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Test May Help Identify Lung Cancer at Early Stage (RedNova)
CHICAGO _ Scientists may be close to being able to predict who will develop lung cancer _ a development that could prevent tens of thousands of deaths a year in the U.S. alone.
(Mar 7, 2007)
Akaza Research Receives the National Cancer Institute's "Embodying the Vision" Award (PR Web)
Akaza Research has been honored at the National Cancer Institute's caBIG conference with the "Embodying the Vision" award. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2007)
(Mar 7, 2007)
Veterinary Laboratories Agency, U.K. and Applied Biosystems to Commercialize New Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LONDON----Applied Biosystems , an Applera Corporation business, and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency , a UK government agency specializing in animal disease surveillance and veterinary research, today announced a strategic collaboration to manufacture and commercialize the VLA's molecular avian influenza and Newcastle disease environmental detection kits.
(Mar 7, 2007)
CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics to Utilize Autism Probe Content from a Partnership with The Centre for Applied ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----Acacia Research Corporation announced today that its CombiMatrix group's subsidiary, CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics , has entered into a partnership with The Centre for Applied Genomics in Toronto, Canada.
(Mar 7, 2007)
Acacia Technologies Announces Management Change (Broadcast Newsroom)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) (Nasdaq:CBMX) announced today that Robert Berman, who was Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, has left the company.
(Mar 7, 2007)
Celera to Webcast Presentation at Cowen & Co. Healthcare Conference (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ROCKVILLE, Md.----Celera , an Applera Corporation business, will webcast its presentation at the Cowen & Co. 27th Annual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, March 14, 2007. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 8:45 a.m.
(Mar 7, 2007)
GeneGo's MetaDrug Won the Best in Show New Product Award at the 2007 Molecular Medicine Meeting (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today that its systems pharmacology product MetaDrug 2.0 won the "Best in Show" product award at the CHI's Molecular Medicine Marketplace conference held in San Francisco last week.
(Mar 7, 2007)
CT scans may do more harm than good, study finds (The Olympian)
MINNEAPOLIS - When it comes to lung cancer, early detection might not be such a blessing after all, according to study being released today by the Mayo Clinic and other centers.
(Mar 7, 2007)
The BioAnalytics Group Announces Researcher-Friendly Data Management: BioPathwise DM At Tucson Symposium (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
JAMESBURG, N.J., March 7, 2007 -- The BioAnalytics Group announces its new software for biomedical researchers, BioPathwise DM at the Tucson Symposium, organized by Ventana Medical Systems, March 6 and 7.
(Mar 7, 2007)
Surprising Culprit In The Search For Causes Of Diabetic Birth Defects (Science Daily)
Joslin researchers discover a surprising culprit in the search for causes of diabetic birth defects -- a protein that makes it possible for high blood glucose to enter embryonic cells.
(Mar 7, 2007)
X PRIZE Foundation Raises $2.7 Million at Gala Hosted at Google (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES----The X PRIZE Foundation raised more than $2.5 million at the "Radical Benefit for Humanity" on Saturday evening. Hosted by Larry Page at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., luminaries from around the world attended including: Lawrence Bender, producer of "An Inconvenient Truth"; Tipper Gore; Sergey Brin, Google co-founder; Sir Richard Branson; Dr.
(Mar 7, 2007)
AlgoNomics Granted Patent Rights for Epibase (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
GHENT, Belgium----AlgoNomics NV, the immunoprofiling company, announced today that notice of grant has been received from the European Patent Office for a key patent covering its Epibase® technology.
(Mar 7, 2007)
Breaking new ground (Medical Device Link)
Nothing ever stays the same, and that is certainly true in the rapidly evolving IVD industry. Emerging diagnostic technologies offer the ability to conduct tests in more locations, using new—and even multiple—markers, and detect more diseases than ever before.
(Mar 7, 2007)
Rosetta Genomics Ltd. Announces Closing of Underwriters' Over-Allotment Option (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Rosetta Genomics Ltd. announced today that it closed the sale of an additional 562,500 ordinary shares pursuant to the full exercise of the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters of its initial public offering. With the closing of the purchase of the over-allotment shares, a total of 4,312,500 ordinary shares were sold by Rosetta Genomics in the offering, resulting in gross proceeds ...
(Mar 7, 2007)
New Classification System For A Cat-flea-borne Pathogen Could Lead to Vaccines (Science Daily)
VBI researchers in collaboration with scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine have created a new classification system for rickettsia bacteria that may assist researchers in the way they approach the development of diagnostics and vaccines for the virulent rickettsial pathogens. The work has been carried out as part of the PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) ...
(Mar 7, 2007)
Drivers and passengers on the road to cancer (EurekAlert!)
Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, where one-third of the human genome was sequenced, have now pioneered decoding the sequence of cancer genomes.
(Mar 7, 2007)
Mine Runoff Continues to Provide Clues to Microbial Diversification (Newswise)
Pink slime at the surface of water trickling through an old mine in California is proving to be a treasure for researchers in their quest to learn more about how bacterial communities exist in nature.
(Mar 7, 2007)
Largest Genome Study Of Cancer Types Finds Many Mutations (Science Daily)
Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have carried out the broadest survey yet of the human genome in cancer by sequencing more than 250 million letters of DNA code, covering more than 500 genes and 200 cancers. The survey shows that the number of mutated genes that drive development of cancer is greater than previously thought. Significantly, each cell type also carries many more ...
(Mar 7, 2007)
No Carrier Necessary: This Drug Delivers Itself (Newswise)
Scientists in the University at Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics and Roswell Park Cancer Institute have developed an innovative drug delivery system, which consists of the drug itself.
(Mar 7, 2007)
Selective, Speedy Shuttle Service in Cells Lining Blood Vessels of Lungs: A NEW GATEWAY for Pumping THERAPEUTIC and ... (RedNova)
For the first time in a live animal, scientists have been able to see how the cells that line the inside of blood vessels can capture specific targeted molecules from the blood stream and move them rapidly into the tissue.
(Mar 7, 2007)
For big beasts, dinosaurs sure had small genomes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
For big beasts, dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex sure had small genomes.
(Mar 7, 2007)
Metabolic Response To Colitis Varies Depending Upon Whether Inflammation Is Chronic Or Acute (Science Daily)
A new study being published by the American Physiological Society finds that the body responds differently to colitis (inflammation of the colon) based on whether the disease is acute (sharp and brief) or chronic (long-term).
(Mar 8, 2007)
Small computer tackles big workload (The New River Valley Current)
BLACKSBURG -- It may resemble one of those fancy three-in-one devices found in offices these days, but the computer sitting humbly in the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech doesn't print, copy or scan. Not in the traditional sense, anyway.
(Mar 8, 2007)
Empire Genomics & BioDiscovery Form Strategic Alliance to Bring Best In Class aCGH Products, Services and Software to ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Empire Genomics, LLC (EG) announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with BioDiscovery, Inc (BD) to offer complete solutions to customers in the array comparative genomic hybridization field.
(Mar 8, 2007)
InforSense(R) Customer Hub Unveiled to Empower Life Scientists and Informaticians (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LONDON & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----InforSense Ltd., the leading provider of integrative analytics, today announced the availability of its online Customer Hub at www.chub.inforsense.com .
(Mar 8, 2007)
Empire Genomics & BioDiscovery Form Strategic Alliance to Bring Best In Class aCGH Products, Services and Software to ... (PR Web)
Empire Genomics, LLC (EG) announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with BioDiscovery, Inc (BD) to offer complete solutions to customers in the array comparative genomic hybridization field. (PRWeb Mar 8, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.ph
(Mar 8, 2007)
InforSense(R) Customer Hub Unveiled to Empower Life Scientists and Informaticians (CRM Today)
InforSense Ltd., the leading provider of integrative analytics, today announced the availability of its online Customer Hub at www.chub.inforsense.com This new, powerful resource enables life scientists and analysts to share best practices, collaborate more easily and work more efficiently by being able to leverage knowledge found in the global scientific community.
(Mar 8, 2007)
$100m to bolster psychiatric research (Boston Globe)
The Broad Institute, the genomics powerhouse in Cambridge, announced yesterday that it will receive what it believes is the biggest gift ever for psychiatric research to a single US institution: $100 million to decipher the genetics of severe mental illnesses.
(Mar 8, 2007)
Applied Biosystems May Bounce On Deutsche Bank Note (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
Notable Calls submits: Deutsche Bank notes that following the recent ~25% pullback, shares of Applied Biosystems look significantly undervalued vs. strong core fundamentals. Given the company's market leading position in its three core technology platforms, an increased focus on the applied markets and emerging geographies, and its robust new product pipeline, the firm thinks [... ]
(Mar 8, 2007)
MIT, Harvard Venture Gets 100 Million Dollar Research Grant (WLBZ Bangor)
A joint Harvard, MIT genomics research venture get a huge grant from a Maryland based philanthropy.
(Mar 8, 2007)
Broad Institute gets $100 million research grant (Boston Globe)
A joint Harvard/MIT genomics research venture is getting a $100 million private grant to gather and analyze thousands of DNA samples from people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to try and determine the genetics behind severe mental illnesses.
