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New Forensic Method Aims to Predict What a Person Looks Like from DNA Sample (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arizona research team recently completed a study looking at the DNA blueprint of almost 1,000 individuals and comparing that to detailed measurements of their hair, skin and eye color.
(Mar 2, 2009)
Quest for young talent (The Star)
KUALA LUMPUR: Nine million children aged below 14 will be tested by a local university for their intelligence and creativity under a programme to identify and developed talented youths.
(Mar 2, 2009)
Boffin cobbles together shoe phone (Ananova)
An Australian computer scientist has developed a mobile phone housed in a shoe.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Genetic variant linked to cocaine addiction identified (New Kerala)
Washington, Mar 3 : In a novel study, an international team of researchers has identified a genetic variant linked to cocaine addiction and cocaine-induced paranoia.
(Mar 3, 2009)
HP and Partners HealthCare Extend Collaboration in Support of Personalized Medicine (Centre Daily Times)
HP (NYSE:HPQ) and Partners HealthCare today announced the extension of a successful five-year, multi-million dollar agreement to develop software and implement hardware and services supporting Partners’ efforts to accelerate clinical genomics and advance personalized medicine.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Complete Genomics Announces Collaboration With the Broad Institute to Conduct Human Sequencing Studies (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----Complete Genomics Inc., a recently launched, third-generation human genome sequencing company, today announced a collaboration with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to conduct complete human genome sequencing pilot studies of two cancers -- glioblastoma and melanoma.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Abraxis BioScience Reports 2008 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Financial Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES----Abraxis BioScience, Inc. , a fully integrated biotechnology company, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Latest Tools And Methods For Eukaryotic Genome Analysis: J. Craig Venter Institute To Train USDA Scientists (Medical News Today)
As part of the ongoing mission to train and educate scientists on the latest tools, methods and advances in genomics, the J. Craig Venter Institute's (JCVI) Eukaryotic Genome Annotation and Analysis Team will travel to Lubbock, TX March 3rd-5th to train 40 United States Agriculture Department (USDA) scientists at the Agricultural Research Service.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Abraxis BioScience Reports 2008 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Financial Results (Centre Daily Times)
Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABII), a fully integrated biotechnology company, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008.
(Mar 3, 2009)
HP, Partners HealthCare in collaboration (BizJournals)
Hewlett-Packard Co. and Partners HealthCare on Tuesday announced an agreement to develop software and implement hardware and services they said will focus on clinical genomics and advance personalized medicine. (HPQ)
(Mar 3, 2009)
Complete Genomics collaborates in cancer studies (Silicon Valley - San Jose Business Journal)
Complete Genomics Inc. on Tuesday announced a collaboration with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to conduct complete human genome sequencing pilot studies of glioblastoma and melanoma.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Sigma-Aldrich Buys NextGen's Electrophoresis Business (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – NextGen Sciences said today that it has sold its electrophoresis business to Sigma-Aldrich for an undisclosed sum. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company said the deal is part of its strategic realignment plan to pare back its operations and focus on its biomarker services.
(Mar 3, 2009)
JCVI to Train USDA Scientists in Eukaryotic Genome Analysis (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - The J. Craig Venter Institute will train a group of US Department of Agriculture scientists in genomic annotation and analysis methods that they may use later in their own research projects, JCVI said Monday.
(Mar 3, 2009)
TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Introduces Next-Generation Microarrays, Quadrupling Probe Density (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the introduction of its SurePrint G3 Microarrays. These third-generation Agilent microarrays contain up to one million probes on a standard 1in. x 3 in. glass slide.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Harold Varmus Rocks (GenomeWeb News)
In case you missed Harold Varmus' appearance on the Daily Show last night, you can check out the video clip here . Jon Stewart had a good time pointing out that Varmus was considered a key scientist by the Clinton administration and now again by Obama's team -- but he had no such role during the Bush years.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Mar 03rd (Business Weekly)
Despite the challenging backdrop, the East of England's companies continue to defy the global economic slowdown. Nowhere is this more evident than in the shortlist for Business Weekly's East of England Business Awards - announced today.
(Mar 3, 2009)
TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Introduces Next-Generation Microarrays, Quadrupling Probe Density (Centre Daily Times)
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the introduction of its SurePrint G3 Microarrays. These third-generation Agilent microarrays contain up to one million probes on a standard 1in. x 3 in. glass slide. Initial applications are array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) and copy number variation (CNV), with other applications to follow.
