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Clinical trials offer hope, information (The Huntsville Times)
Cancer research and cancer patients are inextricably tied by circumstance and the economics of discovery. Scientists need access to information and samples from patients of all ages, ethnic groups and combinations of illness and wellness to effectively develop new treatments.
(Oct 8, 2006)
Stuck in neutral: The WNY economy (The Buffalo News)
First of three parts A new bioinformatics center searching for cutting-edge medical advances. A new GEICO customer service center with 3,000 jobs. An inner harbor revitalization project that could bring Bass Pro Shops to the region and jump-start development in downtown Buffalo.
(Oct 8, 2006)
Hearts Or Tails? Genetics Of Multi-chambered Heart Evolution (Science Daily)
A new paper in the October 1 issue of G&D elucidates the genetics of heart formation in the sea squirt, and lends surprising new insight into the genetic changes that may have driven the evolution of the multi-chambered vertebrate heart.
(Oct 8, 2006)
Trustee says his tenure stands strong (North County Times)
Editor's note: Ninth in a series focusing on 12 candidates seeking three seats on the Temecula Valley Unified School District board. The election is Nov. 7.
(Oct 9, 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 9, 2006)
Stock Offerings This Week (New York Times)
The following equity and convertible debt offerings are expected this week:.
(Oct 9, 2006)
IPOS PLANNED (Lexington Herald-Leader)
These initial public offerings are planned for this week, according to Renaissance Capital, Greenwich, CT (www.ipohome.com) and SEC filings:
(Oct 9, 2006)
Mrs. Bush's Remarks at Tom Reynold's Campaign Lunch (WGRZ-TV Buffalo)
MRS. BUSH: Thank you, each and every one of you, for the very, very warm welcome to Buffalo. I appreciate it very much. Thank you, Tom, for that very kind introduction. Governor Pataki, thank you very much for joining us today and for your great work for the state for the last 12 years.
(Oct 9, 2006)
The Week Ahead (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Convention Calendar Today: * Rocky Mountain Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Sheraton City Centre Hotel Planned attendance: 300 Runs through: Tuesday * International Elasticity Conference Snowbird Planned attendance: 115 Runs through: Thursday * The Biology of Transpiration from
(Oct 9, 2006)
CombiMatrix Awarded Additional $2 Million for Influenza Monitoring and Biothreat Detection (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----Acacia Research Corporation announced today the 2007 Defense Appropriations Bill, recently signed into law by President Bush, includes two new allocations of $1.0M each for the CombiMatrix Group.
(Oct 9, 2006)
UNC Charlotte To Host Annual Biotechnology Conference On Oct. 12 (Local Tech Wire)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The fifth annual “Charlotte’s Emerging Role in Biotechnology” conference is set for Thursday, Oct. 12. More than 200 biotech and industry leaders are expected to attend the daylong event, which is put on by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
(Oct 9, 2006)
First African American Genome Scan for Disease Genes Will Use Affymetrix 500K Arrays (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Affymetrix Inc. announced today that researchers from Boston University and Howard University will perform the first genome-wide scan of an African American cohort searching for genes associated with obesity, hypertension, diabetes and metabolic syndrome using the Affymetrix GeneChip® Human Mapping 500K Array Set.
(Oct 9, 2006)
Clinical Data's Vital Diagnostics Division Executes Distribution Agreement with Canada's Inter Medico to Sell Excyte (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWTON, Mass.----Clinical Data Inc. announced today that its Vital Diagnostics division has signed a distribution agreement with Inter Medico, located in Markham, Ontario, Canada, to sell the Excyte line of Automated Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Analyzers.
(Oct 9, 2006)
Fewer jobs, less money (The Buffalo News)
Overall, the region has almost 15,000 fewer jobs today than it did before the last recession began in 2001, while the rest of the country has added 3.5 million new jobs.
(Oct 9, 2006)
Urgently seeking to transform health care (The Buffalo News)
A mega-plan to restructure the region's health care would establish a university medical center linked to Kaleida Health on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and close at least three major hospitals, according to people familiar with the proposal.
(Oct 9, 2006)
Genes And Diet Linked To Risk Factors For Heart Disease (Science Daily)
Research shows that a variant of the APOA5 gene was associated with higher triglyceride levels in people whose omega-6 fatty acid consumption was six percent or more. In a second study, variants of the gene were also associated with a surrogate measure of atherosclerosis, but only in people who were obese.
(Oct 9, 2006)
Rearing An Army Of Wasps To Save Wheat (Science Daily)
Montana State University entomologists seek ways to rear parasitic wasps, the natural enemies of the wheat stem sawfly. Sawfly larva tunnel the interior of developing wheat plants.
(Oct 9, 2006)
Fisheries Linked To Decline In Galapagos Waved Albatross Population (Science Daily)
Fishermen caught and killed about 1 percent of the world's waved albatrosses in a year, according to a new study by Wake Forest University biologists. The research shows the waved albatrosses are unintentionally killed when caught in fishing nets or on fishing hooks, but are also intentionally harvested for human consumption.
