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UCLA Scientists Find Molecular Differences Between Embryonic Stem Cells And Reprogrammed Skin Cells (Medical News Today)
UCLA researchers have found that embryonic stem cells and skin cells reprogrammed into embryonic-like cells have inherent molecular differences, demonstrating for the first time that the two cell types are clearly distinguishable from one another.
(Jul 4, 2009)
Students try their hands at targeting tumors with potent computing power (The Buffalo News)
A group of budding scientists got a chance Friday to use top-of-the- line computer technology to develop plans for treating cancer.
(Jul 4, 2009)
Embryonic stem cells and reprogrammed skin cells are clearly distinguishable (New Kerala)
Washington, July 4: Researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) have shown that there are certain molecular differences between embryonic stem cells and skin cells skin cells reprogrammed into embryonic-like cells.
(Jul 4, 2009)
Bomb squad neutralizes two soda pop bottle devices found at OSU (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Bottles weren’t lethal, but could cause a lot of damage
(Jul 5, 2009)
Lighting Up Plants' Lives (GenomeWeb News)
In more open-access news, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols posted a freely-accessible article as part of their current issue. This paper contains suggestions for how plant biologists can bypass plants’ cell walls and natural fluorescence to use green fluorescent protein in imaging various plant tissues.
(Jul 5, 2009)
Cloudy With a Chance of HPC (GenomeWeb News)
Like the beginning of a rainstorm as the first few drops go from lonely pitter-pats to a torrential downpour, cloud computing has been steadily picking up momentum and announcing itself loud and clear.
(Jul 5, 2009)
British teenagers in Romanian hospital with swine flu (Guardian Unlimited)
Eight pupils on exchange programme from Kent school had been working with children in north-eastern city of Iasi Eight UK school pupils are in hospital in north-east Romania with swine flu, a British embassy official said today. Raluca Bragarea, the embassy communications officer, said the group had arrived in Romania on 25 June as part of an annual exchange programme and had been working with ...
(Jul 5, 2009)
NASA Spaceline 5 June 2009 Current Space Life Science Awareness (SpaceRef)
NASA Spaceline 5 June 2009 Current Space Life Science Awareness
(Jul 5, 2009)
New UK national genome centre (News-Medical-Net)
A new UK national genome centre was officially opened by Nobel Laureate and genome pioneer Prof Sir John Sulston and the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk.
(Jul 5, 2009)
TGen tapped for $190 mil 'biobank' project overseas (The Arizona Republic)
Luxembourg has tapped TGen in Phoenix to create a ''biobank'' that will store blood and tissue samples for scientists to access as they research diseases such as lung cancer and heart disease.
(Jul 6, 2009)
MIDA upbeat Aussie firms will up investment (Business Times (Malaysia))
AUSTRALIAN business leaders have been reminded Malaysia still provided attractive business opportunities despite the global economic downturn.
(Jul 6, 2009)
New UMBI research collaborative could attract more federal funds (BizJournals)
Leading stem cell and genomics researchers from the University of Maryland, Baltimore may move into downtown Baltimore’s Columbus Center next year to collaborate with researchers at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Lost promise: Can region’s shrinking biotech sector bounce back after big hits? (BizJournals)
A quarter-century ago, local scientists embarked on a journey to map out the human genome. By 2000, their discoveries would end up mapping out the future of Montgomery County’s biotech community.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Other News (Bernama)
MELBOURNE, July 6 (Bernama) -- Australian business leaders have been reminded Malaysia still provided attractive business opportunities despite the global economic downturn.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Aussie firms told Malaysia still attractive business target (The Malaysian Insider)
MELBOURNE, July 6 — Australian business leaders have been reminded that Malaysia still provided attractive business opportunities despite the global economic downturn. Speaking at an Australia-Malaysia business networking function over the weekend, Jaswant Singh, the director of the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority in Australia (MIDA Australia), said Malaysia's economic development was ...
(Jul 6, 2009)
Genetic ’clue’ to mental disorders (icWales)
MENTAL health disorder is caused by the combined effect of thousands of variants in genes, Welsh scientists have found.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Bomb squad neutralizes two soda pop bottle devices found at OSU (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Bottles weren’t lethal, but could cause a lot of damage
(Jul 6, 2009)
We Predict a Google Genetic Map (GenomeWeb News)
Over at Genetic Future, Daniel MacArthur discusses the recent Lao paper from Current Biology that genotyped 2,514 people from 23 different European subpopulations.
