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Fed to propose national gene database (The Arizona Republic)
Phoenix is one of five U.S. cities that will discuss a federal proposal to create a nationwide genetic database to aid disease research.
(Apr 4, 2008)
INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS column: Valparaiso team reaches national competition (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Valparaiso University's Students in Free Enterprise team has advanced to the national competition taking place next month in Chicago. The Valparaiso team has been involved in projects including seminars featuring entrepreneurs, teaching elementary school students about market economics and free computer classes for senior citizens.
(Apr 4, 2008)
INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS column: Valparaiso team reaches national competition (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Valparaiso University's Students in Free Enterprise team has advanced to the national competition taking place next month in Chicago. The Valparaiso team has been involved in projects including seminars featuring entrepreneurs, teaching elementary school students about market economics and free computer classes for senior citizens.
(Apr 4, 2008)
U.S. Preventive Medicine and deCODE Genetics Sign Letter of Intent to Expand Personalized Medicine Platform (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
U.S. Preventive Medicine, a leading provider of prevention and corporate wellness programs, and deCODE Genetics, announced today they have signed a letter of intent to expand their businesses in the U.S. and internationally by adding genetic testing to their array of wellness and personalized medicine services.
(Apr 4, 2008)
U.S. Preventive Medicine and deCODE Genetics Sign Letter of Intent to Expand Personalized Medicine Platform (PRWeb)
U.S. Preventive Medicine, a leading provider of prevention and corporate wellness programs, and deCODE Genetics, announced today they have signed a letter of intent to expand their businesses in the U.S. and internationally by adding genetic testing to their array of wellness and personalized medicine services. (PRWeb Apr 4, 2008) Read the full story at ...
(Apr 4, 2008)
Who's your daddy? Get a paternity test at the drug store (San Jose Mercury News)
Stores already are putting up their gift displays for Mother's Day. And consumers have turned their fashion attention to the latest in spring and summer wear.
(Apr 4, 2008)
More Scientific View Of Human Nature, Based On Our Biology - Our Cellular Organization, Genetics, Life Cycle, And ... (Medical News Today)
In a provocative new book, distinguished geneticist and historian Elof Axel Carlson argues for a more scientific view of human nature, one that is based on our biology-our cellular organization, genetics, life cycle, and evolution.
(Apr 4, 2008)
Our Campaign Debate about Health Care is Missing the Point (Local Tech Wire)
Durham, N.C. — As the seemingly endless primary campaign heads into Pennsylvania and other states, and then into November, we’re going to be hearing lots more about health care.
(Apr 4, 2008)
SIGA Initiates Manufacture of ST-246 NDA Registration Batches (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----SIGA Technologies, Inc. , a company specializing in the development of pharmaceutical agents to fight biowarfare pathogens and protect the population at large, today announced the company has initiated the activities necessary to produce the NDA registration batches of its lead smallpox antiviral, ST-246.
(Apr 4, 2008)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Achieves Milestone with Sale of 15000th NanoDrop 1000 Spectrophotometer (ThomasNet)
WILMINGTON, Delaware (March, 2008) - Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that Drexel University is the 15000th purchaser of the Thermo Scientific NanoDrop(TM) 1000 UV/VIS Spectrophotometer. The instrument will be used in a microbial source tracking project at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This groundbreaking instrument with its ...
(Apr 4, 2008)
Supplements are not nutritious (EurekAlert!)
Selenium supplementation, for example in mineral tablets, might not be that beneficial for the majority of people according to researchers writing in the open access journal Genome Biology.
(Apr 4, 2008)
New Web Portal To Advance Wide Range Of Protein Studies (Medical News Today)
The Protein Structure Initiative (PSI), an effort supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has launched an online resource that will enable scientists from across biomedical disciplines to easily access a wealth of information about proteins and to speed discovery about these molecules.
