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Methods for Identifying, Diagnosing, and Predicting Survival of Lymphomas (Pharmalicencing)
Human lymphomas and leukemias are a diverse set of cancers. Many of these cancers, while expressing a similar phenotype between different individuals, have a diverse underlying genetic basis for the disease.
(Aug 15, 2006)
Luminex Corporation and Smiths Detection Receive Contract From Department of Homeland Security (SYS-CON Media)
Luminex Corporation , a leading multiplex solution developer, today announced that the Company has received a sub-contract from Smiths Detection, for research related to detecting acts of bio-terrorism. Smiths Detection is a leading global provider of chemical, biological and explosives detectors and X-ray security screening equipment. The award comes from the Homeland Security Advanced Research
(Aug 15, 2006)
Alzheimer's And Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Could Be Spotted Easier By Doctors, Using New Biomarkers (Medical News Today)
Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's in their early stages can be difficult for physicians to spot, and many diagnoses are incorrect. A finding by researchers at the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center may soon help in the diagnosis of such diseases. [click link for full article]
(Aug 15, 2006)
SDSU lands $3M ‘grape grant’ (Brookings Daily Register)
South Dakota State University has landed a major research award that will help grape growers everywhere.
(Aug 15, 2006)
Monsanto Buying Delta and Pine for $1.5B (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Monsanto Co. will pay $1.5 billion in cash to purchase Delta and Pine Land Co. in a merger of two of the world's largest seed companies, a move that would end a long-standing legal dispute stemming from a failed merger eight years ago.
(Aug 15, 2006)
Monsanto buying Delta and Pine for $1.5B (Sharewatch)
\"It\'s admittedly a transaction with some history, and some complexity,\" Monsanto chairman, president and chief executive Hugh Grant said Tuesday in a conference call with investors. \"This is a business deal first,\" he said, though he called removing the legal issue \"a bonus.\"
(Aug 15, 2006)
UAMS Researchers Receive National Cancer Institute Grants Totaling More Than $540,000 (KARK Little Rock)
Two researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have received research grants for pancreatic cancer and multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow.
(Aug 15, 2006)
Correlagen Automates Genetic Testing With New Platform; Cerner to Provide Exclusive Distribution for Hospital-Based (RedNova)
Correlagen Diagnostics, Inc. today announced the availability of GeneExplorer(TM), an automated platform that enables hospital-based clinical diagnostic laboratories to perform genetic testing with limited user intervention.
(Aug 15, 2006)
St. Louis Commerce Magazine (St Louis Commerce Magazine)
Software is everywhere,” stated Dr. William Peck, RCGA Board Member and Director of the Center for Health Policy at Washington University, and “by extension we could also say that IT is everywhere and that it is enabling revolutionary changes in the way we organize corporations and work; where and how we design, build, and deliver products and services; how we conduct our research; and how we
(Aug 15, 2006)
G/O Business Solutions, Inc. Announces Completion of the Reorganization Transaction Entered into with SH Celera Capital (FinanzNachrichten)
Today, G/O Business Solutions, Inc., a Colorado corporation (OTCBB:GOBS), formerly G/O International, Inc. ("G/O"), and SH Celera ( Nachrichten ) Capital, a Maryland corporation ("SH Celera") (SH Celera, together with G/O, the "Parties") announced the completion of the Reorganization Transaction previously announced in July of 2006.
(Aug 15, 2006)
Students Switch Careers, Earn Second Degrees to Enter Nursing (Newswise)
More than two thirds of students in the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Traditional Class of 2008 already hold a bachelor's degree and many have previously pursued other careers before choosing nursing. One hundred and seven (70%) of the 153 nursing students entering this fall hold undergraduate degrees; nine have graduate degrees.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report Highlights Recently Released Journal Articles (Medical News Today)
The following highlights recently released journal articles on women's health issues. [click link for full article]
(Aug 16, 2006)
Study Finds Gene Related To Brain Development And Function Plays Causal Role In Schizophrenia (Science Daily)
According to a new study conducted by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, variations of a gene related to brain development and function -- OLIG2 -- may play a causal role in the development of schizophrenia, a hereditary psychiatric disorder with no known biological cause. The study is published in the August 15 printed issue of Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Novel Genomic Disorders Discovered By University Of Washington Researchers (Medical News Today)
Researchers at the University of Washington and The Howard Hughes Medical Institute have discovered several new genetic causes of mental retardation, according to a study published online August 13 in Nature Genetics. [click link for full article]
(Aug 16, 2006)
PFIZER INC: New Leadership Organization (FinanzNachrichten)
Pfizer ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) CEO Jeff Kindler Announces New Leadership Organization That Will 'Put Us in the Best Possible Position to Capitalize Quickly on the Enormous Opportunities Ahead' - - - Focus is on Streamlining and Speeding Decision-Making in Rapidly Changing Healthcare Marketplace - - - Vice Chairman David Shedlarz Assumes Expanded Responsibilities NEW YORK, Aug. 16 / -- In a
(Aug 16, 2006)
Prehistoric Plant Intrigues New York Parkinson's Researchers (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Botanical Garden is an oasis of green for visitors escaping the city's concrete canyons. For scientists, it's a research center where a prehistoric plant may hold clues to a treatment for Parkinson's disease.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Research Pinpoints West Nile Virus Antibody Binding Site (Science Daily)
Researchers have learned the precise location where an antibody binds to the West Nile virus, and they have suggested a mechanism for how this antibody neutralizes the virus to prevent infection.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Monsanto to spend $1.5 billion on deal (Northwest Herald)
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Monsanto Co. will pay $1.5 billion in cash to buy Delta and Pine Land Co. in a merger of two of the world's largest seed companies.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Monsanto buys Miss. company (The Clarion-Ledger)
Few if any of Delta and Pine Land Co.'s 300 employee will lose their jobs when Monsanto, pending regulatory approval, takes over the Mississippi company within a year.
