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Luminex Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
AUSTIN, Texas----Luminex Corporation today announced financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2008. Financial and operating highlights include the following: Consolidated total revenue of $24.3 million, a 38.7 percent increase year-over-year System shipments of 203 resulting in cumulative shipments to date of 5,402, up 19.4 percent from a year ago; representing the ...
(Aug 7, 2008)
Luminex Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results (Centre Daily Times)
Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) today announced financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2008. Financial and operating highlights include the following:
(Aug 7, 2008)
EXACT Sciences Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results (wallstreet:online AG)
EXACT Sciences Corporation (4592;NASDAQ:EXAS) announced today financial results for the second quarter
(Aug 7, 2008)
Gene For Sexual Switching In Melons Provides Clues To Evolution Of Sex (Science Daily)
A newly discovered function for a hormone in melons suggests it plays a role in how sexual systems evolve in plants. The finding offers new insights into the molecular basis for sex determination.
(Aug 7, 2008)
Fuel From Bacteria Is One Step Closer (Science Daily)
Scientists have shown how bacteria could be used as a future fuel. The research, published in the journal Bioinformatics, could have significant implications for the environment and the way we produce sustainable fuels in the future.
(Aug 7, 2008)
Mutation Found In Dachshund Gene May Help Develop Therapies For Humans With Blindness (Medical News Today)
Cone-rod dystrophies (CRDs) are a group of eye diseases caused by progressive loss of the photoreceptor cells in the retina. In a study published online in Genome Research , researchers have identified a novel mutation in a gene associated with CRD in dogs, raising hopes that potential therapies can be developed for people suffering from these eye disorders.
(Aug 8, 2008)
Scientists Challenge FBI to Release Data in U.S. Anthrax Probe (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Scientists challenged the FBI and prosecutors to share more data to back their allegation that an Army bioweapons expert worked alone to kill five people who handled anthrax-laced letters he put in the U.S. mail.
(Aug 8, 2008)
Scientists Challenge FBI to Release Data in U.S. Anthrax Probe (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Scientists challenged the FBI and prosecutors to share more data to back their allegation that an Army bioweapons expert worked alone to kill five people who handled anthrax-laced letters he put in the U.S. mail.
(Aug 8, 2008)
New project targets sport doping cheats (University of Queensland)
Scientists at The University of Queensland and Macquarie University, Sydney have received almost $360,000 Federal Government funding to explore novel approaches to detect Growth Hormone drug cheats in elite sports.
(Aug 8, 2008)
Strong revenue growth and sharp improvement of net result for Galapagos in 1H 2008 (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
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(Aug 8, 2008)
MIT Files Patent Suit Against Biotech Company Affymetrix (The Tech)
By Joyce Kwan STAFF REPORTER MIT filed a lawsuit against biotechnology company Affymetrix last month, alleging the company’s GeneChip technology infringes an existing MIT patent.
(Aug 8, 2008)
Special Issue Celebrates 40 Years Of Drug Testing At The Olympics (Medical News Today)
It is almost exactly 40 years since drug tests were first conducted at the Olympic Games. Now they are an unfortunate but essential facet of the Games. Scientific advances, and advances in mass spectrometry in particular, have enabled the authorities to keep pace with attempts by drug cheats to avoid detection.
(Aug 8, 2008)
CombiMatrix to Present At Noble Financial Equity Conference (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MUKILTEO, Wash., Aug. 8, 2008 -- CombiMatrix Corporation announced today that Amit Kumar, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer will present at the Fourth Annual Noble Financial Equity Conference at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, August 18, 2008 at the Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort, Nevada.
(Aug 8, 2008)
My Pharmiweb.com (PharmiWeb)
AnaSpec Introduces New SensoLyte™ 570 Generic MMP Assay Kit with Industry’s Highest Wavelength AnaSpec Inc. Posted on:08 Aug 08 Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) belong to a family of secreted or membrane-associated proteins capable of digesting extracellular matrix components.
(Aug 8, 2008)
AnaSpec Introduces New SensoLyte™ 570 Generic MMP Assay Kit With Industry's Highest Wavelength (Medical News Today)
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) belong to a family of secreted or membrane-associated proteins capable of digesting extracellular matrix components. The importance of MMPs in tumor development and invasion as well as other diseases is well known. AnaSpec has introduced the SensoLyteTM 570 Generic MMP Assay Kit, offering the industry's highest emission wavelength for MMP detection.
(Aug 8, 2008)
EXACT Sciences Announces Next Generation Stool-based DNA Technology Study Results of 92% for Colorectal Cancer Detection (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MARLBOROUGH, Mass.----EXACT Sciences Corporation today announced the published results of a study in which stool and blood plasma were assessed, in a head-to-head comparison, for the detection of colorectal cancer .
