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Scientists re-examine soy diversity (High Plains Journal)
An Agricultural Research Service-led team of scientists has challenged the widely held assumption that two "genetic bottlenecks" have drastically reduced genetic variability in soybean varieties grown in farmers' fields.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Scientists re-examine soy diversity (High Plains Journal)
An Agricultural Research Service-led team of scientists has challenged the widely held assumption that two "genetic bottlenecks" have drastically reduced genetic variability in soybean varieties grown in farmers' fields.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Researchers Uncover Key Trigger for Potent Cancer-Fighting Marine Product (Newswise)
Discovery could lead to new versions of drug being tested as a cancer treatment in humans.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Study Examines Media Preferences of Life Scientists in Applied Markets (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Faced with modest growth in the traditional life science market, suppliers are turning their attention to opportunities in agricultural, biodefense and molecular diagnostics. To help companies navigate these unfamiliar waters, leading research and advisory firm BioInformatics, LLC today released its latest report examining the marketing and media preferences of scientists working in these ...
(Jan 4, 2008)
Profit Tripled at Monsanto Late in 2007 (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
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)
Study Examines Media Preferences of Life Scientists in Applied Markets (The San Francisco Examiner)
ARLINGTON, Va. ( Map ) - ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Faced with modest growth in the traditional life science market, suppliers are turning their attention to opportunities in agricultural, biodefense and molecular diagnostics.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Key Trigger For Potent Cancer-fighting Marine Product Discovered (Science Daily)
An unexpected discovery in marine biomedical laboratories has led to new, key information about the fundamental biological processes inside a marine organism that creates a natural product currently being tested to treat cancer in humans.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Assembling the jigsaw puzzle of drug addiction (EurekAlert!)
Using an integrative meta-analysis approach, researchers from the Center for Bioinformatics at Peking University in Beijing have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction and identified five molecular pathways common to four different addictive drugs.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Assembling The Jigsaw Puzzle Of Drug Addiction (Science Daily)
Using an integrative meta-analysis approach, researchers have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction and identified five molecular pathways common to four different addictive drugs.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Brains at work to trace human evolution by 2013 (Express India)
Scientists have mapped human genome, but the next step remains to understand the human evolution and also to prescribe suitable medicines to individuals based on their genetic make up.
(Jan 4, 2008)
Profit Tripled at Monsanto Late in 2007 (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
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)
Profit Tripled at Monsanto Late in 2007 (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
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 5, 2008)
Local job outlook not bleak (The Charlotte Observer)
Economists predicted slow, yet steady job growth in the Charlotte area, following the Labor Department's release Friday showing U.S. unemployment in December rose to 5 percent -- the highest since 2005. The unemployment rate for Mecklenburg County dropped to 4.5 percent in November, from 4.6 percent in October, the N.C. Employment Security Commission reported Friday. Local and state unemployment ...
(Jan 5, 2008)
Assembling the jigsaw puzzle of drug addiction (PhysOrg)
Using an integrative meta-analysis approach, researchers from the Center for Bioinformatics at Peking University in Beijing have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction and identified five molecular pathways common to four different addictive drugs. This novel paper appears in PLoS Computational Biology on January 4, 2008.
(Jan 5, 2008)
Plant Study Reveals New Insights Into How Genomes Work (Science Daily)
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 have peeled back another layer of transcriptional regulation and gain new insight into how genomes work.
(Jan 6, 2008)
Products to evolve from synthetic DNA (Pioneer Press)
WASHINGTON - It has been 50 years since scientists first created DNA in a test tube, stitching ordinary chemical ingredients together to make life's most extraordinary molecule. Until recently, however, even the most sophisticated labs could make only small snippets of DNA - an extra gene or two to be inserted into corn plants, for example, to help the plants ward off insects or tolerate drought.
(Jan 6, 2008)
The Year in Biotech (Bio-IT World)
January 02, 2008 | 2007 may be remembered as the turning point for personal genomics, when broad gene testing for individuals finally came within reach.
(Jan 6, 2008)
Bio-IT Briefs (Bio-IT World)
January 02, 2008 | Orion Genomics announced the discovery and validation of the most frequent DNA alterations detected in breast cancer to date.
(Jan 6, 2008)
Assembling The Jigsaw Puzzle Of Drug Addiction (Medical News Today)
Using an integrative meta-analysis approach, researchers from the Center for Bioinformatics at Peking University in Beijing have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction and identified five molecular pathways common to four different addictive drugs. This novel paper appears in PLoS Computational Biology on January 4, 2008.
