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Mesa gets $900,000 science grant (The Arizona Republic)
Mesa Public Schools has received a grant worth $900,000 over three years to train up to 24 teachers assigned to bioscience courses and to provide support for students researching the genome of a bacterium.
(Jun 1, 2007)
Company roundup (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 3M Co., Maplewood, has acquired the manufacturing and marketing rights to the Peridex brand periodontal rinse product from Zila Inc. for $9.5 million in cash. Omni Preventive Care, a 3M company since early 2006, has sold Peridex brand oral rinse to dentists in the U.S. since 2000. Navarre Corp., New Hope, has completed the sale of its independent music distribution ...
(Jun 1, 2007)
QIAGEN Launches First QIAplex Products for Highly Multiplexed, PCR-Based Assays (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
VENLO, The Netherlands, June 1, 2007 -- QIAGEN , the world's leading provider of sample and assay technologies for research in life sciences, applied testing, and molecular diagnostics, today announced the launch of the first assays based on its breakthrough QIAplex PCR multiplex technology.
(Jun 1, 2007)
Study Reveals Aspirin's Colorectal Cancer Prevention Mechanism (Medical News Today)
Aspirin therapy's ability to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, an association seen in a large number of studies, appears to depend on the drug's inhibition of the COX-2 enzyme, the action that also underlies aspirin's usefulness for treating pain and inflammation. [click link for full article]
(Jun 1, 2007)
NIAID Supports Research Into Etiology of Fungal-Induced Inflammation in Chronic Sinusitis (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
TAMPA, Fla.----Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. reports that the Mayo Medical and Graduate Schools and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have been awarded a National Institute of Health grant of $2.4 million for a project entitled "The Pathogenesis of Chronic Rhinosinusitis."
(Jun 1, 2007)
Acacia Technologies Acquires Rights to Patent Portfolio for Communication Resource Monitoring (Broadcast Newsroom)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) (Nasdaq:CBMX) announced today that Acacia Patent Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary that is part of the Acacia Technologies group, a leader in technology licensing, has acquired rights to a patent portfolio relating to communication resource monitoring.
(Jun 1, 2007)
Community Interventions: A Brief Overview and Their Application to the Obesity Epidemic (RedNova)
By Economos, Christina D; Irish-Hauser, Sonya Introduction Defining "community" from a research perspective is difficult. Communities consist of environmental, social, and geographic components.
(Jun 1, 2007)
Serenex Launches Trial of Cancer Inhibitor (Local Tech Wire)
Posted: Today at 7:23 a.m. Durham — Serenex, a developer of drugs and technology to fight cancer, is launching a Phase 1 trial of a drug intended to be a cancer inhibitor.
(Jun 1, 2007)
$300K to fund Mesa students' genome work (East Valley Tribune)
More Mesa high school students will get the chance to do genome research, thanks to a $300,000 award from the Science Foundation Arizona.
(Jun 1, 2007)
Co-Discoverer Of DNA Presented With His Own Genome Sequence (Medical News Today)
James Watson, Nobel Laureate and co-discoverer with Francis Crick of the DNA double helix was presented this week with his own genome sequence.Watson, who is also the father of the Human Genome project, is the first human to be given the data that surrounds his own personal genome sequence. The project to unravel Watson's DNA took two months and cost 1 million US dollars. [click link for full ...
(Jun 1, 2007)
UCB Selects Genedata To Manage Drug Target Information (BioresearchOnline)
Genedata, the Swiss-based computational solutions provider, announces a major research informatics solution deal with the global biopharmaceutical company UCB
(Jun 1, 2007)
Prague, Czech Republic May 25, 2007 (SeedQuest)
On April 17-19, 2007, the Pannonian Plant Biotechnology Association organized in Piestany, Slovakia a workshop on “Plant Biotechnology and Stability of Crop Production in the Greater Pannonian Region”.
(Jun 1, 2007)
Affymetrix to Webcast Presentation at Bank of America Health Care Conference (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Affymetrix, Inc. today announced its presentation time at the Bank of America Health Care Conference in Las Vegas has been changed by conference organizers to 11:20 a.m.
(Jun 1, 2007)
Thallion Announces Publication of ECO-4601 Phase I/II Clinical Data at ASCO (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Thallion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that preliminary data from its Phase I/II clinical trial investigating ECO-4601 in advanced cancer patients was published in abstract form as part of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
(Jun 1, 2007)
Applied Biosystems/ U.S. Department of Defense Contract for Prototype Instrument System to Identify Infectious Diseases ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Applied Biosystems , an Applera Corporation business, announced today that its contract with the U.S. Department of Defense surrounding the development of a prototype instrument system to improve the way infectious diseases are identified for epidemiological and biosecurity purposes has been terminated for the convenience of the government.
(Jun 1, 2007)
James Watson's genome sequenced (Nature)
Discoverer of the double helix blazes trail for personal genomics.
