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Wealth Of Genomic Hotspots Discovered In Embryonic Stem Cells (Medical News Today)
In a paper published in Cell, Singapore scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) unveil an atlas that showing the location of "genomic hotspots" of essential protein "switches" (transcription factors) that are critical for maintaining the embryonic stem (ES) cell state.
(Jun 16, 2008)
Transplantation Presents Forum On Conditional Organ Donation (Medical News Today)
Should potential organ donors be permitted to limit the use of their organs to specific groups or individual patients? A special forum in the June 15 issue of Transplantation, presents expert views on the controversial issue of conditional organ donation.
(Jun 16, 2008)
EuroDYNA Takes Lid Off The Genome (Medical News Today)
European researchers have made significant progress unravelling how genes are governed and why this sometimes goes wrong in disease. The key lies in the dynamic ever-changing structure of the chromatin, which is the underlying complex of protein and DNA making up the chromosomes in which almost all genes are housed within the genome.
(Jun 16, 2008)
Clinical Data Reports Strong Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 Results (Centre Daily Times)
Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLDA), a leader in the development of predictive tests and targeted therapeutics from its growing portfolio of proprietary genetic biomarkers, today announced strong revenue growth and continued achievement of its corporate objectives for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2008.
(Jun 16, 2008)
Africa: 'Green Revolution' Comes Under Fire Again (AllAfrica.com)
In the absence of a co-ordinated approach, the push for a Green Revolution in Africa will not benefit millions of farmers but will instead severely affect their resiliency even as it realises a boom for big-bucks biotech corporates, a new report says.
(Jun 16, 2008)
Major Gastroenterology Journal Accepts Version 2 Technology Study for Publication (Centre Daily Times)
EXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAS) today announced that a major gastroenterology journal has accepted for publication a multi-center, prospective study of EXACT's Version 2 technology for early colorectal cancer detection using stool-based DNA testing. The study, conducted by Steven H. Itzkowitz, M.D, Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and his collaborators, was also ...
(Jun 16, 2008)
Applied Biosystems Announces New Tools for Studying Gene Expression (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Applied Biosystems , an Applera Corporation business, today announced the worldwide availability of new gene expression analysis tools that are expected to give life science researchers added flexibility and greater efficiency in performing experiments that identify and quantify key genes in biological samples.
(Jun 16, 2008)
Applied Biosystems Announces New Tools for Studying Gene Expression (Centre Daily Times)
Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced the worldwide availability of new gene expression analysis tools that are expected to give life science researchers added flexibility and greater efficiency in performing experiments that identify and quantify key genes in biological samples. The TaqMan(R) Express Plates are 96-well reaction plates containing ...
(Jun 16, 2008)
Center for Inherited Disease Research Adds Affymetrix Platform for Large-Scale Genotyping Services (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Affymetrix Inc. today announced that the Center for Inherited Disease Research has adopted its Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0 for large-scale genotyping and copy number projects.
(Jun 16, 2008)
Center for Inherited Disease Research Adds Affymetrix Platform for Large-Scale Genotyping Services (Centre Daily Times)
Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) today announced that the Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) has adopted its Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0 for large-scale genotyping and copy number projects. CIDR is making Affymetrix-based genotyping available to supporting members of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The first study to take advantage of this new CIDR offering is a NIDDK-funded ...
(Jun 16, 2008)
PAREXEL Experts to Address Key Industry Topics at the Drug Information Association 44th Annual Meeting (The San Francisco Examiner)
BOSTON , June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Experts from PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL ), a leading global biopharmaceutical services organization, will present in more than 20 sessions at the Drug Information Association (DIA) 44th Annual Meeting.
(Jun 16, 2008)
Progeniq Launches New Generation BioBoost(TM) v4.0 Accelerator for Mac OS X (ThomasNet)
Offers speedup levels over the latest generation multi-core CPUs. WWDC, SAN FRANCISCO - June 09, 2008 - Progeniq Pte Ltd, a leader in reconfigurable computing applications, today unveiled the next generation BioBoost(TM) v4.0 Accelerator for Mac OS X. The BioBoost accelerates computationally intensive bioinformatics applications, allowing the end user to obtain results orders of magnitude ...
(Jun 16, 2008)
Anesiva Names Michael L. Kranda as President, Chief Executive Officer and Member of Its Board of Directors (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Anesiva, Inc. today announced the appointment of Michael L. Kranda as president, chief executive officer and a member of the company's board of directors, effective June 16, 2008.
(Jun 16, 2008)
Scotland Showcased at BIO as Dynamic, Global Life Sciences Hub (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The unique connectivity, talent and collaboration that has attracted many of the world's leading life sciences companies to Scotland in recent years will be on show at BIO 2008 in San Diego, California this week.
(Jun 16, 2008)
CORTEX A metamorphosis is under way (St Louis Commerce Magazine)
in midtown St. Louis, Missouri. The venerable Midwestern U.S. city’s history as a manufacturing hub is giving way to its burgeoning reputation as a biotech giant.
