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U of C alum donates $20 million for science (Crain's Chicago Business)
(Crain’s) — A University of Chicago alumnus who founded two futures trading firms has donated $20 million to his alma mater to beef up its physical sciences division. William Eckhardt earned his master’s degree in mathematics from U of C in 1970 and later founded two Chicago-based trading ...
(Jul 14, 2008)
Guidelines to prevent genetic discrimination (EurekAlert!)
The guiding principles have been proposed to attempt to minimise the misinterpretation and misuse of human genetic variation research. The group included members of the humanities, social and life sciences, law and medical schools at Stanford University.
(Jul 14, 2008)
Acclaimed database expert to join UC Irvine faculty (UC Newsroom)
Michael Carey named Bren Professor in Information and Computer Sciences.
(Jul 15, 2008)
U. of C. gets $20 million gift for scientific research (Chicago Tribune)
Chicago futures trader William Eckhardt has donated $20 million to boost scientific research at the University of Chicago, school officials announced Monday.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Ironmen Face Test of Mettle (University of Melbourne University News)
Training programs for Olympians, triathletes and other elite sports people are set to reach new levels of precision helped by a University of Melbourne pilot study of 2007 Hawaii Ironman triathlon urine samples. The study uses the new science of metabolomics to analyse and profile metabolites produced in cells from metabolic reactions, providing a ‘snapshot’ of the cells’ metabolic state.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Computing the Science of Life (University of Melbourne University News)
A $100 million Victorian State Government –University of Melbourne supercomputing initiative may help reverse Australia’s brain drain, Professor Peter Rathjen tells REBECCA SCOTT.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Discovery - marsupials and humans shared same genetic imprinting 150 million years ago (University of Melbourne University News)
Research published in Nature Genetics by a team of international scientists including the University of Melbourne, Department of Zoology, has established an identical mechanism of genetic imprinting, a process involved in marsupial and human fetal development, which evolved 150 million years ago.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Agendia and Ferrer Announce Exclusive Agreement for Sales of Cancer Diagnostic Services in Four Major European Markets (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Agendia BV and Ferrer inCode today announced an agreement that will give Ferrer exclusive rights to sell two of Agendia's signature cancer diagnostic services -- MammaPrint®, a prognostic test that uses a 70-gene signature to indicate risk of breast cancer tumor recurrence, and CupPrint*, a gene expression profiling service which offers a fast and reliable method of identifying the primary ...
(Jul 15, 2008)
Agendia and Ferrer Announce Exclusive Agreement for Sales of Cancer Diagnostic Services in Four Major European Markets (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Agendia BV and Ferrer inCode today announced an agreement that will give Ferrer exclusive rights to sell two of Agendia's signature cancer diagnostic services -- MammaPrint®, a prognostic test that uses a 70-gene signature to indicate risk of breast cancer tumor recurrence, and CupPrint*, a gene expression profiling service which offers a fast and reliable method of identifying the primary ...
(Jul 15, 2008)
Clinical Data's Cogenics Division to Provide Global Genotyping Solutions for Lundbeck's Clinical Studies (Centre Daily Times)
Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLDA) a leader in the development of targeted therapeutics and predictive tests from its growing portfolio of proprietary genetic biomarkers, announced today that its Cogenics(R) division has entered into a Scientific Research & Development Agreement with H. Lundbeck A/S to support its ongoing clinical studies with genotyping solutions on a global basis. Lundbeck is ...
(Jul 15, 2008)
OnStor sets Cougar loose (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Storage vendor OnStor has launched its latest network attached storage (NAS) gateway platform, the Cougar 6000 series, targeting large enterprises looking to virtualise their storage systems.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Heart Disease Specialists Meet Spanish Footballers to Develop Tools for Detecting Sudden Death Syndrome (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MADRID, Spain & FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Leading cardiovascular research scientists and a number of prominent football figures from Spain recently convened at the world’s first symposium focused on the molecular analysis of sudden death in football players.
(Jul 15, 2008)
OnStor sets Cougar loose (vnunet.com)
Dave Bailey, IT Week , Tuesday 15 July 2008 at 11:55:00 New NAS gateway smoothes path to storage virtualisation Storage vendor OnStor has launched its latest network attached storage (NAS) gateway platform, the Cougar 6000 series, targeting large enterprises looking to virtualise their storage systems....
(Jul 15, 2008)
Heart Disease Specialists Meet Spanish Footballers to Develop Tools for Detecting Sudden Death Syndrome (Centre Daily Times)
Leading cardiovascular research scientists and a number of prominent football figures from Spain recently convened at the world's first symposium focused on the molecular analysis of sudden death in football players. The I Symposium de Prevencion en el Futbol was held at the Hospital Clinico San Carlos in Madrid, where scientists were brought together to initiate the development of new tests for ...
