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And the 14 Grand Engineering Challenges of the 21st Century Are ... (Wired News)
Eighteen of the world's smartest people, from Larry Page to J. Craig Venter, make a 14-point to-do list to save the world.
(Feb 17, 2008)
Tragedy and a DNA puzzle (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Like any thriving newborn, Lincoln Snyder was a wiggly bundle of hunger when he woke up in the morning. So on Aug. 23, NiCole Robinson and Craig Snyder noticed the difference in their 34-day-old son. He was listless. His breathing was rapid and shallow.
(Feb 17, 2008)
Scientists identify gene expression biomarker for lung cancer prognosis (New Kerala)
Washington, Feb 17 : Researchers from the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center have identified two non-cell type-specific gene expression biomarker profiles that offer improved survival prediction for non-small-cell lung cancer.
(Feb 17, 2008)
Gene profiling can detect tumour (The Times of India)
WASHINGTON: Researchers from the Mayo Clinic Cancer Centre have identified two non-cell type-specific gene expression biomarker profiles that offer improved survival prediction for non-small-cell lung cancer.
(Feb 17, 2008)
Stanford Researchers Find Protein Targets for Potential Treatment of . Multiple Sclerosis (InfoBolsa)
Multiple Sclerosis 17/02/2008 18:00:00 Business Wire Multiple sclerosis is not a single condition, but an ebbing and flowing of stages affecting the body s central nervous system.
(Feb 17, 2008)
Stanford Researchers Find Protein Targets for Potential Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (Centre Daily Times)
Multiple sclerosis is not a single condition, but an ebbing and flowing of stages affecting the body's central nervous system. Recognizing that pattern, researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified therapy targets that could lead to personalized treatments for patients at each phase of the illness.
(Feb 17, 2008)
Brain drug target discovery in MS (BBC News)
US researchers find two potential targets for treating multiple sclerosis after studying proteins in the brain.
(Feb 17, 2008)
Brain drug target discovery in MS (BBC News)
US researchers find two potential targets for treating multiple sclerosis after studying proteins in the brain.
(Feb 17, 2008)
Gene chip technology used to distinguish ventilator-associated pneumonia from underlying critical illness (News-Medical-Net)
Critically ill patients who need a ventilator to breathe face a high risk of pneumonia.
(Feb 17, 2008)
Search for genes tied to social behavior (News-Medical-Net)
The first genome-wide search for genes governing social behavior has found that even the simplest social creatures - the amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum - have more than 100 genes that help regulate their cooperative behavior.
(Feb 17, 2008)
Fighting kidney failure (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
New parents often spend the first year of their child's life anticipating milestones such as smiling, babbling and rolling over onto their tummies.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Human-pathogen Protein Interactions Illuminated With Bioinformatics (Science Daily)
The first global analysis of human proteins interacting with viral proteins and proteins in other pathogens has been completed. The scientists examined publicly available experimental data for 190 different pathogens that comprise 10,477 interactions between human and pathogen proteins. This approach provides a highly detailed network map of human proteins interfacing with proteins in different ...
(Feb 18, 2008)
Ipca to invest Rs 20 cr for setting up new manufacturing facility at Sikkim (PharmaBiz)
The Mumbai based Ipca Laboratories is planning to set up a formulation facility in Sikkim. The company plans to invest Rs 20 crore for the project and it should be ready for commissioning during 2009-10.
(Feb 18, 2008)
This Book Addresses all the Current, Up-to-Date Developments in Hepatotoxicity From Genomics to In Vitro and In Vivo ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Hepatotoxicity: From Genomics to In Vitro and In Vivo Models" to their offering.
(Feb 18, 2008)
This Book Addresses all the Current, Up-to-Date Developments in Hepatotoxicity From Genomics to In Vitro and In Vivo ... (Centre Daily Times)
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets has announced the addition of "Hepatotoxicity: From Genomics to In Vitro and In Vivo Models" to their offering.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Universities' research program debated (The Post and Courier)
While advocates say Education Lottery funds are being leveraged to bring top researchers into South Carolina, opponents argue that the state's endowed chairs program has become an untested theory that must be reined in.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Tragedy and a DNA puzzle (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Like any thriving newborn, Lincoln Snyder was a wiggly bundle of hunger when he woke up in the morning. So on Aug. 23, NiCole Robinson and Craig Snyder noticed the difference in their 34-day-old son. He was listless. His breathing was rapid and shallow.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Super Bowl junket results in 650 jobs (BizJournals)
The $1.2 million used by the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee to wine and dine corporate executives and their families is paying off.
