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Water cooler (EETimes)
What's the latest and greatest news heard around the water cooler?
(Nov 6, 2006)
Newly Discovered Proteins Associated With Cystic Fibrosis (Medical News Today)
Researchers have found a highly unusual distribution of two proteins in the lungs and airways of people with cystic fibrosis, a discovery that could be a step in determining how the disease progresses. The proteins, first uncovered as a result of the human genome project, are thought to play a role in the body's immune system. [click link for full article]
(Nov 6, 2006)
Proteins May Predict Lung Transplant Rejection (Medical News Today)
Using the latest in high tech tools, researchers have identified three proteins that were highly predictive of chronic lung rejection up to 20 months before the rejection occurred.Lung transplant patients have the highest mortality rate of organ recipients, about 45% over five years, said lead investigator and pulmonologist Chris Wendt. [click link for full article]
(Nov 6, 2006)
IntegraGen announces EUR 2 million Equity Investment by DSM Venturing, Alongside R&D Partnership with DSM Personalized (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PARIS----IntegraGen, the personalized healthcare company focused on the development and commercialization of genetic tests for complex diseases, has announced that DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing arm of Royal DSM N.V. has invested EUR 2M in the Company.
(Nov 6, 2006)
IntegraGen announces EUR 2 million Equity Investment by DSM Venturing, Alongside R&D Partnership with DSM Personalized (wallstreet:online AG)
IntegraGen, the personalized healthcare company focused on the development and commercialization of
(Nov 6, 2006)
Panasas Launches New ActiveStor Storage Cluster Solutions With Enhanced Manageability, Higher Data Availability and (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Panasas, Inc., the leader in clustered storage solutions for the High Performance Computing market, today announced two new families of storage clusters, the Panasas ActiveStor 5000 and Panasas ActiveStor 3000.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Your Genes May Hold Key To How Sick You Get From The Flu (Science Daily)
With the help of some high tech equipment, well-defined mouse models and analytical know how, researchers are trying to understand why a flu virus kills some people but not others. Studies to be presented at "Physiological Genomics and Proteomics of Lung Disease" found that a strain of mice more likely to die of influenza infection mounts a dramatically enhanced immune response in the lungs
(Nov 6, 2006)
More Human-Neandertal Mixing Evidence Uncovered (Science Daily)
A reexamination of ancient human bones from Romania reveals more evidence that humans and Neandertals interbred. Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., Washington University Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor in Arts & Sciences, and colleagues radiocarbon-dated and analyzed the shapes of human bones from Romania's Petera Muierii (Cave of the Old Woman). The fossils, discovered in 1952, add to the small number of
(Nov 6, 2006)
Acacia Technologies Acquires Rights to Patent for Aligned Wafer Bonding 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 a patent relating to aligned wafer bonding technology.
(Nov 6, 2006)
ISB Summit reviews evolving paradigms in Indian healthcare industry (PharmaBiz)
Innovation is at the heart of the pharmaceuticals industry and has been the sole factor in developing successful new chemical entities (NCEs).
(Nov 6, 2006)
That's a Lot of Teraflops (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
IBM is building a new type of hybrid supercomputer. VP Dave Turek talks about how these speed monsters will affect mainstream computing
(Nov 6, 2006)
'Buy' Recommendation for Power3 Medical Products in New Report from Cohen Independent Research Group (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOUSTON----Power3 Medical Products, Inc. , a leading proteomics company specializing in the development and commercialization of early detection diagnostic tests for breast cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, said today that a new independent research report on the company's developmental efforts and financial prospects has been completed and is now available.
