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The New Medicine: Executives From Three Fast-Evolving Bio-Med Companies Update The Wall Street Reporter Community on ... (RedNova)
NEW YORK, May 14, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Wall Street Reporter Magazine has just published exclusive interviews with executives from INNOVIVE Pharmaceuticals (OTCBB:IVPH), DNAPrint(tm) Genomics Inc. (OTCBB:DNAG), and GangaGen Inc.
(May 14, 2007)
Agilent Technologies Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Agilent Technologies Inc. today reported orders of $1.40 billion for the second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2007, 10 percent above one year ago. Revenues during the quarter were $1.32 billion, 7 percent above last year.
(May 14, 2007)
Upstream Biosciences Inc. Appoints Edward Kiruluta to Scientific Advisory Board (RedNova)
Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS) ("Upstream" or "the Company"), an emerging leader in the field of genetic diagnostics for cancer and the prediction of drug response, has announced today the appointment of Mr. Edward Kiruluta to its scientific advisory board. Mr.
(May 14, 2007)
Upstream Biosciences Inc. Appoints Edward Kiruluta to Scientific Advisory Board (SYS-CON Media)
Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS)('Upstream' or 'the Company'), an emerging leader in the field of geneticdiagnostics for cancer and the prediction of drug response, has announcedtoday the appointment of Mr. Edward Kiruluta to its scientific advisoryboard. Mr. Kiruluta is currently Vice President, Engineering at DemandTec,where he leads the econometrics, optimization research and database ...
(May 14, 2007)
Awards: Study using DermTech's technology wins research prize (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)
A melanoma study using DermTech's non-invasive EGIR technology won Top Clinical Research Poster Prize at the Annual Society for Investigative Dermatology Meeting. GEICO honored Chris Wells and Neyah Peterson with a Corporate Quality Award.
(May 15, 2007)
Biosite Determines That Revised Binding Offer From Inverness Constitutes a 'Superior Proposal' (FinanzNachrichten)
SAN DIEGO, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Biosite Incorporated ( Nachrichten ) today announced that its Board of Directors has received a revised binding offer from Inverness Medical Innovations, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. to acquire, by way of a cash tender offer, 100% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Biosite not already owned by Inverness.
(May 15, 2007)
Light Cast On Evolution, Immunity And Disease By The Opossum Genome Sequence (Medical News Today)
Genome Research is publishing three papers related to the genome of the gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica, a small, nocturnal marsupial found in South America. The papers will appear online, concomitant with the publication of the opossum genome sequence in the journal Nature.1. [click link for full article]
(May 15, 2007)
Dr. Werner Brandt and Heino von Prondzynski to Stand for Election to QIAGEN's Supervisory Board (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
VENLO, The Netherlands, May 15, 2007 -- QIAGEN N.V. , today announced, that Dr. Werner Brandt and Heino von Prondzynski agreed to be nominated for election to join QIAGEN's Board of Supervisory Directors.
(May 15, 2007)
Mitrionics Secures $6M in VC Funding to Expand International Operations and Product Development (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mitrionics AB, developer of the Mitrion Software Acceleration Platform, today announced it has closed $6 million of venture capital funding from three investment firms: Grande Ventures, LLC, is a United States-based firm and lead investor in this round, and Creandum and Teknoinvest, are Scandinavian-based firms and share holders in Mitrionics based on previous investments. Mitrionics will ...
(May 15, 2007)
Elsevier Launches Molecular Oncology (Medical News Today)
Elsevier announced today the inaugural issue of a new journal, Molecular Oncology a journal for discovery-driven translational cancer research, published by Elsevier on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS). The quarterly journal will focus on the advances in the rapidly expanding field of molecular oncology. [click link for full article]
(May 15, 2007)
Five Japanese Pharmaceutical Companies License Ariadne Pathway Studio Enterprise (PR Web)
Ariadne today announced that recently five Japanese Pharmaceutical companies have licensed its Pathway Studio Enterprise (formerly known as Pathway Expert) software from World Fusion, the Ariadne Enterprise Software distributor in Japan, as a primary tool for microarray, proteomics and other experimental data analysis. (PRWeb May 15, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: ...
(May 15, 2007)
GridGain Systems Releases GridGain 1.0 -- Open Source Grid Computing for Java (PR Web)
GridGain Systems announced today availability of the first public release of GridGain project, an enterprise open source grid computing platform for Java. This release culminates 18 months of development and presents a software product with unique set of grid computing features, open source LGPL licensing and clear focus on high-performance Java-based development. (PRWeb May 15, 2007) Post ...
(May 15, 2007)
Numira(TM) Biosciences Names Anthony Purchio, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Numira Biosciences announced today that Anthony F. Purchio, Ph.D. has joined the Company as Chief Scientific Officer.
(May 15, 2007)
Sounds of science push the boundaries of art (PhysOrg)
Best known for exploring the code of life, DNA scientists are also challenging the frontier of art, with music transcribed from genes and proteins.
(May 15, 2007)
Student: After ballet, engineering simple (The Record)
WAYNE – Craig Dana spent years as a touring ballet dancer. But that was too hard, so at 22 he decided to try something a little easier: chemical engineering.
