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Seattle research to map disease with U.S. grant (Seattle Times)
The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will use the money to unlock the structures of toxins that could pave the way to design new drugs and vaccines.
(Jan 1, 2008)
New plant study reveals a 'deeply hidden' layer of the transcriptome (Environmental News Network)
La Jolla, CA — 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 have now teamed up to peel back another layer of transcriptional regulation and gain new insight into how genomes work.
(Jan 2, 2008)
Resilience concepts poised to aid management of coastal marine ecosystems (EurekAlert!)
The January 2008 issue of BioScience includes a special section entitled “Managing for Resilience in Coastal Marine Ecosystems.”
(Jan 2, 2008)
Who's your daddy? Kit tells you (Contra Costa Times)
When it comes to a baby, how do you prove who the father is? Short of calling the Maury Povich show, which seems to specialize in paternity tests, you now can do some of the DNA legwork yourself.
(Jan 2, 2008)
Turning Anthrax Toxin Into A Cancer Killer (Medical News Today)
Most people wouldn't consider anthrax toxin to be beneficial, but this bacterial poison may someday be an effective cancer therapy. Anthrax toxin has actually been shown to be fairly selective in targeting melanoma cells, although the risk of non-cancer toxicity prevents any clinical use. [click link for full article]
(Jan 2, 2008)
DNA test kits now in the consumers' hands (South Bend Tribune)
When it comes to a baby, how do you prove who the father is?
(Jan 2, 2008)
Resilience concepts poised to aid management of coastal marine ecosystems (PhysOrg)
Journal devotes section to how new approaches can benefit economically vital yet ecologically complex areas The January 2008 issue of BioScience includes a special section entitled “Managing for Resilience in Coastal Marine Ecosystems.” The four articles in the section highlight different aspects of attempts to incorporate modern concepts from mathematical ecology into ecosystem-based management ...
(Jan 2, 2008)
Koshland Science Museum Announces Winter Events (Kansas City InfoZine)
The Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences has lined up an exciting new slate of events to engage the public in some of today's most fascinating science.
(Jan 2, 2008)
TV Show ReGenesis Generates Interest in Science (Blogcritics.org)
A science consultant for the show spills secrets on the truth behind the fiction. Battlestar Galactica. Star Trek. Doctor Who. Television is good at science fiction. It's not so good at science fact. Some of the most popular shows today, like House and CSI, sacrifice accuracy to entertainment. While that might make fans happy, it makes scientists cringe.Canadian series ReGenesis, entering its ...
(Jan 2, 2008)
Model Developed That Predicts Molecular Response Of Living Cells To Genetic Or Environmental Change (BioresearchOnline)
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
(Jan 2, 2008)
Austrian Govt invites Dr Coonar for international symposium (New Kerala)
Chandigarh, Jan 2: Punjab Medical Education and Research joint director Dr PPS Coonar has been invited by the Austria Government to attend the 5th International Symposium of the Austrian Proteomics Platform in Innsbruck from January 20 to 25.
(Jan 2, 2008)
Jolley: Five Minutes With Craig Huffhines, American Hereford Association (CattleNetwork.com)
Craig Huffhines has been the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Hereford Association (AHA) since 1997.He joined AHA in 1992 fresh from completing a master’s degree in meat science from Colorado State University earned under the tutelage of Dr. Gary Smith.
(Jan 2, 2008)
Biotech has Positive Year Despite Weak Fourth Quarter Performance (Centre Daily Times)
"The biotech industry finished the year in good shape with the Burrill Biotech Select Index, a price-weighted index tracking 20 of biotech's "blue chip" companies, gaining 9% in 2007 ahead of the Dow, which finished up 6.4% and on par with the Nasdaq, which closed up 9.8%," said G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company, a San Francisco based global leader in life sciences with activities in ...
(Jan 2, 2008)
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols features methods for visualizing protein dynamics (EurekAlert!)
COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (Wed., Jan. 2, 2008) – This month’s release of Cold Spring Harbor Protocols highlights methods that permit scientists to observe protein dynamics in chromosomes and embryos.
(Jan 2, 2008)
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute Lands $30.6M to Establish Structural Genomics Center (GenomeWeb News)
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(Jan 2, 2008)
Affymetrix to Webcast Presentation at JPMorgan Healthcare Conference (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Affymetrix Inc. today announced that Stephen P.A. Fodor, Ph.D., chairman and chief executive officer, and Kevin M. King, president, will provide a company overview at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference on January 9th in San Francisco, CA.
