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The Wide, Wild World of Genetic Testing (New York Times)
About two dozen companies now offer genetic testing, which generally cost from just under $100 to several hundred dollars. However, beware of the modern-day snake oil.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Effect of direct-to-consumer drug ads unexpected (EurekAlert!)
Television ads for prescription drugs are everywhere, enticing people to ask their doctors for this drug or that one, but the effect this type of ad has on American healthcare may be more complicated than simply inducing patients to choose one brand or the other, according to a team of researchers.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Daniel K. Hall-Flavin, M.D. (Mayo Clinic)
Dr. Daniel Hall-Flavin, board certified in general psychiatry and addiction psychiatry, is a St. Louis native looking to the Internet as a way to help people improve their health and be more active participants in their own health care by learning from Mayo Clinic's experts.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Bio-IT Briefs (Bio-IT World)
September 12, 2006 | The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a set of cooperative agreements, totaling up to $52 million over five years, to launch the Knockout Mouse Project . The goal of this program is to build a comprehensive and publicly available resource of knockout mutations in the mouse genome.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Technical Program Set for Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo Singapore (PR Web)
The Gelato Federation is proud to announce the technical program for the Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo to be held on October 1-4, 2006 at the Biopolis in Singapore. International Itanium architecture experts are scheduled to deliver 40 presentations focusing on Linux® on the Intel® Itanium® architecture. (PRWEB Sep 12, 2006) Trackback URI:
(Sep 12, 2006)
With film dying, Fuji Photo targets women's beauty products (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Japan's Fuji Photo Film Co. has said it will enter the health care market, diversifying from the dwindling photo film business to target women's insatiable desire for beauty products.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Cancer vaccine - A giant leap in cancer treatment (Pharmalicencing)
Globally 10.0 million new cases of cancer are registered each year. Rising incidence of cancer warrants equally high treatment costs. The cancer market is posing exorbitantly high expenditures to the governments.
(Sep 12, 2006)
With film dying, Fuji Photo targets women's beauty products (TODAYonline)
A customer checks a box of Japan's Fuji photo film at a camera shop in Tokyo. Japan's Fuji Photo Film Co. has said it will enter the health care market, diversifying from the dwindling photo film business to target women's insatiable desire for beauty products.
(Sep 12, 2006)
With film dying, Fuji Photo targets women's beauty products (INQ7.net)
TOKYO--Japan's Fuji Photo Film Co. said Tuesday it would enter the health care market, diversifying from the dwindling photo film business to target women's insatiable desire for beauty products.
(Sep 12, 2006)
(AFX UK Focus) 2006-09-12 10:20 GMT: Japan's Fuji Photo Film enters healthcare market, sees 3 bln yen profit next yr (Interactive Investor)
TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Fuji Photo Film Co said it would enter the healthcare business, diversifying from its dwindling photo film operations to try and grab a share of the lucrative global beauty products market.
(Sep 12, 2006)
ExonHit Appoints John Jaskowiak as Executive Vice President in the USA (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
ExonHit Therapeutics S.A. , a drug and diagnostic discovery company, today announces the appointment of John Jaskowiak as Executive Vice President, Business and Marketing, working out of its US subsidiary in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Researchers Create Mouse Lacking Key Inflammation Gene (Science Daily)
Researchers from Boston University School of Dental Medicine have generated a mouse model exhibiting reduced inflammation. Researchers are offering this in vivo model for sale to spearhead discovery of drugs against inflammatory disorders such as arthritis and Crohn's disease.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Biosciences innovations could produce sweeping impact (Hutchinson News)
Kansas Agriculture Secretary Adrian Polanksy says the state's emerging biosciences industry could help spur economic revival in rural Kansas.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Stratagene Highlights Results of FDA's MicroArray Quality Control Project (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LA JOLLA, Calif.----Sept. 12, 2006--Stratagene Corporation , a developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialized life science research and diagnostic products, today highlighted the U.S.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Taking the guesswork out of microbial production (Food Production Daily)
12/09/2006 - A Netherlands-based research company claims a breakthrough in developing a more efficient way to produce the microorganisms used in industrial food production.
(Sep 12, 2006)
With film dying, Fuji Photo targets women's beauty products (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Japan's Fuji Photo Film Co. says it will enter the health care market, diversifying from the dwindling photo film business to target women's insatiable desire for beauty products.
(Sep 12, 2006)
ExonHit's SpliceArray(TM) Portal: Interactive Access to a New Resolution of Genome Expression (SYS-CON Media)
ExonHit Therapeutics S.A. (Alternext : ALEHT), a drug and diagnostic discovery company, announces today the availability of its new internet portal that will enable the biomedical community to order microarrays designed to study the expression of the entire human genome (http://portal.splicearray.com/).
