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NetApp Accelerates Time to Market with New Engineering and High-Performance Computing Solutions (Centre Daily Times)
NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) today announced new solutions to help customers transform their engineering data centers and high-performance computing environments. With today's news, NetApp is delivering business breakthroughs and enabling customers to achieve greater speed, value, and efficiency with the following benefits:
(Jun 10, 2008)
M. D. Anderson and Aureon Laboratories to Evaluate Biomarkers Associated with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
YONKERS, N.Y.----Aureon Laboratories, Inc. today announced a collaborative research effort with Dr. Ignacio Wistuba, associate professor of pathology at The University of Texas M. D.
(Jun 10, 2008)
Software facilitates advanced proteomics research. (ThomasNet)
Providing comprehensive view of quantitative and qualitative proteomic data, Proteome Discoverer enables researchers to combine and compare data from multiple search engines, public databases, and dissociation methods. Program analyzes data from all mass spectrometers and is compatible with all of standard proteomic workflows. Available as client-server-enabled application, open and flexible ...
(Jun 10, 2008)
M. D. Anderson and Aureon Laboratories to Evaluate Biomarkers Associated with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Centre Daily Times)
Aureon Laboratories, Inc. today announced a collaborative research effort with Dr. Ignacio Wistuba, associate professor of pathology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The goal of the study will be to quantitate and evaluate biomarkers that are associated with progression of disease and overall survival. The project will apply Aureon's systems pathology platform for the ...
(Jun 10, 2008)
Argonne-University Of Chicago Joint Venture Bolsters Genomic Sequencing Capabilities (Medical News Today)
The Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (IGSB), a joint venture of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago, has acquired two new instruments that provide an enhanced ability to sequence genomes more quickly and broadly.
(Jun 10, 2008)
PointOne Launches New Business Direction, Healthcare Analytics Beyond Hospitals (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
PointOne Systems, LLC announced today that its health data analytics tool, known as RedBox Technology, will begin providing reports to anyone wanting to analyze individual health data, a dramatic change from the industry's focus on hospitals, research laboratories and healthcare providers.
(Jun 10, 2008)
New Mac OS X Server Backs IPhone Clients (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Apple's new server Mac OS X server software, code-named Snow Leopard, has a new file system and new features to deliver...
(Jun 10, 2008)
IRCC receives grant for biotechnology program (TCPalm.com)
Indian River Community College is preparing get students ready for careers in the Treasure Coast's budding biotechnology industry with a $327,000 grant awarded by the National Science Foundation.
(Jun 10, 2008)
Reframing ADHD in the Genomic Era (Psychiatric Times)
In the era of genomics, psychiatry—like all areas of medicine—will likely undergo radical change.
(Jun 10, 2008)
New Mac OS X Server backs iPhone clients (Macworld)
Apple’s new server Mac OS X server software, code-named Snow Leopard, will have a new file system and new features to deliver content to iPhones.
(Jun 10, 2008)
Researchers identify biomarkers of early-stage pancreatic cancer in mice and man (News-Medical-Net)
A multicenter team of researchers has identified a panel of proteins linked to early development of pancreatic cancer in mice that applies also to early stages of the disease in humans - a breakthrough that brings scientists a significant step closer to developing a blood test to detect the disease early, when cure rates are highest.
(Jun 10, 2008)
European research project to explore Alzheimer's diagnosis (News-Medical-Net)
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, GE Healthcare, a division of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and a Consortium of leading research institutions across Europe announced the PredictAD project, a research collaboration aimed at developing new diagnostic procedures for patients with Alzheimer's disease.
(Jun 10, 2008)
Traits Of Aggressive Form Of Prostate Cancer Identified (Science Daily)
Researchers have identified traits of an aggressive type of prostate cancer that occurs in about 10 percent of men who have the disease. They hope the discovery could lead, possibly within the next few years, to a simple urine test that will help to diagnose this variation of prostate cancer.
(Jun 10, 2008)
Perfect Vision but Blind to Light (Newswise)
Mammals have two types of light-sensitive detectors in the retina. Known as rod and cone cells, they are both necessary to picture their environment. However, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found that eliminating a third sensor -- cells expressing a photopigment called melanopsin that measures the intensity of incoming light --makes the circadian clock blind to ...
(Jun 11, 2008)
Gentag and MacroArray partner to design a wireless immunoassay (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
Gentag, a developer of wireless sensor network technologies based on cell Phones, and MacroArray Technologies, a theranostics company with a proprietary proteomics discovery platform, have entered into a development program to design a wireless immunoassay incorporating Gentags cell phone communication technology and MacroArrays urine diagnostic test for prostate cancer.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Gentag and MacroArray partner to design a wireless immunoassay (Computer Business Review)
Gentag and MacroArray Technologies have teamed to develop a new wireless test platform that will incorporate Gentag's cell phone-sensor technology with MacroArray's proteomics discovery technology to create a series of new, patient friendly, disposable, wireless diagnostic tests.