(Mar 8, 2007)
Asian Biosecurity Policies and Practices Highlighted by BioInformatics at Global Biosecurity Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Dr. Tamara Zemlo, Director of Syndicated Research at BioInformatics, LLC, highlighted biosecurity policies and practices of Asian life science labs at the recent conference Developing Options for Global Biosecurity:
(Mar 8, 2007)
Broad Institute gets $100 million research grant (Boston Herald)
CAMBRIDGE - A joint Harvard/MIT genomics research venture is getting a $100 million private grant to gather and analyze thousands of DNA samples from people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder...
(Mar 8, 2007)
M-I-T, Harvard venture gets 100 million dollar research grant (WPRI 12 Providence)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A joint Harvard, M-I-T genomics research venture get a huge grant from a Maryland-based philanthropy.
(Mar 8, 2007)
BioDiscovery and Empire Genomics to Integrate, Co-Market aCGH Tech and Related Software (GenomeWeb News)
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(Mar 8, 2007)
No carrier necessary: This drug delivers itself (UB Reporter)
The problem of efficiently delivering drugs, especially those that are hydrophobic or water-repellant, to tumors or other disease sites has long challenged scientists to develop innovative delivery systems that keep these drugs intact until reaching their targets.
(Mar 8, 2007)
Empire Genomics & BioDiscovery Form Strategic Alliance to Bring Best in Class aCGH Products and Software to Market (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Empire Genomics, LLC announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with BioDiscovery, Inc to offer complete solutions to the array comparative genomic hybridizations field. Empire's best in class aCGH services and products will be combined with BioDiscovery's industry leading proprietary software to reduce the difficulty in obtaining high quality data from assays.
(Mar 8, 2007)
$100M Grant Targets Mental Illness Genes (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A genomics venture by MIT and Harvard won a $100 million grant to examine the genetics behind severe mental illness. The grant -- from the Stanley Medical Research Institute, a Maryland-based family philanthropy -- will let the Broad Institute gather and analyze thousands of DNA samples from people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
(Mar 8, 2007)
$100M grant targets mental illness genes (Boston Globe)
A genomics venture by MIT and Harvard won a $100 million grant to examine the genetics behind severe mental illness.
(Mar 8, 2007)
MIT particles pave way for new bedside diagnostics (EurekAlert!)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--MIT researchers have created an inexpensive method to screen for millions of different biomolecules (DNA, proteins, etc.) in a single sample-a technology that could make possible the development of low-cost clinical bedside diagnostics.
(Mar 8, 2007)
Broad Institute Awarded $100M Donation to Build Psychiatric Genomics Center (GenomeWeb News)
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(Mar 8, 2007)
Rosetta Genomics Sells 560,000 Additional Shares in IPO Over-Allotment (GenomeWeb News)
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(Mar 8, 2007)
M-I-T, Harvard venture gets 100 million dollar research grant (WPRI 12 Providence)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A joint Harvard, M-I-T genomics research venture get a huge grant from a Maryland-based philanthropy.
(Mar 8, 2007)
Lumera Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results; Company Elects C. James Judson Chairman (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOTHELL, Wash.----Lumera Corporation , a leader in the emerging field of nanotechnology, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2006 and released information regarding its current product development progress.
(Mar 8, 2007)
Lumera's ProteomicProcessor(TM) Enables Researchers to Find Novel Biomarkers in Liver Serum (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOTHELL, Wash.----Lumera Corporation , a leader in the emerging field of nanotechnology, announced today that collaborators at The Institute for Systems Biology have used Lumera's ProteomicProcessor beta instrument to identify a novel biomarker panel associated with liver toxicity in mice.
(Mar 8, 2007)
Genes and groups of genes commonly shared between species, studies show (EurekAlert!)
Berkeley -- Two new studies by University of California, Berkeley, scientists highlight the amazing promiscuity of genes, which appear to shuttle frequently between organisms, especially more primitive organisms, and often in packs.
(Mar 8, 2007)
Computer technology leads to new discovery in cancer treatment (BizJournals)
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital used high-powered information technology to identify new targets for treating the most common cancer in children.
(Mar 8, 2007)
Sidney Kimmel researchers make discovery that could lead to lung disease treatments (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)
Scientists based at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center in San Diego reported this month that for the first time in a live animal, they have been able to see how the cells that line the inside of blood vessels can capture specific targeted molecules from the blood stream and move them rapidly into the tissue.
(Mar 8, 2007)
Lumera's ProteomicProcessor(TM) Enables Researchers to Find Novel Biomarkers in Liver Serum (RedNova)
Lumera Corporation (NASDAQ:LMRA), a leader in t
(Mar 9, 2007)
Mine Runoff Continues To Provide Clues To Microbial Diversification (Science Daily)
Pink slime at the surface of water trickling through an old mine in California is proving to be a treasure for researchers in their quest to learn more about how bacterial communities exist in nature.
(Mar 9, 2007)
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