(May 15, 2007)
DNA - the soundtrack to your life (Independent Online)
Best known for exploring the code of life, DNA scientists are also challenging the frontier of art... with music.
(May 15, 2007)
First Marsupial Genome Sequence Published By Researchers (Medical News Today)
An international team, led by researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have announced the publication of the first genome of a marsupial, belonging to a South American species of opossum. [click link for full article]
(May 15, 2007)
GeneGo Awarded Phase II Toxicogenomics Grant By NIEHS (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
GeneGo, Inc., the leading provider of databases, software and services in systems biology, announced today that they have received a $750,000 Phase II SBIR grant from National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for the development of functional descriptors for gene expression response to drugs and toxins as part of their MetaTox product line.
(May 15, 2007)
Mitrionics Secures $6M in VC Funding to Expand International Operations and Product Development (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mitrionics AB, developer of the Mitrion Software Acceleration Platform, today announced it has closed $6 million of venture capital funding from three investment firms: Grande Ventures, LLC, is a United States-based firm and lead investor in this round, and Creandum and Teknoinvest, are Scandinavian-based firms and share holders in Mitrionics based on previous investments. Mitrionics will ...
(May 15, 2007)
Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure Funds Record Number of Research Programs (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure announced today a record number of awards to support breakthrough research at leading institutions throughout the country. Since its founding in 2001, Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure has fueled advancement in the field by funding outstanding and novel translational research to world-renowned researchers and creating novel collaborations with the medical community and ...
(May 15, 2007)
Student: After ballet, engineering simple (The Record)
WAYNE – Craig Dana spent years as a touring ballet dancer. But that was too hard, so at 22 he decided to try something a little easier: chemical engineering.
(May 15, 2007)
OmniComm Systems, Inc. Successfully Integrates Their TrialMaster Electronic Data Capture (EDC) Solution With the ... (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OmniComm Systems, Inc., one of the fastest growing companies in the EDC marketplace, today announced that it has completed the first commercial integration of an EDC solution with the NCI's Center for Bioinformatics cancer Data Standards Repository.
(May 15, 2007)
Rosetta Genomics Receives First Ever Patent Supporting MicroRNA-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. , a leading microRNA company, announced today that on May 15, 2007, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued Rosetta Genomics U.S. Patent No. 7,217,807.
(May 15, 2007)
U.S. Genomics Awarded $8.6 Million for Phase III Bio-Defense Contract from U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
U.S. Genomics has been awarded an $8.6 million Phase III contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to continue development of the Company's sophisticated biological sensor for biodefense applications.
(May 15, 2007)
Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Tripos Discovery Research Ltd (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
RICHMOND, Va. & ST. LOUIS----Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. and Tripos, Inc. are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement providing for the acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Tripos Discovery Research Ltd .
(May 15, 2007)
Sounds of science push the boundaries of art (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Best known for exploring the code of life, DNA scientists are also challenging the frontier of art, with music transcribed from genes and proteins.
(May 15, 2007)
Steve Reinhardt Joins Interactive Supercomputing Inc. (SYS-CON Media)
Interactive Supercomputing Inc. (ISC) announced today that Steve Reinhardt, a former Cray Research and SGI veteran, has joined the company as vice president of joint research.
(May 15, 2007)
Mitrionics Secures $6M in VC Funding to Expand International Operations and Product Development (SYS-CON Media)
Mitrionics AB, developer of the MitrionSoftware Acceleration Platform, today announced it has closed $6 million ofventure capital funding from three investment firms: Grande Ventures, LLC,is a United States-based firm and lead investor in this round, and Creandumand Teknoinvest, are Scandinavian-based firms and share holders inMitrionics based on previous investments. Mitrionics will utilize ...
(May 15, 2007)
U.S. Genomics' pathogen biosensor tested (UPI)
U.S. Genomics said Tuesday it has been awarded an $8.6 million government contract to do a phase 3 study of its biodefense sensor.
(May 15, 2007)
OmniComm Systems, Inc. Successfully Integrates Their TrialMaster Electronic Data Capture (EDC) Solution With the ... (SYS-CON Media)
OmniComm Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: OMCM),one of the fastest growing companies in the EDC marketplace, todayannounced that it has completed the first commercial integration of an EDCsolution with the NCI's Center for Bioinformatics (NCICB) cancer DataStandards Repository (caDSR). This integration allows customers conductingcancer research to take full advantage of pre-populated global libraries ...
(May 15, 2007)
U.S. Genomics Awarded $8.6 Million for Phase III Bio-Defense Contract from U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science ... (SYS-CON Media)
U.S. Genomics has been awarded an $8.6 million Phase III contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate to continue development of the Company's sophisticated biological sensor for biodefense applications. Under the 12-month Phase III contract under the Bioagent Autonomous Networked Detectors (BAND) program, U.S. Genomics will complete prototype ...
(May 15, 2007)
DHS Awards US Genomics $8.6M SBIR for Biosensor Development (GenomeWeb News)
GenomeWeb Daily News You are not logged in. Existing subscribers login here . New to GenomeWeb Daily News? Register quickly here for your free subscription.
