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Signature Announces Release of New Oligonucleotide Microarray (Centre Daily Times)
Signature Genomic Laboratories, LLC, announced the release of its newest microarray, the oligonucleotide-based SignatureChip Oligo Solution(TM) (SignatureChipOS(TM)).
(Mar 5, 2008)
Power3 files for patent application (BizJournals)
Power3 Medical Products Inc. has filed a U.S. utility patent application for 47 protein biomarkers in human blood that the company said are indicators of specific neurodegenerative diseases.
(Mar 5, 2008)
Mechanisms of plant-fungi symbiosis characterized by DOE Joint Genome Institute (EurekAlert!)
WALNUT CREEK, CA, Plants gained their ancestral toehold on dry land with considerable help from their fungal friends. Now, millennia later, that partnership is being exploited as a strategy to bolster biomass production for next generation biofuels.
(Mar 5, 2008)
Secrets of cooperation between trees and fungi revealed (PhysOrg)
Plants gained their ancestral toehold on dry land with considerable help from their fungal friends. Now, millennia later, that partnership is being exploited as a strategy to bolster biomass production for next generation biofuels. The genetic mechanism of this kind of symbiosis, which contributes to the delicate ecological balance in healthy forests, also provides insights into plant health ...
(Mar 5, 2008)
Study rearranges some branches on animal tree of life (PhysOrg)
A study led by Brown University biologist Casey Dunn uses new genomics tools to answer old questions about animal evolution. The study is the most comprehensive animal phylogenomic research project to date, involving 40 million base pairs of new DNA data taken from 29 animal species.
(Mar 5, 2008)
Company Data Centers Cooling Down Energy Costs (CarrierHotels.com)
THE DALLES, OR (March 4th, 2008) — As one industry falls, another rises. The banks of the Columbia River in Oregon used to be lined with aluminium smelters. Now they are starting to house what might, for want of a better phrase, be called data smelters.
(Mar 5, 2008)
DNA can help determine cattle potential (Tri-State Neighbor)
Every steer in a feedlot is different. To get the most out of each one, a producer would have to individualize each animal's finished weight, diet and even marketing method.
(Mar 5, 2008)
Robots to replace animals in toxic chemical tests (The Hindu)
U.S. regulators have announced plans to reduce the number of animals used to test the safety of everyday chemicals. Instead of using animals such as rats and mice, scientists will screen suspected toxic chemicals in everything from pesticides to ...
(Mar 5, 2008)
Biotech partnership awards $6M in grants (BizJournals)
The Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics announced Wednesday it will dole out almost $6 million to seven research teams.
(Mar 5, 2008)
Tree Of Animal Life Has Branches Rearranged, By Evolutionary Biologists (Science Daily)
Evolutionary biologists have re-written the animal tree of life. A new study uses new genomics tools to answer old questions about animal evolution -- and offers up a few surprises among the branches. The study involved 40 million base pairs of new DNA data taken from 29 animal species. It settles some long-standing debates about the relationships between major groups of animals and offers up a ...
(Mar 6, 2008)
Aussie monitoring increases broadband bandwidth (ZDNet Australia)
A NICTA spin-off company, Monitoring Division, has developed a new fibre optic monitoring system that could help bring Australia broadband users closer to the rest of the world.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Date Book (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
Issue date: 3/6/08 Section: Extra! • Robert McCall: Imagination Unbound exhibition and artist talk. This is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints about the history of space flight. 4:30-6 p.m. University of Arizona Museum of Art
(Mar 6, 2008)
Genedata Expands Affymetrix GeneChip-CompatibleTM Status For Exon Expression On GeneChip(R) Microarray Platform (Medical News Today)
Genedata, a leading provider of in silico solutions for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, announced that its Expressionist platform has expanded GeneChip-compatible(TM) status for Exon expression with the Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) GeneChip(R) microarray platform. Genedata Expressionist® is a modular enterprise system for biomarker discovery.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Illumina to Present at Investment Conferences in March 2008 (Centre Daily Times)
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the Company will webcast its presentations at the following three investment conferences:
(Mar 6, 2008)
This Market Insight Report Presents an in Depth Analysis of High Throughput Screening (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "High Throughput Screening" to their offering.