(Oct 9, 2006)
DNAPrint's Ellipsis Biotherapeutics Subsidiary to Exhibit at the American Society of Human Genetics Meeting (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. today announced that representatives of Ellipsis Biotherapeutics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of DNAPrint Genomics, will exhibit at the American Society of Human Genetics Meeting, the premier annual international human genetics meeting, to be held at the Ernest N.
(Oct 9, 2006)
PerkinElmer Introduces Two Comprehensive Multiplexing Platforms for Genomic Research at ASHG (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW ORLEANS----PerkinElmer, Inc. , a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced that it will unveil its new multiplexing technologies for genomic research at the 2006 American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, being held October 9-13, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
(Oct 9, 2006)
First major study of mammalian 'disorderly' proteins (EurekAlert!)
Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital turned up the heat on "disorderly" proteins and confirmed that most of these unruly molecules perform critical functions in the cell.
(Oct 9, 2006)
PerkinElmer to release genomic research products (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
PerkinElmer Inc. said Monday the company plans to unveil new multiplexing technologies for genomic research at this week's American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
(Oct 9, 2006)
Report: Rosetta Genomics Nasdaq IPO hits snags (Globes Online)
The company value for the IPO may be cut, or it may be postponed.
(Oct 9, 2006)
DNAPrint's Ellipsis Biotherapeutics Subsidiary to Exhibit at the American Society of Human Genetics Meeting (SYS-CON Media)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (OTCBB: DNAG) today announced that representatives of Ellipsis BiotherapeuticsCorporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of DNAPrint Genomics, will exhibitat the American Society of Human Genetics Meeting, the premier annualinternational human genetics meeting, to be held at the Ernest N. MorialConvention Center, starting today and continuing through October 13 in NewOrleans.
(Oct 9, 2006)
DNAPrint's Ellipsis Biotherapeutics Subsidiary to Exhibit at the American Society of Human Genetics Meeting (RedNova)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (OTCBB: DNAG) today ann
(Oct 9, 2006)
Novel attachment method provides boost to biosensor development (News-Medical-Net)
A versatile method for attaching precise amounts of biomolecules and even cells to electrically conductive surfaces could lead to a new generation of nanoscale biosensors with broad applicability in cancer diagnostics and basic research.
(Oct 9, 2006)
Cerner Corporation and Visual Technologies to Commercialize Visual Data Explorer(TM) Technology (SYS-CON Media)
Cerner Corporation (Kansas City, MO) and Visual Technologies, LLC (Phoenix, AZ) have signed an agreement which will provide an exciting new integrated data management tool for genetics researchers and clinical researchers to accelerate discovery and aid the examination and visualization of large, complex data sets.
(Oct 10, 2006)
Technology conference aims to inspire women (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)
Sarah Williams probably could have had a tutorial in text entry systems at any number of technology conferences, but there's only one where she could have done it surrounded by other women who were just as enthusiastic about computers, and that was in San Diego from Oct. 4 to 7.
(Oct 10, 2006)
Technology Briefing (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
EU to rule 'in weeks, not months,' in Microsoft case ... Microsoft says it has sold 1 million copies of XP Starter ... Sampa Corp. of Redmond hires Dickerson, Kerns ... Light Sciences Oncology may go public this week ... Internet Explorer regains market share to 85.9% ... Pacific Edge Software to be acquired by Serena
(Oct 10, 2006)
Sony announces PlayStation-based supercomputer (ElectricNews.net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
With the coming next-generation games console war, Sony is set to prove its mettle by showing off the PlayStation 3 in the supercomputing arena.
(Oct 10, 2006)
UA medical school opens its Phoenix campus today (Arizona Daily Star)
PHOENIX — The University of Arizona formally opens its new Phoenix medical school today, aware that the money to expand it may not be forthcoming.
(Oct 10, 2006)
CSI: Rochester? (The Beaver County Times)
ROCHESTER TWP. - A couple of years ago, when Charissa Cobble was in graduate school, she spent hours studying proteomic structures and the gel electrophoresis technique. Now the most challenging part of forensic science awaits - relaying the material back to a classroom full of seventh-graders.
(Oct 10, 2006)
DNAPrint Genomics Announces New Services From Ellipsis Biotherapeutics Subsidiary (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. today announced that Ellipsis Biotherapeutics Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiary, has successfully launched several new services in the areas of whole genome association studies and RNA.
(Oct 10, 2006)
Applied Biosystems Targets Emerging DNA Methylation Research Applications With New Line of Products (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW ORLEANS & FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Researchers interested in the emerging area of DNA methylation have new software and reagent solutions to further their understanding of the role of this biochemical process in the genetic basis of complex disease.
(Oct 10, 2006)
Terra Soft, Sony partner for project (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Terra Soft, a Loveland-based Linux software development company, announced Monday the construction of the world's first Cell-based supercomputing cluster.
