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Scripps Health to join with biotechs on drug research (North County Times)
LA JOLLA ---- Scripps Health will partner with the county's large biomedical industry to develop more effective, lower-cost drugs, officials with the hospital system said Friday as they announced the plans the new Scripps Genomic Medicine Program.
(Apr 1, 2007)
Oak Ridge researchers build mouse community to mimic human diversity (WATE 6 Knoxville)
The Russell Laboratory for Comparative and Functional Genomics at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is known commonly as "the mouse house."
(Apr 1, 2007)
Acacia Technologies Licenses Credit Card Fraud Protection Technology to The Men's Wearhouse (Broadcast Newsroom)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.,
(Apr 2, 2007)
Acacia Technologies Licenses Pop-up Advertisement Technology to MLB Advanced Media, LP (Broadcast Newsroom)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.,
(Apr 2, 2007)
VCs, Startups Starting to Hum Words to ‘O Canada’ (San Diego Business Journal)
San Diego venture capitalist Stuart Collinson admits it wasn’t geography but a promising antibiotic that drew Forward Ventures to lead a recent $18 million investment in Canadian startup Affinium Pharmaceuticals Inc.
(Apr 2, 2007)
PTPL Offers Head Start in Health Sciences (RedNova)
THE Health Sciences discipline is one of the areas which is experiencing rapid growth. As Malaysia progresses, the diversification in this area is unavoidable and will be interesting to watch.
(Apr 2, 2007)
Bio-IT Briefs (Bio-IT World)
March 29, 2007 | Ingenuity Systems launched IPA-Tox, a pathways-driven molecular toxicology solution that enables researchers to understand safety issues associated with new drug candidates.
(Apr 2, 2007)
Genomics Throws Species Definition In Question For Microbes (Science Daily)
With the advent of genomic sequencing and genetic analysis in the 1990s, our understanding of the relationships between different microorganisms fundamentally changed. In light of this new knowledge, what exactly is the definition of a microbial species, and how should microbiologists be categorizing microorganisms? These questions are the focus of a new report released by the American Academy of ...
(Apr 2, 2007)
Beckman Coulter Announces Additional Details on Financing for Its Proposed Acquisition of Biosite Incorporated (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Beckman Coulter, Inc. announced today additional details regarding its financing strategy for the proposed acquisition of Biosite Incorporated . On March 25, 2007, Beckman Coulter announced it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with Biosite under which Beckman Coulter will acquire all of Biosite's outstanding common stock in a cash tender offer of $85.00 per share, or approximately ...
(Apr 2, 2007)
BioMicro Systems and NimbleGen Systems Enter Into an OEM Agreement to Deliver an Integrated Microarray Solution (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BioMicro® Systems is pleased to announce a non-exclusive OEM agreement with NimbleGen Systems whereby BioMicro Systems will manufacture NimbleGen-branded hybridization instruments and custom hybridization chambers designed to work with the NimbleChip high-definition microarray platform.
(Apr 2, 2007)
Acacia Technologies Licenses Pop-Up Advertisement Technology to Tribune Company (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----Acacia Research Corporation announced today that InternetAd Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary that is part of the Acacia Technologies group, a leader in technology licensing, has entered into a settlement and license agreement with Tribune Company, covering a portfolio of patents that apply to Pop-Up Advertising.
(Apr 2, 2007)
Automotive X Prize Announces Draft Guidelines for Competition to Inspire Super-Efficient Vehicles (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The X PRIZE Foundation, the organization behind the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE that successfully challenged teams to build private spacecraft to open up the space frontier, is taking a step toward launching an Automotive X PRIZE (AXP) that will inspire super-efficient vehicles that exceed 100 miles per gallon or its equivalent.
(Apr 2, 2007)
Epidemiologists Say an Urgent Investment in Epidemiology Capacity Is Needed to Meet Increases in Public Health Demands (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) has announced detailed findings of its 2006 national assessment on state epidemiology capacity which calls for state and federal agencies to increase the number of trained epidemiologists in state health agencies to meet increasing public health demands and specified essential services of public health. Epidemiologists are better known ...
(Apr 2, 2007)
Photo Release -- Two Northrop Grumman Employees Receive National Asian American Engineer of the Year Awards (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES, April 2, 2007 -- Two Northrop Grumman Corporation employees, Brad Furukawa, vice president and chief information officer for the company's Space Technology sector and Dr.
(Apr 2, 2007)
Mouse community created to mimic human diversity (Charleston Daily Mail)
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- In one corner of the vast Oak Ridge National Laboratory, they aren't interested so much in building a better mousetrap, but in creating a vast colony of closely crossbred mice.
(Apr 2, 2007)
Epidemiologists Say an Urgent Investment in Epidemiology Capacity Is Needed to Meet Increases in Public Health Demands (RedNova)
ATLANTA, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Th
(Apr 2, 2007)
Nonlinear Dynamics Rolls out New Strategy for Proteomics (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England----Nonlinear Dynamics Ltd, a leading global provider of bioinformatics solutions, is rolling out a brand new strategy that enables the use of multiple techniques in proteomics research.