(Jun 11, 2008)
IRCC gets $327,000 grant for biotech training (Fort Pierce Tribune)
Tailoring classes to prepare students for careers in the Treasure Coast's budding biotechnology industry will mean learning exactly what business leaders need, ensuring college-bound high school students are proficient in basic sciences and learning how to use computers to sift through mountains of data.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Silicon Kinetics Announces Biotech Industry's First 3D Label-Free Biomolecular Interaction Analysis Platform (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
3D Nano-Porous Silicon Technology Deployed In Optical Biosensors
(Jun 11, 2008)
People in business (The Tennessean)
Maria Fatima Mncube-Barnes has been appointed director of the Meharry Medical College Library. Mncube-Barnes also serves as a bioinformatics and data management instructor in the college's School of Graduate Studies.
(Jun 11, 2008)
University at Buffalo to receive large donation (WIVB Buffalo)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - We are following a major announcement concerning the University at Buffalo Wednesday.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Brain size 'not key to intellect' (BBC News)
The complexity of connections in the brain - and not simply its size - are key to intelligence, research suggests.
(Jun 11, 2008)
BIOTECHCORP EXPECTS TO ACQUIRE 3 TECH PLATFORMS BY YEAR-END (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Biotechnology Corp (BiotechCorp) plans to acquire three technology platforms to expedite development of the local biotechnology industry, chief executive officer Datuk Iskandar Mizal Mahmood said today.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Qatar home to world-class biomedical research program (AME Info)
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development and Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q), unveiled a major initiative to establish a world-class biomedical research program, the first of its kind in the Middle East.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Illumina Announces Participation in the 1000 Genomes Project (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc., today announced that it is among three firms to have pioneered the development of new sequencing technologies and joined the 1000 Genomes Project, an international effort to build the most detailed map to date of human genetic variation as a tool for medical research.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Applied Biosystems Joins 1000 Genomes Project (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Leaders of the 1000 Genomes Project announced today that three firms that have pioneered development of new sequencing technologies have joined the international effort to build the most detailed map to date of human genetic variation as a tool for medical research.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Orion Genomics Gains Exclusive Worldwide Rights to the IGF2 Gene for Colorectal Cancer Risk Testing Through Licensing ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Orion Genomics announced today that the company entered into a worldwide exclusive license agreement with The Johns Hopkins University to commercialize products that identify patients at risk for colorectal cancer.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Researchers Identify Biomarkers Of Early-stage Pancreatic Cancer In Mice And Man (Medical News Today)
A multicenter team of researchers has identified a panel of proteins linked to early development of pancreatic cancer in mice that applies also to early stages of the disease in humans a breakthrough that brings scientists a significant step closer to developing a blood test to detect the disease early, when cure rates are highest.The findings, by senior author Samir "Sam" Hanash, M.D., Ph.D.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Novel Therapeutic Strategy For Colon Cancer Treatment (Medical News Today)
A team of scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), a research institute of the Asian city-state's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and the University of California at San Francisco have developed a pharmacological approach to kill colon cancer cells.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Rosetta Genomics Executes Binding Term Sheet to Acquire U.S. CLIA-Certified Lab to Expedite Commercialization of ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Rosetta Genomics Ltd. , a leader in the development of microRNA-based diagnostics and therapeutics, announced today that it has signed a binding term sheet to acquire Parkway Clinical Laboratories Inc. , a privately-held CLIA-certified lab located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, for an aggregate purchase price of $2,900,000, consisting of $1,900,000 in cash and $1,000,000 of Rosetta's ordinary shares.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Gen-Probe launches tender offer to acquire Innogenetics (PharmaBiz)
Gen-Probe Incorporated, a pioneer and leader in nucleic acid diagnostics for human disease, has launched a conditional tender offer to acquire 100 per cent of the outstanding shares, warrants and convertible bonds of Innogenetics, a Belgian molecular diagnostics company, for approximately EUR 215 million ($334 million approx) in cash.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Text size (Business Weekly)
"Don’t be put off by the worsening economic climate and low morale. Good technologies and business opportunities still remain so even in bad times." BACKGROUNDER: Execute Technologies (Execute) is engaged in consulting and new venture activities in the Life Sciences field and is vested in four technology-led ventures including translational genomics company Horizon Discovery based at the ...
(Jun 11, 2008)
NALF Executive Addresses International Limousin Conference About Genomics Projects (CattleNetwork.com)
Genetic improvement, new technologies and new markets were among the topics discussed at the 18th biennial International Limousin Conference, May 20–28 in Italy .
(Jun 11, 2008)
3 sequencing companies join 1000 Genomes Project (PhysOrg)
Leaders of the 1000 Genomes Project announced today that three firms that have pioneered development of new sequencing technologies have joined the international effort to build the most detailed map to date of human genetic variation as a tool for medical research. The new participants are: 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, Branford, Conn.; Applied Biosystems, an Applera Corp. business, ...
