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Single brain cell's power shown (BBC News)
There could be enough computing ability in just one brain cell to allow humans and animals to feel, a study suggests.
(Dec 22, 2007)
Measles vaccine offers new dengue hope (SciDev.net)
[LONDON] A new candidate vaccine to immunise children against the dengue virus could be created using the measles vaccine.
(Dec 22, 2007)
ISU agronomy professor named center director in Plant Sciences Institute (High Plains Journal)
Thomas Lübberstedt has been named the new director for the Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding in the Plant Sciences Institute at Iowa State University.
(Dec 22, 2007)
Orion Genomics Announces The Discovery Of Novel Breast Cancer Biomarkers (Medical News Today)
Orion Genomics announced the discovery and validation of the most frequent DNA alterations detected in breast cancer to date. The results of a genome wide analysis of DNA methylation appeared in PLoS ONE. [click link for full article]
(Dec 22, 2007)
New Gene Prediction Method Capitalizes On Multiple Genomes (Medical News Today)
Researchers at Stanford University report in the online open access journal, Genome Biology, a new approach to computationally predicting the locations and structures of protein-coding genes in a genome. Gene finding remains an important problem in biology as scientists are still far from fully mapping the set of human genes. [click link for full article]
(Dec 22, 2007)
Tracking down the unknown (The Star)
A team of scientists from the Australian National University in Canberra has developed cheap diagnostic tests that can help detect new viruses quickly, Emily Robertson writes.
(Dec 22, 2007)
Tim Hubbard: A Bottom-Up View Of Human Genetics (Newsweek)
(Dec 22, 2007)
ARTIFICIAL DNA YIELDS NEW LIFE FORMS (Express India)
Unlike conventional biotechnology, in which scientists induce modest genetic changes in cells to make them serve industrial purposes, synthetic biology involves the large-scale rewriting of genetic codes
(Dec 22, 2007)
Tracking down the unknown (Thursday Magnet)
A team of scientists from the Australian National University in Canberra has developed cheap diagnostic tests that can help detect new viruses quickly, Emily Robertson writes.
(Dec 23, 2007)
PNNL's Richard Smith Named To Prestigious Scientific American 50 List Of Outstanding Leaders (Medical News Today)
Richard D. Smith, Battelle Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been named one of 50 outstanding leaders in the 2007 Scientific American 50. Each year the magazine recognizes its list of 50 key contributors in science and technology. [click link for full article]
(Dec 23, 2007)
Emory, Ohio State Launch Partnership In Predictive And Personalized Health Care (Medical News Today)
Emory University and The Ohio State University Medical Center have formed the Alliance for Predictive and Personalized Health--a partnership aimed at transforming health care into a more patient-centered system that integrates scientific breakthroughs in genomics and molecular biology with advances in communications and information technology. [click link for full article]
(Dec 23, 2007)
Gold nanoparticle probes may allow earlier cancer detection (EurekAlert!)
Using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, researchers have shown that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal. These tools may allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier and less invasively
(Dec 23, 2007)
Gold nanoparticle probes may allow earlier cancer detection (Environmental News Network)
Using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, researchers have shown that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal. These tools may allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier and less invasively Studded with antibody fragments called ScFv peptides that bind cancer cells, the gold particles grab onto tumors after their injection into a mouse. When illuminated with a ...
(Dec 23, 2007)
Drugs with a personal touch (BizJournals)
Wouldn't you like to know if your genetic makeup predisposed you to the retinal disease macular degeneration, especially if you could take steps now to prevent it?
(Dec 24, 2007)
Top 10 Startups Worth Watching in 2008 (Wired News)
Which startups are worth paying attention to in the coming year? We pick 10 companies that should be making significant strides in 2008.
(Dec 24, 2007)
As DNA research advances, science plays God ever more (Seattle Times)
It has been 50 years since scientists first created DNA in a test tube, stitching ordinary chemical ingredients together to make life's...
(Dec 24, 2007)
Gold nanoparticles may make cancer diagnosis faster, less invasive (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
London, Dec 24 (ANI): A study on mice has suggested that gold nanoparticles may make diagnosis of cancer faster and less invasive. The researchers have shown that by using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, they could identify tumours under the skin of a living animal, which may lead to earlier detection of cancer. Lead researcher Dr. Shuming Nie, a professor in the Wallace H. Coulter ...