(Mar 6, 2008)
This Market Insight Report Presents an in Depth Analysis of High Throughput Screening (Centre Daily Times)
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets has announced the addition of "High Throughput Screening" to their offering.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Study Shows Darwin Was Wrong About The Origins Of Chickens (Medical News Today)
A novel genetic study has revealed why chickens have yellow legs, demonstrating that though Charles Darwin was right about many things, his view on the origins of the chicken was not entirely correct. The study, published February 29 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, reveals the genetic basis for the appearance of yellow skin in billions of chickens raised worldwide.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Released by the American Cancer Society Include EXACT Sciences' Stool DNA ... (PRWeb)
EXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAS) announced today that the Company's non-invasive, stool-based DNA (sDNA) technology is included in the updated guidelines for colorectal cancer screening released by the American Cancer Society's (ACS). The guidelines were developed by the ACS in collaboration with the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer (a group comprised of ...
(Mar 6, 2008)
Power3 Medical's Dr. Ira Goldknopf's Editorial Published in Expert Review of Proteomics (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOUSTON----Power3 Medical Products, Inc's director of proteomics, Dr. Ira Goldknopf, has published an invited editorial in the February 2008 issue of Expert Review of Proteomics. Power3 Medical is a leading proteomics company specializing in the development and commercialization of diagnostic tests for the early detection of breast cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Protea Launches New Proteomics Service (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va., March 6, 2008 -- Protea Biosciences, Inc., a leader in the development of new protein processing technology, today announced its launch of a new service for rapid protein identification.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Power3 Medical's Dr. Ira Goldknopf's Editorial Published in Expert Review of Proteomics (Centre Daily Times)
Power3 Medical Products, Inc's (OTCBB: PWRM, http://www.power3medical.com) director of proteomics, Dr. Ira Goldknopf, has published an invited editorial in the February 2008 issue of Expert Review of Proteomics. Power3 Medical is a leading proteomics company specializing in the development and commercialization of diagnostic tests for the early detection of breast cancer and neurodegenerative ...
(Mar 6, 2008)
Giant panda genome to be sequenced (EurekAlert!)
BGI-Shenzhen is pleased to announce the launch of the International Giant Panda Genome Project. This announcement follows on the heels of the Panda Genome workshop held on January 21–22, 2008, in Shenzhen, China.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Tree Of Animal Life Has Branches Rearranged, By Evolutionary Biologists (Environmental News Network)
The study, which appears in Nature, settles some long-standing debates about the relationships between major groups of animals and offers up a few surprises. The big shocker: Comb jellyfish -- common and extremely fragile jellies with well-developed tissues -- appear to have diverged from other animals even before the lowly sponge, which has no tissue to speak of. This finding calls into ...
(Mar 6, 2008)
Login to OSNews (OS News)
"Most software packages employ progress bars to visualize the status of an ongoing process. Users rely on progress bars to verify that an operation is proceeding successfully and to estimate its completion time.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Login to OSNews (New Mobile Computing)
"Most software packages employ progress bars to visualize the status of an ongoing process. Users rely on progress bars to verify that an operation is proceeding successfully and to estimate its completion time.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Partnership gives $6 million to medical research teams (Post-Bulletin)
The Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics has announced that it will award nearly $6 million to seven teams doing research on heart disease, mesothelioma, infection prevention and epilepsy
(Mar 6, 2008)
Protecting against biological attacks (UB Reporter)
A powerful air sterilization technology developed at UB has killed every biological agent with which it has been challenged, including airborne spores, viruses and bacteria in independent tests conducted for the U.S. Department of Defense.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Secrets Of Cooperation Between Trees And Fungi Revealed (Science Daily)
Plants gained their ancestral toehold on dry land with considerable help from their fungal friends. Now, millennia later, that partnership is being exploited as a strategy to bolster biomass production for next generation biofuels. The genetic mechanism of this kind of symbiosis, which contributes to the delicate ecological balance in healthy forests, also provides insights into plant health ...
(Mar 6, 2008)
NIH Outlines Next Steps to Address Safety Concerns about Boston-area Laboratory (National Institutes of Health)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced additional steps in a comprehensive plan to address public safety concerns regarding a national biocontainment research laboratory now under construction at Boston University Medical Center.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Global DNA Sequencing Market Is Projected to Grow at 4.63% Compounded Annually from 2005 to 2012 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "DNA Sequencing 2008" to their offering.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Global DNA Sequencing Market Is Projected to Grow at 4.63% Compounded Annually from 2005 to 2012 (Centre Daily Times)
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets has announced the addition of "DNA Sequencing 2008" to their offering.
(Mar 6, 2008)
DNA can help determine cattle potential (Tri-State Neighbor)
Every steer in a feedlot is different. To get the most out of each one, a producer would have to individualize each animal's finished weight, diet and even marketing method.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Research and Markets: Long Anticipated First Guide to Sample Preparation for Proteomics (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Proteomics Sample Preparation" to their offering.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Research and Markets: Long Anticipated First Guide to Sample Preparation for Proteomics (Centre Daily Times)
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets has announced the addition of "Proteomics Sample Preparation" to their offering.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Story ideas from Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (EurekAlert!)
