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Alpha Innotech and GE Healthcare Announce a Strategic Alliance Partnership (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN LEANDRO, Calif.----Alpha Innotech Corp. today announced that it has entered into a five year Strategic Supplier Alliance Agreement with GE Healthcare . This agreement is a continuation and expansion of the previous OEM Agreement signed between the two companies in April of 2005.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Discovery of novel candidate gene for inflammatory bowel diseases (News-Medical-Net)
A study of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in children has identified a gene that influences whether children get these diseases early in life, and points to a potential new target for treatment.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Ingenuity signs multi-year agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb (Computer Business Review)
According to Ingenuity Systems, Bristol-Myers Squibb will continue to leverage Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (IPA) for the interpretation, modeling, and visualization of genomics and proteomics data to identify key biological insights to accelerate their drug discovery programs.
(Sep 3, 2008)
DNA Police (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance)
A breakthrough in identifying trace amounts of DNA is a boon for police, but fears of abusive snooping has caused public DNA databases to go private.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Immune system targets asthma-linked fungus for destruction (New Kerala)
Washington, Sep 3 : Our immune system is capable of killing a fungus linked to airway inflammation, chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma, according to a new study.
(Sep 3, 2008)
KU, One of Nine Centers Funded to Speed Application of Powerful New Research Approach (Kansas City InfoZine)
Roadmap Network Will Produce Chemical Probes to Explore New Targets for Therapies
(Sep 3, 2008)
New cooperation for clinical text-mining between Fraunhofer SCAI and LIFE Biosystems (uniprotokolle)
LIFE Biosystems and the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI Collaborate to Advance the Clinical Application of Information Extraction Technologies.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Clinical Data Receives Lilly Global Supplier Award (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWTON, Mass.----Clinical Data, Inc. announced today that its Cogenics® division, the global leader in outsourced genomics services, has been recognized by Eli Lilly and Company for offering value-based genomics solutions that enable Lilly to create and sustain a competitive advantage.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Early Onset Gene For Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Identified (Medical News Today)
A study of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in children has identified a gene that influences whether children get these diseases early in life, and points to a potential new target for treatment. The findings of the international team that performed the study were published online this week by the journal Nature Genetics.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Affymetrix Launches 3' IVT Express Kit for Faster, More Reliable Target Preparation (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Affymetrix Inc. today announced the launch of its 3’ IVT Express Kit, a faster and more reliable option for manual target preparation on Affymetrix’ industry-standard 3’ IVT array cartridges.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Millipore Forms Collaboration with Agilent Technologies to Expand Capabilities in Epigenetics Research Market (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BILLERICA, Mass. & SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Millipore Corporation and Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced they have formed a collaboration to develop innovative ChIP kits for the fast-growing epigenetics research market.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Alpha Innotech and GE Healthcare Announce a Strategic Alliance Partnership (Centre Daily Times)
Alpha Innotech Corp. (OTCBB:APNO) today announced that it has entered into a five year Strategic Supplier Alliance Agreement with GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE). This agreement is a continuation and expansion of the previous OEM Agreement signed between the two companies in April of 2005.
(Sep 3, 2008)
25 years of conventional evaluation of data analysis proves worthless in practice (EurekAlert!)
( Uppsala University ) So-called "intelligent" computer-based methods for classifying patient samples, for example, have been evaluated with the help of two methods that have completely dominated research for 25 years. Now Swedish researchers at Uppsala University are revealing that this methodology is worthless when it comes to practical problems. The article is published in the journal Pattern ...
(Sep 3, 2008)
HTG Introduces the Industry's First Multiplexed Mini-Microarray Solution (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
TUCSON, Ariz.----HTG, Inc., provider of the quantitative Nuclease Protection Assay system and service partner for the life sciences industry, today introduced the M3® Series, the industry's first multiplexed mini-microarray solution for biomarker discovery and gene profiling.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Innate Immune System Targets Asthma-Linked Fungus For Destruction (Medical News Today)
A new study shows that the innate immune system of humans is capable of killing a fungus linked to airway inflammation, chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma. Researchers at Mayo Clinic and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) have revealed that eosinophils, a particular type of white blood cell, exert a strong immune response against the environmental fungus Alternaria alternata.
(Sep 3, 2008)
HTG Introduces the Industry's First Multiplexed Mini-Microarray Solution (Centre Daily Times)
HTG, Inc., provider of the quantitative Nuclease Protection Assay (qNPA(TM)) system and service partner for the life sciences industry, today introduced the M3(R) Series, the industry's first multiplexed mini-microarray solution for biomarker discovery and gene profiling. The M3 series allows researchers to monitor the behavior of multiple genes in the same sample, simplifying experiments and ...
(Sep 3, 2008)
NYU, American Museum of Natural History receive $1.6 million NSF grant (EurekAlert!)
( New York University ) New York University and the American Museum of Natural History have received a $1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to explore plant evolution and to create a public database that provides information about the structure and inferred function of proteins found in two plant genomes.