(Jul 15, 2008)
Report on Biotechnology in India Covering Products, Technologies and Services out Now (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Biotechnology in India" report to their offering.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Collegium Pharmaceutical Announces Completion of Series D Financing (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CUMBERLAND, R.I.----Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that it has closed a $20 million Series D equity financing led by Frazier Healthcare Ventures.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Collegium Pharmaceutical Announces Completion of Series D Financing (Centre Daily Times)
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that it has closed a $20 million Series D equity financing led by Frazier Healthcare Ventures. Pursuant to the closing of this financing round, Frazier's General Partner, Patrick Heron, has joined the Collegium Board of Directors. Previous investors Boston Millennia Partners and Westfield Capital Management also ...
(Jul 15, 2008)
Methane Formation in the Oceans: New Pathway Discovered (Kansas City InfoZine)
Significant importance for study of greenhouse gas production on Earth
(Jul 15, 2008)
Cellular Decision On The Computer (Medical News Today)
Scientists of the Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg have simulated on the computer how cells decide whether or not to migrate. Using their results, the researchers were able to predict the molecular targets within a cell that have to be hit so that its behavior changes in a particular direction.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Marsupials and humans shared same genetic imprinting 150 million years ago (PhysOrg)
Research published in Nature Genetics by a team of international scientists including the department of zoology at the University of Melbourne, Australia, has established an identical mechanism of genetic imprinting, a process involved in marsupial and human fetal development, which evolved 150 million years ago.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Marsupials And Humans Share Same Genetic Imprinting That Evolved 150 Million Years Ago (Science Daily)
Research published in Nature Genetics has established an identical mechanism of genetic imprinting, a process involved in marsupial and human fetal development, which evolved 150 million years ago.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Biotech sector grows by 20 pc (The Economic Times)
Fledgling biotechnology sector posted $2.56 billion (Rs.103 billion) in revenue during 2007-08, registering 20 per cent growth over the previous fiscal at $2.1 billion, an industry survey revealed.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Power3 Medical Products and the Princess Haya Biotechnology Center, Jordan University of Science and Technology, ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOUSTON----Power3 Medical Products, Inc. , a leading proteomics company specializing in the development and commercialization of early detection diagnostic tests for breast cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, today announced a new major international collaboration.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Researchers Propose Guidelines on the Use of Race and Ethnicity in Genomics Studies (GenomeWeb News)
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(Jul 15, 2008)
Indian biotech sector grows by 20 percent (Calcutta News)
India's fledgling biotechnology sector posted $2.56 billion (Rs.103 billion) in revenue during 2007-08, registering 20 percent growth over the previous fiscal at $2.1 billion, an industry survey revealed.
(Jul 15, 2008)
'Smothered' genes combine with mutations to yield poor outcome in cancer patients (EurekAlert!)
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers have identified a set of genes in breast and colon cancers with a deadly combination of traditional mutations and "smothered" gene activity that may result in poor outcomes for patients.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Invitrogen Corporation, BioTek Instruments, Inc. Announce Strategic Collaboration (BioresearchOnline)
Invitrogen Corporation, a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, and BioTek Instruments, Inc., a leader in microplate instrumentation technology, have entered into a collaboration agreement to validate the compatibility of Invitrogen's reagents and technology platforms with BioTek's microplate detection instruments
(Jul 15, 2008)
Indian biotech sector grows by 20 percent (New Kerala)
Bangalore, July 15: India's fledgling biotechnology sector posted $2.56 billion (Rs.103 billion) in revenue during 2007-08, registering 20 percent growth over the previous fiscal at $2.1 billion, an industry survey revealed.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Thermo Fisher Scientific And Genedata Join Forces To Accelerate Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics Research (PharmaceuticalOnline)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and Genedata, the leading provider of in silico solutions for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, announced the integration of Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry (MS) instrumentation and Genedata Expressionist® to efficiently process and analyze large volumes of high-quality MS data, enabling researchers to process ...
(Jul 15, 2008)
Thermo Fisher Scientific And Genedata Join Forces To Accelerate Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics Research (BioresearchOnline)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and Genedata, the leading provider of in silico solutions for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, announced the integration of Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry (MS) instrumentation and Genedata Expressionist® to efficiently process and analyze large volumes of high-quality MS data, enabling researchers to process ...
(Jul 15, 2008)
'Smothered' Genes Combine With Mutations To Yield Poor Outcome In Cancer Patients (Science Daily)
Researchers have identified a set of genes in breast and colon cancers with a deadly combination of traditional mutations and "smothered" gene activity that may result in poor outcomes for patients.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Caliper Life Sciences Introduces LabChip GX and GXII Microfluidic Instruments to Address Specific Needs of Proteomic ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. today introduced two microfluidics-based separations products, the LabChip® GX and LabChip GXII benchtop systems, for fast, automated, 1-D electrophoretic separations of protein, DNA, and RNA samples.
