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Genetic testing from the comfort of your home (Windsor Star)
TORONTO (Reuters) - Genetic testing may sound like a bit of science-fiction, but go online and you'll find at-home kits for everything from diabetes to Alzheimer's.
(May 5, 2008)
AACR CEO Receives Distinguished Public Service Award (Newswise)
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Chief Executive Officer Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.) is the 2008 recipient of the George Washington University Cancer Institute's Distinguished Public Service Award, presented to an individual who has provided outstanding public leadership in cancer healthcare and public policy. Foti was honored during the Fifth Annual GW Cancer Institute Gala ...
(May 5, 2008)
QIAGEN Reports Strong First Quarter 2008 Results (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
VENLO, The Netherlands, May 5, 2008 -- QIAGEN N.V. today announced the results of operations for its first quarter ended on March 31, 2008.
(May 5, 2008)
QIAGEN Reports Strong First Quarter 2008 Results (n-tv.de)
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DJ HUGIN NEWS/QIAGEN Reports Strong First Quarter -2- (Financial.de)
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(May 5, 2008)
Genome Canada Awards $9.24M for Genomics, Proteomics Research (GenomeWeb News)
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(May 5, 2008)
Break it down (EurekAlert!)
The model fungus Podospora anserina (P. anserina) has undergone substantial evolution since its separation from Neurospora crassa, as revealed from the Podospora draft genome sequence published in BioMed Central’s open access journal, Genome Biology.
(May 5, 2008)
Scientists To Capture DNA Of Trees Worldwide For Database (KTHV Little Rock)
NEW YORK - The New York Botanical Garden may be best known for its orchid shows and colorful blossoms, but its researchers are about to lead a global effort to capture DNA from thousands of tree species from around the world.
(May 5, 2008)
Global Health, Sustainable Agriculture and International Business Issues Focus of 2008 BIO International Convention (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Global issues such as intellectual property protections, follow-on biologics/biosimilars, international networking for research and development of neglected diseases and sustainable agriculture in developing countries will all be primary focus areas of the 2008 BIO International Convention.
(May 6, 2008)
Lab employees get preview of super-powerful data center (Bar Harbor Times)
BAR HARBOR — Once all of the computer equipment has been installed in the new data center at Jackson Laboratory, the place will be as secure as a NASA control room.
(May 6, 2008)
Mother, daughter fear genetic link to cancer (Miami Herald)
One evening five years ago, Debbie Brooks, 44, phoned her mother: ``Hey, Mom, I need to talk to you.'' She and her boyfriend drove to Kendall, where they sat at her mother's kitchen table. Face to face with her mother, Rhoda Brooks, Debbie couldn't speak.
(May 6, 2008)
Albemarle Optimizes Smallpox Drug Candidate For SIGA (Medical News Today)
Two American companies are teaming up for second-round test-phase production of a FDA-designated "fast track" drug candidate to treat smallpox, a deadly virus that is feared to be able to reach people through acts of bio-warfare or bio-terrorism.
(May 6, 2008)
AnaSpec’s Published References Passes 600 AnaSpec Inc. Posted on: 02 May 08 (PharmiWeb)
As compiled by Stanford University’s Highwire Press, the number of published papers that cite AnaSpec’s products has passed 600. Products cited include AnaSpec’s custom and catalog peptides, antibodies, assay kits, dyes, standard amino acids, unusual amino acids and synthesis reagents.
(May 6, 2008)
Illumina Completes Sequencing of African Trio (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc., today announced that scientists at the Company have completed sequencing the genomes of an anonymous African Trio using the company's Genome Analyzer sequencing platform.
(May 6, 2008)
MDV ALLOCATES RM500 MLN IN LOANS FOR BIOTECH PROJECTS (Changing "Ministry" to "Minister" in graf 5) (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Debt Ventures Bhd (MDV) is allocating RM500 million worth of loans under its new financing programme for biotechnology.
(May 6, 2008)
European Network Of Biological Samples Key To Develop New Cures For Complex Diseases (Medical News Today)
Medical and health research have evolved very quickly in the last decades based on path-breaking advances and discoveries in genomics and molecular biology. Those developments have been proved especially useful in the prevention, diagnose and treatment of complex diseases that arise from a vast array of interacting effects.
(May 6, 2008)
Genome Sequence Of Fungus Reveals Unsuspected Ability To Use Complex Carbon Sources (Medical News Today)
The model fungus Podospora anserina (P. anserina) has undergone substantial evolution since its separation from Neurospora crassa, as revealed from the Podospora draft genome sequence published in BioMed Central's open access journal, Genome Biology.
(May 6, 2008)
Alcohol And Cocaine Dependence Linked To The Tachykinin Receptor 3 Gene (Medical News Today)
* The search for genes associated with alcohol dependence (AD) has recently been extended to the tachykinin receptor 3 gene (TACR3), located within a broad region on chromosome 4q. * Researchers have found that seven of the nine single nucleotide polymorphisms - DNA sequence variations - in the 3' region of TACR3 have a significant association with AD as well as cocaine dependence.