(Sep 12, 2006)
Acacia Technologies Licenses Interstitial Internet Advertising Technology to Datalex (Broadcast Newsroom)
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(Sep 12, 2006)
With film dying, Fuji Photo targets women's beauty products (TODAYonline)
Fuji Photo Film president Shigetaka Komori (C) intoduces the company's new products of the f2i (f-squared-i) series of three skincare items.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Ontario Genomics Institute completes second investment in Amorfix to accelerate development of a blood test for (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Amorfix Life Sciences Inc. announced the issue of 47,619 common shares and 23,810 warrants to Genomics Ontario Inc, the investment arm of the Ontario Genomics Institute , for gross proceeds of $50,000.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Technical Program Set for Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo Singapore (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
URBANA, Ill. (PRWEB) September 12, 2006 -- The Gelato Federation (www.
(Sep 12, 2006)
SIESCOMS announces corporate interface festival "Virtualities" (PharmaBiz)
SIES College of Management Studies (SIESCOMS) has been promoted by South Indian Education Society (SIES), one of the oldest and value-based education groups in the city of Mumbai.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Craig Mello wins DR. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research (Antara News)
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(Sep 12, 2006)
Ontario Genomics Institute Makes Second Investment in Amorfix to Support Alzheimer's Dx (GenomeWeb News)
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(Sep 12, 2006)
Stratagene Highlights Results Of FDA's MicroArray Quality Control Project (BioresearchOnline)
Stratagene Corporation, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialized life science research and diagnostic products, today highlighted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) publication of results from its MicroArray Quality Control (MAQC) project
(Sep 12, 2006)
Federal MicroArray Quality Control Study Addresses Intercompatability Of Microarray Gene Expression Platforms (BioresearchOnline)
The FDA-led MicroArray Quality Control (MAQC) project findings announced show that microarray gene expression data from the commercial platforms tested in the study show high degrees of correlation
(Sep 12, 2006)
Affymetrix Participates In Study To Advance MicroArray Technology Towards Widespread Clinical Use (BioresearchOnline)
Affymetrix Inc. announced the publication of the MicroArray Quality Control (MAQC) study, a collaborative effort led by the FDA that included 137 scientists from private and public sector laboratories
(Sep 12, 2006)
TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Launches Online Microarray Design Tool with Probe Design Capability (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Sept. 12, 2006--Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that its secure online custom microarray design tool now includes probe design capability. The new eArray v4.5 enables scientists to harness the flexibility, sensitivity and increased density of Agilent 60-mer SurePrint microarrays for their specific experiments.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Cancer Therapy; Specialists encourage women to learn their family health history (Women's Cancer Network)
2006 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Women's Cancer Research Institute (WCRI) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is joining with the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF) to educate women about familial breast-ovarian cancer syndrome and encourage them to learn their family history of gynecologic cancer during Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Invitrogen to Present at the Bank of America 36th Annual Investment Conference (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CARLSBAD, Calif.----Sept. 12, 2006--Invitrogen Corporation announced it will present at the Bank of America Annual Investment Conference on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in San Francisco.
(Sep 12, 2006)
New Multi-year Funding Will Allow International Group To Unravel Carbohydrate Mysteries (Medical News Today)
The Consortium for Functional Glycomics was formed in response to the NIGMS announcement that it would provide glue grants to support multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional research projects that would be considered beyond the means of any one group. [click link for full article]
(Sep 12, 2006)
State's biotech industry gets a new name: 'Biozona' (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Biotech executives have dubbed Arizona's biosciences industry "Biozona" in an effort to create an identity for bioscience endeavors.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Minnesota High Tech Association and Minnesota Technology Inc. Announce Finalists for Seventh Annual Tekne Awards (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Minnesota High Tech Association and Minnesota Technology Inc. , in partnership with LifeScience Alley, today announced finalists for the seventh annual Tekne Awards, a celebration of superior technological development and leadership in Minnesota.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Invitrogen Corporation Awarded Contract Extension for Biothreat Detection By U.S. Department of Defense (RedNova)
Invitrogen Corporation (Nasdaq:IVGN), a leading life science company providing innovative technologies to support disease research and drug discovery, today announced that its subsidiary, Invitrogen Federal Systems, was awarded a $1,243,000 extension to an existing contract with the U.S.
(Sep 12, 2006)
Of Macs and Tux (Manila Bulletin)
It is not yet Christmas, silly! I admit that the Ber months are here already so we should start saving up for presents and, at the same time, aggressively lose weight in preparation for the holiday binge!