(Oct 10, 2006)
Zebrafish could prove key in cardiovascular research (Fishupdate.com)
A NEW Zebrafish research platform, part of the European Vascular Genomics Network (EVGN), has been launched to aid in the advancement of cardiovascular research.
(Oct 10, 2006)
Acacia Technologies Acquires Rights to Patents for Wireless Traffic Information Technology (Broadcast Newsroom)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) (Nasdaq:CBMX) announced today that Acacia Patent Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary that is part of the Acacia Technologies group, a leader in technology licensing, has acquired rights to patents relating to wireless traffic information technology from TrafficGauge, Inc., www.trafficgauge.com.
(Oct 10, 2006)
QuantRx(R) Biomedical Announces Patent Issuance Related to Collection Device of Oral Fluids in Medical Diagnostic Tests (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
QuantRx® Biomedical Corporation, an emerging leader in the research and development of medical diagnostic platforms and products, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S.
(Oct 10, 2006)
10 Top Australian Scientists Predict Major Medical Advances (Science Daily)
Australians will soon be able to find out how good their genes are at fighting disease, what risks they are susceptible to and what they can do to prevent ill-health. And by the turn of the century it will be commonplace to have a bad combination of genes repaired to avoid disease. A new report compiled by Research Australia with 10 top Australian medical researchers predicts individual gene
(Oct 10, 2006)
First Major Study Of Mammalian 'Disorderly' Proteins (Science Daily)
Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital turned up the heat on "disorderly" proteins and confirmed that most of these unruly molecules perform critical functions in the cell. The St. Jude team completed the first large-scale collection, investigation and classification of these so-called intrinsically unstructured proteins (IUPs), a large group of molecules that play vital roles in
(Oct 10, 2006)
SC06 Announces HPC Analytics Challenge Finalists (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
TAMPA, Fla.----At the SC06 international conference on high performance computing, networking, data storage and analysis, three teams will compete in the HPC Analytics Challenge to demonstrate their capabilities in using advanced data analysis techniques to solve complex, real-world problems.
(Oct 10, 2006)
Microplate Handling System processes 50 plates/batch. (ThomasNet)
Intended for SpectraMax Microplate Readers, StaxMax System fits in tight benchtop environments and enables researchers to run batches of microplates. It operates from within SoftMax® pro data analysis software, allowing researchers to have access to more than 120 assay protocols with complete data analysis in FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliant environment.
(Oct 10, 2006)
Benchtop Reader handles kinetic cell-based assays. (ThomasNet)
Based on SpectraMax® M5 multi-detection system, FlexStation® 3 uses 8- or 16-channel pipettor head to transfer reagents from 96 or 384 distinct wells of source plate to read plate, simultaneously. It addresses wide variety of assays that require liquid handling, including fast kinetic assays such as calcium mobilization or dual luciferase reporter gene, as well as traditional endpoint or slow
(Oct 10, 2006)
EuropaBio welcomes European Parliament's hearing on green biotech (SeedQuest)
EuropaBio strongly supports fora such as this Parliamentary hearing that look to examine the arguments for and against GM farming in a methodical, sensible fashion, using science-based research to drive the discussion.
(Oct 10, 2006)
Current BioData Announces Development Of The Targeted Proteins Database - A Major New Resource For Pharmaceutical (PharmaceuticalOnline)
Current BioData Ltd, a joint venture between Geneva Bioinformatics (GeneBio) SA. and the Science Navigation Group, announced the forthcoming release of the Targeted Proteins database ("TPdb"), a major new resource designed to meet the needs of scientists and others involved in drug discovery, research and development
(Oct 10, 2006)
DNAPrint Genomics Announces New Services From Ellipsis Biotherapeutics Subsidiary (SYS-CON Media)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (OTCBB: DNAG) today announced that Ellipsis Biotherapeutics Corporation, its whollyowned subsidiary, has successfully launched several new services in theareas of whole genome association studies and RNA.
(Oct 10, 2006)
Researchers Discover Tiny Gene Mutations that Cause Birth Abnormalities (UCSF Today)
The causes of developmental delay — what used to be known as mental retardation — are often unknown.
(Oct 10, 2006)
Trio of Mass. researchers win DNA sequencing grants (BizJournals)
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) reports it has awarded grants of $4.6 million in Massachusetts from a total of $13.3 million awarded nationally to speed the development of technologies that reduce the cost of sequencing DNA.
(Oct 10, 2006)
QuantRx(R) Biomedical Announces Patent Issuance Related to Collection Device of Oral Fluids in Medical Diagnostic Tests (RedNova)
QuantRx(R) Biomedical Corporation (OTCBB: QTXB), an emerging leader in the research and development of medical diagnostic platforms and products, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S.
(Oct 10, 2006)
DNAPrint Genomics Announces New Services From Ellipsis Biotherapeutics Subsidiary (RedNova)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (OTCBB: DNAG) today announced that Ellipsis Biotherapeutics Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiary, has successfully launched several new services in the areas of whole genome association studies and RNA.
(Oct 10, 2006)
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