(Jun 11, 2008)
Rosetta Genomics to Buy CLIA Lab for $2.9M (GenomeWeb News)
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(Jun 11, 2008)
Orion Genomics Licenses IP from Johns Hopkins for Early Colorectal Cancer Test (GenomeWeb News)
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(Jun 11, 2008)
Illumina Announces Participation in the 1000 Genomes Project (Centre Daily Times)
Illumina, Inc., (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it is among three firms to have pioneered the development of new sequencing technologies and joined the 1000 Genomes Project, an international effort to build the most detailed map to date of human genetic variation as a tool for medical research. The new participants are: Illumina Inc., San Diego, Calif.; 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, ...
(Jun 11, 2008)
Translational research: Crossing the valley of death (Nature)
A chasm has opened up between biomedical researchers and the patients who need their discoveries. Declan Butler asks how the ground shifted and whether the US National Institutes of Health can bridge the gap.
(Jun 11, 2008)
TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Introduces High-Resolution Scanner for Current, Next-Generation Microarrays (Centre Daily Times)
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the latest version of its popular Agilent DNA Microarray Scanner, employing SureScan High Resolution Technology to deliver high resolution and rapid scan times for current and next-generation microarrays.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Life sciences (Hindustan Times)
Career-wise, options are far too many a BSc (Honours) Biological Sciences and BSc Life Sciences are restructured programmes introduced in the University of Delhi in 2005-06.The former is offered only in Sri Venkateswara College, Dhaula Kuan, whereas the latter is run in many of the DU-affiliated colleges.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Chikungunya hits nation once again (Daily News)
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus indigenous to tropical Africa and Asia, where it is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected mosquitoes, usually of the genus Aedes.
(Jun 11, 2008)
QIAGEN Files Appeal in Patent Case (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
GAITHERSBURG, Md., June 11, 2008 -- QIAGEN Gaithersburg, Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of QIAGEN N.V. , today announced that it has filed its initial brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in QIAGEN's appeal to reinstate its patent infringement lawsuit against Third Wave Technologies, Inc.
(Jun 11, 2008)
Parkway Clinical Labs to be bought by Rosetta Genomics (BizJournals)
Rosetta Genomics Ltd. agreed Wednesday to buy Parkway Clinical Laboratories Inc. for $2.9 million. (ROSG)
(Jun 11, 2008)
Qatar Foundation launches biomedical research programme (The Peninsula)
Doha • Qatar Foundation and the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) yesterday launched their biomedical research programme that targets diseases common in the Gulf region like diabetes, heart diseases and cancer.
(Jun 12, 2008)
Qatar Foundation launches biomedical research programme (The Peninsula)
Doha • Qatar Foundation and the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) yesterday launched their biomedical research programme that targets diseases common in the Gulf region like diabetes, heart diseases and cancer.
(Jun 12, 2008)
Local company's blood test could identify cancer risk (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Orion Genomics LLC is hopeful that by the end of next year, it will begin selling a simple blood test that can identify people who are at elevated risk of developing colon cancer.
(Jun 12, 2008)
Oklahoma Briefs (The Oklahoman)
Business news Drugstore paternity kit offered Apparently, what this country needs is a good do-it-yourself, over-the-counter, $30 DNA paternity test to settle the question of fatherhood. A company called Sorenson Genomics has provided the answer in the Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit that has gone on sale at CVS pharmacies in Oklahoma and nationwide. With the addition of the CVS retail ...
(Jun 12, 2008)
Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: Celgene, Regeneron, Myriad Genetics, Alkermes and Trimeris (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CHICAGO----Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today's interview is with senior analyst Grant Zeng, who discusses Celgene , Regeneron , Myriad Genetics , Alkermes and Trimeris .
(Jun 12, 2008)
Sequencing Companies Join 1000 Genomes Project (Medical News Today)
Leaders of the 1000 Genomes Project announced that three firms that have pioneered development of new sequencing technologies have joined the international effort to build the most detailed map to date of human genetic variation as a tool for medical research. The new participants are: 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, Branford, Conn.; Applied Biosystems, an Applera Corp.
(Jun 12, 2008)
CLC bio releases Next Generation Sequencing data analysis solution (Press Release Network)
Today, CLC bio released their new Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) solution, CLC Genomics Workbench, which incorporates cutting-edge technology and algorithms, while also supporting and integrating with the rest of a typical NGS workflow. [Wired by: PressReleaseNetwork.com]
(Jun 12, 2008)
Panasas Parallel Storage Boosts Performance and Productivity for the University of Cambridge (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Panasas, Inc., the global leader in parallel storage solutions, today announced that the University of Cambridge's High Performance Computing Service is experiencing a significant reduction in the time it takes to complete jobs, as well as increased system uptime.
(Jun 12, 2008)
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