(Sep 3, 2008)
25 years of conventional evaluation of data analysis proves worthless in practice (PhysOrg)
So-called 'intelligent' computer-based methods for classifying patient samples, for example, have been evaluated with the help of two methods that have completely dominated research for 25 years. Now Swedish researchers at Uppsala University are revealing that this methodology is worthless when it comes to practical problems. The article is published in the journal Pattern Recognition Letters.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Big data: Wikiomics (Nature)
Pioneering biologists are trying to use wiki-type web pages to manage and interpret data, reports Mitch Waldrop. But will the wider research community go along with the experiment?
(Sep 3, 2008)
Structure of key epigenetics component identified (EurekAlert!)
( Wellcome Trust ) Scientists from the Structural Genomics Consortium have determined the 3-D structure of a key protein component involved in enabling "epigenetic code" to be copied accurately from cell to cell. The research not only represents an advance for the epigenetics field, but also an advance for how the science was done.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Structure of key epigenetics component identified (PhysOrg)
Scientists from the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) have determined the 3D structure of a key protein component involved in enabling "epigenetic code" to be copied accurately from cell to cell.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Immune system capable of killing asthma-linked fungus (New Kerala)
Washington, Sept 3 : The innate immune system of humans is capable of killing a fungus linked to airway inflammation in asthmatic and chronic sinusitis patients, a new study has found.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Gene behind inflammatory bowel diseases in kids identified (New Kerala)
London, Sept 3 : In a study of inflammatory bowel diseases in children like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, scientists have identified a gene, called tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 6B (TNFRSF6B) that influences whether children get these diseases early in life.
(Sep 3, 2008)
Mergent, Inc. Announces Changes to the HealthShares(TM) Cancer Index, Composite Index, Dermatology and Wound Care ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mergent, Inc., administrator for the HealthShares Indexes, a series of 20 underlying indexes for the HealthShares Exchange Traded Funds, today announced the following changes with effect from the opening of trade on Monday September 8, 2008:
(Sep 3, 2008)
Human Stem Cell Methods Featured In CSH Protocols (Medical News Today)
The use of human embryonic stem cells is opening new avenues for research, from the understanding of normal human development to the treatment of a wide variety of diseases. This month's issue of Cold Spring Harbor Protocols (http://www.cshprotocols.org/T features a set of articles written by Renee Reijo Pera and colleagues at Stanford University (http://www.stanford.
(Sep 4, 2008)
Second Site For Prostate Cancer Gene Found (Science Daily)
Scientists studying a prostate cancer gene called HNF1B have found a second independent site within the HNF1B gene on chromosome 17 (17q12) -- increasing the number of genetic variants that may contribute to risk of developing the disease.
(Sep 4, 2008)
Souls of the new machine (The Prague Post)
By Paul VoosenFor the PostMEYRIN, SWITZERLANDLocated on the outskirts of Geneva and in sight of the Alps, Meyrin is likely the only town in the world that decorates its traffic circles with inactive, high-powered superconducting magnets.
(Sep 4, 2008)
Invitrogen Launches Patent Licensing Program for Enabling Amplification Technology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CARLSBAD, Calif.----Invitrogen Corporation , a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, today announced that it has signed non-exclusive agreements with New England Biolabs, Inc., QIAGEN GmbH, and Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories, Inc. , whereby the companies have licensed Invitrogen's patented technology covering the random prime amplification of ...
(Sep 4, 2008)
MDRNA Receives Additional Funding from National Institutes of Health (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOTHELL, Wash.----MDRNA, Inc. announced today that the National Institutes of Health has awarded the Company over $350,000 for further development of the Company's siRNA therapeutics program to prevent and treat influenza.
(Sep 4, 2008)
Pathwork Diagnostics Closes $20M Financing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Pathwork Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostics company focused on oncology, announced the closing today of a $20 million financing led by Abingworth. The announcement came on the heels of FDA's clearance for the Pathwork® Tissue of Origin Test for diagnosis of tumors of uncertain origin, including poorly differentiated, undifferentiated and metastatic tumors.
(Sep 4, 2008)
NIH Funds 9 Centers To Speed Application Of Powerful New Research Approach (Medical News Today)
The funding of a network of nine centers across the country that will use high tech screening methods to identify small molecules for use as probes to investigate the diverse functions of cells was announced recently by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
(Sep 4, 2008)
Stem cell research puts interstate rivalry on hold (EurekAlert!)
( Monash University ) Scientists from the Monash Institute of Medical Research will compare two different methods of creating patient-specific stem cells: somatic cell nuclear transfer and induced pluripotent stem cells.
(Sep 4, 2008)
Philanthropists Eli and Edythe L. Broad make unprecedented gift to endow the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----Declaring the success of an unprecedented experiment in science and philanthropy, Los Angeles-based philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad announced today that they have increased their total gift to the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to $600 million.
(Sep 4, 2008)
Philanthropists Eli and Edythe L. Broad make unprecedented gift to endow the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT (Centre Daily Times)
Declaring the success of an unprecedented experiment in science and philanthropy, Los Angeles-based philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad announced today that they have increased their total gift to the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to $600 million. Adding to their previous gifts totaling $200 million, the Broads today gave an endowment of $400 million to convert the Institute, which had ...