(May 6, 2008)
The Ethics Of Reproductive Technology Debated (Medical News Today)
New advances in reproductive technology have pushed medical diagnostics to both theoretical and practical limits, according to Mark Hughes, MD, PhD, director of Genesis Genetics Institute in Detroit and director of the Applied Genomics Technology Center of Michigan, who spoke at the opening session of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' (ACOG) 56th Annual Clinical Meeting.
(May 6, 2008)
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 15th Nov 2005 01:15 UTC (New Mobile Computing)
Bill Gates plans on Tuesday to announce Microsoft's foray into the world of supercomputing, though its first operating system for computer clusters remains in beta testing.
(May 6, 2008)
Genedata Expressionist 5.0 High-Throughput Biomarker Discovery Platform Released (BioresearchOnline)
On May 6, 2008, Genedata, a provider of solutions for computational biology, announced the release of Genedata Expressionist version 5.0, its enterprise high-throughput biomarker discovery platform
(May 6, 2008)
Stanford University to Study Genomics-Based Diagnostic Test for Uncertain Tumors (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Pathwork Diagnostics, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on oncology, announced today that Stanford University School of Medicine has initiated an investigational study of the Pathwork® Tissue of Origin Test.
(May 6, 2008)
Examine the World Electrophoresis Equipment and Supplies Markets (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Medical devices industry is available in its catalogue.
(May 6, 2008)
Presented By: InnoCentive Unveils List of Top Solvers for 2007 (Blogcritics.org)
InnoCentive Unveils List of Top Solvers for 2007 Top Solvers Hailing From Across the Globe Recognized for Outstanding Achievement in 2007 http://marketwire.com Read more Ads by Pheedo
(May 6, 2008)
EXACT Sciences Announces First Quarter 2008 Results (Centre Daily Times)
EXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAS) announced today financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.
(May 6, 2008)
Health Discovery Corporation and DCL Medical Laboratories to Develop a Computer Assisted Diagnostic Test for Cervical ... (Centre Daily Times)
Health Discovery Corporation (OTCBB: HDVY), a leader in support vector machine (SVM) based molecular diagnostics development, and DCL Medical Laboratories LLC, Indianapolis, IN, a full-service clinical reference laboratory focused on women's health, today announced the signing of a Letter of Intent for the companies to jointly develop an SVM-based computer assisted diagnostic (CAD) test for the ...
(May 6, 2008)
Strategic Diagnostics Inc. Enters Supply Agreement for Antibody Library for Study of Chromosome Proteins with ... (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 life science applications, announced that it will be providing Jason Lieb's Laboratory at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with a library of antibodies produced through SDI's proprietary Genomic Antibody ...
(May 6, 2008)
ExonHit Launches Rat Genome SpliceArray(TM) Products to Expand High Resolution Gene Expression Profiling for use in ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
ExonHit Therapeutics S.A. , a drug and diagnostic discovery company, announces today the availability of its new SpliceArray for use in disease modeling and toxicogenomic applications by the basic and pre-clinical research communities.
(May 6, 2008)
Not all fat created equal (EurekAlert!)
BOSTON -- May 6, 2008 -- It has long been known that type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity, particularly fat inside the belly. Now, researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have found that fat from other areas of the body can actually reduce insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity.
(May 6, 2008)
Not All Fat Created Equal (Newswise)
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have found that subcutaneous fat can reduce insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity.
(May 6, 2008)
UC San Diego Receives $2.5 Million NIH Grant To Establish Digestive Diseases Research Center (Newswise)
A $2.5 million basic research core grant to establish a Digestive Diseases Research Development Center (DDRDC) has been awarded to UC San Diego's Division of Gastroenterology. The grant, funded by The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is the first-ever NIH Center award for the division.
(May 6, 2008)
Agri-Tech: Ceres Inc. makes advances in genetic mapping (Tri-State Neighbor)
There's an amazing world hidden inside every corn plant cell. The parts you can see under an electron microscope include the cell wall, the nucleus, the nucleolus, mitochondrion, starch, vacuoles and chloroplasts.
(May 6, 2008)
Clinical Data, Inc. Presents Vilazodone Data at 2008 Annual Meeting of the APA (Centre Daily Times)
PGxHealth, a division of Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLDA) and a leader in the development of targeted therapeutics and predictive tests from its growing portfolio of proprietary genetic biomarkers, announced today that Karl Rickels, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and a prominent clinical investigator who is participating in Vilazodone clinical trials, is ...
(May 6, 2008)
Researchers Find Conserved Immune Genes Using RNAi, Comparative Genomics (GenomeWeb News)
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(May 6, 2008)
Mergent, Inc. Announces Changes to the HealthShares(TM) Composite, Enabling Technologies, Autoimmune-Inflammation, ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mergent, Inc., administrator for the Healthshares Indexes, a series of 20 underlying indexes for the HealthShares Exchange Traded Funds, today announced the following changes with effect from the opening of trade on Friday, May 9, 2008: Masimo Corporation will replace Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc in the HealthShares Composite Index, Quest Diagnostics Inc will replace Millennium ...