(Nov 6, 2006)
District considers downtown high school (The Arizona Republic)
Officials in the Phoenix Elementary School District are thinking about starting up a new school, which isn't all that unusual - except that it would be a high school.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Financial stocks, solar firm step into spotlight (Market Watch)
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - OneBeacon Insurance, ACA Capital Holdings, investment bank Keefe Bruyette & Woods, as well as Canadian Solar await their stock market debuts this week as financial and energy shares take the spotlight.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Stem Cells Engage In Dialogue With The Cells That Regulate Their Futures (Science Daily)
Stem cells require niches -- nest-like microenvironments made up of regulatory cells in order to replenish them selves. Two-way, cell-to-cell communication occurs in these niches.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Novel Experiment Documents Evolution Of Genome In Near-real Time (Science Daily)
UCSD bioengineers report in the November issue of Nature Genetics rapid evolutionary changes in a bacterial genome, observed in near-real time over a few days. Scientists have previously published static "snapshots" of the genome sequences of more than 100 bacterial species, but this new report shows how these genomes are moving targets.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Tiny Worm Provides Model For The Genetics Of Nicotine Dependence (Science Daily)
The unassuming C. elegans nematode worm, a 1-millimeter workhorse of the genetics lab, is quite similar to human beings in its genetic susceptibility to nicotine dependence, according to University of Michigan researchers.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Lighting The Way Toward Understanding Nitric Oxide's Role Inside Living Cells (Science Daily)
Eavesdropping on the behavior of nitric oxide (NO) in parts of the body ranging from the penis to the brain is important to solving the mysteries of how this small molecule plays such a big role in conditions ranging from male sexual function to communication among nerves.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Bacteria In Small Sea Life Yield New Way To Make Potential Cancer Drugs (Science Daily)
Researchers led by a University of Utah medicinal chemist have developed a novel method to make drugs for cancer and other diseases from bacteria found in sponges and other small ocean creatures. The new method uses genetic pathways in the bacteria to produce small chemicals and to manipulate them to invent new potential drugs.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Matritech and Inverness Medical Innovations Sign Agreements for the Manufacturing and OTC Distribution of the NMP22(R) (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWTON, Mass.----Matritech , a leading developer of protein-based diagnostic products for the early detection of cancer announced today that it has signed agreements for the manufacture and distribution of Matritech's NMP22® BladderChek® Test with Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. , a leading manufacturer and supplier of rapid diagnostic products for the consumer and professional markets.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Panasas Launches New ActiveStor Storage Cluster Solutions With Enhanced Manageability, Higher Data Availability and (SYS-CON Media)
Panasas, Inc., the leader in clustered storage solutions for the High Performance Computing (HPC) market, today announced two new families of storage clusters, the Panasas ActiveStor 5000 and Panasas ActiveStor 3000. Both ActiveStor 5000 and ActiveStor 3000 include the new ActiveScale 3.0 operating environment and Panasas PanFS(TM) Parallel File System (See separate release on the ActiveScale 3.0
(Nov 6, 2006)
Protein structure initiative launches new resources for the scientific community (EurekAlert!)
Now that the Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) has established efficient pipelines for determining the three-dimensional shapes of proteins, it is creating new mechanisms for sharing the resources it has developed with the scientific community.
(Nov 6, 2006)
GenoLogics Closes Additional Financing http://www.genologics.com (T-Net British Columbia)
Vancouver, BC, November 6, 2006--(T-Net)--GenoLogics Life Sciences Software, a leading developer of lab and scientific data management solutions, today announced it has completed a second round of financing led by OVP Venture Partners in Seattle , along with Growth Works and Yaletown Venture Partners.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Markets (Nov 6) (The Hindu)
ACCIDENTS Fire at Moschip office Moschip Semiconductor Technology Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that a part of its corporate office was gutted in fire on Sunday. The quantum of loss is yet to be ascertained but the management feels that there is no ...