(Mar 3, 2009)
The Complete Five (GenomeWeb News)
Over at Genetic Future, Daniel MacArthur blogs about Complete Genomics and its deal to sequence five genomes for the Broad Institute -- one genome of a well-studied test case, and four from "tumor and matched-pair normals" to study glioblastoma and melanoma.
(Mar 3, 2009)
This Week in PLoS (GenomeWeb News)
Scientists have performed a comparative functional analysis of the C. elegans and D. melanogaster proteomes. Their work was published this week in PLoS Biology . Using shotgun proteomics, they identified more than half of all predicted C. elegans proteins.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Research and Markets: Gene Expression Profiling Life Science (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Gene Expression Profiling Life Science Dashboard Series 2" report to their offering.
(Mar 3, 2009)
All systems go (The Scientist)
Some peculiar microorganisms are showing systems biology can color in what's missing from models of biochemical and cellular networks
(Mar 3, 2009)
Best New Product Awards Winners Named at Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Products from AnaSpec, Accelrys, Almac Diagnostics, Seahorse Biosciences, BioFortis recognized for their innovation across the life industry.
(Mar 3, 2009)
New study shows how spikes in nitrite can have (EurekAlert!)
( Boston University ) A new study provides insight into how a short burst in nitrite can exert lasting beneficial effects on the heart, protecting it from stress and assaults such as heart attacks. In this study,researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have demonstrated for the first time that short elevations in circulating levels of this simple anion are sufficient to have a lasting ...
(Mar 3, 2009)
Best New Product Awards Winners Named at Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference (PRWeb)
Products from AnaSpec, Accelrys, Almac Diagnostics, Seahorse Biosciences, BioFortis recognized for their innovation across the life industry. (PRWeb Mar 3, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/
(Mar 3, 2009)
New Products (GenomeWeb News)
Epicentre Biotechnologies has launched CircLigase II single-stranded DNA ligase. According to the company, the enzyme efficiently catalyzes the circularization of single-stranded DNA longer than 15 bases with no need for oligo bridges and virtually no linear or circular concatamers being produced.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Paired Ends (GenomeWeb News)
Mort Minaee has joined 454 Life Sciences as head of regulatory affairs. He will be responsible for the regulatory approval process as the company prepares for the diagnostic use of the 454 sequencing technology.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Protein function and chromatin structure methods featured in Cold Spring Harbor Protocols (EurekAlert!)
Two new methods for analyzing the roles played by proteins in cells are featured in the March issue of Cold Spring Harbor Protocols.
(Mar 3, 2009)
IP Roundup (GenomeWeb News)
Seiko Epson of Tokyo has received US Patent No. 7,497,544, "Droplet discharging head, droplet discharging device and manufacturing method of microarray."
(Mar 3, 2009)
BioArray Briefs (GenomeWeb News)
Febit said this week that it will make its HybSelect target enrichment application for use by researchers involved in the EU-funded READNA Consortium.
(Mar 3, 2009)
New Product Watch (GenomeWeb News)
BASE 2.10 has been released. New features include a Biomaterial LIMS system. BASE is a free web-based database solution for microarray analysis data developed at Lund University .
(Mar 3, 2009)
In Print (GenomeWeb News)
Journal: Analytical Biochemistry . 2009 Feb 15;385(2):203-7. Title: Correlation analysis of external RNA controls reveals its utility for assessment of microarray assay.
(Mar 3, 2009)
DNAPrint Genomics Goes Bust (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Genetic testing company DNAPrint Genomics has shut down its operations, according to a notice on its website. The Sarasota, Fla.-based firm shut down operations sometime during the past month.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Sequenom Hires PDI to Launch and Sell Prenatal Test (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Sequenom today said that it has inked a contract with sales and marketing services firm PDI to provide the sales force that will launch and commercialize the firm's SEQureDx non-invasive prenatal genetic screening tests.
(Mar 3, 2009)
HP, Partners HealthCare Extend Personalized Medicine Collaboration (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Hewlett Packard and Partners HealthCare have extended an ongoing agreement to develop software and implement hardware and services supporting Partners' personalized medicine and clinical genomics program, HP said today.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Complete Genomics, Broad to Study Cancer Genomes (GenomeWeb News)
For the project, Complete Genomics will use its DNA sequencing technology to sequence five samples provided by the Broad Institute. The first genome will be a sample that has already been studied extensively by the scientific community.
(Mar 3, 2009)
LabCorp Collaborates with Duke in Operating Biorepository (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – LabCorp said today that it has struck a collaborative agreement with Duke University covering operations at its Biorepository in Kannapolis, NC.