(Aug 16, 2006)
DNAPrint Genomics to Discuss Second Quarter Results and Provide Update on Current Activities via Live Webcast (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. today announced that the Company's senior management will discuss results for the second quarter of 2006, and provide an update on related activities and the status of its projects via a live Webcast, on Tuesday, August 22, at 2:00 PM Eastern time.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Boom Time for State Finances (Kansas City InfoZine)
By Pamela M. Prah - State balance sheets are the best they've looked in decades. States closed their fiscal 2006 books with nearly 25 percent more money than the previous year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures' latest survey of states' fiscal conditions.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Asuragen's microRNA Expression Profiling Service Offers Sanger miRBase 8.0 Plus New Proprietary Content; Enhanced (RedNova)
Asuragen announces the launch of the next generation of microarray content to be offered through its microRNA Expression Profiling Service.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Completed genome set to transform the cow (EurekAlert!)
The ability of scientists to improve health and disease management of cattle and enhance the nutritional value of beef and dairy products has received a major boost with the release this week of the most complete sequence of the cow genome ever assembled.
(Aug 16, 2006)
DNAPrint Genomics to Discuss Second Quarter Results and Provide Update on Current Activities Via Live Webcast (RedNova)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (OTCBB: DNAG) today announced that the Company's senior management will discuss results for the second quarter of 2006, and provide an update on related activities and the status of its projects via a live Webcast, on Tuesday, August 22, at 2:00 PM Eastern time.
(Aug 16, 2006)
DNAPrint Genomics to Discuss Second Quarter Results and Provide Update on Current Activities via Live Webcast (SYS-CON Media)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (OTCBB: DNAG) todayannounced that the Company's senior management will discuss results for thesecond quarter of 2006, and provide an update on related activities and thestatus of its projects via a live Webcast, on Tuesday, August 22, at 2:00PM Eastern time.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Mathematicians Maximize Knowledge Of Minimal Surfaces (Science Daily)
Mathematicians make breakthrough in understanding complex "minimal surfaces," revealing that pieces of planes, catenoids and helicoids are the building blocks of all minimal surfaces, and not merely the less complicated ones.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Study Provides Evidence That Autism Affects Functioning Of Entire Brain (Science Daily)
A recent study provides evidence that autism affects the functioning of virtually the entire brain, and is not limited to the brain areas involved with social interactions, communication behaviors, and reasoning abilities, as had been previously thought
(Aug 16, 2006)
IMSA is spring board for sisters' careers (Hancock County Journal-Pilot)
Conversation gets interesting when the Markey family gathers at their parents home in rural Dallas City. John and Dolores Markey have seven children.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Newly discovered gene may hold clues to evolution of human brain capacity (EurekAlert!)
SANTA CRUZ, CA--Scientists have discovered a gene that has undergone accelerated evolutionary change in humans and is active during a critical stage in brain development.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Joint effort for science centre (Otago Daily Times)
AgResearch and the University of Otago are planning more science collaboration after yesterday launching a joint centre for reproduction and genomics in Dunedin.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Professor Says much of New Technology Should be Known as Nana-Technology (Senior Journal)
August 16, 2006 – A recent article in SeniorJournal.com began with – "For many senior citizens the word "nanotechnology" probably sounds like something out of Star Wars, which, however, is also a little new for many seniors.
(Aug 16, 2006)
New Scientist Magazine Press Release - Issue 19 August 2006 (Newswise)
1) The Pioneer anomaly; 2) Polygamous possums settle down; 3) Urchin auction; 4) Special Report on the study of Individuality; 5) Technologies for scanning US ship containers for smuggled nuclear material
(Aug 16, 2006)
Team Finds Gene Separating Brains of Man and Monkey (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- About 2 million years ago, the brains of ancient humans and chimpanzees began to diverge from each other. Humans got smarter, chimps didn't, and scientists now say they may have found out why.