(Apr 4, 2008)
GenBank Celebrates 25 Years of Service with Two-Day Conference; Leading Scientists Will Discuss the DNA Database at ... (National Institutes of Health)
For a quarter century, GenBank has helped advance scientific discovery worldwide. Established by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1982, the database of nucleic acid sequences is one of the key tools that scientists use to conduct biomedical and biologic research.
(Apr 4, 2008)
BODY & SOUL (Women's Cancer Network)
What does it take to stay cancer-free? And what should you do once diagnosed? Essence got nine smart tips from African-American M.D.'s on saving your life
(Apr 4, 2008)
Clinical Data, Inc. Chairman and PGxHealth Senior Vice President to . Present to the Society for Experimental Biology ... (InfoBolsa)
Present to the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 04/04/2008 15:35:00 Business Wire Clinical Data, Inc.
(Apr 4, 2008)
Story ideas from Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (EurekAlert!)
This month, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics will highlight some of the research presented at the 8th International Symposium on Mass Spectrometry in the Health and Life Sciences, held this past August in San Francisco. This symposium described how recent advances in mass spectrometry have expanded our current knowledge about the vast protein networks inside cells and how they are regulated.
(Apr 4, 2008)
Research from Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (Newswise)
This April, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics will highlight some of the research presented at the 8th International Symposium on Mass Spectrometry in the Health and Life Sciences, held this past August in San Francisco. This Symposium described how recent advances in mass spectrometry have expanded our current knowledge about the vast protein networks inside cells and how they are regulated.
(Apr 4, 2008)
UNC Expert Can Explain Effects of False-Positive Medical Testing (Newswise)
The psychology of medical decision making is the primary area of research for Noel Brewer, Ph.D., a member of the cancer prevention and control program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
(Apr 4, 2008)
University of Delaware Center for Translational Cancer Research (Newswise)
The Center for Translational Cancer Research at the University of Delaware involves individuals from the University of Delaware, including the Delaware Biotechnology Institute; A. I. duPont Hospital for Children/Nemours; and Christiana Care Health System/Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, who share a common vision to improve cancer research and delivery.
(Apr 4, 2008)
Burnham Poised to be a Key Contributor to the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research (Newswise)
The mission of the Cancer Center at Burnham Institute is to continue to bridge the gap between basic biological research and the anticancer drug discovery work carried out by pharmaceutical companies. These efforts have significantly benefited from the establishment of the San Diego Center for Chemical Genomics at Burnham, one of 10 collaborating centers known as the "Molecular Libraries ...
(Apr 4, 2008)
Obama Blasts Clinton On Upstate Economy (WGRZ-TV Buffalo)
The race for The White House continues to heat up. The two democrats left in the ring are sparring over something said right here in western New York.
(Apr 4, 2008)
Integrating Genetic Information With Breast Cancer Risk Factors May Help Refine Prognosis (Science Daily)
Incorporating genetic information known as gene expression signatures with clinical and other risk factors for breast cancer may help refine estimates of relapse-free survival and predicted response to chemotherapy, according to a new study.
(Apr 4, 2008)
INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS column: Valparaiso team reaches national competition (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Valparaiso University's Students in Free Enterprise team has advanced to the national competition taking place next month in Chicago. The Valparaiso team has been involved in projects including seminars featuring entrepreneurs, teaching elementary school students about market economics and free computer classes for senior citizens.
(Apr 4, 2008)
INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS column: Valparaiso team reaches national competition (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Valparaiso University's Students in Free Enterprise team has advanced to the national competition taking place next month in Chicago. The Valparaiso team has been involved in projects including seminars featuring entrepreneurs, teaching elementary school students about market economics and free computer classes for senior citizens.
(Apr 4, 2008)
Jeremy R. Knowles, 72; chemist helped explain chemical reactions in cells (Los Angeles Times)
Harvard professor also guided the university's faculty of arts and sciences through a time of financial crisis. Jeremy R. Knowles, the Harvard chemist who played a key role in explaining how chemical reactions are carried out within the cell and who later became dean of the university's faculty of arts and sciences at a time when it was bloated with faculty and drowning in debt, died April 3 ...