(Aug 8, 2008)
EXACT Sciences Announces Next Generation Stool-based DNA Technology Study Results of 92% for Colorectal Cancer Detection (Centre Daily Times)
EXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAS) today announced the published results of a study in which stool and blood plasma were assessed, in a head-to-head comparison, for the detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). Using an improved BEAMing DNA detection technology from Johns Hopkins University, study results demonstrated 92 percent sensitivity for detecting CRC in stool samples. Importantly, ...
(Aug 8, 2008)
Fuel from bacteria just a step closer (New Kerala)
Washington, Aug 8 : Scientists have mapped metabolism of a bacteria called Nostoc, which fixes nitrogen and releases hydrogen, possibly bringing sustainable fuel from microbes one step closer to reality.
(Aug 8, 2008)
A Gene For Sexual Switching In Melons Provides Clues To The Evolution Of Sex (Medical News Today)
A newly discovered function for a hormone in melons suggests it plays a role in how sexual systems evolve in plants. The study, conducted by French and American scientists, appears in the latest issue of the journal Science.
(Aug 8, 2008)
UGA gets grants to study biofuels (BizJournals)
The University of Georgia has pulled in two federal grants worth $2.5 million to investigate biofuel production from switchgrass and sunflowers.
(Aug 8, 2008)
NIH Chemical Genomics Program Extends Simulations Plus License (GenomeWeb News)
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(Aug 8, 2008)
One-stop Shop For Minimal Information Standards (Science Daily)
International communities of life scientists are merging efforts to create an initiative for harmonizing minimal information standards in biology. Data standards are increasingly vital to scientific progress, as groups from around the world look to share their data and mine it more effectively.
(Aug 8, 2008)
Luminex Corporation to Present at Canaccord Adams Global Growth Conference (Centre Daily Times)
Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) today announced that management will present at the Canaccord Adams 28th Annual Global Growth Conference to be held August 12-14, 2008, in Boston.
(Aug 8, 2008)
A one-stop shop for minimal information standards (PhysOrg)
More than 20 grass-roots standardisation groups, led by scientists at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), have combined forces to form the "Minimum Information about a Biomedical or Biological Investigation" (MIBBI) initiative (www.mibbi.org). Their aim is to harmonise standards for high-throughput biology, and their methodology is ...
(Aug 8, 2008)
Bacteria might some day be fuel producers (UPI)
SHEFFIELD, England, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Scientists at Britain's University of Sheffield say they've used mathematical computer models to show how bacteria might become a future source for fuels.
(Aug 8, 2008)
NanoVector virus may solve nanoparticle drug delivery problems (TechJournal South)
RALEIGH, NC—North Carolina State University biological chemistry professor Stefan Franzen first learned about a distinctive plant virus when he met his colleague Steven Lommel over a beer in Poland several years ago.
(Aug 8, 2008)
Bacteria might some day be fuel producers (Moldova.org)
Scientists at Britain's University of Sheffield say they've used mathematical computer models to show how bacteria might become a future source for fuels.The researchers mapped the metabolism of Nostoc, a bacterium that fixes nitrogen and, in doing so, releases hydrogen that can potentially be used as fuel.The research uncovered a previously unknown link between the energy machinery of the ...
(Aug 8, 2008)
Software to improve AIDS survival? (ZDNet)
As you all know, there are more than 33 million people living with AIDS worldwide. No cure or vaccine has been unveiled this week in Mexico during the International AIDS Conference. Still, European researchers have developed a predictive software system for HIV that could help extend the lives of victims...
(Aug 8, 2008)
Bayer CropScience Licenses Ariadne, Integrated Genomics Databases (GenomeWeb News)
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(Aug 8, 2008)
Rockville, Marylant August 8, 2008 Ariadne today announced that Bayer CropScience AG (SeedQuest)
has licensed its Pathway Studio platform with the ResNet® Plant database to supplement their plant stress reactions research. In particular, the company will use Pathway Studio for gene expression analysis of Plant and Fungi data.
(Aug 8, 2008)
The panelists: (Indianapolis Business Journal)
Nathan Feltman , Indiana secretary of commerce and CEO of the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
(Aug 9, 2008)
A Necessary Compromise (Arms Control Association)
In the spring of 1979, the Soviet city of Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg) experienced a deadly outbreak of anthrax. The United States and other countries suspected that the disease was connected with clandestine biological warfare activities—a charge that the Soviets, not surprisingly, denied.
(Aug 9, 2008)
What Your Child's DNA Can Tell You About Parenting (Newsweek)
DNA discoveries are revealing why even the best parenting doesn't have the effects experts promise, from breast-feeding to letting kids learn from mistakes.
(Aug 9, 2008)
At college (The Standard-Times)
Matthew J. Brown, formerly of Freetown, graduated cum laude from the University of Rochester, N.Y., at a ceremony on May 18. He received a bachelor's degree in molecular genetics.
