclinical and clinical trials.
(Jul 20, 2006)
GeneGo and Elsevier MDL Collaborate to Provide Seamless Access to Compound Databases, Patents, Literature and Pathways (FinanzNachrichten)
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of software and databases for systems biology and pathway analysis and Elsevier MDL, a leading provider of scientific content, informatics framework and workflow applications for pharmaceutical research, announced the collaboration.
(Jul 20, 2006)
DNAPrint Pharmaceutical Completes Sterility Testing on Anemia Drug Cell Lines for Clinical Development (SYS-CON Media)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (OTCBB: DNAG) todayannounced that sterility tests of specific cell lines for producing PT-401,the lead drug in the Company's product pipeline, have been completedsatisfactorily, a significant step in developing material for preclinicaland clinical trials.
(Jul 20, 2006)
GeneGo and Elsevier MDL Collaborate to Provide Seamless Access to Compound Databases, Patents, Literature and Pathways (SYS-CON Media)
GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of software and databases for systems biology and pathway analysis and Elsevier MDL, a leading provider of scientific content, informatics framework and workflow applications for pharmaceutical research, announced the collaboration. The latest version of GeneGo's data mining platform MetaCore 4.0 will be seamlessly integrated with the MDL(R) suite of databases via
(Jul 20, 2006)
FDA Statement on Institute of Medicine's Report on Preventing Medication Errors (U. S. Food and Drug Administration)
FDA statement that it believes the Institute of Medicine report provides a much needed perspective on the frequency, severity and preventable nature of medication errors and that many of the recommendations outlined in the report are supported by medication error prevention, patient education and label comprehension efforts already underway at FDA.
(Jul 20, 2006)
Burnham Institute for Medical Research & UC San Diego Establish Joint Center for Molecular Modeling (EurekAlert!)
(La Jolla, CA, July 20, 2006) A team of researchers, led by Dr. Adam Godzik at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, is designing tools to accelerate the interpretation, and potential use of, information gleaned from the human genome project.
(Jul 20, 2006)
IBM Researchers Wield Grid Power In Cancer Battle (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)
IBM is wielding the power of its World Community Grid in the fight against cancer.
(Jul 20, 2006)
IBM Researchers Wield Grid Power In Cancer Battle (TechWeb)
IBM is wielding the power of its World Community Grid in the fight against cancer.
(Jul 20, 2006)
Acacia Research Reports Second Quarter Financial Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----July 20, 2006--Acacia Research Corporation today reported results for the three months ended June 30, 2006. Acacia Research Corporation comprises two operating groups, the Acacia Technologies group and the CombiMatrix group.
(Jul 20, 2006)
Affymetrix to Host Conference Call on July 31, 2006 to Announce Second Quarter 2006 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----July 20, 2006--Affymetrix, Inc. today announced that it will release results for the second quarter 2006 after close of the stock market on Monday, July 31, 2006.
(Jul 20, 2006)
Leukemia Gene Normally Has Mammary Gland Function (Science Daily)
A gene that is critical for normal mammary gland function during nursing helps trigger a highly lethal group of leukemias when it undergoes a mutation that fuses it to another gene, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
(Jul 20, 2006)
Neandertal Genome To Be Deciphered (Science Daily)
Researchers in Germany and the United States have announced an ambitious plan to complete a first draft of the Neandertal genome within the next two years. As a trial, the collaborators have already sequenced approximately one million base pairs of nuclear Neandertal DNA from a 38,000-year-old Croatian fossil.
(Jul 20, 2006)
DNAPrint Pharmaceutical Completes Sterility Testing on Anemia Drug Cell Lines for Clinical Development (RedNova)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (OTCBB: DNAG) today announced that sterility tests of specific cell lines for producing PT-401, the lead drug in the Company's product pipeline, have been completed satisfactorily, a significant step in developing material for preclinical and clinical trials.
