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Police shoot man dead at Guildford cathedral (Guardian Unlimited)
Reports of an armed man roaming Guildford cathedral's grounds leads to shooting by police marksmen
(Dec 2, 2008)
Plants display 'molecular amnesia' (EurekAlert!)
( McGill University ) Plant researchers from McGill University and the University of California, Berkeley, have announced a major breakthrough in a developmental process called epigenetics. They have demonstrated for the first time the reversal of what is called epigenetic silencing in plants. Their study was published in October in the journal PLoS Genetics
(Dec 2, 2008)
Einstein researchers develop technique to count messages made by single genes (EurekAlert!)
( Albert Einstein College of Medicine ) Researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University describe a technique for looking more precisely at a fundamental step of a cell's life: a gene, DNA, being read into a message, mRNA. The technique could provide a window into the process by which genes are switched on inappropriately, causing disease.
(Dec 2, 2008)
Researchers develop technique to count messages made by single genes (PhysOrg)
In a study in the advance online edition of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine describe a technique for looking more precisely at a fundamental step of a cell's life - a gene, DNA, being read into a message, mRNA. The technique could provide a window into the process by which genes are switched on inappropriately, causing disease.
(Dec 2, 2008)
Plants display 'molecular amnesia' - Discovery an important step in genomics research and quest for better crops (SeedQuest)
Plant researchers from McGill University and the University of California, Berkeley have announced a major breakthrough in a developmental process called epigenetics. They have demonstrated for the first time the reversal of what is called epigenetic silencing in plants.
(Dec 3, 2008)
Emeryville biofuel institute dedicated (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fast growing and tenacious species such as eucalyptus and poplar trees on the West Coast, and prairie grasses and switchgrass in arid portions of the Midwest, are prime candidates for the next generation of energy crops needed for liquid biofuels. But first,...
(Dec 3, 2008)
Gene linked to age-related hearing loss identified (New Kerala)
Washington, Dec 3: Scientists have identified a new gene, which may provide insights into the development of presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss.
(Dec 3, 2008)
New technique provides closer look at DNA and mRNA (News-Medical-Net)
In a study in the advance online edition of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine describe a technique for looking more precisely at a fundamental step of a cell's life - a gene, DNA, being read into a message, mRNA.
(Dec 3, 2008)
Researchers Develop Technique To Count Messages Made By Single Genes (Medical News Today)
In a study in the advance online edition of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine describe a technique for looking more precisely at a fundamental step of a cell's life a gene, DNA, being read into a message, mRNA. The technique could provide a window into the process by which genes are switched on inappropriately, causing disease.
(Dec 3, 2008)
MDRNA Reports UNA-Modified siRNAs Effectively Silence Gene Targets in Animal Models (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
MDRNA, Inc. announced today positive in vivo efficacy data on its proprietary Unlocked Nucleic Acid (UNA) siRNAs in animal models, demonstrating up to 90% knockdown of ApoB. In addition, the Company continues to report effective and safe delivery of its Lead Candidate for hypercholesterolemia in animal models, with no increase in blood markers of liver or kidney toxicity in single and repeat ...
(Dec 3, 2008)
Vietnamese agricultural leader awarded prestigious rice research honor (EurekAlert!)
( International Rice Research Institute ) A veteran Vietnamese plant breeder has won the Senadhira Rice Research Award for 2008 for his outstanding contributions to the development of many popular rice varieties in Vietnam. Bui Chi Buu, director general of the Institute of Agricultural Science for Southern Vietnam, based in Ho Chi Minh City, has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in rice ...
(Dec 3, 2008)
UAB Cancer Proteomics Facility Using Genedata's Mass Spec Analysis Software (GenomeWeb News)
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(Dec 3, 2008)
CA$2.4 million toward gene therapy for human degenerative retinal diseases (EurekAlert!)