(Jan 6, 2008)
Not Only Lipids and Inflammation: Insight Into a New Cause of Heart Attack and Other Vascular Disease (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
deCODE scientists today report that the genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 that the company has linked to increased risk of heart attack is also associated with up to 70% increase in risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm .
(Jan 6, 2008)
Not Only Lipids and Inflammation: Insight Into a New Cause of Heart Attack and Other Vascular Disease (Centre Daily Times)
deCODE scientists today report that the genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 that the company has linked to increased risk of heart attack is also associated with up to 70% increase in risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and intracranial aneurysm (IA). This is the first common genetic variant ever found to associate with either condition. The paper, entitled 'The same sequence variant on 9p21 ...
(Jan 6, 2008)
Opening up the university to everyone, via the Web (Arizona Daily Sun)
WASHINGTON -- Berkeley's on YouTube. American University's hoping to get on iTunes. George Mason University professors have created an online research tool, a virtual filing cabinet for scholars. And with a few clicks on Yale's Web site, anyone can watch one of the school's most popular philosophy professors sitting cross-legged on his desk, talking about death.
(Jan 6, 2008)
La Jolla, California December 27, 2007 (SeedQuest)
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.
(Jan 6, 2008)
Collaboration key to success for sheep genome (Scoop.co.nz)
In less than five months AgResearch has completed its share of an international sheep genome mapping project that will help farmers identify genes associated with important production, quality and disease traits in sheep.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Chinese scientists sequence 1st volunteer's genome (People's Daily)
The Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has sequenced the first Chinese volunteer's genome as part of a project to create a database of Asian genomes. The Yanhuang Project, named after two legendary ancient emperors who are believed to ...
(Jan 7, 2008)
Chinese scientists sequence first volunteer's genome (China Daily)
BEIJING - The Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has sequenced the first Chinese volunteer's genome as part of a project to create a database of Asian genomes.
(Jan 7, 2008)
A special issue of the International Journal of Plant Sciences (EurekAlert!)
Recent inquiry into variation and evolution of reproductive systems of flowering plants has produced exciting and ground-breaking work within the plant sciences.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Agresearch mapps sheep genome (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Agresearch has completed work on an international project mapping the sheep genome which will allow it to start identifying markers for valuable traits in yield, quality and disease-resistance.
(Jan 7, 2008)
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-01-07 08:29 GMT: NextGen Group enters alliance with Paragon Bioservices to co-market services (Interactive Investor)
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - NextGen Sciences, a unit of NextGen Group PLC, said it entered into an alliance with Paragon Bioservices, which provides research and manufacturing services in support of developing biologics.
(Jan 7, 2008)
First Chinese volunteer's genome mapped (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
New Delhi, January 7 (ANI): As part of a project to create a database of Asian genomes, the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has sequenced the genome of a Chinese volunteer for the first time. Dr. Wang Jian, the Director of BGI's Shenzhen branch, has revealed that it was a researcher whose genome had been sequenced by his team. The Yanhuang Project is aimed at mapping the genomes of 100 ...
(Jan 7, 2008)
Chinese scientists sequence 1st volunteer's genome (People's Daily)
The Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has sequenced the first Chinese volunteer's genome as part of a project to create a database of Asian genomes. The Yanhuang Project, named after two legendary ancient emperors who are believed to ...
(Jan 7, 2008)
Not Only Lipids And Inflammation: Insight Into A New Cause Of Heart Attack And Other Vascular Disease (Medical News Today)
deCODE scientists report that the genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 that the company has linked to increased risk of heart attack is also associated with up to 70% increase in risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and intracranial aneurysm (IA). This is the first common genetic variant ever found to associate with either condition.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Gaze into the career crystal ball (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Q As a career coach, I'm asked about promising careers of the future. Can you help me out? - M.J.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Key Trigger Uncovered For Potent Cancer-Fighting Marine Product (Medical News Today)
An unexpected discovery in marine biomedical laboratories at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has led to new, key information about the fundamental biological processes inside a marine organism that creates a natural product currently being tested to treat cancer in humans. The finding could lead to new applications of the natural product in treating human diseases.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Global Service Providers Select Applied Biosystems' Next-Generation Sequencer for Genomic Services Offerings (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Applied Biosystems , an Applera Corporation business, today announced that it has established a next-generation genomic analysis service provider program for scientists interested in using the SOLiD™ System to answer biological questions that currently cannot be addressed with existing technologies.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Noticias Infobolsa / Titulares (InfoBolsa)
Global Service Providers Select Applied Biosystems Next-Generation . Sequencer for Genomic Services Offerings Sequencer for Genomic Services Offerings 07/01/2008 12:30:00 Business Wire US3612681052 Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced that it has established a next-generation genomic analysis service provider program for scientists interested in using ...