(Aug 10, 2008)
DOE, USDA announce more than $10 million in bioenergy plant feedstock research (High Plains Journal)
Agriculture Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics Gale Buchanan and Energy Department Under Secretary for Science Raymond Orbach and July 31 announced plans to award 10 grants totaling more than $10 million to accelerate fundamental research in the development of cellulosic biofuels.
(Aug 10, 2008)
HudsonAlpha's Myers embraces community (The Huntsville Times)
Rick Myers, hired by the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology with great fanfare almost a year ago, just completed his first month in Huntsville as full-time institute director.
(Aug 10, 2008)
University researchers recognised (Otago Daily Times)
Senior lecturers in fields as diverse as management and microbiology have received University of Otago awards for the excellence of their research.
(Aug 10, 2008)
Captchas are easily hackable (The Inquirer)
THERE WERE TWO talks on Captchas at Defcon 16, and they both said the same thing, Captchas are pointless and stupid. This was backed up with a lot of science and code, but the end result is the same, if you have a clue and some time, you can break them on a whim .
(Aug 10, 2008)
Semen Proteomics Sheds Light on Loyalty and Evolution (Wired News)
Most people would be appalled to find a fly in their soup, but Drosophila researchers at the University of Washington are studying the soup in their flies.
(Aug 11, 2008)
Genealogy Gets More Precise (Technology Review)
Rapidly growing databases enable a more complete picture of one's ancestry.
(Aug 11, 2008)
State-of-the-art facility focuses on bioinformatics (Macon Telegraph)
Fort Valley State University is preparing to provide the tools for one of its students to possibly find the cure to a terminal disease or identify future diseases.
(Aug 11, 2008)
New Prostate Cancer Test Is Ready For Commercialization Following Successful Completion Of Final Clinical Trials (Medical News Today)
Health Discovery Corporation ("HDC") (OTCBB: HDVY) announced that HDC's new gene-based molecular diagnostic test for prostate cancer has now successfully completed it's Phase III double-blind clinical trial and is now ready for commercialization to be used by physicians on their patients at risk of having prostate cancer.
(Aug 11, 2008)
Tumor Markers For Urothelial Carcinoma (Medical News Today)
UroToday.com - Despite continued downward trends of smoking incidence in the United States over the last decade, the incidence of bladder cancer continues to rise with an estimated 68,800 new cases expected to be diagnosed in 2008. The ratio of male to female incidence remains steady at 3:1 and, according to the SEER data in 2005, over 521,000 people have a history of bladder cancer in the US.
(Aug 11, 2008)
EXACT Sciences Announces Next Generation Stool-Based DNA Technology Study Results Of 92% For Colorectal Cancer Detection (Medical News Today)
EXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAS) announced the published results of a study in which stool and blood plasma were assessed, in a head-to-head comparison, for the detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). Using an improved BEAMing DNA detection technology from Johns Hopkins University, study results demonstrated 92 percent sensitivity for detecting CRC in stool samples.
(Aug 11, 2008)
Clinical Data Reports Strong First Quarter Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWTON, Mass.----Clinical Data, Inc. today announced strong results for the first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2008. Total revenue for the first quarter rose 39% to $9.2 million from $6.6 million for the same period a year ago.
(Aug 11, 2008)
Frost & Sullivan Lauds Helicos BioSciences' True Single-Molecule SequencingTM Platform (Medical News Today)
Based on its recent analysis of the genome/transcriptome sequencing market, Frost & Sullivan presents Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS) with the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation of the Year.
(Aug 11, 2008)
Health Discovery signs pact with PPI for monetization of patent portfolio (PharmaBiz)
Health Discovery Corporation (HDC), a leader in support vector machine (SVM) based molecular diagnostic and prognostic test development, announced the signing of an agreement with Patent Profit International (PPI), a Silicon Valley-based patent brokerage firm, with the goal of exploiting the full monetization potential of HDC's extensive pioneering patent portfolio.
(Aug 11, 2008)
Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R)'s Inaugural Promise Grant Announced: Multi-Million Dollar Pledge From American Airlines ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, American Airlines and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center are targeting one of the most aggressive and elusive forms of breast cancer in a unique multi-million dollar partnership announced today.
(Aug 11, 2008)
M. D. Anderson to Initiate Clinical Validation Study on Rosetta Genomics' MicroRNA-based Diagnostic Assay Identifying ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. , a leader in the development of microRNA-based diagnostic and therapeutic products, announced today the initiation of a clinical validation study with The University of Texas M. D.
(Aug 11, 2008)
M. D. Anderson to Initiate Clinical Validation Study on Rosetta Genomics' MicroRNA-based Diagnostic Assay Identifying ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. , a leader in the development of
(Aug 11, 2008)
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