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TOP2A FISH technique to test breast cancer recurrence approved by FDA (Pravda)
Every year the scientists make further steps to try and predict risk breast cancer recurrence. In planning treatment, doctors can use PCR tests like Oncotype DX or microarray tests like MammaPrint that predict breast cancer recurrence risk based on gene expression.
(Jan 16, 2008)
TOP2A FISH technique to test breast cancer recurrence approved by FDA (Pravda Ru)
Every year the scientists make further steps to try and predict risk breast cancer recurrence. In planning treatment, doctors can use PCR tests like Oncotype DX or microarray tests like MammaPrint that predict breast cancer recurrence risk based on gene expression.
(Jan 16, 2008)
Grant for Workflow Software (UC Davis)
Developing tools to help scientists automate their scientific data management and analysis workflows is the aim of a new $1.7 million, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego.
(Jan 16, 2008)
Synthetic Genomics Inc. Appoints Chief Financial Officer (wallstreet:online AG)
Synthetic Genomics Inc., a privately held company dedicated to developing and commercializing genomic-driven
(Jan 16, 2008)
Synthetic Genomics Inc. Appoints Chief Financial Officer (Centre Daily Times)
Synthetic Genomics Inc., a privately held company dedicated to developing and commercializing genomic-driven solutions to address global energy and environmental challenges, today announced the appointment of Chuck McBride as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 12, 2008.
(Jan 16, 2008)
Study finds that blood test can gauge prostate cancer risk (EurekAlert!)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – New genomics research has found that a simple blood test can determine which men are likely to develop prostate cancer.
(Jan 16, 2008)
Study Finds that Blood Test Can Gauge Prostate Cancer Risk (Newswise)
New genomics research has found that a simple blood test can determine which men are likely to develop prostate cancer. Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues found that five genetic variants previously associated with prostate cancer risk have a strong cumulative effect.
(Jan 16, 2008)
New Tutorial Suite on SMART (Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool) (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Comprehensive Tutorial on the SMART Bioinformatics Resource enables researchers to quickly and effectively use invaluable resource.
(Jan 17, 2008)
New Tutorial Suite on SMART (Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool) (PRWeb)
Comprehensive Tutorial on the SMART Bioinformatics Resource enables researchers to quickly and effectively use invaluable resource. (PRWeb Jan 17, 2008) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.ph
(Jan 17, 2008)
Google rave in Fremont draws a crowd of techies (Seattle Times)
Excerpts from the blog The year is young, but so far the Seattle tech scene's biggest bash of 2008 was Tuesday night's open house/job fair...
(Jan 17, 2008)
Genetics pioneer honored (Baltimore Sun)
Hopkins' McKusick is awarded prestigious Japan Prize, $470,000 Dr. Victor A. McKusick, a Johns Hopkins professor widely considered the father of medical genetics, has been awarded the prestigious Japan Prize in Medical Genetics and Genomics and the $470,000 that goes with it.
(Jan 17, 2008)
Study Finds That Blood Test Can Gauge Prostate Cancer Risk (Medical News Today)
New genomics research has found that a simple blood test can determine which men are likely to develop prostate cancer. Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues found that five genetic variants previously associated with prostate cancer risk have a strong cumulative effect.
(Jan 17, 2008)
A ''Yes/No'' Blood Test For Alzheimer's? (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOUSTON----For every person with Alzheimer's disease, there are many more--loved ones, healthcare providers, social workers, volunteers, and advocates--whose lives are directly or indirectly touched by this illness.
(Jan 17, 2008)
A ''Yes/No'' Blood Test For Alzheimer's? (Centre Daily Times)
For every person with Alzheimer's disease, there are many more--loved ones, healthcare providers, social workers, volunteers, and advocates--whose lives are directly or indirectly touched by this illness. Because the causes of the disease are unknown and there is currently no cure, Alzheimer's poses enormous challenges for physicians and researchers. Therefore, early, definitive detection may ...
(Jan 17, 2008)
Hopkins Genetics Expert Receives Prestigious Award (WBAL-TV Baltimore)
A genetics professor at the Johns Hopkins University medical school is being honored with the prestigious Japan Prize in Medical Genetics and Genomics.
(Jan 17, 2008)
Invitrogen Enters Non-Coding RNA Licensing Agreement with IMBcom (Centre Daily Times)
Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, has entered into an exclusive license agreement with IMBcom Proprietary Limited Company to commercialize new non-coding ribonucleic acid (RNA) content predicted by a proprietary algorithm and experimentally validated by the University of Queensland, Australia. This ...
(Jan 17, 2008)
Genetics Expert At Hopkins Receives Award (CBS 13 Baltimore)
A genetics professor at the Johns Hopkins University medical school is being honored with the prestigious Japan Prize in Medical Genetics and Genomics.
(Jan 17, 2008)
Affymetrix to Host Conference Call on January 31, 2008 to Announce Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2007 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Affymetrix, Inc. today announced that it will release results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2007 after close of the stock market on Thursday, January 31, 2008.
