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Medical papers available free on internet (Financial Times)
Scientific publishing emb-arked on a revolution yesterday as more than 500,000 medical research papers became available free on the internet. The move follows a fierce debate by academic journal publishers worried about competition from free research papers.
(Jan 10, 2007)
The year ahead: Experts forecast medical trends to watch in 2007 (Stanford Report)
For science to advance, researchers need to have a vision of what the future may hold. Several scientists from the School of Medicine offer their thoughts on developments and trends to watch in 2007 and the coming years.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Sequenom Reports Multiple MassARRAY System Sales in South Korea (FinanzNachrichten)
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sequenom, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. today announced that through its exclusive South Korean distributor Bioneer Corporation (Kosdaq: 064550) the Company sold three MassARRAY(R) genetic analysis systems in the region during the fourth quarter of 2006 including a sale to the world-class National Cancer Center of the Republic of Korea.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Asuragen enters into Licensing Agreement with Yale for Therapeutic Use of let-7 miRNA (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
AUSTIN, Texas----Asuragen Inc. announced today that it recently entered into a license agreement with Yale University for exclusive access to rights in inventions developed by Dr. Frank Slack for the regulation of oncogenes by microRNA's.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Report From JPMorgan's HealthCare Conference: The Spinal Business Is Hot (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
Centient Biotech Investor submits: Here are day one reports filed by our intrepid observers at the JPMorgan HealthCare Conference, currently underway in San Francisco. XDx, a private company, made a compelling presentation, showing great potential.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Illumina Introduces High-Throughput DNA Methylation Profiling on the BeadArray(TM) Platform (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. today announced that it has introduced a flexible, high-throughput DNA methylation profiling technology capable of surveying up to 1,536 methylation sites across 96 samples simultaneously.
(Jan 10, 2007)
NSF Provides $14 Million to Advance Research in Comparative Genomics of Economically Important Plants (Kansas City InfoZine)
Scientists will find improved ways of studying the structure, function and evolution of the genomes of economically important plants, thanks to $14 million in new awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
(Jan 10, 2007)
Applied Biosystems Announces New Molecular Tools to Speed Drug Discovery Research (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Applied Biosystems , an Applera Corporation business, today announced the release of a new series of TaqMan® Gene Signature Panels for accelerating drug discovery research.
(Jan 10, 2007)
BioServe signs marketing pact with Merck Specialties (PharmaBiz)
BioServe Biotechnologies, the leader for fast, economical processing and analyses of genomic content from biological samples, has announced a distribution deal with Merck Specialties Private Limited (MSPL), 100 per cent Indian subsidiary of Merck KgaA.
(Jan 10, 2007)
GeneNews management update (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
GeneNews Limited , formerly ChondroGene Limited, announced today that Colin T. West, CA, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer for an interim period, replacing Colin Martin, who left the Company effective December 31, 2006.
(Jan 10, 2007)
QuantRx(R) Biomedical Receives Grant and Incentives From Portland Development Commission for New R&D Facility in ... (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, as part of its plan for expansion of its research and development capabilities, the Company was selected to receive a grant and other incentives from the Portland Development Commission to open the Company's new research center in Portland, ...
(Jan 10, 2007)
Asuragen Enters into Licensing Agreement With Yale for Therapeutic Use of Let-7 miRNA (RedNova)
Asuragen Inc. ("Asuragen") announced today that it recently entered into a license agreement with Yale University for exclusive access to rights in inventions developed by Dr. Frank Slack for the regulation of oncogenes by microRNA's. Dr.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Spit Test: Saving Lives By Taking Guesswork Out of Prescribing Medicine (First Coast News)
In the future, your doctor may check your DNA before prescribing medicine. Along with predicting the risk for disease, a person's genetic make-up holds valuable clues about how the body will respond to drug therapy.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Tumor-suppressor Gene Is Critical For Placenta Development (Science Daily)
An important cancer-related gene may play a critical role in the development of the placenta, the organ that controls nutrient and oxygen exchange between a mother and her fetus during pregnancy, and perhaps in miscarriages. Those conclusions come from a new study of the retinoblastoma (Rb) gene in mice. In humans, this gene, when mutated, raises the risk of a rare cancer of the eye called ...
(Jan 10, 2007)
Brain power focused on future-tech quest (MSNBC)
The "Grand Challenges for Engineering" program is aimed at gathering up suggestions and distilling them into a list of 20 puzzles for engineers to solve — in fields ranging from energy to communications to aerospace to advanced materials.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Rosenzweig to head Leducq Foundation cardiovascular research grant (EurekAlert!)