(Jun 16, 2008)
Ore Pharmaceuticals Focuses Resources on Development of Repositioned Compounds (Centre Daily Times)
Ore Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ORXED) announced today a new alignment of corporate resources. Henceforward, the Company will invest its resources in clinical development and business development efforts for compounds repositioned over the past four years through the application of its proprietary indications discovery program. As part of this new alignment, Ore Pharmaceuticals has reassigned a ...
(Jun 16, 2008)
GenoLogics Releases Geneus 4.0 Enabling NextGen Sequencing Capabilities (T-Net British Columbia)
Vancouver, BC, June 16, 2008--(T-Net)--GenoLogics, a leading developer of translational research informatics solutions, announced the new release of its lab and data management system for genomics research, Geneus 4.0, with many new enhancements including the ability to handle NextGen sequencing workflows.
(Jun 16, 2008)
Blog tracks Wisconsin's progress at BIO convention (Small Business Times)
The activities of Wisconsin's delegation at the 2008 BIO convention in San Diego this week can be tracked in the "Wisconsin BIO Blog," beginning today.
(Jun 16, 2008)
Mendel Biotechnology and MMR Genetics Announce Sorghum Biofuels Collaboration (Centre Daily Times)
MMR Genetics, Richardson Seeds, and Mendel today announced a collaborative agreement to jointly research, develop and breed new cultivars for the emerging second-generation biofuels market. MMR Genetics and Mendel will jointly establish a bioenergy nursery, which will be used to breed new, high-performing sorghum cultivars with unique biofuels characteristics. Richardson Seeds will produce ...
(Jun 16, 2008)
Invitrogen Highlights Philanthropy Initiatives and Strength in Asia at BIO 2008 Convention (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Invitrogen Corporation , a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, will be engaging partners, customers and industry peers in thought-provoking dialogue on major trends and opportunities at the Biotechnology Industry Organization's BIO 2008 Annual International Convention.
(Jun 16, 2008)
Invitrogen Highlights Philanthropy Initiatives and Strength in Asia at BIO 2008 Convention (Centre Daily Times)
Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, will be engaging partners, customers and industry peers in thought-provoking dialogue on major trends and opportunities at the Biotechnology Industry Organization's BIO 2008 Annual International Convention. The conference is taking place Tuesday, June 17 through ...
(Jun 16, 2008)
Luminex Corporation Announces Public Offering of Common Stock (wallstreet:online AG)
Luminex Corporation (9295;NASDAQ:LMNX) announced today that it is commencing an underwritten public offering
(Jun 16, 2008)
Perfect Vision But Blind To Light (Science Daily)
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 16, 2008)
Luminex Corporation Announces Public Offering of Common Stock (Centre Daily Times)
Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) announced today that it is commencing an underwritten public offering of 3,500,000 shares of its common stock. The Company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 525,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any.
(Jun 16, 2008)
University of Cambridge deploys Panasas's parallel storage system (Computer Business Review)
The High Performance Computing Service (HPCS) provides all departments across the University of Cambridge with centralized, high-performance computing research services.
(Jun 17, 2008)
Md. joins sprint to be leader in biotechnology (Baltimore Sun)
Governor unveils plan to invest $1.1 billion for research center, medical studies Governor unveils plan to invest $1.1 billion for research center, medical studies
(Jun 17, 2008)
In the Art of a DNA Graph, the Colors of Uniqueness (New York Times)
?DNA Collage 1? is on the cover of the new issue of Connecticut Medicine and it is a ?snapshot? of variations in the genome sequences of 62 people.
(Jun 17, 2008)
$6m research fund to fight infectious diseases (Straits Times)
SINGAPORE and Britain will pump $6 million into a research fund to tackle infectious diseases such as bird flu and dengue.
(Jun 17, 2008)
Virginia Tech to Build Ballston Research Hub (Washington Post)
Virginia Tech plans to build a major research center in Ballston, part of an effort to expand the university's offerings and influence in the Washington area.
(Jun 17, 2008)
17-06-2008: Biotech industry needs private finance boost (The Edge Daily)
KUALA LUMPUR: The local biotechnology industry needs more participation from private financing and the capital market to complement the funding from the government and venture capital sources, said Malaysian Biotechnology Corp’s (BiotechCorp) chief executive officer Datuk Iskandar Mizal Mahmood.
(Jun 17, 2008)
Abu-Ghazaleh warns advanced nations of restrictions placed on foreign investments (AME Info)
Under the patronage of H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée of Sweden and the Duchess of Västergötland and with the participation of the Swedish Prime Minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt and representatives of the leading key international firms, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) concluded its first World Business Summit on June 14, 2008.
(Jun 17, 2008)
IPA Now Supports Affymetrix Exon Arrays and Additional Species (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Ingenuity Systems, the leading provider of information solutions for life science researchers, today released IPA 6.3, the newest version of its pathway analysis and life sciences knowledge software.
(Jun 17, 2008)
IPA Now Supports Affymetrix Exon Arrays and Additional Species (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Ingenuity Systems, the leading provider of information solutions for life science researchers, today released IPA 6.3, the newest version of its pathway analysis and life sciences knowledge software.