(Apr 2, 2007)
After BU, department head will continue life's work at genetic institute (The Daily Free Press)
Although Boston University professor Michael Christman is retiring from heading a department that has made genetic breakthroughs in the past six years, he does not plan to trade microscopes for golf clubs just yet. Christman, who has served as chair of the School of Medicine genetics & genomics department since its inception in 2001, announced March 26 he will leave in June to serve as the ...
(Apr 2, 2007)
Invitrogen Sales Force Most Visible (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
According to the findings of a recent study, Invitrogen has the most visible sales force among life scientists. The study also reports that GE Healthcare has the greatest percent of "promoters" due to the influence of their sales force, indicating that a larger proportion of scientists are likely to recommend GE Healthcare based on their interactions with the sales reps.
(Apr 2, 2007)
Acacia Technologies Licenses Pop-Up Advertisement Technology to Tribune Company (Broadcast Newsroom)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.,
(Apr 2, 2007)
Biotech Survives a Rocky Quarter on the Capital Markets (RedNova)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- It was a roller coaster ride for the capital markets in the first quarter of the year although the bellweather Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ indices finished almost where they had started.
(Apr 2, 2007)
Rosetta Genomics Announces the Development of a Proprietary MicroRNA Extraction Protocol From Blood Serum as Well as ... (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
REHOVOT, Israel , April 2, 2007 -- Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. announced today that it has presented data on its newly developed high quality microRNA extraction protocol from blood serum.
(Apr 2, 2007)
Rosetta Genomics Announces the Development of a Proprietary MicroRNA Extraction Protocol From Blood Serum as Well as ... (pzone via Yahoo!7 Finance)
REHOVOT, Israel , April 2, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. (Nasdaq:ROSG) announced today that it has presented data on its newly developed high quality microRNA extraction protocol from blood serum. The data was presented at Cambridge Healthtech Institute's microRNA in Human Disease and Development Conference, held March 29-31, 2007 in Boston, MA. The proprietary extraction ...
(Apr 2, 2007)
Matritech Receives Qualified Audit Opinion on 2006 Financial Statements (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWTON, Mass.----Matritech, Inc. , in compliance with the provisions of section 610 of the American Stock Exchange's Company Guide, today announced that its independent registered public accounting firm included a going concern qualification in its report on Matritech's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.
(Apr 2, 2007)
Beckman Coulter Commences Cash Tender Offer for Biosite Incorporated at $85.00 Per Share (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Beckman Coulter, Inc. announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Louisiana Acquisition Sub, Inc., has commenced its tender offer for all outstanding shares of Biosite Incorporated at a price of $85.00 per share in cash.
(Apr 2, 2007)
ChemGenex Announces the Completion of A$21 Million Financing (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MELBOURNE, Australia, & MENLO PARK, Calif.----ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals announced today the completion of an A$10.5 million capital raising achieved by a non-renounceable rights issue for 16,891,916 new ChemGenex shares and associated options.
(Apr 3, 2007)
Chromosomal microarray analysis accurately detects abnormalities in individual chromosomes (News-Medical-Net)
Two years and more than 2,000 samples after researchers at Baylor College of Medicine started to use a new gene-chip technology called chromosomal microarray analysis to look for potential genetic abnormalities in children, they find that it is remarkably sensitive in detecting abnormalities in individual chromosomes, according to a report that appears online today in the journal Public Library ...
(Apr 3, 2007)
Automotive X Prize Announces Draft Guidelines for Competition to Inspire Super-Efficient Vehicles (The Auto Channel)
SANTA MONICA, Calif.,
(Apr 3, 2007)
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2007 (EurekAlert!)
ENERGY -- Nanofiltered diesel . . . A new material developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Nanoscience Center could replace a costly process in the manufacture of biodiesel that consumes chemicals, water and energy and also reduces the yield of the final product.
(Apr 3, 2007)
ChemGenex Announces the Completion of A$21 Million Financing (RedNova)
ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals (ASX: CXS, NASDAQ: CXSP) announced today the completion of an A$10.5 million capital raising achieved by a non-renounceable rights issue for 16,891,916 new ChemGenex shares and associated options.
(Apr 3, 2007)
Sciences To Fuel Faculty Growth (The Harvard Crimson)
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) will continue to grow, and appointments in science and engineering will fuel the bulk of that growth over the next few years, outgoing Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles wrote in a letter to professors yesterday.
(Apr 3, 2007)
GET WELL (New York Post)
PRESSED for time? Get a physical between facials. Want to move in? Your favorite spa just might be building second homes. Want to skip past the champagne sugar scrub and go straight to the old-school experience? The bathhouse is back. These and more...
(Apr 3, 2007)
Acacia Technologies Enters into License Agreement with Sage Software (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----Acacia Research Corporation announced today that its Disc Link Corporation subsidiary, which is part of its Acacia Technologies group, a leader in technology licensing, has entered into a license agreement with Sage Software North America covering patents relating to portable storage devices with links.
(Apr 3, 2007)
Applied Biosystems Reagents Improve Data Quality of Real-Time PCR Applications (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Applied Biosystems , an Applera Corporation business, today announced the release of two new application-specific master mix reagents designed to improve data quality of real-time PCR -- a method used to detect and determine the amount of nucleic acids present in samples.