(Jan 2, 2008)
Affymetrix to Webcast Presentation at JPMorgan Healthcare Conference (wallstreet:online AG)
Affymetrix Inc. (367;NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that Stephen P.A. Fodor, Ph.D., chairman and chief executive
(Jan 2, 2008)
Affymetrix to Webcast Presentation at JPMorgan Healthcare Conference (Centre Daily Times)
Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that Stephen P.A. Fodor, Ph.D., chairman and chief executive officer, and Kevin M. King, president, will provide a company overview at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference on January 9th in San Francisco, CA. A live webcast of the presentation will take place at 9:30 a.m. PT.
(Jan 2, 2008)
He Plants Himself Firmly In The Way Of Hunger (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Just don't tell Norman Borlaug. He has no use for pessimists.
(Jan 2, 2008)
He Plants Himself Firmly In The Way Of Hunger (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance)
World hunger won't go away.
(Jan 2, 2008)
Global warming and other research from UCLA summit featured in journal (EurekAlert!)
Global warming and other human-caused ecological changes are outpacing the ability of species to adapt, resulting in greater threats of disease, reduced diversity in plant and animal communities, and an overall loss of natural heritage, according to research presented at a University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) summit and published in the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Ecology.
(Jan 3, 2008)
Methods For Visualizing Protein Dynamics Featured In Cold Spring Harbor Protocols (Medical News Today)
This month's release of Cold Spring Harbor Protocols highlights methods that permit scientists to observe protein dynamics in chromosomes and embryos. These methods are freely accessible online (http://www.cshprotocols.org/) first protocol, available here, describes how to insert multiple copies of the bacterial lac operator sequence into the chromosomes of mammalian cells. [click link for ...
(Jan 3, 2008)
GeneGo Integrates with Cytoscape (ThomasNet)
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Dec. 18 -- GeneGo, Inc., the leading provider of databases, software and services in systems biology, announced today that its platforms for functional data analysis, MetaCore and MetaDrug, are now integrated with Cytoscape. MetaCore users will now be able to use Cytoscape network visualization tools and have access to dozens of its open source and commercial plug-ins. The ...
(Jan 3, 2008)
Higher Sales of Monsanto's Roundup, Seeds and Traits Businesses in Latin America Drive First-Quarter Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
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(Jan 3, 2008)
Rosetta Genomics Selects PCR as Platform for its microRNA-based Diagnostics to be Launched in ... (ThomasNet)
First microRNA-based Diagnostic Tests are Expected to be Launched in 2008 and Will Incorporate Nanogen's MGB Probe Technology Rosetta Genomics Will use the Licensed Technology in its Custom Designed Real-Time PCR Diagnostic Assays That Allow for Sensitive Detection and Quantification of microRNA in Tissues and Body Fluids REHOVOT, Israel; NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, December 11 -- Rosetta ...
(Jan 3, 2008)
Xilinx Powered SGI RC100 Reconfigurable Computing Platform Accelerates Bioinformatics ... (ThomasNet)
SGI Altix System with 70 Xilinx FPGAs Sets New Performance Record SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 10 -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), the world's leading provider of programmable solutions, today announced that an SGI® RASC(TM) (Reconfigurable Application Specific Computing) enabled SGI® Altix(TM) system from Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) (NASDAQ:SGIC), featuring Xilinx® Virtex-4 high performance FPGAs, can ...
(Jan 3, 2008)
Monsanto 1Q Profit Nearly Triples (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Seed company Monsanto Co. said Thursday its fiscal 2008 first-quarter earnings nearly tripled, led by the strong performance of its Latin American business.
(Jan 3, 2008)
Monsanto profit nearly triples (CNN Money)
The global seed company says revenue surged 36 percent on strength in Latin American business; raises '08 outlook.
(Jan 3, 2008)
Higher sales of Monsanto's Roundup, seeds and traits businesses in Latin America drive first-quarter results (SeedQuest)
"Our results in the first quarter represent a solid start to the fiscal year and highlight the strong performance of our Latin American business.
(Jan 3, 2008)
Monsanto Q1 sales up 36% (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
International sales increased Monsanto's first-quarter revenue by more than 36 percent leading to the company nearly tripling its net income from the prior year's first quarter, Monsanto reported Thursday.
(Jan 3, 2008)
Monsanto Profit Nearly Triples in 1st-Quarter, Boosts Outlook, Shares Jump (Canadian Business)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Seed company Monsanto Co. said Thursday that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled, tied to the strong performance of its Latin American business. It boosted its forecast for the year, and its shares leapt 6 percent in morning trading.
(Jan 3, 2008)
Monsanto 1Q profit nearly triples (AP via Yahoo! News)
Monsanto Co. reported Thursday that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled because of surprisingly strong pesticide and seed sales in Latin America. It boosted its earnings forecast for the year, and its shares leapt 7 percent in midday trading.