( McGill University Health Centre ) A Canadian and American research group including the team of Dr. Robert Koenekoop from the Research Institute at the Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC has just been awarded CA$2.4 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Foundation Fighting Blindness Canada. This five-year grant will fund an ambitious research project to develop ...
(Dec 3, 2008)
Rosetta Biosoftware Releases the Rosetta Elucidator® System Version 3.2 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SEATTLE----Rosetta Biosoftware, a global leader in life sciences informatics solutions, today announced the availability of the Elucidator system version 3.2, with major enhancements for support of SILAC and 14N/15N labeling and phosphoproteomics.
(Dec 3, 2008)
Technique Developed By Einstein Researchers To Count Messages Made By Single Genes (Medical News Today)
In a study in the advance online publication of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University describe a technique for looking more precisely at a fundamental step of a cell's life - a gene, DNA, being read into a message, mRNA.
(Dec 3, 2008)
Rosetta Biosoftware Releases the Rosetta Elucidator® System Version 3.2 (Centre Daily Times)
Rosetta Biosoftware, a global leader in life sciences informatics solutions, today announced the availability of the Elucidator system version 3.2, with major enhancements for support of SILAC and 14 N/ 15 N labeling and phosphoproteomics. The expanded suite of features empowers scientists with new workflows for biomarker discovery, verification and validation in basic and translational research.
(Dec 3, 2008)
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Features Tissue Culture Methods For Immune Cells And Neurons (Medical News Today)
The complexity of vital organ systems makes them difficult to study in living organisms. Tissue culture methods for specific cell types allow researchers to break these systems down into component parts that can be readily manipulated and observed.
(Dec 3, 2008)
Important And Significant Progress In The Efforts To Discover The Origins Of Age-Related Hearing Loss (Medical News Today)
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, accounts for 30 percent of all hearing loss. So, why do some people lose their hearing as they get older but other people can still hear a pin drop? The answer may be in a study released online in the journal Human Molecular Genetics. Advance access is available online at http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/
(Dec 3, 2008)
Yope To Distribute AnaSpec Proteomics Products in China (GenomeWeb News)
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(Dec 3, 2008)
Gene Associated With Age-related Hearing Loss Identified (Science Daily)
Researchers discovered a common variant in the GRM7 gene, which they believe may be associated with susceptibility to glutamate excitotoxicity and hearing loss.
(Dec 3, 2008)
New Research Will Benefit Four Million Americans Suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The four million Americans who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome have new reason for hope today with the announcement of an unprecedented research program to help identify biomarkers for the illness and improve diagnosis and treatment of CFS.
(Dec 3, 2008)
Online tool for protein analysis created (UPI)
STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. geneticist says he has created an online database that can, without charge, provide scientists around the world with a tool for protein analyses.
(Dec 3, 2008)
Online tool for protein analysis created (Moldova.org)
A U.S. geneticist says he has created an online database that can, without charge, provide scientists around the world with a tool for protein analyses.Stanford University School of Medicine Associate Professor Arend Sidow recently launched his bioinformatics tool, which enlists evolution as the guide to determining the role different proteins play in a wide array of organisms.The database ...
(Dec 3, 2008)
Exploring The Early Origins Of The Synapse By Comparative Genomics (Medical News Today)
One aspect of evolution that often puzzles the non-scientist is how current knowledge can explain the origin of complex structures. The thinking goes that a particular biological feature, such as the human eye, functions as a complete unit and a partial eye would not work. But new information about the genomes of many organisms has clarified how complex structures can evolve from simpler ones.
(Dec 3, 2008)
Amazon, Others Explore The Cloud For Medical Research, Health Care (InformationWeek)
While cloud computing offers the promise of powerful, flexible, and cost-effective collaboration and innovation in medicine, experts say there some dark clouds blocking the way.
(Dec 3, 2008)
Cutting the cord to determine babies' health risk from toxic exposure (EurekAlert!)