(Dec 24, 2007)
Gold Nanoparticle Probes May Allow Earlier Cancer Detection (Medical News Today)
Using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, researchers have shown that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal. These tools may allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier and less invasivelyStudded with antibody fragments called ScFv peptides that bind cancer cells, the gold particles grab onto tumors after their injection into a mouse. [click link for full article]
(Dec 24, 2007)
Gold nanoparticles may make cancer diagnosis faster, less invasive (New Kerala)
London, Dec 24 : A study on mice has suggested that gold nanoparticles may make diagnosis of cancer faster and less invasive.
(Dec 24, 2007)
PNNL scientist on magazine's top 50 list (Tri-City Herald)
A Battelle Fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has made Scientific American magazine's list of top 50 contributors in science and technology for 2007.
(Dec 24, 2007)
Tracking down the unknown (Hastings Gazette)
A team of scientists from the Australian National University in Canberra has developed cheap diagnostic tests that can help detect new viruses quickly, Emily Robertson writes.
(Dec 24, 2007)
Beijing Genomics Institute to Offer Sequencing Services on Sanger, Solexa, SOLiD Instruments (GenomeWeb News)
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(Dec 24, 2007)
Gold Nanoparticle Probes May Allow Earlier Cancer Detection (Science Daily)
Using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, researchers have shown that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal. These tools may allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier and less invasively. Studded with antibody fragments called ScFv peptides that bind cancer cells, the gold particles grab onto tumors after their injection into a mouse. When illuminated with a ...
(Dec 24, 2007)
Wauwatosa's PointOne Systems entering next phase (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
As a senior GE Healthcare mergers-and-acquisitions executive, Robert S. Pothier evaluated hundreds of companies in the health care industry.
(Dec 25, 2007)
The increasing popularity of self-diagnostic tests of various kinds is listed as one of the 10 leading fads for 2008, ... (Reading Eagle)
The increasing popularity of self-diagnostic tests of various kinds is listed as one of the 10 leading fads for 2008, according to a products database.
(Dec 25, 2007)
Tracking down the unknown (Western Advocate)
A team of scientists from the Australian National University in Canberra has developed cheap diagnostic tests that can help detect new viruses quickly, Emily Robertson writes.
(Dec 25, 2007)
Adapt or Die (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance)
What comes after discoveries in biotech? A hard look at bio-economics, politics, personality, and ethics, this week with help from Andy Grove.
(Dec 26, 2007)
The Top 10 New Organisms of 2007 (Wired News)
Wired News runs down the 10 most interesting new organisms created through genetic engineering in 2007, from poison-sensing yeast to schizophrenic mice.
(Dec 26, 2007)
Jo’s scientific approach to writing (icWales)
SHE may not be a household name in her native Wales just yet – but a former financial adviser is fast on her way to becoming one of the world’s best known science fiction and fantasy writers.
(Dec 26, 2007)
Scientist bucks trend to continue his work in N.B. (Daily Gleaner)
Dr. David Barnett is exactly the kind of person New Brunswick needs working in the province, says the CEO of the Atlantic Cancer Research Institute.
(Dec 26, 2007)
The metabolome and systems biology (The Hindu)
Metabolomics refers to a systematic study of the chemical fingerprints
(Dec 26, 2007)
Top 10 Startups Worth Watching in 2008 (Wired News)
Which startups are worth paying attention to in the coming year? We pick 10 companies that should be making significant strides in 2008.
(Dec 26, 2007)
The Top 10 New Organisms of 2007 (Wired News)
Wired News runs down the 10 most interesting new organisms created through genetic engineering in 2007, from poison-sensing yeast to schizophrenic mice.
(Dec 26, 2007)
Akonni Biosystems opens headquarters, laboratories (The Daily Record)
FREDERICK - The future of personal medicine may very well have its start in Frederick. That was a recurrent theme for speakers at the opening of Akonni Biosystems' headquarters and laboratories on Sagner Avenue. A crowd of hundreds attended the event.
(Dec 26, 2007)
CSIR to set up Open Drug Discovery Programme to bring down drug research costs (PharmaBiz)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) plans to set up an Open Drug Discovery Programme (ODDP) via web portal in the public domain. The project will get one-third funding from the government, one-third from international sources and the rest from philanthropic entities.