(Sep 4, 2008)
Broads donate another $400M to Cambridge institute (Boston Herald)
Los Angeles-based philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad announced today that they have increased their total gift to the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to $600 million....
(Sep 4, 2008)
NYU, Natural History Museum to Use $1.6M NSF Grant for Plant Proteome Bioinformatics Research (GenomeWeb News)
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(Sep 4, 2008)
Philanthropists Eli and Edythe L. Broad Make Unprecedented Gift to Endow the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT (Newswise)
Los Angeles-based philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad announced today that they have increased their total gift to the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to $600 million. Adding to their previous gifts totaling $200 million, the Broads today gave an endowment of $400 million to convert the Institute, which had been launched as a 10-year "venture" experiment, into a permanent biomedical research ...
(Sep 4, 2008)
New Stem Cell Screening Tool Takes Adult Stem Cell Research To New Level (Science Daily)
A bioinformatic system takes adult stem cell research to a new level. Rather than using stem cells from embryonic sources, which opens difficult ethical and complicated scientific issues, scientists have been looking to adult human stem cells, culled from a person's own body. Adult stem cells are now being cultivated from various tissues in the body -- from skin, bones and even wisdom teeth.
(Sep 4, 2008)
Bioinformatics and other studies arrive (Daily Aztec)
Some intriguing new majors and master's programs are changing the academic landscape at San Diego State this fall. New cultural offerings cover Korean, Islamic and Arabic studies, while the master's programs include teaching in urban schools and bioinformatics.
(Sep 4, 2008)
The Cancer Genome Atlas Reports First Results of Comprehensive Study of Brain Tumors: Large-Scale Effort Identifies ... (National Cancer Institute)
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network, a collaborative effort funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today reported the first results of its large-scale, comprehensive study of the most common form of brain cancer, glioblastoma (GBM). In a paper published Sept. 4, 2008, in the ...
(Sep 4, 2008)
B-Roll Footage - Molecular Aspects of Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
The NCI Press Office maintains a collection of B-roll video depicting various areas of research at NCI. NCI B-roll is available to any accredited news organization.
(Sep 4, 2008)
The Cancer Genome Atlas reports first results of comprehensive study of brain tumors (EurekAlert!)
The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, a collaborative effort funded by the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, today reported the first results of its large-scale, comprehensive study of the most common form of brain cancer, glioblastoma.
(Sep 4, 2008)
Parsing the genome of a deadly brain tumor (EurekAlert!)
The most comprehensive to-date genomic analysis of a cancer -- the deadly brain tumor glioblastoma multiforme -- shows previously unrecognized changes in genes and provides an overall view of the missteps in the pathways that govern the growth and behavior of cells, said members of the Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network in a report that appears online today in the journal Nature.
(Sep 4, 2008)
AlwaysOn Names 2008 GoingGreen 100 and Overall Winner Synthetic Genomics (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN FRANCISCO----AlwaysOn today announced its coveted GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies Awards and named Synthetic Genomics as the GoingGreen Overall Winner. Other category winners were Amyris Biotechnologies in Biofuels, CoalTek in Clean Energy, GlycosBio in Clean Manufacturing, Silver Spring Networks in Energy Efficiency, Premium Power in Energy Storage, EcoMotors in Green Transportation, ...
(Sep 4, 2008)
Massive cancer gene search finds potential new targets in brain tumors (EurekAlert!)
An array of broken, missing and overactive genes have been identified in a genetic survey of glioblastoma, the most common and deadly form of adult brain cancer, report scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The large-scale combing of the brain cancer genome confirms the key roles of some previously known mutated genes and implicates a variety of ...
(Sep 4, 2008)
High Growth Forecasted for the In Vitro Diagnostics Market Report and Analysis 2008-2023 (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Medical devices industry is available in its catalogue.
(Sep 4, 2008)
Broads give $400M to MIT-Harvard biomed institute (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Billionaire philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad announced Thursday that they're adding $400 million to a joint biomedical venture at Harvard and MIT, saying they want to accelerate research into treatments for a slew of debilitating diseases.
(Sep 4, 2008)
High Growth Forecasted for the World Automated and Rapid Microbiological Tests Market (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Biotechnologies and Genetics industry is available in its catalogue.
(Sep 4, 2008)
With $400 Million Gift, Future Secure for Harvard-, MIT-Affiliated Broad Institute (The Harvard Crimson)
University President Drew G. Faust and Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick '78 flank Eli and Edythe Broad, the founding donors of the Broad Institute who gave the genomics center an additional $400 million on Thursday.
(Sep 4, 2008)
Athens, Georgia September 4, 2008 (SeedQuest)
By unlocking its genetic secrets, University of Georgia researcher Steve Knapp wants to make the sunflower a better agricultural crop or one that can more easily fuel the future.
(Sep 4, 2008)
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