(Jun 17, 2008)
Maryland joins sprint to lead in biotechnology (Baltimore Sun)
Gov. Martin O'Malley unveiled yesterday a proposal to invest $1.1 billion over the next decade to cement Maryland's status as a pre-eminent hub for biotechnology research, including stem-cell studies aimed at finding breakthrough medical advances.
(Jun 17, 2008)
GeneGo is Awarded NCI Grant for Development of Systems Biology Platform for Integrative Data Analysis in Cancer (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of databases, software and services in systems biology, announced today that they were awarded a Phase I SBIR from National Cancer Institute for the development of a platform for functional data analysis in cancer.
(Jun 17, 2008)
Eye exams required for school (Belleville News-Democrat)
The Illinois Optometric Association is hailing a new state law that requires comprehensive eye exams for children entering kindergarten or enrolling for the first time in a public, private or parochial school in Illinois.
(Jun 17, 2008)
Algae conference hailed a success (Fishupdate.com)
SAMS attracted around 100 delegates from around the world for three algae related meetings that were held back-to-back at Dunstaffnage from 2 to 11 June.
(Jun 17, 2008)
HHS Secretary And Chinese Minister Of Health Sign Memorandum Of Understanding On Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Medical News Today)
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese Vice Minister of Health Wang Guoqiang to foster collaboration between scientists in both countries in research on integrative and traditional Chinese medicine. The signing marks the opening of a two-day traditional Chinese medicine Research Roundtable at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
(Jun 17, 2008)
The Indian Biotechnology Market, Valued at INR 112.6 Billion (US$ 2.86 Billion) in 2007-08, is Projected to Hit a CAGR ... (Centre Daily Times)
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets has announced the addition of the "Booming Biotech Market in India" report to their offering.
(Jun 17, 2008)
GeneGo Is Awarded NCI Grant For Development Of Systems Biology Platform For Integrative Data Analysis In Cancer (BioresearchOnline)
GeneGo, Inc., a provider of databases, software and services in systems biology, announced today that they were awarded a Phase I SBIR from National Cancer Institute (NCI) for the development of a platform for functional data analysis in cancer
(Jun 17, 2008)
EuroDYNA leaves healthy genomic research ecosystem as legacy (EurekAlert!)
Europe's position as a major player in genome research has been boosted by the European Science Foundation's three-year EUROCORES programme EuroDYNA.
(Jun 17, 2008)
IBM and Umeå University Announce Energy Efficient Supercomputer for Research (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
IBM and Umeå University announced today that the most powerful Windows-based computer in Europe is being installed at the supercomputer center known as HPC2N. Scientists at HPC2N will use the powerful system -- running on a beta version of Windows HPC Server 2008® -- for basic as well as applied research.
(Jun 17, 2008)
Singapore Is One of the Fastest Growing Bioclusters in Asia; Wave of Investments in Drug Discovery and Translational ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Singapore's investment of more than US$2.1 billion in the biomedical sciences sector has seeded one of the fastest growing bioclusters in the world. R&D spending in the biomedical sciences grew by more than 24% to reach US$760 million in 2006 , while the number of research scientists and engineers working in the sector has similarly grown by more than 12% to exceed 2,000 people.
(Jun 17, 2008)
Woman hopes to expand Myeloma Network (The Arizona Republic)
Glendale resident Barbara Kavanagh is running a cancer awareness organization out of her own home is working to enlist broader local support and expand the statewide effort.
(Jun 17, 2008)
Ore Pharmaceuticals to change strategies, cut jobs (BizJournals)
Ore Pharmaceuticals Inc. said it will cut its staff by more than two-thirds by the end of this year in as it concentrates on later stages of drug development. (ORXE)
(Jun 17, 2008)
$100 Million Supercomputer to Drive More Medical Breakthroughs in Victoria, Australia (Centre Daily Times)
More breakthroughs in life-threatening diseases will be possible as a result of plans to make Victoria, Australia home to the world's largest life sciences supercomputer, Victoria Premier John Brumby announced today.
(Jun 17, 2008)
San Diego Region's First Science Festival to be Launched March 2009 (Newswise)
Over 250 free events scheduled for the public at UC San Diego, Salk Institute, Burnham Institute, The Scripps Research Institute and other venues throughout San Diego County.
(Jun 17, 2008)
SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry (SeedQuest)
BASF and Nidera today announced the introduction of CLHA-Plus – a new genetic trait for the CLEARFIELD Production System for Sunflowers.
(Jun 17, 2008)
Bio-Rad Receives Life Science Industry Awards (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. and (AMEX: BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, today announced that it was recognized by both The Scientist and BioInformatics, LLC, receiving two 2008 Life Science Industry Awards(TM) that were announced in June.
(Jun 17, 2008)
$100 million supercomputing program boosts Victorian medical research capacity (University of Melbourne University News)
Under a new Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, The University of Melbourne will host a $100 million supercomputing program and facility, with $50 million provided by the State Government, as announced by the Premier John Brumby at Bio2008 in San Diego overnight.
(Jun 17, 2008)
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