(Feb 18, 2008)
UVa professor leading endeavor to make dietary staple tougher (The Daily Progress)
A University of Virginia researcher is at the forefront of a global endeavor to genetically engineer a better black-eyed pea. Michael Timko, a biology professor at UVa, is working with growers in Africa to produce a tougher version of the legume that would be resistant to drought, disease and parasites. Known as the "cowpea" in west and central Africa, the bean is a staple of the diets of ...
(Feb 18, 2008)
Specific Genetic Variant Linked To Schizophrenia In Women (Medical News Today)
Agenetic variant in the Reelin gene increases the chances of developingschizophrenia but not men. At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem andthe University of Oxford, researchers conducted a study of this issuein the Ashkenzi Jewish population.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Strength of spider silk lies in geometric configuration of structural proteins (News-Medical-Net)
Researchers in Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT reveal that the strength of a biological material like spider silk lies in the specific geometric configuration of structural proteins, which have small clusters of weak hydrogen bonds that work cooperatively to resist force and dissipate energy.
(Feb 18, 2008)
New Methods Book For Proteomics Techniques (Medical News Today)
Conventional approaches to proteomics have recently been augmented with a new generation of technologies unfamiliar to many life science researchers. A new methods book, Proteomics: Methods Express, identifies the most powerful of these new technologies and presents them in a way that allows their robust implementation in even non-specialist labs.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Report Calls For Accelerated Research On Microorganisms That Shape Our World (Medical News Today)
Humans live in the midst of a seething, breathing microbial world. Microorganisms populate every conceivable habitat, both familiar and exotic, from the surface of the human skin, to rainforest floors, to hydrothermal vents in the ocean floors.Despite the powerful and pervasive role of microbes in sustaining life, most of the microbial world remains a mystery.
(Feb 18, 2008)
NIH and EPA announce new chemical toxicity testing agreement (News-Medical-Net)
Testing the safety of chemicals ranging from pesticides to household cleaners will benefit from new technologies and a plan for collaboration, according to federal scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who today announced a new toxicity testing agreement.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Career exploration expanding at local high schools (The Buffalo News)
Sean Olivieri always wanted to be a teacher, and he discovered in the Academy of Education that he would rather teach English and math than gym.
(Feb 18, 2008)
BI Vendor Kognitio Enters North American Market (ebizQ.net)
Kognitio, a global provider of business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing solutions, today announced its entry into the North American market, where it will make its WX2 analytical relational database management system (RDBMS) available ...
(Feb 18, 2008)
U.Va. researchers to help improve African black-eyed pea (WRIC 8 News Richmond)
Associated Press - February 18, 2008 9:55 AM ET CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A team of University of Virginia researchers is working to increase the drought- and disease-resistance of the...
(Feb 18, 2008)
Va. scientists study black-eyed peas (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
The Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE -- A team of University of Virginia researchers is working to increase the droughtand disease-resistance of the black-eyed pea, a staple of the diets of roughly 200 million people in west and central Africa. The U.Va. scientists are working with African growers to produce a tougher version of the legume, also known as the cowpea. About 80 percent of the 3 ...
(Feb 18, 2008)
Spider Silk: Protein's Strength Lies In H-bond Cooperation (Science Daily)
Researchers in civil and environmental engineering reveal that the strength of a biological material like spider silk lies in the geometric configuration of structural proteins, and the small clusters of weak hydrogen bonds that work cooperatively to resist force and dissipate energy. This structure makes protein-based materials as strong as steel, even though the hydrogen bonds that hold them ...
(Feb 18, 2008)
UVA scientists work to improve black-eyed peas (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
(AP) - CHARLOTTESVILLE—A team of University of Virginia researchers is working to increase the droughtand disease-resistance of the black-eyed pea, a staple of the diets of roughly 200 million people in west and central Africa.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Structural Genomics Consortium Head Urges Open Access to Boost Drug Development (GenomeWeb News)
GenomeWeb Daily News You are not logged in. Existing subscribers login here . New to GenomeWeb Daily News? Register quickly here for your free subscription.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Cats' family tree traced back to 'Fertile Crescent' in Mideast (The Daily Democrat)
The Fertile Crescent of the Middle East has long been identified as a "cradle of civilization" for humans. In a new genetic study, researchers at UC Davis, have concluded that all ancestral roads for the modern day domestic cat also lead back to the same locale.
(Feb 18, 2008)
New Book a Timely and Applied Approach to the Newly Discovered Methods and Applications of U-Statistics (Centre Daily Times)
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets has announced the addition of "Modern Applied U-Statistics" to their offering.
