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CONVENTIONAL AND PROTEOMIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DETECTION OF EARLY STAGE MALIGNANCIES: Markers for Ovarian Cancer (RedNova)
By Lee, Catherine J; Ariztia, Edgardo V; Fishman, David A Our understanding of the tumor microenvironment continues to evolve and allows for the identification of biomarkers that should detect the presence of early stage malignancies.
(Jan 31, 2007)
Rhode Island Biotechnology Company Develops Tularemia Vaccine (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PROVIDENCE, R.I.----EpiVax, Inc, a leader in genome-derived vaccines, announced today that it has developed a promising tularemia vaccine candidate (TuliVax) that confers protective immunity.
(Jan 31, 2007)
Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine Will Supply CIC bioGUNE Research Centre in Spain with Knockout Research Mice over ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOUSTON----The Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine has entered into an agreement with the Centro de Investigacion Cooperativa en Biociencias in Spain to supply genetically altered mice over the next three years for use in collaborative research focused on understanding liver function and finding a cure for liver diseases.
(Jan 31, 2007)
New Technique Assesses Effects Of Multiple Copies Of Genes On Disease Risk (Science Daily)
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the biotech firm Nimblegen Systems Inc. have successfully tested a technique for identifying newly recognized DNA variations that may influence disease risk.
(Jan 31, 2007)
OGT, Sanger to Co-develop Prenatal Microarray for Genetic Disorders (GenomeWeb News)
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(Jan 31, 2007)
Legislation would fund genomics research (Post-Bulletin)
ST. PAUL -- Medical genomics research being conducted through the partnership of Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota would receive continuous, ongoing funding o
(Jan 31, 2007)
Discovery of Protein That Causes Blood Vessel Leakage And Swelling In Eyes (Medical News Today)
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the world's leading charitable funder of type 1 diabetes research, announced today that JDRF-funded researchers have identified a group of proteins that may play critical roles in causing blood vessel leakage in the eyes of people with two forms of diabetic retinopathy.These findings result from years of research conducted by Edward Feener, Ph.D. [click ...
(Jan 31, 2007)
Farmers discard BtGM Variety (Central Chronicle)
The sustained and no-holds-barred campaign by Indian farmers against the "backdoor and sly" move to introduce the genetically modified GM rice variety into the country, has resulted in the farmers in parts of Haryana and Tamil Nadu destroying the trial plots of GM rice.
(Jan 31, 2007)
Heller Presents Nanofabrication Advances Using Nanogen Technology at Lab Automation Conference (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Nanogen, Inc. , developer of advanced diagnostic products, announced today that Michael J. Heller has presented results demonstrating nanofabrication applications of the company's NanoChip® technology at the LabAutomation 2007 conference in Palm Springs, Calif.
(Jan 31, 2007)
How Bacteria Generate Energy To Live revealed by Cholera Pathogen (Medical News Today)
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered new details about how bacteria generate energy to live. In two recently published papers, the scientists add key specifics to the molecular mechanism behind the pathogen that causes cholera. [click link for full article]
(Jan 31, 2007)
X PRIZE to Draw Top Innovators, Entrepreneurs to Gala as Mission to Benefit Humanity Expands (The Auto Channel)
LOS ANGELES--X PRIZE will launch a major fundraising campaign to support an expanded mission that will include a dozen new X PRIZEs to be announced in the next few years.
(Jan 31, 2007)
Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine Will Supply CIC bioGUNE Research Centre in Spain With Knockout Research Mice Over ... (RedNova)
The Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine (TIGM)
(Jan 31, 2007)
Cargill Launches New DNA-Based Cattle-Breeding Tools (CattleNetwork.com)
A collaborative research and product-development project between Cargill and MMI Genomics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Beltsville, Md.-based MetaMorphix, has resulted in the launch of two new breeding tools for the cattle industry.
(Jan 31, 2007)
IN THIS ISSUE (Circulation Management)
A recent study by John Harrington, “The Impact of Low Price Magazines,” argues that magazines priced under $2 can’t be profitable for mass market magazine wholesalers under the current terms of sale.
(Jan 31, 2007)
Toward Development Of An "Eggshell-And-Yolk" Anticancer Nanomedicine (Medical News Today)
Scientists in Hong Kong are reporting synthesis and early laboratory tests of a new nanostructure that they believe may lead to the design of an anticancer nanomedicine. In a study scheduled for publication in the Feb. 21 issue of the weekly Journal of the American Chemical Society, Bing Xu and colleagues describe the structure as an eggshell nanocrystal. [click link for full article]
(Jan 31, 2007)
Illumina to Present at the Annual Merrill Lynch Global Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device Conference (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. announced today that Jay Flatley, President and Chief Executive Officer and Christian Henry, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present an overview of the Company's commercial and product development activity at the upcoming Merrill Lynch Global Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device Conference in New York.
(Jan 31, 2007)
Solanacae Genome Project Gets $1.8 Million NSF Grant (Newswise)
Cornell and the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Cornell have received a $1.8 million NSF grant to continue leading an international effort to sequence the tomato genome and to create a database of genomic sequences and information on the tomato and related plants.
(Jan 31, 2007)
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