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Gene Logic to sell biotech services division (BizJournals)
Gene Logic, whose declining revenues have forced it to conduct extensive reviews of its business operations, has decided to sell off one of its three divisions to concentrate on the other two.
(Nov 9, 2006)
Events (PharmiWeb)
Who should attend?
(Nov 9, 2006)
University of Queensland researchers to develop more water-efficient turf grass varieties (SeedQuest)
The project aims to help Australians maintain green lawns while reducing water consumption in their gardens. The $3m project will be funded through a four-year Australian Research Council grant.
(Nov 10, 2006)
Selecting life: Scientists find new way to search for origin of life (SpaceRef)
Washington, D.C. -- Over the last half century, researchers have found that mineral surfaces may have played critical roles organizing, or activating, molecules that would become essential ingredients to all life--such as amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) and nucleic acids (the essence of DNA).
(Nov 10, 2006)
Selecting life: Scientists find new way to search for origin of life (AstroInfo)
Quelle: Space Wire Top Stories
(Nov 10, 2006)
Celestial Labs Plans IPO; Crisil Assigns Grade 1/5 (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - Celestial Labs proposed to enter the capital market with a public issue of 50 lakh equity shares at a price of Rs. 60 per share. The company did not disclose the time of issue.
(Nov 10, 2006)
CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics Announces the Launch of Powerful New Melanoma Test (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----Acacia Research Corporation announced today that its CombiMatrix group's subsidiary, CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. has launched a new test that discriminates malignant melanoma from benign moles.
(Nov 10, 2006)
Talent leads dancer in all directions (Ralston Recorder)
Twenty-year-old Kyan Unstad has been dancing nearly her whole life.
(Nov 10, 2006)
DNAPrint Genomics Sells Kits and Receives Positive Feedback at Recent Law Enforcement Conventions (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. today announced that, as a result of its attendance at several recent conventions for law enforcement officials, the Company received several strong sales leads and sold several DNAWitness(TM) kits onsite as it demonstrated how DNA testing can re-open and solve so-called "cold cases."
(Nov 10, 2006)
RNA Map Provides First Comprehensive Understanding Of Alternative Splicing (Science Daily)
A new RNA map, created by a team of researchers at Rockefeller University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, shows for the first time how the specific location of short snippets of RNA affects the way that alternative splicing is controlled in the brain.
(Nov 10, 2006)
Selecting Life: Scientists Find New Way To Search For Origin Of Life (Science Daily)
Over the last half century, researchers have found that mineral surfaces may have played critical roles activating molecules that would become essential ingredients to life. Identifying which biomolecule/ mineral surface pairs, however, has stumped scientists for years because of countless possible combinations. Now a team of researchers, led by Robert Hazen of the Carnegie Institution's
(Nov 10, 2006)
Accelrys to promote Bioinformatics training centres (CIOL)
CHENNAI: US-based Accelrys Inc, a company providing software solutions for modeling, computation, simulation and the management and mining of scientific data, for product design as well as drug discovery and development is aggressively setting-up bioinformatics centres across India.
(Nov 10, 2006)
Md. biotech to unload clinical services division (BizJournals)
Gene Logic, whose declining revenues have forced it to conduct extensive reviews of its business operations, has decided to sell off one of its three divisions to concentrate on the other two.
(Nov 10, 2006)
Waters Corporation And Advion BioSciences Announce Collaboration (BioresearchOnline)
Waters Corporation and Advion Biosciences, Inc. of Ithaca, NY announced the successful completion of the evaluation phase of a joint effort to integrate the Advion TriVersa NanoMate chip-based infusion technology with the Waters Synapt High Definition MS System. The announcement came during the 23rd LC-MS Montreux Symposium
(Nov 10, 2006)
Newly identified biomarker detects and regulates spread of brain tumors (EurekAlert!)
ATLANTA -- Researchers at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute have identified a novel biomarker for brain tumors and have uncovered a potential role the marker may play when the tumor spreads or comes back after treatment.
(Nov 10, 2006)
Free article by Nobel Laureate in November MCP (EurekAlert!)
The monthly journal, Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (MCP), has made an article published by Nobel Laureate Dr. Andrew Z. Fire available free to the public on its website ( www.mcponline.org ). The article, which appears in the November issue of the journal, is entitled "A Differential Cytolocalization Assay for Analysis of Macromolecular Assemblies in the Eukaryotic Cytoplasm."
(Nov 10, 2006)
Art Caplan on the latest ethical quandaries (MSNBC)
Face transplants, human cloning, the right to die, embryo "adoption" ... life in the current century is full of ethical quandaries never faced before in history. And they're all topics bioethicist Art Caplan has an opinion on.