(Nov 6, 2006)
That's a Lot of Teraflops (RedNova)
If you want to take a peek at the future of computing, stop by IBM's renowned computer lab in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. One of eight research laboratories IBM (IBM) has around the world, Yorktown Heights is ground zero for one of the most ambitious hardware projects in the computer industry.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Winship Cancer Institute names director (BizJournals)
Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute has picked Dr. Brian Leyland-Jones as its new associate vice president and director.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Spanish Bioinformatics Shop Integromics Joins Affy's GeneChip Program (GenomeWeb News)
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(Nov 6, 2006)
Mitrionics' New Open Bio Project Aims to Accelerate Key Bioinformatics Applications for FPGA Supercomputing (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mitrionics(TM), Inc., developer of the Mitrion(TM) Virtual Processor and software-centric Mitrion-C programming language for FPGA Supercomputing acceleration, today announced the Mitrion-C Open Bio Project, where the company will actively participate in developing FPGA Supercomputing applications such as: BLAST, Smith-Waterman, and Hidden Markov Models for the bioinformatics industry.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Mitrionics & SGI Debut FPGA-Accelerated Bioinformatics Application for SGI Altix Servers With RASC Technology at (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mitrionics(TM), Inc., developer of the Mitrion(TM) Virtual Processor and software-centric Mitrion-C programming language for FPGA Supercomputing acceleration, today announced the first public demonstration of its accelerated version of the NCBI BLAST bioinformatics application will take place in the SGI Booth at the Supercomputing 2006 International Conference. Designed to run on the Mitrion
(Nov 6, 2006)
Stratagene Announces Third Quarter 2006 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LA JOLLA, Calif.----Stratagene Corporation , today announced that it will release third quarter financial results on Monday, November 13, 2006 after the market close. The Company will also host a conference call and webcast on Monday, November 13, 2006 at 1:30 p.m.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Invitrogen Promotes European General Manager to Senior Vice President of Sales for Europe and the Americas (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CARLSBAD, Calif.----Invitrogen Corporation , a leader in life science research, today promoted Bernd Brust to the newly created position of Senior Vice President of Sales for Europe and the Americas.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Overexpression of Human Protein Protects Mice from Stroke, Heart Attack Damage (Newswise)
Mice genetically engineered to overproduce the protein neuroglobin suffer 30 percent less tissue damage following strokes, and 25 percent less damage following heart attacks, when compared to normal mice.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Reuters Summit - PerkinElmer sees small deals by year end (Yahoo! India News)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The chief executive of scientific instruments maker PerkinElmer Inc. on Monday said his company aims to make "a couple more" acquisitions this year, likely in the same cellular screening and genetic screening areas as its recent deals.
(Nov 6, 2006)
Mitrionics & SGI Debut FPGA-Accelerated Bioinformatics Application for SGI Altix Servers With RASC Technology at (RedNova)
Mitrionics(TM), Inc., developer of the Mitrion(
(Nov 7, 2006)
Mitrionics' Provides Free Software Development Kit to Accelerate FPGA Supercomputing Application Development (RedNova)
Mitrionics(TM), Inc., developer of the Mitrion(TM) Virtual Processor and software-centric Mitrion-C programming language for FPGA Supercomputing acceleration, today announced a new free version of its software development kit (SDK), the Mitrion SDK Personal Edition (PE).
(Nov 7, 2006)
Mitrionics' Provides Free Software Development Kit to Accelerate FPGA Supercomputing Application Development (SYS-CON Media)
Mitrionics(TM), Inc., developer of theMitrion(TM) Virtual Processor and software-centric Mitrion-C programminglanguage for FPGA Supercomputing acceleration, today announced a new freeversion of its software development kit (SDK), the Mitrion SDK PersonalEdition (PE). The new SDK is designed to allow researchers, scientists,developers, institutions, and independent software vendors (ISVs)
(Nov 7, 2006)
'Buy' Recommendation for Power3 Medical Products in New Report From Cohen Independent Research Group (RedNova)
Power3 Medical Products, Inc. (OTCBB:PWRM), a l
(Nov 7, 2006)
Walking the line (Collegiate Times)
Growing up, Jonathan Comer’s father owned a hardware store. It’s a background that doesn’t beget much concerning large campaign donations.
(Nov 7, 2006)
Clinical Data and Quintiles Enter Strategic Alliance to Promote and Expand Clinical Data's Drug-Induced Long QT (RedNova)
Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDA) and Quintiles Transnational Corp. today announced a strategic alliance to offer to Quintiles' customers CLDA's proprietary services related to the evaluation of drug-induced QT prolongation.