(Jan 3, 2008)
Giganto Monsanto (Forbes)
The agricultural giant soars in the first quarter.
(Jan 3, 2008)
Monsanto Profit Nearly Triples (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The company said it earned $256 million in the first quarter, tied to the performance of its Latin American business, and it raised its forecast for the year.
(Jan 3, 2008)
Luminex Corporation Receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration Clearance for xTAG(TM) Respiratory Viral Panel (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
AUSTIN, Texas----Luminex Corporation , the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced that it has received 510 clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its xTAG™ Respiratory Viral Panel . xTAG RVP is the first FDA-cleared assay to simultaneously detect and identify 12 viruses and viral subtypes that together are responsible for more than 85 percent of respiratory ...
(Jan 3, 2008)
Luminex Corporation Receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration Clearance for xTAG(TM) Respiratory Viral Panel (Centre Daily Times)
Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its xTAG(TM) Respiratory Viral Panel (RVP). xTAG RVP is the first FDA-cleared assay to simultaneously detect and identify 12 viruses and viral subtypes that together are responsible for more than 85 percent ...
(Jan 3, 2008)
Monsanto 1Q profit nearly triples (AP via Yahoo! News)
Monsanto Co. reported Thursday that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled because of surprisingly strong herbicide and seed sales in Latin America. It boosted its earnings forecast for the year, sending its shares up by 8.5 percent.
(Jan 3, 2008)
Monsanto's Bountiful Harvest (Forbes)
Maker of bio-engineered agricultural products beats Q1 earnings expectations.
(Jan 3, 2008)
Monsanto Profit Nearly Triples (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The company said it earned $256 million in the first quarter, tied to the performance of its Latin American business, and it raised its forecast for the year.
(Jan 3, 2008)
Profit Tripled at Monsanto Late in 2007 (New York Times)
Monsanto increased its earnings forecast for the year after reporting that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled due to strong sales in Latin America.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Monsanto Profit Nearly Triples (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The company said it earned $256 million in the first quarter, tied to the performance of its Latin American business, and it raised its forecast for the year.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Indian biotech companies focusing more on export to Europe: ABLE (PharmaBiz)
Indian biotech companies are increasingly exploring the possibilities of stepping up their business in the European countries, as per an assessment made by the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE), the apex body of biotech companies in the country.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Illumina Announces Corporate Reorganization (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. today announced that it has reorganized its operating structure to further leverage the synergies between its sequencing and genotyping businesses. Under the new structure, a newly created Life Sciences Business Unit will include all products and services related to the research market namely the BeadArray, BeadXpress and Sequencing product lines.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Illumina Announces Corporate Reorganization (Centre Daily Times)
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it has reorganized its operating structure to further leverage the synergies between its sequencing and genotyping businesses. Under the new structure, a newly created Life Sciences Business Unit will include all products and services related to the research market namely the BeadArray, BeadXpress and Sequencing product lines. The Company has ...
(Jan 4, 2008)
Illumina Announces Corporate Reorganization (wallstreet:online AG)
Illumina, Inc. (7884;NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it has reorganized its operating structure to further
(Jan 4, 2008)
AutoGenomics Invited to Present at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
AutoGenomics announced today that the Company has been invited and has accepted to present at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, which is being held January 7-10, 2008 at the Westin St.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Hannon-Elledge shRNA Library Standardizes Barcode Technology on Agilent Technologies Microarrays (ThomasNet)
SANTA CLARA, Calif., and COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., Nov. 14, 2007 Gregory Hannon, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Stephen Elledge, Ph.D., pioneers in the construction of short hairpin RNA interference (shRNAi) libraries, have adopted the Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) microarray platform to read out the individual barcodes present in the ...
(Jan 4, 2008)
Monsanto Profit Nearly Triples in 1st-Quarter, Boosts Outlook, Shares Jump (Canadian Business)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Seed company Monsanto Co. said Thursday that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled, tied to the strong performance of its Latin American business. It boosted its forecast for the year, and its shares leapt 6 percent in morning trading.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Life-saving advances, medical mishaps mark 2007 (Miami Herald)
Milestones and miscues characterized medical news in Florida in 2007. A new heart-valve procedure spared a 13-year-old Hollywood boy from another open-heart surgery and had him at home text-messaging his friends within hours. Stem cells from a donor mother's cord blood battled a 9-year-old Kendall boy's leukemia.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Luminex Corporation to Present At JPMorgan Healthcare Conference (Centre Daily Times)
Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) today announced that management will present at the 26th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference to be held January 7-10, 2008, in San Francisco.
(Jan 4, 2008)
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