(Nov 10, 2006)
DNAPrint Genomics Sells Kits and Receives Positive Feedback at Recent Law Enforcement Conventions (RedNova)
DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (OTCBB: DNAG) today ann
(Nov 10, 2006)
Biosite Announces Presentation at the JPMorgan 2006 Small/Mid Cap Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Biosite® Incorporated today announced that Chris Twomey, senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer, and Gunars Valkirs, Ph.D., senior vice president, Biosite Discovery, will discuss the Company's operating environment, products and research and development activities at the JPMorgan 2006 Small/Mid Cap Conference.
(Nov 10, 2006)
Protein Structure Initiative Launches New Resources For The Scientific Community (Medical News Today)
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. [click link for full article]
(Nov 10, 2006)
PENN Medicine News: Penn's Biomedical Graduate Studies - a Pioneer Program Providing Interdisciplinary Research (University of Pennsylvania Health System)
BGS was established 20 years ago to provide interdisciplinary, broad-based education and training to graduate students who go on to careers in academia, pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, as well as patent law, science journalism and science education.
(Nov 10, 2006)
Smith named SU board chairman (Winchester Star)
Winchester — With nearly a dozen building projects planned and the expansion of its academic programs, the Shenandoah University Board of Trustees appointed an experienced businessman to lead it.
(Nov 11, 2006)
New Biomarkers For Lupus Found (Science Daily)
A Wake Forest University School of Medicine team believes it has found biomarkers for lupus that also may play a role in causing the disease.
(Nov 11, 2006)
How To Grow Muscle Cells In A Dish (Science Daily)
Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) are a crucial component of many parts of the body, including blood vessels. A new study shows that fully functional SMCs can be generated from multipotent adult progenitor cells (MAPCs) from rat, mouse, pig and human bone marrow using only the soluble factor TGF-beta or TGF-beta and PDGFB. SMCs generated this way could provide a source of SMCs for engineering tissues,
(Nov 11, 2006)
Newly Identified Biomarker Detects And Regulates Spread Of Brain Tumors (Medical News Today)
Researchers at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute have identified a novel biomarker for brain tumors and have uncovered a potential role the marker may play when the tumor spreads or comes back after treatment. [click link for full article]
(Nov 11, 2006)
Bioscience to get boost from college (The Arizona Republic)
University of Arizona is dropping another anchor in downtown Phoenix with its College of Pharmacy, promising to add much momentum to Arizona's bioscience and research industry.
(Nov 12, 2006)
Rah Rah Rochester Quiet medical giant may be sterile, but it's also engaging. (Pioneer Press)
In Rochester, a tourist from the Twin Cities is a novelty. Tourists from anywhere are a novelty, though patients and medical professionals come from around the world.
(Nov 12, 2006)
Boundless enterprise (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
ORCESTER - Even as an accounting major in college, focused on the calculation of dollars and cents, David A. Jordan knew that his career would not lie strictly in business.
(Nov 12, 2006)
'Muscle' Protein Drives Prostate Cancer (Science Daily)
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have for the first time implicated the muscle protein myosin VI in the development of prostate cancer and its spread.
(Nov 12, 2006)
With: BC-NJ--Newsmaker Tilghman (phillyburbs.com)
NAME: Shirley M. Tilghman
(Nov 12, 2006)
Common Ancestry Of Bacterium And Plants Could Be Key To An Effective New Treatment For Chlamydia (Medical News Today)
Rutgers researchers have discovered that the Chlamydia bacterium, which causes a sexually transmitted disease (STD), shares an evolutionary heritage with plants. That shared evolutionary heritage, which is not found in most other bacteria, points to a prime target for development of an effective cure for Chlamydia infections. [click link for full article]
(Nov 12, 2006)
Free Article By Nobel Laureate In November MCP (Medical News Today)
The monthly journal, Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (MCP), has made an article published by Nobel Laureate Dr. Andrew Z. Fire available free to the public on its website (http://www.mcponline.org/). The article, which appears in the November issue of the journal, is entitled "A Differential Cytolocalization Assay for Analysis of Macromolecular Assemblies in the Eukaryotic Cytoplasm."Dr. [click
(Nov 12, 2006)
Daybook (The Washington Times)
PRESIDENT BUSH Meets with the Iraq Study Group at the White House. Delivers remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the White House.
(Nov 13, 2006)
Program for the development of a novel vaccine against Middle ear infection started (Presseportal)
EUR 2.3 million funding by the European Commission Wien (euro adhoc) - » Coordination of a European consortium of academic and commercial partners to develop a vaccine ...
