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Kiwi Fruit DNA Sequences Released (Science Daily)
Scientists have released the world's most extensive collection of kiwi fruit DNA sequences. The release comprises over 130,000 kiwi fruit gene sequences from active genes in the plant; genes that govern such characteristics as flavor, color, shape, vitamin content and aspects of fruit development such as ripening and storage life.

Biotech companies hit by patent ruling (Financial Times)
Biotechnology companies that have staked lucrative claims to parts of the human genetic sequence were on Thursday dealt a blow by the High Court in a decision that may set a higher threshold for intellectual property protection.

Polyclone Bioservices inks pact with German co to offer Nucleic Acid Testing (PharmaBiz)
Polyclone Bioservices has inked a pact with a German company, which is a European pioneer in Molecular Diagnostics to offer Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) technique.

Women still facing problems in male-dominated fields (Deseret Morning News)
In the early 1960s, a group of 13 women underwent and passed the same rigorous tests as male candidates for astronauts.

Scientists identify virus responsible for parrot disease (New Kerala)
Washington, July 31 : Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have identified a virus that may be responsible for the mysterious parrot disease.

University VP candidate: Fundraising is key (The Arizona Republic)
William Crist says two campuses can thrive as long as administrators raise enough money.

Immune system protein accurate predictor of survival in pediatric septic shock (EurekAlert!)
CINCINNATI – About 4,000 children in the United States die every year from uncontrolled infections of the body known as septic shock, and researchers are pushing the boundaries of molecular science to find new therapies that can stem the condition.

FDA Clears The Pathwork(R) Tissue Of Origin Test For Hard To Identify Tumors (Medical News Today)
Pathwork Diagnostics, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on oncology, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Pathwork(R) Tissue of Origin Test for use in determining the origin of uncertain tumors.

MDRNA, Inc. Demonstrates In Vivo Efficacy with Proprietary DiLA2 Delivery Platform (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOTHELL, Wash.----MDRNA, Inc. announced today positive in vivo efficacy data using a novel combination of a meroduplex siRNA and MDRNA’s proprietary lipid-based delivery platform, the DiLA2 Platform.

FDA Clears The Pathwork(R) Tissue Of Origin Test For Hard-To-Identify Tumors (Medical News Today)
Pathwork Diagnostics, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on oncology, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Pathwork® Tissue of Origin Test for use in determining the origin of uncertain tumors.

Biotech companies hit by patent ruling (Financial Times)
Biotechnology companies that have staked lucrative claims to parts of the human genetic sequence were on Thursday dealt a blow by the High Court in a decision that may set a higher threshold for intellectual property protection.

The emerging scientific discipline of aeroecology (EurekAlert!)
(Boston) -- In the history of science and technology, there is an infrequent combination of empirical discoveries, theories and technology developments converge that make it possible to recognize a new discipline.

Professor Lynn Gladden, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering said: "Chemical Engineering recognized that it ... (Business Weekly)
The University of Cambridge's Department of Chemical Engineering and the Institute of Biotechnology have merged to form a single department from today.

Emerging Scientific Discipline Of Aeroecology (Science Daily)
Aeroecology is the emerging discipline for studying how airborne organisms -- birds, bats, arthropods and microbes -- depend on the support of the lower atmosphere that is closest to the Earth's surface. Called the aerosphere, it influences the daily and seasonal movements, development traits, such as size and shape, and evolution of behavioral, sensory, metabolic and respiratory functions of ...

Virus Behind Mysterious Parrot Disease Identified (Science Daily)
Researchers have identified a virus behind the mysterious infectious disease that has been killing parrots and exotic birds for more than 30 years.

Penn Researchers Find A New Role For A 'Foxy Old Gene' (BioresearchOnline)
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a protein called FOXA2 controls genes that maintain the proper level of bile in the liver

EXACT Sciences Corporation Announces Second Quarter Financial and Operating Results Conference Call (wallstreet:online AG)
EXACT Sciences Corporation (4592;NASDAQ:EXAS) announced today that it has scheduled a conference call

Cash-starved CSIRO cuts 50 jobs, shuts food plant (Queensland Country Life)
The CSIRO will shed up to 50 jobs in food science research and close its Sydney food processing test plant in a bid to save $6 million over the next two years.

