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RNA Interference Technology's "Home Run" Potential (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
Rob Zenilman submits: Excerpt from our One-Page WSJ Summary: Nobel Discovery Already Sparked Hunt for Drugs Summary: This years winners of Nobel prize for medicine was awarded to Andrew Fire and Craig Mello for research they did back in 1988.
(Oct 3, 2006)
GeneGo, Inc. Is Awarded Phase II NCI Grant for Network Biomarkers in Breast Cancer (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of software and databases for systems biology and pathway analysis, announced today that they have been awarded a Phase II SBIR grant from the National Cancer Institute for discovery of new biomarkers implicated in breast cancer based on network analysis.
(Oct 3, 2006)
QuantRx(R) Biomedical's FluoroPharma Unit to Begin Phase I Clinical Trials for CardioPET(TM) Imaging Agent for Coronary (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
QuantRx® Biomedical Corporation, an emerging leader in the research and development of medical diagnostic platforms and products, is pleased to announce that its affiliate company FluoroPharma, Inc. has begun Phase I clinical trials for CardioPET(TM), a novel cardiac viability imaging agent.
(Oct 3, 2006)
Gene: Antibiotic Inhibits Cancer Gene Activity (BioresearchOnline)
A little-known antibiotic shows early promise as an anti-cancer agent, inhibiting a gene found at higher-than-normal levels in most human tumors, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
(Oct 3, 2006)
Genome archaeology illuminates the genetic engineering debate (EurekAlert!)
NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Genome Research's cover story for Oct. 2 tells a tale of "genome archaeology" by genetic researchers who dug deeply into the long history of maize and rice.
(Oct 3, 2006)
X PRIZE Foundation to Announce Second Major Prize for Breakthrough in Genomics (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON----The non-profit X PRIZE Foundation has created a unique philanthropic prize model designed to stimulate research and accelerate development of radical breakthroughs that will benefit humanity.
(Oct 3, 2006)
Molecular Atlas Provides New Tool For Understanding Estrogen-fueled Breast Cancer (Science Daily)
Lurking in unexplored regions of the human genome are thousands of previously unknown on/off switches that may influence how the growth of breast cancer is driven by estrogen, new research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers has revealed.
(Oct 3, 2006)
Surveys shape museum exhibits on science (USA Today)
As issues such as global climate and evolution increasingly become part of public discussion, institutions like the Natural History museum are finding their roles as educators expanding.
(Oct 3, 2006)
Salmonella Exposed Through Proteomics: An Infectious Agent Of Deception (Medical News Today)
Salmonella bacteria, infamous for food poisoning that kills hundreds of thousands worldwide, infect by stealth. They slip unnoticed into and multiply inside macrophages, the very immune system cells the body relies on to seek and destroy invading microbes. [click link for full article]
(Oct 3, 2006)
QuantRx(R) Biomedical's FluoroPharma Unit to Begin Phase I Clinical Trials for CardioPET(TM) Imaging Agent for Coronary (SYS-CON Media)
QuantRx® Biomedical Corporation (OTCBB: QTXB), an emerging leader in the research and development of medicaldiagnostic platforms and products, is pleased to announce that itsaffiliate company FluoroPharma, Inc. has begun Phase I clinical trials forCardioPET(TM), a novel cardiac viability imaging agent. The product hasbeen developed to allow acute and chronic coronary artery disease to beassessed
(Oct 3, 2006)
Genome archaeology illuminates the genetic engineering debate (SeedQuest)
Genome Research ’s cover story for Oct. 2 tells a tale of “genome archaeology” by genetic researchers who dug deeply into the long history of maize and rice. Their resulting insights into plant genomic evolution may well fuel the fires of the genetically modified organism (GMO) controversy.
(Oct 3, 2006)
Rosetta Genomics pricing expected tomorrow (Globes Online)
The company plans to raise $33-39 million at a company value of $116-137 million.
(Oct 3, 2006)
Studies in Translational Research: Bench to Bedside (UCSF Today)
The pulse of translational research is quickening throughout UCSF. Among the numerous endeavors under way are several that represent different disease areas and tactics.
(Oct 3, 2006)
$83.5 million NIH grant to Pitt establishes Clinical and Translational Research Institute (EurekAlert!)
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3 – The University of Pittsburgh is among the first institutions selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to receive a Clinical and Translational Science Award, joining 11 other academic health centers in a new consortium that aims to transform how clinical and translational research is conducted so that promising treatments can be more readily available to patients.
(Oct 3, 2006)
Rockefeller University receives $45 million from NIH for clinical and translational science (EurekAlert!)
The National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health announced today that Rockefeller University has been awarded one of the first Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA), a component of the NIH Roadmap designed to transform clinical and translational research so that new treatments can be developed more efficiently and delivered more quickly to patients.