(Feb 18, 2008)
U.Va. researchers to help improve African black-eyed pea (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- A team of University of Virginia researchers is working to increase the drought- and disease-resistance of the black-eyed pea, a staple of the diets of roughly 200 million people in west and central Africa.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Researchers unveil landscape of human-pathogen protein interactions (PhysOrg)
Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech have provided the first global analysis of human proteins interacting with viral proteins and proteins in other pathogens.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Team seeks to improve the black-eye pea (AP via Yahoo! News)
A team of University of Virginia researchers is working to increase the drought- and disease-resistance of the black-eyed pea, a staple of the diets of roughly 200 million people in west and central Africa.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Team seeks to improve the black-eye pea (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
A team of University of Virginia researchers is working to increase the drought- and disease-resistance of the black-eyed pea, a staple of the diets of roughly 200 million people in west and central Africa. The U.Va. scientists are working with African growers to produce a tougher version of the legume, also known as the cowpea. About 80 percent of the 3 million tons of cowpeas produced ...
(Feb 18, 2008)
Examiner.com Related Articles: (The San Francisco Examiner)
But the legume is highly susceptible to drought, insects and parasitic weeds, especially a particularly deadly one called witchweed. In many fields, these hazards have reduced cowpea production, and in extreme cases they've altogether wiped out crops.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Researchers find protein targets for potential treatment of multiple sclerosis (News-Medical-Net)
Multiple sclerosis is not a single condition, but an ebbing and flowing of stages affecting the body ' s central nervous system.
(Feb 18, 2008)
Team Seeks to Improve the Black-Eye Pea (San Francisco Chronicle)
A team of University of Virginia researchers is working to increase the drought- and disease-resistance of the black-eyed pea, a staple of the diets of roughly 200 million people in west and central Africa. The U.Va. scientists are working with African...
(Feb 18, 2008)
NIH collaborates with US EPA to improve the safety testing of chemicals (PharmaBiz)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has entered into a collaboration agreement with US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to adopt a new technology to test the safety of chemicals ranging from pesticides to household cleaners.
(Feb 19, 2008)
Monitor Toxicity, Anti-Cancer Drug Efficacy and Cytokine Response with New Bioluminescent Cytotoxicity Technology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MADISON, Wis.----Promega Corporation, a global leader in bioluminescent technologies and cell-based assays, announces the launch of the CytoTox-Glo™ Cytotoxicity Assay at the 5th annual Screening Europe conference and exhibition.
(Feb 19, 2008)
Monitor Toxicity, Anti-Cancer Drug Efficacy and Cytokine Response with New Bioluminescent Cytotoxicity Technology (wallstreet:online AG)
Promega Corporation, a global leader in bioluminescent technologies and cell-based assays, announces
(Feb 19, 2008)
Timko's research seeks to better African food source (Cavalier Daily Online)
Biology Prof. Michael Timko, along with a team of international scientists and students, is currently conducting research for the Cowpea Genomics Initiative, a project that seeks to dramatically improve the lives of millions living in Central and Western Africa.
(Feb 19, 2008)
Learn about the Innovations in Bioinformatics: Emerging Tools for Drug Discovery and Development (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Pharmaceutical industry is available in its catalogue.
(Feb 19, 2008)
Stanford Researchers Find Protein Targets For Potential Treatment Of Multiple Sclerosis (Medical News Today)
Multiple sclerosis is not a single condition, but an ebbing and flowing of stages affecting the body's central nervous system. Recognizing that pattern, researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified therapy targets that could lead to personalized treatments for patients at each phase of the illness.
(Feb 19, 2008)
Strategic Diagnostics to Report Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2007 Results on February 28, 2008 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWARK, Del.----Strategic Diagnostics Inc. a leading provider of biotechnology-based detection solutions for a broad range of food, water, agricultural, industrial, environmental and scientific applications, expects to release its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2007 results at approximately 4 p.m.
(Feb 19, 2008)
Bionomics Achieves US$1 Million Milestone Payment from Genmab (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Bionomics Limited today announced the successful completion of pre-clinical testing on the first of eight proteins licensed to US $2.6 billion Danish antibody company Genmab A/S , triggering a US $1 million milestone payment.
(Feb 19, 2008)
Strategic Diagnostics to Report Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2007 Results on February 28, 2008 (Centre Daily Times)
Strategic Diagnostics Inc. (Nasdaq:SDIX) a leading provider of biotechnology-based detection solutions for a broad range of food, water, agricultural, industrial, environmental and scientific applications, expects to release its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2007 results at approximately 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 28, 2008. The Company has scheduled an investor conference call for 4:30 ...
(Feb 19, 2008)
Expanding Global Market Penetration, Franek Technologies Adds Distributors in Caribbean, Central America, and Venezuela (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Currently protecting over $3B in laboratory assets worldwide, Franek Technologies, Inc., the leader in Category III-3 Laboratory Protection Systems, expands its global market penetration by adding to its distribution network new distributors in the Caribbean, Central America, and Venezuela.
(Feb 19, 2008)
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