(Apr 5, 2008)
Following in big sister’s footsteps (North Platte Telegraph)
Measuring up to a successful sibling can be a challenge. What do you do if your sister is Miss Nebraska? If you are Emily Brauer, you follow in big sis’s footsteps. Miss Nebraska 2007 Ashley Bauer joined Emily and 13 other Miss Nebraska 2008 contestants for an all-day orientation session in North Platte Saturday. The hopefuls spent the day having their official photos taken, doing mock ...
(Apr 6, 2008)
by korpenkraxar (3.88) on Mon 5th Jun 2006 15:17 UTC (New Mobile Computing)
The article is very much spot on with a lot of things - the nonflexible and semifunctional GUI and limited package management are things that put me off each time I try using a Mac as a desktop system.
(Apr 6, 2008)
New web portal, the PSI Structural Genomics Knowledgebase to advance protein studies (News-Medical-Net)
The Protein Structure Initiative (PSI), an effort supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has launched an online resource that will enable scientists from across biomedical disciplines to easily access a wealth of information about proteins and to speed discovery about these molecules.
(Apr 6, 2008)
‘There Are Many Ahmed Zewails Waiting to Be Discovered’ (Arab News)
JEDDAH, 7 April 2008 — The American University in Cairo has been in the business of expanding minds for almost 90 years. Now the university is moving from its 7.3-acre campus in downtown Cairo to a sprawling 260-acre campus in New Cairo.
(Apr 6, 2008)
Alligator Blood May Put the Bite on Antibiotic-resistant Infections (Newswise)
Despite their reputation for deadly attacks on humans and pets, alligators are wiggling their way toward a new role as potential lifesavers in medicine. Scientists report that proteins in gator blood may provide powerful new antibiotics to help fight infections associated with diabetic ulcers, severe burns, and "superbugs" that are resistant to conventional medication. Their research will be ...
(Apr 7, 2008)
Huge Virulence Gene Superfamily Responsible For Devastating Plant Diseases Identified (Science Daily)
An enormous superfamily of pathogen genes involved in the infection of plants has been identified. Research results suggest that a single gene from a common ancestor of the two pathogen species has spawned hundreds of very different, fast-evolving genes that encode for highly damaging effector proteins.
(Apr 7, 2008)
Bigtec invests Rs. 10 cr for advanced biotech lab at IIsc campus, plans next phase of expansion (PharmaBiz)
In a bid to advance its biomedical diagnostic research and development efforts, Bigtec Private Limited has opened a state-of-the-art laboratory at the Society for Innovation & Development (SID) Entrepreneurship Centre in the Indian Institute of Science (IIsc) Campus, Bangalore at an investment of Rs. 10 crore.
(Apr 7, 2008)
BGI, PentaBase strengthen collaboration (PharmaBiz)
One of the leaders in the field of genetics, Chinese Beijing Genome Institute, (BGI), has increased its collaboration with PentaBase, Denmark.
(Apr 7, 2008)
First diagnostic test for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease on the horizon (EurekAlert!)
A new blood test that can give an early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease and distinguish between Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease could be launched this summer, reports Marina Murphy in SCI's Chemistry & Industry magazine.
(Apr 7, 2008)
As diabetes soars, genetics offering new leads (Jewish World Review)
http://www.JewishWorldReview.c | (MCT) When doctors told 28-year-old Nakia East that her 1-year-old's sudden weight loss and unusual thirst were caused by diabetes, she found herself thrust into a whole new level of parenting.
(Apr 7, 2008)
South Africa: Proteomic And Genomic Research Centre Opens (AllAfrica.com)
The country's first Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research has been opened in Cape Town. Science and Technology Minister, Mosibudi Mangena unveiled the Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR) at the University of Cape Town's medical campus.