(Jan 7, 2008)
Exit sweeter without venture capitalists (Business Weekly)
While the deal that sees genomics equipment developer, Genapta being acquired by a mystery US buyer remains shrouded in mystery, founder Julian White says that a Cambridge presence will be retained for the forseeable future.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Global Service Providers Select Applied Biosystems' Next-Generation Sequencer for Genomic Services Offerings (Centre Daily Times)
Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced that it has established a next-generation genomic analysis service provider program for scientists interested in using the SOLiD(TM) System to answer biological questions that currently cannot be addressed with existing technologies. The SOLiD System Service Provider Program is intended to provide the scientific ...
(Jan 7, 2008)
Plexera Bioscience to Showcase Kx(TM) Array Technology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOTHELL, Wash.----Plexera Bioscience LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lumera Corporation , announced today that it will present the latest developments of its commercially branded Kx™ array technology at the upcoming PepTalk 2008 meeting on January 7-9 in San Diego.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Rosetta Genomics Licenses Roche PCR Technology for use in its MicroRNA-Based Diagnostics (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Rosetta Genomics announced today its wholly owned subsidiary, Rosetta Genomics Inc., has received a license from Roche Molecular Systems to use its PCR technology in Rosetta Genomics' microRNA-based diagnostic tests.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Genizon BioSciences Secures $31 Million in Additional Financing (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MONTREAL----Genizon BioSciences today announced the closing of its Series E financing in the amount of CAD$31 million. The lead investor is BTF B.V. of Haarlem, The Netherlands, a venture capital fund focused on late stage biotechnology companies.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Researchers Discover New Biomarker for Predicting Liver Cancer Spread and Survival (National Cancer Institute)
New research has shown that a unique pattern of microRNAs, small RNA molecules that regulate gene activity, can accurately predict whether liver cancer will spread and whether liver cancer patients will have shorter or longer survival, even patients with early stage disease.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Plexera Bioscience to Showcase Kx(TM) Array Technology (Centre Daily Times)
Plexera Bioscience LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lumera Corporation (NASDAQ:LMRA), announced today that it will present the latest developments of its commercially branded Kx(TM) array technology at the upcoming PepTalk 2008 meeting on January 7-9 in San Diego. Plexera's Director of Application Development, Dr. Michael Cicirelli, will present a poster entitled "Accelerating Proteomics ...
(Jan 7, 2008)
Efficient Biofuel Made From Genetically Modified E. Coli Bacteria (Science Daily)
Researchers have developed a new method for producing next-generation biofuels by genetically modifying Escherichia coli bacteria to be an efficient biofuel synthesizer. The method could lead to mass production of these biofuels. The research team modified key pathways in E. coli to produce several higher-chain alcohols from glucose, a renewable carbon source.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Smallpox vaccine alternative identified (PhysOrg)
University of California, Irvine infectious disease researchers have shown the effectiveness of a potential alternative to the existing smallpox vaccine that can replace the current biodefense stockpile for this lethal virus.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Opening up the university to everyone, by way of the Web (The Daily News)
WASHINGTON -- Berkeley's on YouTube. American University's hoping to get on iTunes. George Mason University professors have created an online research tool, a virtual filing cabinet for scholars. And with a few clicks on Yale's Web site, anyone can watch one of the school's most popular philosophy professors sitting cross-legged on his desk, talking about death.
(Jan 7, 2008)
An automated multiplexing platform for genomic and proteomic analyses (Medical Device Link)
The discovery of specific genes and their link to various disease states is facilitating early diagnosis and timely therapy, and paving the way toward personalized medicine. Traditionally, diseases have been classified based on physiological symptoms or phenotypes.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Web opens up universities to everyone (Charleston Daily Mail)
WASHINGTON - Berkeley's on YouTube. American University's hoping to get on iTunes. George Mason University professors have created an online research tool, a virtual filing cabinet for scholars.
(Jan 7, 2008)
All sheep-shape as researchers tag DNA (The New Zealand Herald)
Townies still won't know the difference but New Zealand scientists have found a way to map the genetic code of the average sheep.
(Jan 7, 2008)
Agresearch completes mapping sheep genome (Stuff)
Agresearch has completed work on an international project mapping the sheep genome which will allow it to start identifying markers for valuable traits in yield, quality and disease-resistance.
(Jan 7, 2008)
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