GrainGenes website speeds gene discovery (High Plains Journal)
Even though there's much about wheat that's familiar and ordinary, one feature of this ancient crop--its genetic makeup--remains relatively unknown. In fact, the everyday wheat plant doesn't just have one genome; it has several. In all, wheat's genetic makeup is gargantuan and complex.

OSU gets grant (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
to develop ethanol from nonfood By the Gazette-Times Research scientists at Oregon State University have secured $2.4 million in grant funding from the federal government for their projects on accelerating genomic research in cellulosic biofuel feedstock crops, a possible alternative to food-based biofuels.

USDA announces $28.4 million in funding for specialty crop research (High Plains Journal)
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer announced July 11 that USDA is making available $28.4 million for research and extension projects in fiscal year 2008 to address the critical needs of the specialty crop industry by developing and disseminating science-based tools to address needs of specific crops.

USDA announces $28.4 million in funding for specialty crop research (High Plains Journal)
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer announced July 11 that USDA is making available $28.4 million for research and extension projects in fiscal year 2008 to address the critical needs of the specialty crop industry by developing and disseminating science-based tools to address needs of specific crops.

New test for unidentified tumors approved (Cancerfacts.com)
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 31, 2008 – The FDA today approved a new test to help diagnose hard-to-identify tumors, which could benefit more than 200,000 cancer patients per year in the United States.

Protein protects liver against excess bile (New Kerala)
Washington, Aug 2 : Researchers have discovered a protein that controls genes maintaining proper level of bile in the liver.

FDA Clears Test That Helps Identify Type Of Cancer In Tumor Sample (Medical News Today)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared for marketing a test that can help health care professionals determine what type of cancer cells are present in a malignant tumor. The Pathwork Tissue of Origin test compares the genetic material of a patient's tumor with genetic information on malignant tumor types stored in a database.

Researchers Find A New Role For A 'Foxy Old Gene' (Medical News Today)
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a protein called FOXA2 controls genes that maintain the proper level of bile in the liver. FOXA2 may become the focus for new therapies to treat diseases that involve the regulation of bile salts. The study was published online this week in Nature Medicine.

'Foxy old gene' offers therapeutic target for liver diseases (New Kerala)
London, August 2 : American researchers have found that a protein called FOXA2 plays an important role in maintaining the proper level of bile in the liver, which helps digest fats.

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At college (The Standard-Times)
Matthew Jude Brown, formerly of Freetown, graduated cum laude from the University of Rochester, N.Y., at a ceremony held on May 18. He received a bachelor's degree in biological sciences and molecular genetics.

OSU gets grant (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
to develop ethanol from nonfood By the Gazette-Times Research scientists at Oregon State University have secured $2.4 million in grant funding from the federal government for their projects on accelerating genomic research in cellulosic biofuel feedstock crops, a possible alternative to food-based biofuels.

Data mining detects signs of Lou Gehrig's disease in gene carriers long before symptoms appear (EurekAlert!)
WASHINGTON — Inspired by the use of microarray chips that look for gene combinations, psychologists are using "pattern array" software to spot movements in rats that might help them predict diseases such as Lou Gehrig's syndrome.

Data Mining Detects Signs of Lou Gehrig's Disease in Gene Carriers Long Before Symptoms Appear (Newswise)
Inspired by the use of microarray chips that look for gene combinations, psychologists are using "pattern array" software to spot movements in rats that might help them predict diseases such as Lou Gehrig's syndrome.

US pumps more money into cellulosic ethanol research (North Queensland Register)
Under a joint Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture program, the US government will grant more than $10 million to 10 universities over the next three years to accelerate fundamental research in biomass genomics to further the use of cellulosic plant material for bioenergy and biofuels.

US pumps more money into cellulosic ethanol research (Queensland Country Life)
Under a joint Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture program, the US government will grant more than $10 million to 10 universities over the next three years to accelerate fundamental research in biomass genomics to further the use of cellulosic plant material for bioenergy and biofuels.

After two million hours of science a British world first bids farewell (PublicTechnology.net)
Cleaner fuel, safer aircraft and new medicines, not to mention a Nobel prize, great tasting chocolate and iPods - all of these things have been influenced or made possible by world leading scientific research carried out on the Synchrotron Radiation Source [SRS] at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s [STFC] Daresbury Laboratory in Warrington, which closes today [4th August 2008] ...