(Nov 7, 2006)
New Catalog of Essential Life Science Market Research Reports Now Available from BioInformatics, LLC (PR Web)
BioInformatics, LLC, an Arlington, VA-based market research and consulting firm serving the life science industry, has released a new catalog featuring 21 market research reports. Unlike reports based on secondary sources that make unrealistic projections, reports from BioInformatics are based on the experiences and expectations of hundreds, even thousands, of scientific customers... (PRWeb Nov
(Nov 7, 2006)
Renowned genetics team is setting up shop at UM (Miami Herald)
A multimillion-dollar deal will bring a top group of genetics researchers from Duke University to the University of Miami. The group's leaders, husband-and-wife team Jeffery Vance and Margaret Pericak-Vance, discovered genes associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and macular degeneration while running Duke's Center for Human Genetics.
(Nov 7, 2006)
Panacea's New Delhi R&D centre gets DSIR recognition (PharmaBiz)
Panacea Biotec Ltd has announced, that the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, has accorded recognition to the in-house R&D Centre for biopharmaceutical research of the company at Mathura Road, New Delhi.
(Nov 7, 2006)
Biomax Informatics AG Releases the Pedant-Pro Sequence Analysis Suite Version 3 for Automatic and Manual Annotation of (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MARTINSRIED, Germany----Biomax Informatics AG, a leading provider of customized bioinformatics solutions, announces the release of the new version 3 of the Pedant-Pro Sequence Analysis Suite, an application which provides fast and comprehensive automatic annotation of individual sequences and complete genomes.
(Nov 7, 2006)
Panacea Biotec R and D centre gets DSIR recognition (New Kerala)
Mumbai, Nov 7: Pharma major Panacea Biotec today said its in-house Research and Development centre for bio-pharmaceutical research at New Delhi has got recognition from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) under the Ministry of Science and Technology.
(Nov 7, 2006)
ErbB2 (Her-2) and p53 : Important Antibodies for Cancer Research AnaSpec, Inc. Posted on: 06 Nov 06 (PharmiWeb)
The overexpression of the c-erbB-2 (HER-2/ neu ) gene product, a 185 kDa transmembrane receptor prote in, is associated with cell transformation and tumorigenesis.
(Nov 7, 2006)
Mutant Gene Causes Severe Kidney Disease In Infants (Science Daily)
Scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School have discovered a previously unknown cause for a severe, early-onset form of kidney disease and renal failure in children: recessive mutations in a gene called phospholipase C epsilon or PLCE1.
(Nov 7, 2006)
New Catalog of Essential Life Science Market Research Reports Now Available from BioInformatics, LLC (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
Arlington, VA (PRWEB) November 7, 2006 -- BioInformatics, LLC, an Arlington, VA-based market research and consulting firm serving the life science industry, has released a new catalog featuring 21 market research reports.
(Nov 7, 2006)
Affymetrix and Iconix Co-Develop Comprehensive Toxicogenomics Research Tool (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----Affymetrix Inc. and Iconix Biosciences today announced the launch of the ToxFX Analysis Suite, a toxicogenomics solution that improves researchers' understanding of safety issues associated with new drug candidates, compounds or environmental toxicants.
(Nov 7, 2006)
Midwest Messenger (Midwest Messenger)
It's not your dad's corn hybrid anymore. Despite hot and dry conditions this summer, corn yields across the U.S. in 2006 will average 153.5 bushels/acre. Those high yields are due, in part, to superior genetics.
(Nov 7, 2006)
QuantRx(R) Biomedical to Participate in MEDICA, International Medical Trade Fair, in Düsseldorf, Germany (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 company will participate in MEDICA 2006, the world's leading medical trade fair, to be held November 15-18, 2006, at the Düsseldorf Trade Fair Centre in Germany.
(Nov 7, 2006)
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