(Jul 6, 2009)
This Week in Science (GenomeWeb News)
In five years, Biopolis in Singapore has grown to 1,000 scientists, and it’s not lacking in scientific output: the number of papers produced at the flagship Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology grew from 82 in 2000 to 165 in 2006, and Singapore’s Genome Institute became the first in the world to sequence the SARS virus in 2003. However, critics there are beginning to argue whether the current ...
(Jul 6, 2009)
A Bright and Shiny Future -- Wait, No (GenomeWeb News)
Over on Aetiology, Tara Smith discusses the future of graduate students and post-docs – it is not looking so bright. She quotes a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article that says that the long training time, job shortages in academia, and the daunting competition for research grants is a bit of a turn-off.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Aussie firms told Malaysia still attractive business target (The Malaysian Insider)
MELBOURNE, July 6 — Australian business leaders have been reminded that Malaysia still provided attractive business opportunities despite the global economic downturn. Speaking at an Australia-Malaysia business networking function over the weekend, Jaswant Singh, the director of the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority in Australia (MIDA Australia), said Malaysia's economic development was ...
(Jul 6, 2009)
TGen strengthens Luxembourg link with new CEO (The Business Journal of Phoenix)
Scientists from the Translational Genomics Research Institute were instrumental in attracting the new CEO for the Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Bioinformatics Expert Dr. Jiaan Yang Joins Sundia MediTech With Innovative PFSC Technology (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sundia MediTech Company, a leading integrated pharmaceutical and biotech R&D outsourcing company in Shanghai, China announced today that Sundia has acquired Protein Folding Shape Code technology for doing probe binding site for drug discovery from Microtech Nano LLC, a R&D Company in Indianapolis, IN, USA.
(Jul 6, 2009)
MIDA upbeat Aussie firms will up investment (Business Times (Malaysia))
AUSTRALIAN business leaders have been reminded Malaysia still provided attractive business opportunities despite the global economic downturn.
(Jul 6, 2009)
(Slightly) New Address for UK's National Genetics Reference Laboratory Manchester (GenomeWeb News)
The UK's National Genetics Reference Laboratory Manchester will move into its new digs three days earlier than planned.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Helicos Says Transcriptome Quantification Method Promises Accurate Results at Low Cost (GenomeWeb News)
Digital gene expression analysis on the Helicos Genetic Analysis system complements full-length RNA sequencing methods and promises to be more accurate and less expensive than similar methods on other sequencing platforms because the sample prep is simple and avoids amplification, according to the company.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute to develop petascale computer modeling capabilities (EurekAlert!)
( Virginia Tech ) The goal of the proposal is to use new computer technology to study events like disease pandemics, financial crises, as well as the spread of opinions, attitudes or social beliefs, through populations on a global scale. Current agent-based computer models can simulate the spread of a disease like influenza through a population the size of the United States. Petascale modeling ...
(Jul 6, 2009)
Proteome Sciences, Millipore Ink Alzheimer's Assay Deal (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Proteome Sciences and Millipore jointly announced today that they will collaborate on the development of multiplex immunoassays for Alzheimer's disease research.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Precision BioSciences Says USPTO to Re-examine Cellectis Patents (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Precision BioSciences today said that the US Patent and Trademark Office is reexamining two patents that have been licensed to Cellectis and that are part of ongoing litigation between the two firms.
(Jul 6, 2009)
UK Opens Norwich Genomics Center (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The United Kingdom has officially opened a new center for genomics research in Norwich that will conduct research on plants, animals, and microbes for medical, bioenergy, and livestock applications, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council said on Friday.
(Jul 6, 2009)
In Print (GenomeWeb News)
Ay F, Kahveci T, DE Crécy-Lagard V. A fast and accurate algorithm for comparative analysis of metabolic pathways . [ J Bioinform Comput Biol . 2009 Jun;7(3):389-428]: Describes an algorithm for pairwise alignment of metabolic pathways.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Researchers find genetic key to breast cancer's ability to survive and spread (EurekAlert!)
( Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ) New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center sheds light on a genetic function that gives breast cancer cells the ability to survive and spread to the bone years after treatment has been administered. The findings support the study of therapies that target this survival capacity and force the death of latent breast cancer ...
(Jul 6, 2009)
Ready for relapse: Molecule helps breast cancer cells to survive in the bone marrow (EurekAlert!)