(May 15, 2007)
Stratagene Reports First Quarter 2007 Revenue and Earnings (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LA JOLLA, Calif.----Stratagene Corporation , a developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialized life science research and diagnostic products, today released financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007.
(May 15, 2007)
Analysis: House Research Bill Unveiled (RedNova)
By OLGA PIERCE House lawmakers Tuesday unveiled a $3 billion bipartisan plan to fund medical comparative effectiveness research. A bill co-sponsored by Reps.
(May 16, 2007)
News: Chemotherapy Thwarted by Cancer-Killing Gene (Scientific American)
A study of ovarian cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy determined that individuals with a mutant, nonfunctional version of the tumor-suppressing gene p53 had a survival rate more than twice as high as counterparts with a properly functioning gene.
(May 16, 2007)
Student: After ballet, engineering simple (The Record)
WAYNE – Craig Dana spent years as a touring ballet dancer. But that was too hard, so at 22 he decided to try something a little easier: chemical engineering.
(May 16, 2007)
DNA test can reveal what mutt can't (Baltimore Sun)
Inside every creature there is DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid.
(May 16, 2007)
Vastox Selects Preclinical Candidate In Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Programme (Medical News Today)
VASTox plc (AIM: VOX), a leading UK biotechnology company, announces that it has selected a candidate to enter into preclinical development in the Company's Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ("DMD") drug discovery programme. VASTox has a unique therapeutic approach that targets the underlying cause of this disease. [click link for full article]
(May 16, 2007)
Industry’s First West Nile Virus Protease Assay Kits AnaSpec Inc. Posted on: 15 May 07 (PharmiWeb)
While West Nile virus (WNV) has had significant outbreaks throughout the world since it was first identified, commercially available assay kits for the detection of WNV protease inhibitors had not been developed until now.
(May 16, 2007)
Student: After ballet, engineering simple (The Record)
WAYNE – Craig Dana spent years as a touring ballet dancer. But that was too hard, so at 22 he decided to try something a little easier: chemical engineering.
(May 16, 2007)
Halozyme Therapeutics Names Randal J. Kirk and Kathryn E. Falberg to Board of Directors (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing recombinant human enzymes, today announced that Randal J. Kirk and Kathryn E. Falberg have been named to its Board of Directors.
(May 16, 2007)
Pall Opens New Centre of Excellence in India to Serve Fast-Growing Life Sciences Market (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
EAST HILLS, N.Y.----As part of its global initiative to align with customers worldwide, Pall Corporation today inaugurated its newest Life Sciences Centre of Excellence in Bangalore, India.
(May 16, 2007)
Pall Opens New Centre of Excellence in India to Serve Fast-Growing Life Sciences Market (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
As part of its global initiative to align with customers worldwide, Pall Corporation today inaugurated its newest Life Sciences Centre of Excellence in Bangalore, India. The Centre will drive process optimization innovations for the global life sciences market to meet the evolving opportunities and challenges of this fast-growing industry throughout Asia.
(May 16, 2007)
Biosite and Beckman Coulter Amend Definitive Merger Agreement (ThomasNet)
Beckman Coulter to Acquire Biosite in $90 Per Share Cash Tender Offer SAN DIEGO, May 2 -- Biosite Incorporated (NASDAQ:BSTE) today announced that it and Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE:BEC) have entered into an amendment to their existing merger agreement dated March 24, 2007. Under the terms of the amendment to the merger agreement, Beckman Coulter will acquire all of Biosite's outstanding common ...
(May 16, 2007)
Ciphergen Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results and Business Progress (FinanzNachrichten)
FREMONT, Calif., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ciphergen Biosystems, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2007 and provided an update on business progress.
(May 16, 2007)
UCLA molecular biologists convert protein sequences into classical music (EurekAlert!)
UCLA molecular biologists have turned protein sequences into original compositions of classical music.
(May 16, 2007)
Cornell University and Gene Network Sciences Awarded Army Bioremediation Grant (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Cornell University and Gene Network Sciences have been selected to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of the Army, entitled "Systems Biology of Dehalococcoides: Using Network Inference Modeling to Integrate Omics Datasets Under Varied Conditions."
(May 16, 2007)
Growing Nerve Cells In 3-D Dramatically Affects Gene Expression (Science Daily)
Nerve cells grown in three-dimensional environments deploy hundreds of different genes compared with cells grown in standard two-dimensional petri dishes, according to a new Brown University study. The research adds to a growing body of evidence that lab culture techniques dramatically affect the way these cells behave.
(May 16, 2007)
Lumera Announces Next Podcast Installment; Interview With Dr. Larry Dalton Next in 2007 Lumera Experts Series (RedNova)
Lumera Corporation (NASDAQ: LMRA), a leader in the emerging field of nanotechnology, announced today its next installment of its 2007 Lumera Experts Podcasting Series. The featured interview is with Dr.
(May 16, 2007)
Chocolate Toothpaste? Extract of Tasty Treat Could Fight Tooth Decay, Tulane University Researcher Says (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
For a healthy smile brush between meals, floss regularly and eat plenty of chocolate?
(May 16, 2007)
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