( Arizona State University ) Despite the well-known dangers of first- and secondhand smoke, an estimated ten percent of pregnant women in the US are smokers. Now, in the first study of its kind, a team of researchers has completed a global assessment of newborns' umbilical cord blood to provide the first assessment of proteins detectable in infant blood and to identify possible molecular ...
(Dec 3, 2008)
Cutting the cord to determine babies' health risk from toxic exposure (PhysOrg)
Despite the well-known dangers of first- and secondhand smoke, an estimated ten percent of pregnant women in the U.S. are smokers. Exposure of a developing baby to harmful cigarette byproducts from mothers who smoke affects an estimated 420,000 newborns each year and poses a significant health care burden.
(Dec 3, 2008)
Researchers study newborns' umbilical cord blood to better understand fetal health risks from smoking mothers (News-Medical-Net)
Despite the well-known dangers of first- and secondhand smoke, an estimated ten percent of pregnant women in the U.S. are smokers.
(Dec 4, 2008)
US and Saudi sign technology agreement (AME Info)
The US and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement to encourage cooperation on science and technology. Some of the areas included in the deal are materials sciences, water purification, education methods, plant genomics and bio-technology.
(Dec 4, 2008)
Gene Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss Identified (BioresearchOnline)
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, accounts for 30 percent of all hearing loss. So, why do some people lose their hearing as they get older but other people can still hear a pin drop?
(Dec 4, 2008)
Genomics firm changing location (Arizona Daily Star)
High Throughput Genomics is moving from East Grant Road to a new location at a South Side tech park.
(Dec 4, 2008)
Amazon Web Services Launches “Public Data Sets on AWS,” Enabling Developers and Researchers to Cost-Effectively ... (Centre Daily Times)
Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), today launched “Public Data Sets on AWS,” providing access to a centralized repository of public data sets that can be seamlessly integrated into AWS cloud-based applications. AWS is hosting the public data sets at no charge for the community, and like all of AWS services, users pay only for the compute and storage ...
(Dec 4, 2008)
PerkinElmer And The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Announce Corporate Partnership To Support EMBL ... (DrugDiscoveryOnline)
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader in life science research, drug discovery and cellular science, and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) today announced that they have entered into a corporate partnership in support of the EMBL's Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany. Under the terms of the partnership, PerkinElmer will sponsor and have access to the Advanced Training ...
(Dec 4, 2008)
China's first group of test-tube monkeys grow up healthy (People's Daily)
In February 2007, seven macaques, a type of monkey fond of eating crabs, with one called "Lele," were born at the Institute of Brain Functional Genomics of East China Normal University. As the first group of China's test-tube monkeys, their smooth birth and healthy growth is a breakthrough for test-tube baby technology, which was previously only effective on humans, not on monkeys. It also ...
(Dec 4, 2008)
NovaRx Appoints Industry Veteran as President and COO (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
NovaRx Corporation announced today the appointment of Norrie J.W. Russell, Ph.D to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer.
(Dec 4, 2008)
NovaRx Appoints Industry Veteran as President and COO (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
NovaRx Corporation announced today the appointment of Norrie J.W. Russell, Ph.D to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer.
(Dec 4, 2008)
New Research Will Benefit Four Million Americans Suffering From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Medical News Today)
The four million Americans who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have new reason for hope with the announcement of an unprecedented research program to help identify biomarkers for the illness and improve diagnosis and treatment of CFS. The announcement was made by the CFIDS Association of America, which is funding the program, called the Accelerate CFS Research Initiative.
(Dec 4, 2008)
Applied Biosystems SOLiD System Named Life Science Innovation of the Year (Centre Daily Times)
Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), a provider of innovative life science research and discovery solutions, today announced that its technology for next-generation genomic analysis, the SOLiD™ System , has been named the Life Science Innovation of the Year for 2008 by The Scientist , a leading scientific publication focused on the life science industry. ...
(Dec 4, 2008)
Multidisciplinary Team Researching Gene Therapy For Human Degenerative Retinal Diseases (Medical News Today)
A Canadian and American research group including the team of Dr. Robert Koenekoop from the Research Institute at the Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC has just been awarded $2.4 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Foundation Fighting Blindness Canada (FFB).