(Oct 3, 2006)
Cancer Gene Activity Inhibited By Antibiotic (Medical News Today)
A little-known antibiotic shows early promise as an anti-cancer agent, inhibiting a gene found at higher-than-normal levels in most human tumors, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.Their findings appear in the Oct. 1 issue of Cancer Research. [click link for full article]
(Oct 3, 2006)
Chicago chip maker raising stake in Arizona (BizJournals)
A Chicago chip manufacturer is mulling a full-scale move to Arizona as commerce groups and industry advocates try to sway the company from the Windy City.
(Oct 3, 2006)
Yale School of Medicine awarded $57 million for bench-to-bedside research (EurekAlert!)
New Haven, Conn.--As part of a major national initiative to speed research from the laboratory bench to patients in need, Yale School of Medicine Tuesday received a $57.3 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
(Oct 3, 2006)
Yale School of Medicine Awarded $57 Million for Bench-to-Bedside Research (Yale University)
New Haven, Conn. — As part of a major national initiative to speed research from the laboratory bench to patients in need, Yale School of Medicine Tuesday received a $57.3 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
(Oct 3, 2006)
RNA Interference-Based Gene Silencing As an Efficient Tool for Functional Genomics in Hexaploid Bread Wheat1[W][OA] (RedNova)
By Travella, Silvia; Klimm, Theres E; Keller, Beat Insertional mutagenesis and gene silencing are efficient tools for the determination of gene function.
(Oct 3, 2006)
$45 Million NIH Grant to Rockefeller for Clinical, Translational Science (Newswise)
With its Clinical and Translational Science Award, Rockefeller University has established the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and a new training program for physician-scientists entering careers in translational research.
(Oct 3, 2006)
NIH: $45M to Speed Science to Doc's Office (RedNova)
The National Institutes of Health have given $45 million for research to shorten the time it takes medical breakthroughs to reach patients.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Looking ahead (USA Today)
The Wednesday whirl: • The Nobel Prize in chemistry will be announced. • Eyes on the the other prize: The X PRIZE Foundation, which sponsors the largest medical prize in history, announces a second award for breakthroughs in genomics. • Economic numbers:...
(Oct 4, 2006)
University of Oklahoma Deploys Ariadne Pathway Studio to Create Cancer-related Pathway Collection (PR Web)
Ariadne Genomics, Inc. today announced that the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (Oklahoma City, OK) has deployed its Pathway Studio software solution to develop a comprehensive collection of cancer-related pathways. The collection will be made available to Ariadne customers at no charge as an add-on to the pathway analysis product line. (PRWEB Oct 4, 2006)
(Oct 4, 2006)
UCSC Genome Browser Tutorial at ASHG 2006 (PR Web)
OpenHelix presents “Introduction to the UCSC Genome Browser” tutorial at the American Society of Human Genetics 2006 annual meeting in New Orleans. (PRWEB Oct 4, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/U2luZy1Db3VwLUZhbHUtU3VtbS1JbnNlLVplcm8=
(Oct 4, 2006)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and OpenHelix Announce Comprehensive Training Programs for VISTA: Tools for (PR Web)
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(Oct 4, 2006)
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) (PharmiWeb)
Halloween is the time to visit San Antonio , Texas , but not just for the festivities on their famous Riverwalk. Just a block away from the river, the gather from October 29-November 2, 2006 for the 2006 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition.
(Oct 4, 2006)
USF team presents at program (The Herald News)
Five University of St. Francis faculty members will present at the annual Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Symposium on "The Scholarship of Pedagogy." The university will also host the symposium from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Duke University's Center for Human Genetics Selects Illumina's Infinium HumanHap550 BeadChip for Landmark Autism Study (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. announced today that Duke University's Center for Human Genetics has selected the Infinium HumanHap550 BeadChip for an Autism study of over 1,800 individuals and their families.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Genome on-off switches mapped (New Scientist)
To understand a sequenced genome, scientists need to know where and when the genes are switched on - that has come closer for the "lab rat" of the plant world
(Oct 4, 2006)
UCSC Genome Browser Tutorial at ASHG 2006 (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
(PRWEB) October 4, 2006 -- The UCSC Bioinformatics Group announces the sponsorship of a one hour seminar at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2006 meeting on October 11th, 1:
(Oct 4, 2006)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and OpenHelix Announce Comprehensive Training Programs for VISTA: Tools for (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) October 4, 2006 -- The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has contracted with OpenHelix to provide revolutionary and comprehensive training and outreach programs for its free web based genomics resource, VISTA.
(Oct 4, 2006)
PsychoGenics Appoints Rusiko Bourtchouladze, Ph.D., as Vice President, Cognition and Discovery Research (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
PsychoGenics Inc. announced the appointment of Rusiko Bourtchouladze, Ph.D., as Vice President, Cognition and Discovery Research.
(Oct 4, 2006)
NHGRI Aims to Make DNA Sequencing Faster, More Cost Effective (National Institutes of Health)
Bethesda, Md. – The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced the latest round of grant awards totaling more than $13.3 million to speed the development of innovative sequencing technologies that reduce the cost of DNA sequencing and expand the use of genomics in medical research and health care.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Lumera Signs New Agreement with Institute for Systems Biology to Address Cancer Detection (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOTHELL, Wash.----Lumera Corporation , the world's leading provider of light applied nanotechnology, announced an expanded collaboration agreement with the Institute for Systems Biology , an internationally renowned non-profit research institute dedicated to the study and application of systems biology.