(Jan 17, 2008)
LC/MC Systems enable life science studies. (ThomasNet)
Available with 32 Gbps DAQ and 20,000 mass resolution, Models 6220 TOF and 6520 Q-TOF LC/MS systems are suited for proteomics, metabolomics, product degradation, and other complex experiments. Model 6520 Q-TOF features attomole sensitivity, better than 2 ppm MS mass accuracy, better than 5 ppm MS/MS mass accuracy, and broad mass range from m/z 25 to 20,000. Model 6220 TOF uses MassHunter ...
(Jan 17, 2008)
ESF's workshop restores good name of sugar (EurekAlert!)
Sugars were once credited with magical healing powers but are now seen like salt as an evil necessary in small doses but the cause of numerous diseases such as diabetes if taken in excess. Yet latest research suggests this view ignores the vital role played by more complex sugars in many biological structures, and the great therapeutic potential they have.
(Jan 17, 2008)
CLC bio and Danish Research Institutions Establish Next Generation Sequencing Network (Press Release Network)
CLC bio and several prominent Danish research institutions have established SEQNET - a national network for developing a unique software platform for the analysis of data from the next generation sequencing technologies. The platform will integrate groundbreaking bioinformatics algorithms with a user-friendly and graphical user interface. The network is funded by the Danish Agency for Science ...
(Jan 17, 2008)
Blood Test Can Gauge Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Shows (Science Daily)
New genomics research has found that a simple blood test can determine which men are likely to develop prostate cancer. Researchers at found that five genetic variants previously associated with prostate cancer risk have a strong cumulative effect. Researchers found that a man with four of the five variants has an increased risk of 400 to 500 percent compared to men with none of the variants. ...
(Jan 17, 2008)
Chromosomal abnormalities play substantial role in autism (EurekAlert!)
Genome-wide scans of families affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have revealed new evidence that previously unknown chromosomal abnormalities have a substantial role in the prevalent developmental disorder, according to a report published online Jan. 17th in the American Journal of Human Genetics, a publication of Cell Press.
(Jan 17, 2008)
Genedata Provides Expressionist Platform To Eisai Research Institute (BioresearchOnline)
Genedata, a provider of in silico solutions for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, today announced an agreement with the Eisai Research Institute (ERI) for the company's Genedata Expressionist biomarker discovery platform
(Jan 17, 2008)
New Discoveries Confirm and Enhance CombiMatrix's Microarray Test for Autism (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MUKILTEO, Wash., Jan. 17, 2008 -- CombiMatrix Corporation announced that today's publication in the American Journal of Human Genetics by Dr. Steve Scherer and colleagues further implicate genomic copy number variation in the etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder elevating the importance of the CBMX ATScan 1.0 microarray test.
(Jan 17, 2008)
Closer to Vanquishing the Virus (US News & World Report)
The field of human genomics is at long last enabling us to focus medical thinking on the infected host.
(Jan 17, 2008)
New Promega Bioluminescent Assays Provide Greatest Sensitivity for Caspase-2 and -6 (Centre Daily Times)
Now, scientists have tools that are 100- to 1,000-fold more sensitive than existing assays for caspase-2 and -6. Promega Corporation announces the expansion of bioluminescent caspase assays with the release of Caspase-Glo(R) 2 and 6 Assays that will enable new insights to their physiological roles in apoptosis.
(Jan 17, 2008)
Restoring The Good Name Of Sugar (Science Daily)
Sugars were once credited with magical healing powers but are now seen like salt as an evil necessary in small doses but the cause of numerous diseases such as diabetes if taken in excess. Yet latest research suggests this view ignores the vital role played by more complex sugars in many biological structures, and the great therapeutic potential they have.
(Jan 17, 2008)
US professor from Maine wins Japanese genetics prize (Straits Times)
BAR HARBOUR (Maine) - AN AMERICAN genetics professor is the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Japan Prize in Medical Genetics and Genomics.
(Jan 17, 2008)
Professor From Maine Wins Genetics Prize (WCSH 6 Portland)
BAR HARBOR (AP) -- A genetics professor from Maine is the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Japan Prize in Medical Genetics and Genomics.
(Jan 18, 2008)
Professor From Maine Wins Genetics Prize (WLBZ Bangor)
BAR HARBOR (AP) -- A genetics professor from Maine is the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Japan Prize in Medical Genetics and Genomics.
(Jan 18, 2008)
Professor from Maine wins genetics prize (Boston Globe)
Victor A. McKusick, a Mainer and longtime genetics professor at John Hopkins University School of Medicine, is the 2008 recipient of the Japan Prize in Medical Genetics and Genomics.
(Jan 18, 2008)
Archives (The Daily Tar Heel)
UNC recently named Janelle M. Hoskins as the director of the UNC Institute for Pharmacogenomics's new molecular genomics facility. The facility provides project design, data analysis, technology selection and genotyping.