(Jul 15, 2008)
New center for protein therapeutics formed by UB pharmaceutical scientists (News-Medical-Net)
Pharmaceutical researchers at the University at Buffalo have joined forces with scientists from several of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to tackle fundamental research questions that need to be answered to advance development of promising protein-based drugs.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Senate race gets crowded (Minnesota Public Radio)
The race for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat is a lot more crowded. A total of 18 candidates are seeking the seat currently held by Republican Norm Coleman.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Ken you rid this? Ginger can (Haaretz Daily)
There are problems in life that Microsoft can't solve for us, and one is spelling out of context. Type "My aidl holiday wood bee in nue zeelend, were I can go hickin" into Word and the software will be completely befuddled.
(Jul 15, 2008)
Buck Institute receives $1.5 million to research effect of aging on disease (Marin Independent Journal)
The Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato has received a $1.
(Jul 16, 2008)
Gene Logic renews agreement with Agilent Technologies (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
Gene Logic and Agilent Technologies have announced that Gene Logic has been reappointed as a certified microarray service provider for Agilent gene expression microarrays.
(Jul 16, 2008)
Indian biotechnology sector registers revenues over $2.5 bn during 2007-08 (PharmaBiz)
The Indian biotech industry reported revenues of $2.5 billion during the financial year 2007-08. The growth achieved by the industry in the last five years dropped to 20 per cent last year due to appreciation of the rupee and price pressures in global markets.
(Jul 16, 2008)
June 18th: Polar Land and Life day (PR.com)
On June 18th, 2008, the International Polar Year 2007-8 (IPY) will launch its fifth ‘International Polar Day' focusing on Land and Life: the plants and animals of polar lands and the changing permafrost and hydrologic systems. This Polar Day occurs as hundreds of researchers focus on Arctic environments. It has been timed in conjunction with the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost ...
(Jul 16, 2008)
Bull run for the buffalo (rediff.com)
The launch of a genomics project will improve productivity of this multi-purpose domestic animal.
(Jul 16, 2008)
Method of separating components of technical eggs, edible eggs, yolk and whites and products therefrom (FreshPatents.com)
The present invention relates to methods for the separation of various components from eggs. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods for the separation of
(Jul 16, 2008)
Researchers seek secrets to long life (Tucson Citizen)
MESA - Lloyd Pearsall really did walk to school barefoot. Rosalee Sproul made ends meet by tending a garden and canning her own fruits and vegetables. Henrietta Pearsall was known in her neighborhood as the "Brownie Lady" and when she wasn't baking, she was knitting, crocheting and sewing.
(Jul 16, 2008)
immatics gets US & European patents for off-the shelf cancer vaccine (PharmaBiz)
immatics biotechnologies GmbH announced that the company has obtained European patent protection for its technology platform Xpresident. In addition, the company has been granted important US and European patents covering compounds contained in its lead product candidates IMA901 and IMA910.
(Jul 16, 2008)
"Smothered" Genes Combine With Mutations To Yield Poor Outcome In Cancer Patients (Medical News Today)
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers have identified a set of genes in breast and colon cancers with a deadly combination of traditional mutations and "smothered" gene activity that may result in poor outcomes for patients.
(Jul 16, 2008)
U.S. Genomics Awarded $9.1 Million Contract for Development of Advanced Biosensor by the U.S. Department of Homeland ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
U.S. Genomics today announced the award of a $9.1 million contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate.
(Jul 16, 2008)
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Becomes a GeneGo Center of Excellence (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of software and databases for systems biology and pathway analysis, today announced that the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has become a certified GeneGo Center of Excellence .
(Jul 16, 2008)
Pfizer Inks Global License To Genomatix Software And Databases (Medical News Today)
Genomatix Software, Inc. the US branch of Munich (Germany) based Genomatix Software GmbH, announced that it has reached an agreement with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals to provide Genomatix software and data content to Pfizer sites across the globe.
(Jul 16, 2008)
CLC bio moves to new headquarters in Denmark (PharmaBiz)
CLC bio moved their Danish headquarters to a newly built office building in the Katrinebjerg area - a fast growing Danish ICT community which also features high-tech companies Google, VMware, and B&O, to name a few -as well as the University of Aarhus and the new interdisciplinary nanoscience center, which is currently under construction.
(Jul 16, 2008)
Scientists Identify A New Molecular Brake That Can Curb Excessive Immune Activation (Medical News Today)
In new research published in the open access, peer-reviewed online journal PLoS ONE, a team of scientists from NYU School of Medicine report the identification of a molecule expressed on a special class of T cells called regulatory T cells that appears to play a role in allowing these cells to control immune responses.
(Jul 16, 2008)
Marsupials And Humans Shared Same Genetic Imprinting 150 Million Years Ago (Medical News Today)
Research published in Nature Genetics by a team of international scientists including the University of Melbourne, Department of Zoology, has established an identical mechanism of genetic imprinting, a process involved in marsupial and human fetal development, which evolved 150 million years ago.
(Jul 16, 2008)
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