(Oct 4, 2006)
RedChip Audio/Video Interview With Genesis Bioventures, Inc. Airing Now on RedChip.com (PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance)
Dave Gentry, President of RedChip Companies, Inc., recently conducted an audio/video interview with Douglas C. Lane, President, CEO, and Chairman of Genesis Bioventures, Inc. . The audio/video interview is currently airing on RedChip.com.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Lumera Signs New Agreement with Institute for Systems Biology to Address Cancer Detection (FinanzNachrichten)
Lumera Corporation ( Nachrichten ) (NASDAQ:LMRA), the world ' s leading provider of light applied nanotechnology, announced an expanded collaboration agreement with the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), an internationally renowned non-profit research institute dedicated to the study and application of systems biology.
(Oct 4, 2006)
NHGRI aims to make DNA sequencing faster, more cost effective (EurekAlert!)
BETHESDA, Md., Wed., Oct. ,4, 2006 – The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced the latest round of grant awards totaling more than $13 million to speed the development of innovative sequencing technologies that reduce the cost of DNA sequencing and expand the use of genomics in medical research and health care.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Drug Royalty Corporation Inc. Acquires Royalties from Nanogen Inc. for $20 Million (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Drug Royalty Corporation Inc. and Nanogen Inc. announced today that they have entered into an agreement for a trust managed by DRC to acquire an interest in royalties on the MGB technology owned by Nanogen for 5' nuclease real-time PCR applications in the biomedical research market.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Drug Royalty Corporation Inc. Acquires Royalties from Nanogen Inc. for $20 Million (FinanzNachrichten)
TORONTO, and SAN DIEGO, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Drug Royalty Corporation Inc. (DRC) and Nanogen Inc. ( Nachrichten ) announced today that they have entered into an agreement for a trust managed by DRC to acquire an interest in royalties on the MGB(TM) (minor groove binder) technology owned by Nanogen for 5' nuclease real-time PCR applications in the biomedical research market.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Genome Archaeology Illuminates The Genetic Engineering Debate (Science Daily)
Genome Research's cover story for October 2 tells a tale of "genome archaeology" by genetic researchers who dug deeply into the long history of maize and rice. Their resulting insights into plant genomic evolution may well fuel the fires of the genetically modified organism (GMO) controversy.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Slippery Salmonella: Proteomics Exposes An Infectious Agent Of Deception (Science Daily)
How Salmonella escapes detection by macrophages, turning predator cells to prey complicit in promoting infection, has seemed impossibly complicated, a needle-in-a-haystack proposition involving thousands of proteins, the building blocks that carry out cells' vital functions. Now, applying the high-volume sorting and analytical power of proteomics -- a detailed survey of microbial proteins present
(Oct 4, 2006)
Clinical Data and Algynomics to Commercialize Proprietary Genetic Pain Panel (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWTON, Mass.----Clinical Data, Inc. announced today that its Cogenics Division has signed an agreement to provide genomic testing services to the pain research community based on Algynomics' proprietary panel of genetic markers.
(Oct 4, 2006)
$10 million prize aims to inspire gene race (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The foundation that inspired a private sector race to space announced a new $10 million prize on Wednesday -- this time to inspire a race to sequence the human genetic map faster and cheaper.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Group offers genetic code mapping prize (AP via Yahoo! News)
The people who spurred private spaceflight with a $10 million prize are doing the same for personalized medicine. The X Prize Foundation is offering $10 million to the first company that can process the genetic codes of 100 people in just 10 days — an advancement that experts say is still at least five years away.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Transaction management co Correlix raises $2.8m (Globes Online)
Correlix specializes in control and monitoring technologies for automated mapping of business processes in large enterprises.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Hybrid Nanoparticles for Multimodal Medical Imaging (Newswise)
Research at the University at Buffalo is launching a new generation of medical imaging with nanoparticle-based multi-probe systems in which two or more medical imaging techniques are combined to provide complementary information.
(Oct 4, 2006)
Remarks by First Lady Laura Bush at Tom Reynolds for Congress Luncheon (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The following is a transcript of remarks by First Lady Laura Bush at Tom Reynolds for Congress Luncheon:
(Oct 4, 2006)
$10 Million Prize Set Up for Speedy DNA Decoding (New York Times)
The terms of the prize, announced by the X Prize Foundation of Santa Monica, Calif., require competitors to sequence 100 human genomes of their choice within 10 days.
(Oct 5, 2006)
Bio-IT Briefs (Bio-IT World)
October 05, 2006 | The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on Wednesday announced the latest round of grant awards totaling more than $13.3 million to speed the development of innovative sequencing technologies that reduce the cost of DNA sequencing and expand the use of genomics in medical research and health care.
(Oct 5, 2006)
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