(Nov 13, 2006)
Embedding data in an information signal (FreshPatents.com)
enabling (S5) copying of the information signal if the securely encoded password derived from the information signal and the securely encoded reference password have a predetermined relationship, otherwise disabling copying (S7). The reference password is
(Nov 13, 2006)
Two Bay State biotechs hang on word of federal funding (BizJournals)
Two Massachusetts biotechnology companies in recent years have been developing sensors to better detect deadly biological agents, and now Marlborough's IQuum Inc. and U.S. Genomics Inc. of Woburn are waiting to learn if they will qualify for multimillion-dollar federal grants to help continue their efforts.
(Nov 13, 2006)
QIAGEN Introduces Novel Technology for Customized RNAi Assay Products (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
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(Nov 13, 2006)
QIAGEN Introduces Novel Technology for Customized RNAi Assay Products (FinanzNachrichten)
QIAGEN, ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) (Nasdaq: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) the world's leading provider of products for pre-analytical sample preparation and a leader in molecular diagnostics, has introduced FlexiPlate siRNA, the worldwide first product line for fully customized sets of siRNAs for RNA Interference (RNAi) research.
(Nov 13, 2006)
QIAGEN Introduces Novel Technology for Customized RNAi Assay Products (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
QIAGEN, the world's leading provider of products for pre-analytical sample preparation and a leader in molecular diagnostics, has introduced FlexiPlate siRNA, the worldwide first product line for fully customized sets of siRNAs for RNA Interference research.
(Nov 13, 2006)
'Muscle' Protein Drives Prostate Cancer (Medical News Today)
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have for the first time implicated the muscle protein myosin VI in the development of prostate cancer and its spread.In a series of lab studies with human prostate cancer cells, the Hopkins scientists were surprised to find overproduction of myosin VI in both prostate tumor cells and precancerous lesions. [click link for full article]
(Nov 13, 2006)
Hospital sued over genetics secrets (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Five months after announcing a $39 million genetics project, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is fighting a potentially devastating lawsuit claiming its plans are based on stolen goods.
(Nov 13, 2006)
Illumina Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Solexa (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO & HAYWARD, Calif.----Illumina, Inc. and Solexa, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Illumina will acquire Solexa in a stock-for-stock merger.
(Nov 13, 2006)
Solexa Announces Third Quarter 2006 Financial Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HAYWARD, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, England----Solexa, Inc. today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2006. The Company also provided an update on the performance and roll-out of the Solexa Genome Analysis System.
(Nov 13, 2006)
Researchers Writing Story Of The 'Alcoholic Lung' (Science Daily)
Chronic alcohol abuse disrupts the proteins that keep fluids out of the lung, lowers a protective antioxidant, disrupts immune defenses and can lead to a condition known as "alcoholic lung," according to research to be presented at the conference, "Physiological Genomics and Proteomics of Lung Disease." The findings give insight into how excessive drinking can harm the molecular life of the lung
(Nov 13, 2006)
Lung Carcinogenesis Tracked By DNA Methylation Mapping In Exhaled Breath (Science Daily)
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that it is possible to detect DNA methylation in the breath of smokers and lung cancer patients, suggesting that, in theory, it may be possible to use this technique to identify people who have undiagnosed lung cancer or are at high risk of developing the disease.
(Nov 13, 2006)
QIAGEN Introduces Novel Technology for Customized RNAi Assay Products (SYS-CON Media)
QIAGEN, (Nasdaq: QGEN; Frankfurt,Prime Standard: QIA) the world's leading provider of products forpre-analytical sample preparation and a leader in molecular diagnostics,has introduced FlexiPlate siRNA, the worldwide first product line for fullycustomized sets of siRNAs for RNA Interference (RNAi) research.
(Nov 13, 2006)
Cray Introduces a Massively Multithreaded Supercomputer Platform for Advanced Data Analysis (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Cray Inc. today announced the Cray XMT(TM) platform, a massively multithreaded supercomputing technology that the company has developed for large-scale, state-of-the-art data analysis work.
(Nov 13, 2006)
Bio-Rad Purchases Life Science Research Business From Ciphergen Biosystems (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, announced today that it has completed the purchase of Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc.'s ProteinChip Systems® business and worldwide technology rights to its Surface Enhanced Laser Desorption/Ionization for approximately $20 million in cash. The acquisition includes
(Nov 13, 2006)
Mercury Computer Systems Collaborates with Boston University to Deliver Biotech Application on the Cell BE Processor (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. announced preliminary results of a joint development effort with Boston University, in which the team successfully migrated a specialized biotech application to the Cell Broadband Engine processor, achieving an order of magnitude performance improvement in a smaller system footprint over the previous configuration.
(Nov 13, 2006)
IBT Laboratories Invests $2 Million to Expand Pharmaceutical Services Division (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
IBT Laboratories, an international immunology and allergy laboratory specializing in clinical research, development and testing, today announced the expansion of its contract pharmaceutical services division.
(Nov 13, 2006)
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