BOSTON – Anthony Rosenzweig, MD, Director of Cardiovascular Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), has been named the American Coordinator of a prestigious Transatlantic Network of Excellence grant from the Paris-based Leducq Foundation.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Illumina Unveils Industry's Most Comprehensive Whole-Genome DNA Analysis Solution (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. today announced that the next BeadChip in its Infinium® product family will profile over one million diverse genetic variants. The new Human 1M BeadChip combines an unprecedented level of content for both whole-genome and copy number variation analysis, along with additional unique, high-value genomic regions of interest - all on a single microarray chip.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Computational Research at Heart of NY Medical Center (Bio-IT World)
January 10, 2007 | The Center for Computational Research (CCR) at the State University of New York at Buffalo operates a 1,200-server system that supports about 100 research groups spanning nearly 40 departments at the university, as well as more than 20 companies and institutions in the Buffalo-Niagara region.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Spanish Scientists Reveal Dynamic Map Of Proteins, Possibilities For New Drugs (Science Daily)
Scientists from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), the Life Sciences Program at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and the National Institute for Bioinformatics (INB) have published a provisional "atlas" of the dynamic behaviour of proteins in the prestigious scientific journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Calcium Important For Nursing Mothers' Oral Health (Science Daily)
Mothers who breastfeed should be sure to have enough calcium in their diet, or may risk bone loss around their teeth and gums, according to a new study that appears in the January issue of the Journal of Periodontology.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Gain an Insight into the Latest Concepts of Development of Personalized Medicine (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the Jain PharmaBiotech report: Personalized Medicine - Scientific and Commercial Aspects to their offering
(Jan 10, 2007)
InforSense Launches GenSense - Statistical Genetics Solution (BioresearchOnline)
InforSense Ltd., a provider of enterprise real-time analytics, announced the launch of InforSense GenSense, a statistical genetics solution built on the company's flagship product - InforSense KDE
(Jan 10, 2007)
Genesis Genomics raises almost $1 million in private placement (Northern Ontario Business)
Genesis Genomics (GGI) will use over $900,000 from private placements to develop, market and sell products from its Ontario and Newscastle UK operations.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Bruno tells Albany-Colonie chamber he has nothing to hide (BizJournals)
The majority leader of the New York state Senate, Joseph Bruno, proclaimed his innocence Wednesday of any wrongdoing in connection with an FBI investigation.
(Jan 10, 2007)
BioMed Central Launches BMC Systems Biology, A New Open Access Journal (Medical News Today)
BioMed Central, the leading open access publisher, has announced the launch of BMC Systems Biology, the first open access journal focussed solely on the entire emerging subject of systems biology. A peer-reviewed online journal, BMC Systems Biology has just published its first articles online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/b [click link for full article]
(Jan 10, 2007)
Molecular Devices Introduces SpectraMax(R) L Next-Generation Microplate Luminometer (FinanzNachrichten)
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Molecular Devices Corporation ( Nachrichten ), a leader in innovative solutions for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced the introduction of SpectraMax(R) L, a next-generation microplate luminometer for flash and glow luminescence assays.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Rosenzweig to Head Leducq Foundation Cardiovascular Research Grant (Newswise)
BOSTON - Anthony Rosenzweig, MD, Director of Cardiovascular Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), has been named the American Coordinator of a prestigious Transatlantic Network of Excellence grant from the Paris-based Leducq Foundation. The five-year grant, totaling $6 million, will support research on metabolic heart disease.
(Jan 10, 2007)
Molecular Devices Introduces SpectraMax(R) L Next-Generation Microplate Luminometer (SYS-CON Media)
Molecular Devices Corporation , a leader in innovative solutions for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced the introduction of SpectraMax(R) L, a next-generation microplate luminometer for flash and glow luminescence assays. The new system is based on Molecular Devices' industry-leading SpectraMax(R) brand microplate reader platform, and will debut on January 28th, 2007 at ...
(Jan 11, 2007)
Organon and HUYA collaborate on Chinese drug development (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
Akzo Nobel healthcare subsidiary Organon has agreed to collaborate with HUYA Bioscience International to develop Chinese biopharmaceutical products for commercialization in western markets.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Homing Nanoparticles Pack Multiple Assault On Tumors (Medical News Today)
A collaborative team led by Erkki Ruoslahti, M.D., Ph.D., of the Burnham Institute for Medical Research at UC Santa Barbara (Burnham) has developed nanoparticles that seek out tumors and bind to their blood vessels, and then attract more nanoparticles to the tumor target. [click link for full article]
(Jan 11, 2007)
UCR bribery suspect released from custody (The Press-Enterprise)
CONSTRUCTION CASE: University officials say Theodore Chiu has now been placed on leave.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Small drug firm lured to NE Valley (The Arizona Republic)
Stephen Gately, a drug researcher, joined TGen Drug Development Services at Scottsdale's Mayo Clinic last March as director of non-clinical development. He officially moved his company, RND Pharmaceuticals, to the Airpark in June. RND focuses on developing drug compounds to fight cancer.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Scottish Executive SMART:SCOTLAND programme awards 950,000 funding (PublicTechnology.net)
The latest round of Scottish Executive SMART:SCOTLAND funding awards involves 19 research and development projects which will receive a share of £950,000. The awards are designed to help new and existing businesses with less than 50 employees improve their competitiveness by developing leading-edge products or processes that have real commercial value.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Analysis: US may be funding germ warfare research (Middle East Times)
MIAMI, FL, USA -- Some 113 universities, government hospitals, and corporate laboratories that often engage in research having the potential to be used for germ warfare, have refused to publicly disclose their operations as required by US Federal law, a nonprofit watchdog agency has charged.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Bio-IT Briefs (Bio-IT World)
January 11, 2007 | Applied Biosystems released a new series of TaqMan Gene Signature Panels designed to help researchers more thoroughly study difficult-to-detect genes.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Veteran Investors and Entrepreneurs Robinson, Engler & Dickson Selected to Manage New Angel Investment Fund in ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Veteran private investors and entrepreneurs Stephen Robinson, Edward Engler and Robert Dickson have been selected to manage a new angel investment fund in Pittsburgh.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Response To Anti-HIV Therapy Improved If Treatment Within 6 Months After Preventive Regimen (Science Daily)
A woman's response to HIV treatment with drug combinations that contain nevirapine is improved if at least six months have passed after she received the drug as a single dose during labor to prevent passing HIV on to her child (The response to treatment is measured by the reduction of HIV in the blood). Conversely, the response to treatment with nevirapine-containing combinations is diminished if ...