(Jun 1, 2007)
Affymetrix to Webcast Presentation at Bank of America Health Care Conference (RedNova)
Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) today announced its presentation time at the Bank of America Health Care Conference in Las Vegas has been changed by conference organizers to 11:20 a.m. PT on Friday, June 1, 2007.
(Jun 1, 2007)
Overdiagnosis of congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) (News-Medical-Net)
Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) can be lethal if not diagnosed -- yet recent increased awareness of the disorder may lead to diagnosing patients when they don't have the syndrome and then prescribing treatments that restrict patients' lifestyles, a new Mayo Clinic study shows.
(Jun 1, 2007)
Genome Canada, Genome Quebec And Universite De Montreal Launch P3G Consortium And CARTaGENE Project (Medical News Today)
The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry, and Mr. Raymond Bachand, Quebec Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export, and Minister of Tourism, along with Dr. Martin Godbout, President and CEO of Genome Canada, Mr. Paul L'Archeveque, President and CEO of Genome Quebec, and Mr. Luc Vinet, Rector of the Universite de Montreal, have announced $34. [click link for full article]
(Jun 2, 2007)
Study Identifying Alteration In Gene Associated With Uterine Cancer (Medical News Today)
Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have announced the discovery of previously unrecognized alterations in a gene called FGFR2 in a subset of endometrial cancers, the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States. The mutations in FGFR2 result in uncontrolled cell division, a hallmark of cancer. [click link for full article]
(Jun 2, 2007)
AutoGenomics Addresses TB Crisis with a Genetic Drug Resistance Test (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
In light of the recent news event where a passenger with extensive drug resistant tuberculosis flew on multiple airline flights and potentially infected other passengers, the need for rapid identification of MTB and assessment of drug resistance is critical to control of the spread of the disease" said Dr.
(Jun 2, 2007)
AutoGenomics Addresses TB Crisis With a Genetic Drug Resistance Test (RedNova)
CARLSBAD, Calif., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- "In l
(Jun 2, 2007)
Association of Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator With Asthma and Atopy (RedNova)
By Bgin, Philippe; Tremblay, Karine; Daley, Denise; Lemire, Mathieu; Et al Rationale: Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) interacts with its receptor on inflammatory and migrating cells to regulate extracellular matrix degradation, cell adhesion, and inflammatory cell activation.
(Jun 2, 2007)
Bhopal, June 2: (Central Chronicle)
The five-day national workshop on Chemiinformatics, organinsed by the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) under the aegis of Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility of Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, concluded here on Friday.
(Jun 2, 2007)
Workshop on Chemiinformatics concludes (Central Chronicle)
Bhopal, June 2: The five-day national workshop on Chemiinformatics, organinsed by the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) under the aegis of Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility of Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, concluded here on Friday.
(Jun 2, 2007)
Three PG tech courses make debut at MSU (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News)
Going by the emerging trends in study of science and technology, M S University s Faculty of Technology is to begin three new post-graduate courses in Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology and one in Scientific Computing and Industrial Mathematics from this year. Briefing the press, the faculty authorities said that of the three new courses, the one in scientific computing will be a self financed, ...
(Jun 2, 2007)
6 Billion Bits of Data About Me, Me, Me! (New York Times)
A DNA code cracker got his genome. Lines form now for everyone else.
(Jun 3, 2007)
IRRI vows to maintain world-class facility (Malaya)
World-class scientific facilities continue to play an increasingly important role in helping poor nations overcome poverty and food insecurity as well as handle new challenges such as the impact of climate change.
(Jun 3, 2007)
Intellectual Property (Mondaq)
Intellectual property law is in a period of rapid evolution.
(Jun 3, 2007)
Gene expression patterns predict rapid decline in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients (News-Medical-Net)
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung disease typically characterized by the slow but progressive onset of shortness of breath or cough.
(Jun 4, 2007)
DNA Mapping - Would You Want to Know? (About.com)
James Dewey Watson does. Well, most of it anyway... Best known for discovering the structure of DNA with his research partner Francis Crick, Nobel laureate Dr. James Watson became the first...
(Jun 4, 2007)
Uncontrolled asthma is highly prevalent (News-Medical-Net)
A survey of 1,812 patients with moderate-to-severe asthma revealed that the disease was not controlled in 55 percent, despite the fact that most had health insurance and visited their health care providers regularly.
(Jun 4, 2007)
What's happening on area campuses (The Republican)
American International College will offer a soccer camp June 25 to 29 for youngsters 5 to 16 years old. The full day camp is $200 and will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The half day camp is $115 and will run from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
(Jun 4, 2007)
Bionomics’ Validates 3rd BNC105 Cancer Application (Scoop.co.nz)
Australian drug discovery company, Bionomics Limited (ASX: BNO), announced today that their latest findings indicate that BNC105 disrupts the vasculature in human prostate tumours grown in mice, expanding on its previously demonstrated preclinical efficacy in breast and colon cancers.