(May 6, 2008)
San Francisco (The San Francisco Examiner)
NEW YORK , May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Mergent, Inc., administrator for the Healthshares(TM) Indexes, a series of 20 underlying indexes for the HealthShares(TM) Exchange Traded Funds, today announced the following changes with effect from the opening of trade on Friday, May 9, 2008 : Masimo Corporation (Nasdaq: MASI ) will replace Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc (Nasdaq: MLNM ) in the HealthShares(TM) ...
(May 6, 2008)
Not All Fat Created Equal: Certain Body Fat Reduces Insulin Resistance (Science Daily)
It has long been known that type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity, particularly fat inside the belly. Now, researchers have found that fat from other areas of the body can actually reduce insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity. Researchers have found that subcutaneous fat can reduce insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity.
(May 7, 2008)
You 2.0: Closing the Genetic Gap (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance)
So far, DNA websites provide mixed results. But the role of commerce is crucial to push medicine and government to take individual DNA testing seriously. Last in a four-part series.
(May 7, 2008)
DAILY EXPRESS NEWS (Sabah Daily Express)
Kuala Lumpur : Malaysia Debt Ventures Bhd (MDV) is allocating RM500 million worth of loans under its new financing programme for biotechnology.
(May 7, 2008)
Lab employees get preview of super-powerful data center (Bar Harbor Times)
BAR HARBOR — Once all of the computer equipment has been installed in the new data center at Jackson Laboratory, the place will be as secure as a NASA control room.
(May 7, 2008)
Professor ferrets out mysteries of biology by giving computers ‘intelligence’ (Stanford Report)
Computer science professor Daphne Koller this week was named the first-ever recipient of the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences.
(May 7, 2008)
Not All Fat Created Equal (Medical News Today)
It has long been known that type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity, particularly fat inside the belly. Now, researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have found that fat from other areas of the body can actually reduce insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity.In a study published in the May issue of Cell Metabolism, a team lead by C. Ronald Kahn, M.D.
(May 7, 2008)
Genedata Expressionist(R) 5.0 High-Throughput Biomarker Discovery Platform Released (Medical News Today)
On May 6, 2008, Genedata, a leading provider of solutions for computational biology, announced the release of Genedata Expressionist version 5.0, its enterprise high-throughput biomarker discovery platform. Identifying and validating biomarkers with the highest degree of confidence has become key for drug safety and efficacy prediction in preclinical development.
(May 7, 2008)
CombiMatrix Corporation to Release First Quarter Financial Results On May 14, 2008 (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MUKILTEO, Wash., May 7, 2008 -- CombiMatrix Corporation announced today that it will release its first quarter financial results on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Results will be released at the close of trading on that day.
(May 7, 2008)
Technology meets Science - Representatives of Research and Industry Get Together (uniprotokolle)
Valuable contacts in applied Systems Biology to be made on May 22nd, 2008 in Dresden, Germany At the second Conference on Systems Biology of Mammalian Cells, SBMC, which will take place in the Kulturpalast in Dresden, Germany, representatives of research and industry will meet on May 22nd, 2008. The objective is to bring together potential co-operation partners in order to strengthen the ...
(May 7, 2008)
Invitrogen Scientists Link microRNA Sequences to Cancer Using RNA Samples from BioServe (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CARLSBAD, Calif. & BELTSVILLE, Md.----In research demonstrating that RNA previously thought to have no biological relevance may be of use for therapeutic and diagnostic targets, Invitrogen Corporation , a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, and BioServe, the leading provider of clinically annotated tissue samples and provider of molecular ...
(May 7, 2008)
SIGA Adds Vice President of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs to Management Team (Centre Daily Times)
SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGA), a company specializing in the development of pharmaceutical agents to fight bio-warfare pathogens, today announced the appointment of Seane Jones as the new Vice President of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs, effective April 29, 2008. Ms. Jones will direct the execution of the company's ongoing regulatory strategy and will have responsibility for all ...
(May 7, 2008)
Digilab Genomic Solutions(R) Has Entered Into Supply/Reseller Agreement with Applied Biosystems (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOLLISTON, Mass.----Digilab Genomic Solutions® today announced it has entered into a supply and reseller agreement with Applied Biosystems. According to the agreement, DGS will supply HydroShear®, a DNA shearing device for library preparation, to Applied Biosystems.
(May 7, 2008)
Digilab Genomic Solutions(R) Has Entered Into Supply/Reseller Agreement with Applied Biosystems (Centre Daily Times)
Digilab Genomic Solutions(R) (DGS) today announced it has entered into a supply and reseller agreement with Applied Biosystems. According to the agreement, DGS will supply HydroShear(R), a DNA shearing device for library preparation, to Applied Biosystems. Applied Biosystems will offer the HydroShear device with its SOLiD(TM) System -- the company's genetic analysis platform.
(May 7, 2008)
07 May 2008 (PharmiWeb)
Houston, TX – May 6, 2008 – LC Sciences announced today that it has entered into a strategic marketing alliance with DNAVision to increase accessibility to its custom microRNA profiling service and enhance both its customer and technical service to researchers in Europe.
(May 7, 2008)
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