(Dec 27, 2007)
CLC bio signs MoU with Andhra University for providing bioinformatics solutions (PharmaBiz)
The Denmark based bioinformatics service provider company, CLC bio has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Andhra University. Under the agreement, it will provide its bioinformatics educational solution to Andhra University and 25 more affiliated post graduate colleges in the state.
(Dec 27, 2007)
Tracking down the unknown (Ararat Advertiser)
A team of scientists from the Australian National University in Canberra has developed cheap diagnostic tests that can help detect new viruses quickly, Emily Robertson writes.
(Dec 27, 2007)
Attorneys team up, open consulting company (Arizona Business Gazette)
Steptoe & Johnson will enter into a strategic alliance with Veridus , a Phoenix-based government-relations and public-policy consulting firm that will launch in January.
(Dec 27, 2007)
Study maps life in extreme environments (EurekAlert!)
A team of biologists have developed a model mapping the control circuit governing a whole free living organism. This is an important milestone for the new field of systems biology and will allow the researchers to model how the organism adapts over time in response to its environment.
(Dec 27, 2007)
New Plant Study Reveals a "Deeply Hidden" Layer of the Transcriptome (Newswise)
Cells keep a close watch over the transcriptome - the totality of all parts of the genome that are expressed in any given cell at any given time. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the University of Missouri-Kansas City teamed up to peel back another layer of transcriptional regulation and gain new insight into how genomes work.
(Dec 27, 2007)
Study maps life in extreme environments (PhysOrg)
A team of biologists have developed a model mapping the control circuit governing a whole free living organism. This is an important milestone for the new field of systems biology and will allow the researchers to model how the organism adapts over time in response to its environment. This study marks the first time researchers have accurately predicted a cell`s dynamics at the genome scale (for ...
(Dec 27, 2007)
Frost & Sullivan Presents Bio-Rad with the 2007 'Product Line Strategy Award' for the Introduction of its Profinia ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PALO ALTO, Calif.----Based on its recent analysis of the U.S. liquid chromatography markets, Frost & Sullivan recently presented Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., with the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Award in recognition of Bio-Rad's introduction of the Profinia™ protein purification system.
(Dec 27, 2007)
Frost & Sullivan Presents Bio-Rad with the 2007 'Product Line Strategy Award' for the Introduction of its Profinia ... (Centre Daily Times)
Based on its recent analysis of the U.S. liquid chromatography markets, Frost & Sullivan recently presented Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., with the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Award in recognition of Bio-Rad's introduction of the Profinia(TM) protein purification system. Building upon its expertise in molecular biology, Bio-Rad's new tool simplifies the protein purification process ...
(Dec 27, 2007)
Model Developed that Predicts Molecular Response of Living Cells to Genetic or Environmental Change (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SEATTLE----Scientists at the Institute for Systems Biology , in collaboration with researchers from New York University , have developed a model which rapidly characterizes and accurately predicts the molecular-level, mechanistic response of a free-living cell to genetic and environmental changes.
(Dec 27, 2007)
Model Developed that Predicts Molecular Response of Living Cells to Genetic or Environmental Change (Centre Daily Times)
Scientists at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), in collaboration with researchers from New York University (NYU), have developed a model which rapidly characterizes and accurately predicts the molecular-level, mechanistic response of a free-living cell to genetic and environmental changes. The paper describing the EGRIN model was published today in the online edition of the journal Cell.
(Dec 27, 2007)
Model Developed that Predicts Molecular Response of Living Cells to Genetic or Environmental Change (wallstreet:online AG)
Scientists at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), in collaboration with researchers from New
(Dec 27, 2007)
With Housing Down, Some Buying Spots The Boom Bypassed (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
The tougher the real estate market gets, the more analyzing location matters.
(Dec 27, 2007)
More News (Gazette.Net)
Many said that the purchase of MedImmune Inc., Maryland’s biggest biotech, by AstraZeneca of the United Kingdom for an estimated $15.6 billion signaled a maturing of the industry.
(Dec 28, 2007)
County To Receive $492K In Federal Funds For Methane-To-Energy Project (The Post-Journal)
12/28/2007 - MAYVILLE — The price tag for the 6.4 mega watt methane-to-energy generating facility to be built at the county landfill has been reduced by nearly $500,000.
(Dec 28, 2007)
$33 Million in Federal Earmarks Coming to WNY (WKBW-TV Buffalo)
Pork-barrel spending to benefit a dozen local projects.
(Dec 28, 2007)
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