(Jun 4, 2007)
UA targets elite level in research spending (Tucson Citizen)
The University of Arizona is closing in on becoming a Top 10-ranked public research institution, according to a recently released study. UA spent $530 million on research during fiscal 2005, which ended June 30. That placed it 13 among public colleges
(Jun 4, 2007)
Spending on research earns UA No. 13 rank (Tucson Citizen)
The University of Arizona ranks first in the nation in research and development spending in physical sciences, according to the National Science Foundation's report released recently.
(Jun 4, 2007)
TransTech Pharma Boosts Preferred Stock Round by $30 Million (Local Tech Wire)
HIGH POINT--TransTech Pharma, Inc. says it has increased its series E preferred stock round by an additional $30 million and closed on the first tranche of $10 million.
(Jun 4, 2007)
PathCon Takes a Giant Step Forward in qPCR Assays (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Expo -- PathCon Laboratories, the pathogen control experts, today unveiled PathCon ExpressID(TM) -- real-time qPCR testing for environmental microorganisms.
(Jun 4, 2007)
Interview with VP of ShanghaiBio Corporation (Interfax)
Shanghai. June 4. INTERFAX-CHINA - ShanghaiBio Corporation (SBC) is one of China's leading enterprises engaged in biochip technology.
(Jun 4, 2007)
Applied Biosystems Announces Early-Access Program For Its Next-Generation Sequencing Platform (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Applied Biosystems , an Applera Corporation business, today announced the launch of the early-access program for its next-generation DNA sequencing system. The company said that it has shipped initial units of its SOLiD System to leading research institutions that include Stanford University, and has begun accepting orders from other customers.
(Jun 4, 2007)
Innovations in Proteomic Sample Prep: Partnership Between Digilab BioVisioN GmbH and GenWay Biotech, Inc. (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HANNOVER, Germany----Digilab BioVisioN GmbH has entered into a licensing agreement with GenWay Biotech, Inc. based in San Diego, USA. Under the terms of the agreement, Digilab BioVisioN's location in Hannover, Germany, will become Official European Seppro® Center.
(Jun 4, 2007)
Pressure BioSciences, Inc. to Unveil New, Lightweight, Compressed Air Driven Barocycler ... (ThomasNet)
WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass., May 1 -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:PBIO) today announced that it will unveil a patent-pending, lightweight, compressed air driven pressure cycling instrument (Barocycler NEP2320) at the 2007 BIO International Convention, being held May 6-9 in Boston, Massachusetts. Approximately 20,000 attendees are expected at BIO 2007, an annual event generally considered one ...
(Jun 4, 2007)
New Insight Into How Low HDL Causes Heart Disease (Medical News Today)
Researchers have found that one of the reasons people with low HDL - a molecule that helps eliminate excess cholesterol from arteries - are at risk of developing heart disease could be a defective version of a protein called ABCA1. [click link for full article]
(Jun 4, 2007)
Systems Characterization Of Cell Surface Receptors (Medical News Today)
Cells communicate with their environment through molecules on their surface known as receptors. Receptors bind ligands - specific companion molecules that either carry information about the outside environment or are critical cell nutrients. A variety of receptors are internalized into the cell through a process known as endocytosis. [click link for full article]
(Jun 4, 2007)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Industry-leading Mass Spectrometry Portfolio Introduces New Integrated Solutions for ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. , the world leader in serving science, will unveil its expanded line of LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometers, as well as other new research and discovery solutions, at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference being held June 3 - 7 in Indianapolis, Ind.
(Jun 4, 2007)
QUT Accelerates Research Productivity Through New SGI Supercomputer and Storage Facilities (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Delivering the assurance of a fast, reliable and future-proof solution for a new era of scientific and computational research, SGI today announced it has been selected to provide the high-performance computing infrastructure for Queensland University of Technology .
(Jun 4, 2007)
Biotech Remained Flat in May (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The summer blues seem to have started early for biotech. Despite a record setting attendance of over 22,000 at the Biotechnology Industry Organization International Convention in Boston, a nearly 15% increase from the previous year, the event failed to boost the industry on Wall Street.
(Jun 4, 2007)
Too Much Of A Key Protein Observed In Type 2 Diabetes Patients (Medical News Today)
Researchers have shown that key chemicals that carry cholesterol and fats in the blood accumulate in people with type 2 diabetes, which may help improve treatment of this disease.Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which blood sugar is higher than it should be and too much insulin is produced to counter this blood sugar increase. [click link for full article]
(Jun 4, 2007)
Biotech Remained Flat in May (RedNova)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The summer blues seem to have started early for biotech.
(Jun 4, 2007)
PathCon Takes a Giant Step Forward in qPCR Assays (SYS-CON Media)
enabling quickresponse in an environmental crisis.
(Jun 4, 2007)
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