(Jan 11, 2007)
Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnostics - How Will They Revolutionize the Industry? (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnostics: How Will They Revolutionize the Industry? to their offering.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnostics - How Will They Revolutionize the Industry? (wallstreet:online AG)
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets has announced the addition
(Jan 11, 2007)
NEXUS Biosystems' Universal Store Compound Management System Selected as Key Component of Vanderbilt University's ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
POWAY, Calif.----NEXUS Biosystems announced that Vanderbilt University's High-Throughput Screening Facility has selected the Universal Store to manage its ever-growing collection of synthetic small molecules and natural products.
(Jan 11, 2007)
NEXUS Biosystems' Universal Store Compound Management System Selected as Key Component of Vanderbilt University's ... (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
NEXUS Biosystems announced that Vanderbilt University's High-Throughput Screening Facility has selected the Universal Store to manage its ever-growing collection of synthetic small molecules and natural products.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Leading European experts in magnetic resonance for animals (EurekAlert!)
The UAB SeRMN is enlarging its facilities to make room for two new cutting-edge machines for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The devices are a Bruker BIOSPEC 70/30 spectrometer with a horizontal magnet, making it possible to carry out magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging in vivo on animals (from mice to rabbits), and an NMR Bruker AvanceII 600 spectrometer combined with a high-resolution ...
(Jan 11, 2007)
Dynamic Map Of Proteins Revealed By Spanish Scientists (Medical News Today)
This work provides important basic information on the flexibility of proteins and their ability to link with other molecules, an area of study which opens enormous possibilities for the design of new drugsScientists from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), the Life Sciences [click link for full article]
(Jan 11, 2007)
Role for proteomics in identifying hematologic malignancies (EurekAlert!)
BOSTON – Scientists have identified a set of biomarkers that could help clinicians identify a group of hematologic malignancies known as myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), which affect approximately 300,000 individuals worldwide and often progress to acute myeloid leukemia.
(Jan 11, 2007)
LabAutomation 2007 Premier Sponsor Velocity11 Will Showcase the Element at Booth #217 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MENLO PARK, Calif.----Velocity11 will once again be the Premier Sponsor of LabAutomation 2007 as a leading innovator and top provider of automation solutions. Velocity11 and its customers will present 6 application posters in areas of drug discovery: 1.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Nutra Pharma Announces Breakthrough Research in the Treatment of Viral Infections (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOCA RATON, Fla.----Nutra Pharma Corp. , a biotechnology company that is developing drugs for HIV and Multiple Sclerosis, has today announced that its contract researchers, Eno Research and Development, Inc. , recently completed their analysis of a series of microarray studies with ReceptoPharm's antiviral drug candidates in healthy immune cells.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Leading European Experts In Magnetic Resonance For Animals (Medical News Today)
The UAB SeRMN is enlarging its facilities to make room for two new cutting-edge machines for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). [click link for full article]
(Jan 11, 2007)
Wheat Can Fatally Starve Insect Predators (Science Daily)
A newly identified wheat gene produces proteins that appear to attack the stomach lining of a crop-destroying fly larvae so that the bugs starve to death. The gene's role in creating resistance to Hessian flies was a surprise to U.S. Department of Agriculture and Purdue University researchers, discoverers of the gene and its function.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Day Two at JPMorgan's HealthCare Conference: Boston Scientific Addresses Quality Issues (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
Centient Biotech Investor submits: The JPMorgan meeting has good attendance with lots of activity, and some presentations are jammed with standing room only. The excitement level is back up after the post-2000 decline.
(Jan 11, 2007)
Solazyme Announces New Chief of Genetics (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Solazyme, a leading algal biotechnology company, today announced that it has named Dr. Arthur Grossman to the position of Chief of Genetics of the Company.
(Jan 11, 2007)
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