(Apr 3, 2007)
Acacia Technologies Enters into License Agreement with Sage Software (Broadcast Newsroom)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.,
(Apr 3, 2007)
Latest Affymetrix Microarray Offers New Users a Cost-effective and Easy-to-use Alternative for Gene-level Expression ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Affymetrix Inc. today announced the full commercial launch of the GeneChip® Human Gene 1.0 ST Array, the latest addition to its whole-transcript assay-based gene expression product family.
(Apr 3, 2007)
Antibody Array enables profiling of 725 proteins in 1 assay. (ThomasNet)
Panorama(TM) Antibody Microarray XPRESS Profiler725 promotes high-throughput multiplex protein expression profiling of serum, cell, or tissue extracts. Letting researchers screen expression changes in large numbers of proteins, its 725 specific antibodies are arrayed in duplicate on nitrocellulose slides compatible with DNA array scanners. Array antibodies detect human, mouse, and rat proteins ...
(Apr 3, 2007)
Latest Affymetrix Microarray Offers New Users A Cost-Effective And Easy-To-Use Alternative For Gene-Level Expression ... (BioresearchOnline)
Affymetrix Inc. today announced the full commercial launch of the GeneChip Human Gene 1.0 ST Array, the latest addition to its whole-transcript assay-based gene expression product family
(Apr 3, 2007)
New research agreement to boost rice production, avoid food shortages in Indonesia (EurekAlert!)
Jakarta, Indonesia – Efforts by Indonesia to avoid food shortages by increasing its rice production have received an important boost with the signing of a new agreement to help the nation's millions of poor rice farmers with new technologies.
(Apr 3, 2007)
Sun Collaborates With Boeing (Byte and Switch)
MCLEAN, Va. -- Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW - News) and the Space and Intelligence Systems unit of Boeing (NYSE: BA - News) have announced plans to launch an industry leading, open architecture that will enable organizations to collect, process and store massive amounts of data at extremely high rates of speed.
(Apr 3, 2007)
Legislature asked to put money into partnership's potential (Post-Bulletin)
The Legislature is in the midst of discussing what kind of funding to give the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics, headquartered in Mayo Clinic
(Apr 3, 2007)
BioTrove, Inc. Appoints Gregory C. Critchfield, M.D. To Board of Directors (RedNova)
BioTrove, Inc. today named Gregory C. Critchfield, M.D., M.S., to its board of directors, adding his expertise in disease testing and pharmaceutical development to the BioTrove board. Dr.
(Apr 3, 2007)
Enhanced Fluorescence Cell Imaging With Metal-Coated Slides (RedNova)
By Moal, E Le; Fort, E; Lvque-Fort, S; Cordelires, F P; Et al ABSTRACT Fluorescence labeling is the prevailing imaging technique in cell biology research.
(Apr 3, 2007)
Digilab Inc. Awarded Exclusive Distributorship for Boehringer Ingelheim MicroParts Optical Technologies and Products (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Digilab, Inc. is pleased to announce an exclusive Distributorship Agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim microParts GmbH for the Americas and Australia. In these markets Digilab will be sole distributor of microParts' UV-Vis microspectrometer for both OEM and end-user applications.
(Apr 3, 2007)
MVSU to break ground for facility (Mississippi Business Journal)
ITTA BENA — The construction of a $13.2-million academic building will be celebrated April 4 when Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) officials hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Science and Technology Building.
(Apr 3, 2007)
Panasas Launches New ActiveStor Storage Cluster Solutions (Linux World)
Panasas announced the third generation of the company's operating environment, ActiveScale 3.0. The ActiveScale 3.0 operating environment adds several new features to the established PanFS parallel file system that Panasas has deployed in top companies and scientific organizations around the world.
(Apr 3, 2007)
More Rapid Than Expected Type 2 Diabetes Incidence Will Drive Diagnostics and Therapeutics Market to $33 Billion By 2016 (RedNova)
NEW YORK, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- With the wor
(Apr 3, 2007)
Database Seeks to Inform Product Developers of Food Consumption Habits in Three Countries (Newswise)
In a new paper, Northeastern University Professor of Marketing Samuel Rabino, Dr. Howard Moskowitz, President of Moskowitz and Jacobs Inc. and colleagues analyze the consumption patterns of 6,700 respondents' evaluation of 22 food and beverage products in three countries, creating a comprehensive database of their findings.
(Apr 3, 2007)
Legislature Asked to Put Money into Partnership's Potential (RedNova)
By Jeff Hansel, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. Apr. 3--The Legislature is in the midst of discussing what kind of funding to give the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics, headquartered in Mayo Clinic's Stabile Building in Rochester.
(Apr 3, 2007)
Ed Muzi k On Tour (Scoop.co.nz)
While part of Christchurch’s vibrant indie-electro scene, Ed Muzi k’ s musical influences lie more with international artists such as Cansei de Ser Sexy, LCD Soundsystem and the Knife. His lyrical content and delivery, however, are all his own.
(Apr 3, 2007)
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