Renaissance teen (Albany Times Union)
Student juggles nanotech cancer research, sports, music and community service, and finds time to be a kid If you think today's teenagers are all video-game addicts shuffling aimlessly through malls in droopy blue jeans, you haven't met Jeff Knox.You'd need a program to keep up with the 16-year-old's activities at Columbia High School, but it's the work he's involved in with distinguished ...

Data mining detects signs of Lou Gehrig's disease in gene carriers long before symptoms appear (PhysOrg)
Inspired by the use of microarray chips that look for gene combinations, psychologists are using "pattern array" software to spot movements in rats that might help them predict diseases such as Lou Gehrig's syndrome.

Immune System Protein Accurate Predictor Of Survival In Pediatric Septic Shock (Medical News Today)
About 4,000 children in the United States die every year from uncontrolled infections of the body known as septic shock, and researchers are pushing the boundaries of molecular science to find new therapies that can stem the condition.

CombiMatrix Receives New Contract From U.S. Department of Defense (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MUKILTEO, Wash., Aug. 4, 2008 -- CombiMatrix Corporation announced today that it has received a new contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to initiate a new program utilizing its array technology and ElectraSense reader.

Illumina Appoints Mostafa Ronaghi as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. today announced the appointment of Dr. Mostafa Ronaghi as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. As reported during Illumina's July 22, 2008 second quarter earnings release, Dr.

The Emerging Scientific Discipline Of Aeroecology (Medical News Today)
In the history of science and technology, there is an infrequent combination of empirical discoveries, theories and technology developments converge that make it possible to recognize a new discipline.

Invitrogen, Lentigen to Provide Lentivirus Products and Services for Gene Over-Expression (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CARLSBAD, Calif. & BALTIMORE----Invitrogen Corporation , a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, and Lentigen Corporation, a privately-held biotechnology company specializing in the development and manufacture of lentiviral gene delivery technologies, announced today a partnership to develop and supply gene over-expression products and services.

REvolution Computing Launches RPro(TM) (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
REvolution Computing, the leading commercial provider of software, support and professional services for the popular open-source statistical computing language known as "R," today announced it has officially launched RPro.

Data Mining Detects Signs Of Lou Gehrig's Disease In Gene Carriers Long Before Symptoms Appear (Medical News Today)
Inspired by the use of microarray chips that look for gene combinations, psychologists are using "pattern array" software to spot movements in rats that might help them predict diseases such as Lou Gehrig's syndrome.

DNA barcoding takes on the world (MSNBC)
The real power of the fast-growing science of DNA barcoding, according to its supporters, is in describing and cataloguing the 98 percent or so of biological life that has yet to be named.

Broad Institute researchers introduce next generation tool for visualizing genomic data (EurekAlert!)
Researchers are collecting vast amounts of diverse genomic data with ever-increasing speed, but effective ways to visualize these data in an integrated manner have lagged behind the ability to generate them.

Health Discovery Corporation Inks Agreement with Patent Profit International for Monetization of Patent Portfolio (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAVANNAH, Ga.----Health Discovery Corporation , a leader in support vector machine based molecular diagnostic and prognostic test development today announced the signing of an Agreement with Patent Profit International , a Silicon Valley-based patent brokerage firm, with the goal of exploiting the full monetization potential of HDC's extensive pioneering patent portfolio.

Researchers Introduce Next Generation Tool for Visualizing Genomic Data (Newswise)
Researchers are collecting vast amounts of genomic data, but ways to visualize these data in an integrated manner have lagged behind the ability to generate them. Now, Broad Institute researchers have developed a novel and freely available visualization tool that helps users integrate and analyze different types of genomic data, and gives them the flexibility to zoom in on a specific region of ...

Next Generation Tool For Visualizing Genomic Data Introduced (Science Daily)
Researchers are collecting vast amounts of genomic data, but ways to visualize these data in an integrated manner have lagged behind the ability to generate them. Researchers have now developed a novel and freely available visualization tool that helps users integrate and analyze different types of genomic data, and gives them the flexibility to zoom in on a specific region of interest or to pan ...


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