(Sep 13, 2006)
Lucknow Biotech Park to be inaugurated in October (PharmaBiz)
The Lucknow Biotech Park, a joint venture of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and government of Uttar Pradesh, is all set for inauguration in October 2006. The Park, spread over eight acres of land on the outskirts of Lucknow city offers start up, incubation and state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities for biotech entrepreneurs.
(Sep 13, 2006)
Minnesota High Tech Association and Minnesota Technology Inc. Announce Finalists for Seventh Annual Tekne Awards (SYS-CON Media)
The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) and Minnesota Technology Inc. (MTI), in partnership with LifeScience Alley, today announced finalists for the seventh annual Tekne Awards, a celebration of superior technological development and leadership in Minnesota.
(Sep 13, 2006)
Fuji Photo Looks To Future And Enters Women's Beauty Product Market (Industry Week)
Sept. 13, 2006 -- Japan's Fuji Photo Film Co. said Sept. 12 it would enter the health care market, diversifying from the dwindling photo film business to target women's desire for beauty products.The world's number two in color film sales said it will launch the f2i (f-squared-i) series of three skin care items and the f3i (f-cubed-i) series of nine dietary supplements on September 28.
(Sep 13, 2006)
Univ. Raises $595M In '06 (The Harvard Crimson)
Despite this year’s tumult at the highest levels of University administration, Harvard’s fundraisers raked in a smidgen more than last year. Annual gifts to Harvard grew to $595 million in fiscal year 2006, the University’s second-highest annual results.
(Sep 13, 2006)
EVGN Zebrafish Platform Boosts European Research On Cardiovascular Disease (Medical News Today)
A new technological European Vascular Genomics Network (EVGN), Zebrafish platform is now fully operative at The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation (IFOM, http://www.ifom-firc.it, http://www.ifom-ieo-campus.it). [click link for full article]
(Sep 13, 2006)
Tailored medicines for rich and poor alike (New Scientist)
It may not be personalised medicine, but it's the next best thing: a guide to which drugs are likely to work best in different populations across the globe
(Sep 13, 2006)
Molecular Sieve Advances Protein Research (Science Daily)
New MIT technology promises to speed up the accurate sorting of proteins, work that may ultimately aid in the detection and treatment of disease. Separating proteins from complex biological fluids such as blood is becoming increasingly important for understanding diseases and developing new treatments. The molecular sieve developed by MIT engineers is more precise than conventional methods and
(Sep 13, 2006)
Molecular chaperones protect cells (News-Medical-Net)
Falsely folded proteins and their aggregations in neurons are considered to be the cause of neurodegenerative diseases, among them Chorea Huntington.
(Sep 13, 2006)
Green tea slows down plaque formation in Huntington's disease (News-Medical-Net)
Green tea can apparently inhibit the formation of the lethal protein aggregates that are a characteristic feature of Huntington's disease (HD).
(Sep 13, 2006)
Protection for nerve cells - eating up defective proteins (News-Medical-Net)
Nerve cells in the Central Nervous System can defend against and recover from damage by proteinlike clusters which are associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's Chorea.
(Sep 13, 2006)
Tandem Labs to Acquire PharmaKD, a Division of Linden Technologies Specializing in Drug Metabolite and Biomarker (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tandem Labs , a leading contract research organization providing bioanalytical and immunoanalytical testing for the pharmaceutical industry, and PharmaKD , a Boston, Massachusetts-based division of Linden Technologies providing mass spectrometry-based pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics for drug metabolite and biomarker profiling, announced today, September 13, 2006, that Tandem Labs has
(Sep 13, 2006)
National Institutes of Health to Map Genomic Changes of Lung, Brain, and Ovarian Cancers (National Cancer Institute)
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced the first three cancers that will be studied in the pilot phase of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project.
(Sep 13, 2006)
International Genomics Consortium, TGen to lead Biospecimen Core for Cancer Atlas Pilot Project (EurekAlert!)
1. The Human Cancer Biospecimen Core Resource (BCR)--Led by IGC and TGen, the BRC will collect tissue samples that will be carefully cataloged, processed, checked for quality and stored, complete with important medical information about the patient.
(Sep 13, 2006)
Expression Analysis Announces Its Participation In the First Phase Of The MicroArray Quality Control (MAQC) Project (BioresearchOnline)
Expression Analysis, Inc., a full-service microarray testing, analysis and data management organization, has announced its participation as an official data analysis site in the first phase of the Federal Drug Administration's MicroArray Quality Control (MAQC) Project
(Sep 13, 2006)
Power3 Makes Extensive Medical Research Available to Industry Partners (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOUSTON----Sept. 13, 2006--Power3 Medical Products, Inc. , a leading developer of proteomic testing and biomarker discovery for early detection and monitoring of neurodegenerative disease and breast cancer, said today it is making its medical research database available to industry partners.
(Sep 13, 2006)
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