Researchers have conducted a detailed molecular survey of how heart muscle proteins change over time in diseased tissue, revealing clues that may lead to earlier diagnosis of heart disease.
(Mar 6, 2008)
CombiMatrix Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2007 Financial Results (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MUKILTEO, Wash., March 6, 2008 -- CombiMatrix Corporation today reported its financial results for the three months and the year ended December 31, 2007.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Current BioData Opens Welsh Research and Publishing Center To Serve Global Pharmaceutical Industry (Centre Daily Times)
Current BioData, a provider of scientific data to the pharmaceutical industry, is opening a new research and publishing center in Wales to serve customers in the United States, Europe and the rest of the world.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Beijing Genomics Institute To Sequence Panda Genome (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.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Engineered protein shows potential as a strep vaccine (EurekAlert!)
A University of California-San Diego-led research team has demonstrated that immunization with a stabilized version of a protein found on Streptococcus bacteria can provide protection against Strep infections, which afflict more than 600 million people each year and kill 400,000.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Affymetrix Named One of the World's Top 50 Innovative Companies (Centre Daily Times)
Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) today announced that it has been named as one of the world's top 50 most innovative companies by Fast Company magazine, a prominent monthly publication with a worldwide circulation in excess of 730,000 that focuses on new business practices and individuals who are reinventing business.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Story Ideas from Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (Newswise)
1) Tracking a Deteriorating Heart; 2) Understanding Our Saliva
(Mar 6, 2008)
Scientists to sequence giant panda genome (China Economic Net)
Scientists from China, Canada, the United States and other countries launched a project Thursday to sequence the genome of the giant panda.
(Mar 6, 2008)
Paradoxical Alzheimer's Finding May Shed New Light on Memory Loss (Newswise)
Who'd a thunk? Younger brains show evidence of more memory loss than those with Alzheimer's. But those younger brains are also making memories faster than they lose them. A Buck Institute study shows that normal memory loss is hyperactivated in Alzheimer's, pointing to AD as a syndrome affecting the plasticity or malleability of the brain.
(Mar 7, 2008)
Scientists to sequence giant panda genome (China Economic Net)
Scientists from China, Canada, the United States and other countries launched a project Thursday to sequence the genome of the giant panda.
(Mar 7, 2008)
Scientists to sequence giant panda genome (People's Daily)
Scientists from China, Canada, the United States and other countries launched a project Thursday to sequence the genome of the giant panda. "The goal of this project is to finish the sequencing and assembling of a draft sequence wit ...
(Mar 7, 2008)
HMS Prof To Expand Genome Database (The Harvard Crimson)
Currently, your personal sequence of genetic code costs the hefty sum of $350,000, but in as little as five years, you might be able to buy your own genome for just under $1,000.
(Mar 7, 2008)
NW corporate results | CombiMatrix, Flow International, Microvision, Northstar Neuroscience (Seattle Times)
NW CORPORATE RESULTS | Dollar figures in thousands, except per share; parentheses denote losses. CombiMatrix Bioinformatics Dec. 31 % 4th QTR...
(Mar 7, 2008)
DNA sequencing for the masses (The Register)
How far are we from Gattaca ? Etech New fathers always think their newborn baby daughters are beautiful, and Hugh Reinhoff was no exception. Sure, she had giant feet, a cleft uvula, and contractures in some of her fingers. But those thoughts, along with a suspicion that her eyes were oddly widely spaced and her chin was a bit recessive, were easily forgotten in the excitement.…
(Mar 7, 2008)
Why Tumor Cells Resist Popular Breast Cancer Drug - UC Davis Cancer Center Researchers Show (Medical News Today)
UC Davis Cancer Center researchers have discovered a likely reason why some tumor cells are inherently resistant - or become resistant over time - to the popular breast cancer drug trastuzumab, commonly referred to by the brand name Herceptin. One in four women with breast cancer are candidates for treatment with Herceptin, which decreases the risk of relapse and prolongs patient survival.
(Mar 7, 2008)
MorphoSys's AbD Serotec receives multiple research antibody order from Proteomika (PharmaBiz)
MorphoSys AG said its AbD Serotec business unit has received a multiple research antibody order from Proteomika SL, a Spanish biotechnology company specialising in biomarker discovery.
(Mar 7, 2008)
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