( Cell Press ) Patients who survive an initial diagnosis of breast cancer often succumb to the disease years later when the cancer shows up in a different part of the body. Now, scientists have identified key signals that support the long term survival of breast cancer cells after they have spread to the bone marrow.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Researchers Find Genetic Key to Breast Cancer's Ability to Survive and Spread (Newswise)
New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center sheds light on a genetic function that gives breast cancer cells the ability to survive and spread to the bone years after treatment has been administered. The findings support the study of therapies that target this survival capacity and force the death of latent breast cancer cells before they get a chance to ...
(Jul 6, 2009)
Biomarkers Take Center Stage (GenomeWeb News)
It often seems that nearly everyone is on the search for a biomarker, whether it is for Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, certain types of cancer, or schizophrenia. The search, however, isn't always easy and can be fraught with challenges.
(Jul 6, 2009)
NHS 'ill-prepared' for genetic testing (Independent)
Genetic testing is set to revolutionise medicine but the NHS is ill-prepared to adopt it, a House of Lords committee has warned.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Dogs, humans, put heads together to find cure for brain cancer (PhysOrg)
Pinpointing the genes involved in human brain cancer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and sometimes the needle you find may not be the right one. By comparing human and canine genomes, researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that a gene commonly believed to be involved in meningiomas-tumors that affect the meninges, or thin covering, of the human brain and ...
(Jul 6, 2009)
Dogs, Humans, Put Heads Together To Find Cure For Brain Cancer (Science Daily)
Pinpointing the genes involved in human brain cancer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and sometimes the needle you find may not be the right one.
(Jul 6, 2009)
New Product Watch (GenomeWeb News)
Mobidiag last week said that it has CE marked its Prove-it Herpes virus microarray for in vitro detection of central nervous system infections. The Helsinki, Finland-based firm said the CE mark ensures the safety of the product in clinical use and opens European markets for its test.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Better than Gold? GWC Receives $100K ARRA Grant to Develop New Substrate for Protein Arrays (GenomeWeb News)
GWC Technologies is taking advantage of Washington's stimulus efforts to develop a new protein array technology.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Stocks of Several Tool Vendors Rose Sharply in First Half of '09 (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The stocks of several firms in the GenomeWeb Daily News Index rose sharply — a couple of them rising nearly 400 percent — during the first six months of 2009.
(Jul 6, 2009)
NIH to Fund Inner Ear Proteomics Studies (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders will fund scientists seeking to use proteomics to study inner ear development and diseases.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Tougher Controls Sought For DNA Ancestry Testing (redOrbit)
As the popularity of take-home DNA kits to trace ancestry or calculate the risk for serious medical conditions grows, there is an increasingly critical need for federal oversight of "direct-to consumer" genetic testing, as well as of the use of DNA samples for research, according to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and several other academic institutions.In the past year, ...
(Jul 6, 2009)
Stanford Alzheimer's Research Pinpoints Antibodies That May Prevent Disease (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
STANFORD, Calif.----Antibodies to a wide range of substances that can aggregate to form plaques, such as those found in Alzheimer's patients, have been identified in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of healthy people.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Stanford Alzheimer's research pinpoints antibodies that may prevent disease (EurekAlert!)
Antibodies to a wide range of substances that can aggregate to form plaques, such as those found in Alzheimer's patients, have been identified in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of healthy people. Levels of these antibodies decline with age and, in Alzheimer's patients, with increasing progression of the disease.
(Jul 6, 2009)
Call on NHS to prepare for rise in genomics (Financial Times)
The National Health Service must prepare for huge changes as DNA testing becomes more commonplace in diagnosis and treatment, the House of Lords science committee says in a wide-ranging report on genomic medicine on Tuesday.
(Jul 7, 2009)
Bay Area lab helps track H1N1 virus (KGO-TV Bay Area)
Bay Area researchers are trying to track the H1N1 virus and save lives.
(Jul 7, 2009)
U of L researches find key protein to kidney disease (The Louisville Cardinal)
Three U of L researchers have helped identify a key protein in the middle of membranous nephropathy. The breakthrough will help the more than 60,000 Americans who suffer from the condition, where the body's immune system attacks its own kidneys.
(Jul 7, 2009)
Alzheimer's Research Pinpoints Antibodies That May Prevent Disease (Science Daily)
Antibodies to a wide range of substances that can aggregate to form plaques, such as those found in Alzheimer's patients, have been identified in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of healthy people. Levels of these antibodies decline with age and, in Alzheimer's patients, with increasing progression of the disease.
(Jul 7, 2009)
Research and Markets: Comparison of Pharma Outsourcing Between China and India (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Comparison of Pharma Outsourcing between China and India" report to their offering.
(Jul 7, 2009)
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