(Aug 16, 2006)
TriMark Publications Announces Release of Its Blood Glucose Testing and Diabetes Management Report (PR Web)
TriMark Publications (http://www.trimarkpublications.com), a global leader in the biotechnology, healthcare and life sciences publishing, announces the release of its Blood Glucose Testing and Diabetes Management report. (PRWEB Aug 16, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/RmFsdS1Mb3ZlLUNyYXMtTWFnbi1JbnNlLVplcm8=
(Aug 16, 2006)
Completed genome set to transform the cow (PhysOrg)
The ability of scientists to improve health and disease management of cattle and enhance the nutritional value of beef and dairy products has received a major boost with the release this week of the most complete sequence of the cow genome ever assembled.
(Aug 16, 2006)
TriMark Publications Announces Release of Its Blood Glucose Testing and Diabetes Management Report (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
New York, NY (PRWEB) August 16, 2006 -- TriMark Publications (http:
(Aug 16, 2006)
HGS sets phase III lupus drug trials, posts wider loss (Baltimore Sun)
Human Genome Sciences Inc. outlined plans yesterday for taking its lupus drug LymphoStat-B into the final phase of clinical trials before year-end, putting it among a handful of so-called "genomics" drugs to reach that stage. If successful, the drug would be the first lupus treatment approved in 40 years.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Ammonia-loving archaea win landslide majority (EurekAlert!)
A genetic analysis of soil samples indicates that a group of microorganisms called crenarchaeota are the Earth's most abundant land-based creatures that oxidize ammonia, according to an international team of researchers from Norway, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States.
(Aug 16, 2006)
XDx hires new chief medical officer (San Francisco Business Times)
Medical test maker XDx Inc. said Wednesday it hired James Yee, M.D., as its new chief medical officer on Aug. 1.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Leading Itanium(R) Processor Experts to Keynote Gelato Conference (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Gelato Federation is proud to announce the keynote speakers for the Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo to be held on October 1-4, 2006 at the Biopolis in Singapore. The conference is hosted by the Bioinformatics Institute, Institute of High Performance Computing, and National Grid Office and sponsored by HP and Intel.
(Aug 16, 2006)
Newly discovered gene holds clues to evolution of human brain capacity (PhysOrg)
Scientists have discovered a gene that has undergone accelerated evolutionary change in humans and is active during a critical stage in brain development. Although researchers have yet to determine the precise function of the gene, the evidence suggests that it may play a role in the development of the cerebral cortex and may even help explain the dramatic expansion of this part of the brain
(Aug 16, 2006)
Leading Itanium(R) Processor Experts to Keynote Gelato Conference (SYS-CON Media)
The Gelato Federation (www.gelato.org) is proud toannounce the keynote speakers for the Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference &Expo to be held on October 1-4, 2006 at the Biopolis in Singapore. Theconference is hosted by the Bioinformatics Institute, Institute of HighPerformance Computing, and National Grid Office and sponsored by HP andIntel. Keynote speakers, Steve Geary (HP) and Cameron McNairy
(Aug 17, 2006)
Mysteries of science and art bloom in Quark Park (Examiner)
Princeton area residents, including an artist in Roosevelt, have collaborated to make some of the most abstract art and hard-to-grasp scientific theories accessible to all in a project called Quark Park.
(Aug 17, 2006)
Improving food crops' nutritional value focus of lab (Independent Tribune)
When David Murdock announced his vision for the North Carolina Research Campus, he did so with several partners standing with him. Two of them were former University of North Carolina system president Molly Corbett Broad and current system president Erskine Bowles.
(Aug 17, 2006)
Gene linked with human brain evolution discovered (People's Daily)
A gene linked to brain development has been identified as one of the fastest-evolving pieces of DNA in the human genome, an international research team reported on Wednesday.
(Aug 17, 2006)
Bio-IT Briefs (Bio-IT World)
Asuragen announced the launch of the next generation of microarray content to be offered through its microRNA Expression Profiling Service.
(Aug 17, 2006)
News: Emerging field: Bioinformatics: Conference on campus showcases University lead on frontier (Stanford Daily)
Researchers gathered together this week to discuss new ways in which computers can help to diagnose and treat disease as Stanford hosted the fifth annual Computational Systems Bioinformatics Conference, Aug. 14 through tomorrow.
(Aug 17, 2006)
Scientists ID genes that make humans smarter than chimps (Pioneer Press)
About 2 million years ago, the brains of ancient humans and chimpanzees began to diverge from each other. Humans got smarter, chimps didn't, and scientists now say they may have found out why.
(Aug 17, 2006)
DNAPrint Genomics and Emory University Center for Medical Genomics Enter Agreement (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement that will enable the Center for Medical Genomics, Emory University Department of Human Genetics to utilize the Company's Ancestry Informative Marker testing package, including all the materials necessary to complete a genetic ancestry profile under guidelines established by the College of American Pathologists.
(Aug 17, 2006)
Clinical Data's Vilazodone Patient Enrollment Over One Third Complete (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWTON, Mass.----Aug. 17, 2006--Clinical Data, Inc.
(Aug 17, 2006)
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