(Mar 3, 2009)
FlexGen Raises Financing to Commercialize Arrayer, Develop Applications (GenomeWeb News)
FlexGen this week announced that it has closed "several million euros" in private-equity financing and said it plans to use the cash to further optimize its arrayer for use in a number of applications including genomic selection for second-generation sequencing and biomarker validation.
(Mar 3, 2009)
LC Sciences Joins Agilent, NimbleGen, Febit, and Others in the Nascent Target Enrichment Market (GenomeWeb News)
LC Sciences, a Houston, Texas-based genomics and proteomics company, last week launched a custom target enrichment service for next-generation sequencing applications.
(Mar 3, 2009)
Completing Platform Upgrade, Agilent Launches High-Density CGH and CNV Chips and Promises More (GenomeWeb News)
Agilent Technologies this week rolled out its SurePrint G3 microarray platform, which contains up to one million probes on a standard 1x3 inch glass slide — up from 244,000 probes on the last version of its chips.
(Mar 3, 2009)
UB and AHRM, Inc. help Buffalo join the electronic medical revolution (News-Medical-Net)
The Obama administration's push to move health care from handwritten charts and prescriptions into the electronic age is getting a boost in Western New York with new funding to establish a Medication Management Research Network in the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.
(Mar 3, 2009)
UNC Charlotte’s Five Ventures® Business Plan Competition Announces Keynote Speaker – Dr. Joshua Boger, CEO & Founder ... (Centre Daily Times)
Five Ventures® has announced its keynote speaker for April 9 th at UNC Charlotte – Dr. Joshua Boger, CEO and Founder of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Boger, a native of Concord North Carolina, is one of the most respected biotechnology entrepreneurs in the world. Dr. Boger is the author of over 50 scientific publications, holds 31 issued U.S. patents in pharmaceutical discovery and ...
(Mar 3, 2009)
New study shows how spikes in nitrite can have (PhysOrg)
A new study provides insight into how a short burst in nitrite can exert lasting beneficial effects on the heart, protecting it from stress and assaults such as heart attacks. In this study, just published in Circulation Research, researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have demonstrated for the first time that short elevations in circulating levels of this simple anion are ...
(Mar 3, 2009)
Harvard's Sunyaev on the Evolution of Exon Resequencing's Ability to Find Human Trait Genes (GenomeWeb News)
Shamil Sunyaev's research at Harvard Medical School focuses on analyzing human resequencing data from an evolutionary, functional, and medical-genetics perspective, and on developing methods for predicting functional effects of mutations.
(Mar 3, 2009)
CombiMatrix to Co-Market Strand Genomics Microarray Analysis Software (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK, July 9 (GenomeWeb News) - Acacia's CombiMatrix group will market Strand Genomics' microarray analysis software, the companies said yesterday.
(Mar 4, 2009)
Centergy to present economic development initiatives to lawmakers (Wausau Daily Herald)
MARSHFIELD -- A regional partnership designed to spur economic development in central Wisconsin plans to lobby later this month for financial support for renewable energy, construction and health care initiatives.
(Mar 4, 2009)
Illumina to Present at Upcoming Investment Conferences in March (Centre Daily Times)
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the Company will webcast its presentations at two upcoming investment conferences.
(Mar 4, 2009)
Breakthrough in Culturing Intracellular Bacteria Aided by Biolog's Phenotype MicroArray Technology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HAYWARD, Calif.----A major breakthrough publication, published last Friday in the February 27 early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, describes studies that were greatly aided by utilizing Biolog Phenotype MicroArray technology to advance our understanding of an important class of pathogenic bacteria.
(Mar 4, 2009)
Breakthrough in Culturing Intracellular Bacteria Aided by Biolog’s Phenotype MicroArray™ Technology (Centre Daily Times)
A major breakthrough publication, published last Friday in the February 27 early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, describes studies that were greatly aided by utilizing Biolog Phenotype MicroArray technology to advance our understanding of an important class of pathogenic bacteria.
(Mar 4, 2009)
Center of Excellence project will serve as statewide model, reduce errors, boost efficiency (UB Reporter)
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Obama administration's push to move health care from handwritten charts and prescriptions into the electronic age is getting a boost in Western New York with new funding to establish a Medication Management Research Network in the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.
(Mar 4, 2009)
Spikes In Nitrite Can Have Lasting Protective Impact On The Heart (Science Daily)
A new study provides insight into how a short burst in nitrite can exert lasting beneficial effects on the heart, protecting it from stress and assaults such as heart attacks. Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that short elevations in circulating levels of this simple anion are sufficient to have a lasting impact on the heart by modulating its oxidation status and its protein ...
(Mar 4, 2009)
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