(Jul 20, 2006)
Leukemia Stem Cells In A Model Of Human Leukemia Isolated By Scientists (Medical News Today)
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston and their colleagues have isolated rare cancer stem cells that cause leukemia in a mouse model of the human disease. The leukemia stem cells isolated proved to be surprisingly different from normal blood stem cells -- a finding that may be good news for developing a drug that selectively targets them. [click link for full
(Jul 20, 2006)
Molecular Devices Reports Record Revenues and Earnings for Second Quarter of 2006 (SYS-CON Media)
Molecular Devices Corporation today announced record revenues and earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
(Jul 21, 2006)
High BMI doesn't always spell obesity, Jackson Laboratory researchers show (EurekAlert!)
For years doctors have used the body mass index (BMI), a ratio of height and weight, to characterize the clinical weight status of their patients.
(Jul 21, 2006)
Whether in mice or men, all cells age the same, Stanford study finds (EurekAlert!)
Stanford, Calif. - We can dye gray hair, lift sagging skin or boost lost hearing, but no visit to the day spa would be able to hide a newly discovered genetic marker for the toll that time takes on our cells.
(Jul 21, 2006)
UP ITTC gears up for 4th Y4IT (Manila Bulletin)
The University of the Philippines Information Technology Training Center (UP ITTC), UP System IT Foundation (UP SITF), and Virtual Center for Technology Innovation in Information Technology (VCTI- IT), in cooperation with the Philippine Society of IT Educators (PSITE), Computing Society of the Philippines (CSP), and VCTI-IT Student Volunteer Corps, present this year’s Philippine Youth Congress
(Jul 21, 2006)
ASU embarking on genetic road in cancer fight (The Arizona Republic)
Arizona State University is shifting its strategy in cancer research, turning to genetics and leaving behind its well-known focus on developing drugs from natural products.
(Jul 21, 2006)
Nonlinear Dynamics' SameSpots Approach Becomes Fastest Selling 2D Software (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England----July 21, 2006--Nonlinear Dynamics Ltd, a leading global provider of bioinformatics solutions, today announced that the uptake of the new SameSpots approach for 2D image analysis has made it Nonlinear's fastest ever selling 2D analysis software.
(Jul 21, 2006)
Prodesse, Inc. and Invitrogen Collaborate on First Molecular Diagnostic LUX(TM) Products (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WAUKESHA, Wis. & CARLSBAD, Calif.----July 21, 2006--Prodesse, Inc., a Wisconsin-based global leader in Multiplex PCR, and Invitrogen Corporation , a provider of essential life science technologies for disease research and drug discovery, today announced the signing of a license agreement for the first diagnostic assays with Invitrogen's LUX technology.
(Jul 21, 2006)
NASA Chooses Sequencing Software from CLC bio for Exobiological Research (Press Release Network)
The Exobiology Branch of the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, has chosen bioinformatics software from CLC bio for analyzing sequencing data which revolves around hypersaline microbial mat systems that are found worldwide in exotic locations such as Baja, Mexico, and Solar Lake, Egypt, to name a few. [Wired by: PressReleaseNetwork.com]
(Jul 21, 2006)
Whether In Mice Or Men, All Cells Age The Same, Stanford Study Finds (Science Daily)
In a study to be published in the July 21 issue of Public Library of Science-Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers report finding a group of genes that are consistently less active in older animals across a variety of species. The activity of these genes proved to be a consistent indicator of how far a cell had progressed toward its eventual demise.
(Jul 21, 2006)
Hugin Ad Hoc Announcement According to Section 15 WpHG: Capital Increase: Epigenomics AG: Epigenomics AG Decides (PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance)
Epigenomics' Management Board decided with the approval of the Supervisory Board on July 20, 2006, to increase the signed capital of the company by making partial use of its authorized capital against contribution in kind in the form of 304,791 novel non par value bearer shares issued to Affymetrix, Inc. , Santa Clara, USA.
(Jul 21, 2006)
ASU embarking on genetic road in cancer fight (The Arizona Republic)
Arizona State University is shifting its strategy in cancer research, turning to genetics and leaving behind its well-known focus on developing drugs from natural products.
(Jul 21, 2006)
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