(Dec 4, 2008)
US, Saudi Arabia Agree to Joint Research on Biotech and Plant Genomics (GenomeWeb News)
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(Dec 4, 2008)
First Global Protein Screen Of Fetal Cord Blood Identifies Biomarkers In Mothers Who Smoke; Establishes Model For ... (Medical News Today)
Despite the well-known dangers of first- and secondhand smoke, an estimated ten percent of pregnant women in the U.S. are smokers. Exposure of a developing baby to harmful cigarette byproducts from mothers who smoke affects an estimated 420,000 newborns each year and poses a significant health care burden.
(Dec 4, 2008)
Advance Toward Early Diagnosis Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Medical News Today)
Researchers in Finland are reporting identification of the first potential "biomarker" that could be used in development of a sputum test for early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). That condition, which causes severe difficulty in breathing - most often in cigarette smokers - affects 12 million people in the United States.
(Dec 4, 2008)
U to receive last installment of $5 million today (The Minnesota Daily)
The final installment of a $5 million Medica grant made for the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic partnership will be awarded this afternoon in Hasselmo Hall. The grant has helped fund biotechnology and medical genomics through six research projects, including investigations into hormones that regulate cardiovascular systems during heart failures and implementing nanotechnology and ...
(Dec 4, 2008)
U receives last installment of $5 million (The Minnesota Daily)
The final installment of a $5 million Medica grant made for the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic partnership will be awarded this afternoon in Hasselmo Hall. The grant has helped fund biotechnology and medical genomics through six research projects, including investigations into hormones that regulate cardiovascular systems during heart failures and implementing nanotechnology and ...
(Dec 4, 2008)
J. Craig Venter Institute Researchers Publish Significant Advance in Genome Assembly Technology (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Advance Allows for More Efficient Construction of Synthetic Genomes
(Dec 4, 2008)
Cutting The Cord To Determine Babies' Health Risk From Toxic Exposure (Science Daily)
Despite the well-known dangers of first- and secondhand smoke, an estimated ten percent of pregnant women in the US are smokers. Now, in the first study of its kind, a team of researchers has completed a global assessment of newborns' umbilical cord blood to provide the first assessment of proteins detectable in infant blood and to identify possible molecular predictors, or biomarkers, of fetal ...
(Dec 4, 2008)
New Centre for Reproduction and Genomics (Scoop.co.nz)
The new Centre for Reproduction and Genomics at AgResearch’s Invermay campus near Dunedin will next week (9 December) be officially opened by the Chairman of AgResearch, Sam Robinson.
(Dec 4, 2008)
A new approach improves prioritization of disease-associated SNPs (EurekAlert!)
The more often a gene is differentially expressed, the more likely it is to contain disease-associated DNA variants. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology shows how a list of SNPs in genes that are repeatedly implicated across many publicly-available gene expression microarray experiments (so-called, 'fitSNPs'), based on differential expression rates, ...
(Dec 4, 2008)
Protein Genomics, maker of Dermalastyl, to Present at Invest Southwest Conference (Press Release Network)
Protein Genomics, Inc. ("PGEN") a Sedona based biotechnology company announced today that it has been selected as a finalist at the Invest Southwest Capital Conference to be held at the Four Seasons Troon resort hotel in Scottsdale, AZ on December 10 and 11, 2008. One of only 12 companies to present at the conference, Protein Genomics was selected from 84 submissions. [Wired by: ...
(Dec 5, 2008)
Applied Biosystems SOLiD System Named Life Science Innovation Of The Year (BioresearchOnline)
Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation , a provider of innovative life science research and discovery solutions, today announced that its technology for next-generation genomic analysis, the SOLiD™ System, has been named the Life Science Innovation of the Year for 2008 by The Scientist, a leading scientific publication focused on the life science industry. In making the ...
(Dec 5, 2008)
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