(Jan 18, 2008)
Cancer - The Right Treatment For The Right Person (Medical News Today)
There's encouraging news for patients who have been diagnosed with cancer, or who are at risk for developing the disease: A new kind of theranostic technology is helping to determine the nature of the illness at the molecular level, making it possible to customize the course of treatment for patients.
(Jan 18, 2008)
A ''Yes/No'' Blood Test For Alzheimer's? (Medical News Today)
For every person with Alzheimer's disease, there are many more-loved ones, healthcare providers, social workers, volunteers, and advocates-whose lives are directly or indirectly touched by this illness. Because the causes of the disease are unknown and there is currently no cure, Alzheimer's poses enormous challenges for physicians and researchers.
(Jan 18, 2008)
Genizon closes Series E financing of CAD $31m (PharmaBiz)
To fund its personalized medicines and genomic business, Genizon BioSciences decided to close its Series E financing in the amount of CAD $31 million. Genizon has received $130 million since its funding in 1999.
(Jan 18, 2008)
Genetics Professor Awarded (WABI Bangor)
A genetics professor from Maine is this year's recipient of the prestigious Japan Prize in medical genetics and genomics... The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan announced that Victor McKusick will receive a medal and 50 million Yen, that's about $470,000 (U.S.).
(Jan 18, 2008)
HIV peptide's possible pathway into cells identified (New Kerala)
Washington, January 18 : A pair of theoretical physicists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has searched out a possible pathway that an HIV peptide takes to enter healthy cells.
(Jan 18, 2008)
Microbial Identification Microarray Tool Identifies 300 Oral Bacterial Species (Medical News Today)
The Forsyth Institute has launched a new one-of-a-kind service for the research community. The Forsyth Microbial Identification Microarray Service (MIM) enables the rapid identification of bacterial species in clinical samples. The first service offering, Human Oral Microbe Identification Microarray (HOMIM), will focus on detection of bacterial profiles from the oral cavity.
(Jan 18, 2008)
Glycoscience Now Hotbed Of Medical Research (Medical News Today)
Sugars were once credited with magical healing powers but are now seen like salt as an evil necessary in small doses but the cause of numerous diseases such as diabetes if taken in excess. Yet latest research suggests this view ignores the vital role played by more complex sugars in many biological structures, and the great therapeutic potential they have.
(Jan 18, 2008)
Maine scholar receives prize for genetics (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
BAR HARBOR (AP) - A genetics professor from Maine is the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Japan Prize in Medical Genetics and Genomics.
(Jan 18, 2008)
HIV Peptide's Possible Pathway Into The Cell Revealed By Researchers (Medical News Today)
Two theoretical physicists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have uncovered what they believe is the long-sought-after pathway that an HIV peptide takes to enter healthy cells. The theorists analyzed two years of biocomputation and simulation to uncover a surprisingly simple mechanism describing how this protein fragment penetrates the cell membrane.
(Jan 18, 2008)
Substantial Role In Autism Played By Chromosomal Abnormalities (Medical News Today)
Genome-wide scans of families affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have revealed new evidence that previously unknown chromosomal abnormalities have a substantial role in the prevalent developmental disorder, according to a report published online Jan. 17th in the American Journal of Human Genetics, a publication of Cell Press.
(Jan 18, 2008)
HIV's pathway into cells found (The Times of India)
WASHINGTON: A pair of theoretical physicists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has searched out a possible pathway that an HIV peptide takes to enter healthy cells.
(Jan 18, 2008)
Company Profile for Data Shaping Solutions (Centre Daily Times)
DataShaping is the leading analytical job board with 500,000 yearly pageviews, consistently ranked #1 according to respected web measurement companies such as Compete.com or Quantcast.com.
(Jan 18, 2008)
Lussier Names Progenika COO, Fischette Joins Enzo Biochem, McKusick Wins Genomics Prize, and More (GenomeWeb News)
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(Jan 18, 2008)
U.S. geneticist wins Japan Prize (The Japan Times)
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) An American genetics professor is the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Japan Prize in Medical Genetics and Genomics. Read more ...
(Jan 18, 2008)
Invitrogen and IMBcom sign RNA licensing agreement (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
Invitrogen has entered into an exclusive license agreement with IMBcom Proprietary Limited Company to commercialize new non-coding ribonucleic acid content, predicted by a proprietary algorithm and experimentally validated by the University of Queensland, Australia.
(Jan 19, 2008)
With Wii bit of technology, surgeons hone their skills (The Arizona Republic)
Trainee surgeons at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center are hooked on Wii game technology - all the better to sharpen their surgical skills, a new study shows.{v} Nintendo Wii as a surgical training tool
(Jan 19, 2008)
With Wii bit of technology, surgeons hone their skills (The Arizona Republic)
Trainee surgeons at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center are hooked on Wii game technology - all the better to sharpen their surgical skills, a new study shows.
(Jan 19, 2008)
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