(Apr 7, 2008)
Prestigious Scientific Leaders Join InterWest Advisory Committee (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
InterWest Partners announced today the appointment of three internationally renowned scientists to the venture capital firm's Advisory Committee:
(Apr 7, 2008)
Use Of Selenium Supplements Questioned (Medical News Today)
Selenium supplementation, for example in mineral tablets, might not be that beneficial for the majority of people according to researchers writing in the open access journal Genome Biology.
(Apr 7, 2008)
News From Molecular And Cellular Proteomics (Medical News Today)
Special April issue on mass spectrometry in the life sciencesThis month, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics will highlight some of the research presented at the 8th International Symposium on Mass Spectrometry in the Health and Life Sciences, held this past August in San Francisco.
(Apr 7, 2008)
Pall Corporation Unveils Technical Innovation Center in China for Life Sciences (ThomasNet)
East Hills, NY (March 28, 2008) - Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) today unveils its first Technical Innovation Center in China, Pall Filter (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and welcomes life sciences industry leaders and dignitaries to the grand opening event in Zhanjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai. The Center, which incorporates a state-of-the-art filtration validation lab, provides comprehensive filtration ...
(Apr 7, 2008)
Aerotech Announces Automation Solutions for Laser Processing, Medical Device Manufacturing, ... (ThomasNet)
Aerotech is now offering its completely updated and redesigned brochure titled Automation Solutions for Laser Processing, Medical Device Manufacturing, and Life Sciences. The brochure features our latest advanced systems and components used in laser processing and medical applications, including the LaserTurnTM 1, 2, and 5, as well as systems for laser cutting, welding, ablation, and marking. Of ...
(Apr 7, 2008)
First Diagnostic Test For Alzheimer's And Parkinson's Disease On The Horizon (Science Daily)
A new blood test that can give an early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease and distinguish between Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease could be launched this summer.
(Apr 7, 2008)
A Comprehensive Protein Map of a Stem Cell (Science Daily)
Researchers have successfully identified over 5,000 proteins that are present in embryonic stem cells, tripling the size of previous results and in the process creating the largest quantified protein map to date. Stem cells hold great potential in biology and medicine, but a host of questions lingers about how they operate and convert into other cells.
(Apr 7, 2008)
First diagnostic test for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's on the anvil (New Kerala)
London, Apr 7 : A US company has revealed that it plans to launch new blood test that can give an early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease and distinguish between Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.
(Apr 7, 2008)
Immune Tolerance Institute Appoints Aaron B. Kantor Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Immune Tolerance Institute Inc., today announced that Aaron B. Kantor, Ph.D. has joined the company in the position of Chief Scientific Officer, reporting to Louis A. Matis, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer.
(Apr 7, 2008)
Children’s Hospital Contributes Genotype Data to Enhance Autism Research Worldwide (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia has contributed a large genotype dataset to the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE), a scientific program of the organization Autism Speaks, dedicated to advancing genetic research in autism. This large genetic dataset will now be broadly accessible to autism researchers worldwide.
(Apr 7, 2008)
Gene superfamily causes plant diseases (UPI)
A U.S. research team said it has identified a giant superfamily of pathogenic genes involved in various plant diseases.
(Apr 7, 2008)
Alexandria, Egypt April 6, 2008 (SeedQuest)
The 10 th International Barley Genetics Symposium began here today at Bibilotheca Alexandrina .
(Apr 7, 2008)
No homes of their own (Arizona Daily Sun)
Tamara Max works as a research technician at NAU's Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, while Richard Baca works as a dialysis technician at Flagstaff Medical Center. Their stories are typical of the families struggling to find housing here in Flagstaff.
(Apr 7, 2008)
An unexpected way to cause leukemia (EurekAlert!)
Leukaemia – cancer of blood or bone marrow – is caused by mutations that allow defective blood cells to accumulate and displace healthy blood. To devise effective therapies it is crucial to know which mutations cause leukaemia and which cell type gives rise to leukaemic cells.
(Apr 7, 2008)
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