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Cosmic Log: Germs come clean (MSNBC)
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Using genetic analysis, scientists discover that a germ used for cleaning up toxic sites is actually many types of germs that can gobble up different kinds of crud.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Secret to youthful skin found (Straits Times)
SCIENTISTS from Singapore and Germany have made a new discovery that may unlock the secrets of youthful skin. The international team of scientists led by Dr Bruno Reversade from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*Star) Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) discovered that mutations in the PYCR1 gene cause a rare genetic condition which results in premature skin ageing, known as ...
(Sep 1, 2009)
Scripps researchers tie gene variations to brain size (Boca Raton News)
Using advanced brain imaging and genomics technologies, an international team of researchers co-led by Scripps Research Institute scientists has shown for the first time that natural variations in a specific gene influence brain structure. By establishing this link, the researchers have opened the door to a range of potential research efforts that could reveal gene variations responsible for a ...
(Sep 1, 2009)
Bringing in business (The State Press)
Scarlett Heydt Tuesday, September 1, 2009 The Translational Genomics Research Institute and the Biodesign Institute at ASU received an award Friday from Gov. Jan Brewer for bringing new international investors to Arizona. The Translational Genomics Research Institute and the Biodesign Institute at ASU received an award Friday from Gov. Jan Brewer for bringing new international investors to ...
(Sep 1, 2009)
Chlorella green food sourced from algae contains a wide range of essential nutrients (News-Medical-Net)
"While we can still take advantage of summer's fresh produce, ensuring a consistent supply of whole foods throughout the year can reap benefits for those focused on aging as healthfully as possible," says Michael E. Rosenbaum, M.D. "Chlorella, a super green food sourced from a fresh water algae, contains the widest range of essential nutrients available in any single food source, including ...
(Sep 1, 2009)
Study provides insights into genes that help maintain youthfulness of the skin (News-Medical-Net)
In the new print issue of Nature Genetics, scientists in Singapore and Germany report that mutations in the PYCR1 gene cause the rare genetic condition that results in premature skin aging and that is known as "wrinkly skin syndrome."
(Sep 1, 2009)
Scientists unlock secret to youthful skin (China Daily)
SINGAPORE: Scientists from Singapore and Germany have made a novel discovery that might lead to ways of reversing the effects of ageing and wrinkled skin.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Federer, Bolt, Jordan Can’t Match This Legacy: Scott Soshnick (Bloomberg)
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Brace yourselves, sports fans, for a torrent of barstool blather about athletes and legacies. Tennis offers Roger Federer’s pursuit of a sixth consecutive U.S. Open championship. Greatest of all time?
(Sep 1, 2009)
GenoCAD project receives financial support from NSF (News-Medical-Net)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year $1,421,725 grant to Jean Peccoud, associate professor at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, to develop GenoCAD - a web-based Computer Assisted Design environment for synthetic biology.
(Sep 1, 2009)
VBI researcher receives grant from NIGMS for developing network-based models of infectious diseases (News-Medical-Net)
A researcher from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech has received a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to support ongoing work to develop high-performance computer models for the study of very large networks.
(Sep 1, 2009)
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER WAY TO REVERSE AGEING EFFECTS (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SINGAPORE, Sept 1 (Bernama) -- Scientists from Singapore and Germany have made a discovery which might lead to ways of reversing the effects of ageing and wrinkled skin.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Singaporean-German team of scientists discover way to reverse ageing effects (The Malaysian Insider)
SINGAPORE, Sept 1 — Scientists from Singapore and Germany have made a discovery which might lead to ways of reversing the effects of ageing and wrinkled skin. Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) said the scientists discovered that mutations in the PYCR1 (Pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase 1) gene caused a rare genetic condition which resulted in premature skin ageing ...
(Sep 1, 2009)
Protein Involved In Causing Gum Disease, Osteoporosis, Arthritis Identified (Medical News Today)
Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery, collaborating with researchers from other institutions, have contributed to the discovery that a gene called interferon regulator factor-8 (IRF-8) is involved in the development of diseases such as periodontitis (gum disease), rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis.
(Sep 1, 2009)
CattleArray 3800, MicroMax ASAP RNA (GenomeWeb News)
Agricultural genomics tools company Pyxis Genomics of Chicago, formerly AniGenics , has introduced bovine gene chips. The CattleArray 3800 includes 3,820 selected cDNA clones, printed in duplicate on a single glass slide, including 3,072 placenta ESTs and 748 spleen ESTs.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Stellar Pharmaceuticals Retains Kilmer Lucas for Investor Communications (Marketwire)
LONDON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2009) - Stellar Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Stellar" or "the Company") (OTCBB:SLXCF), a Canadian pharmaceutical developer and marketer of high quality, cost-effective products for select health care markets, announced today that it has retained Kilmer Lucas Inc., a leading provider of cross-border investor relations and corporate communications programs, to ...
(Sep 1, 2009)
Business end of medical research (The Australian)
ABOUT 12 years ago, endocrinologist Paul Kelly left Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research to build a career combining medical research and business. Genome-mapping was causing enormous excitement, and Kelly went to Cambridge in England to co-found clinical company Gemini Genomics.
(Sep 1, 2009)
NIH Recovery Act Funding For Infectious Disease Modeling Received By VBI Researcher (Medical News Today)
A researcher from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech has received a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to support ongoing work to develop high-performance computer models for the study of very large networks.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Award Of $1.4 Million For GenoCAD Development From National Science Foundation (Medical News Today)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year $1,421,725 grant to Jean Peccoud, associate professor at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, to develop GenoCAD - a web-based Computer Assisted Design environment for synthetic biology.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Rhode Island Hospital Awarded $11 Million, 5-Year Renewal (Medical News Today)
Rhode Island Hospital has received an $11 million renewal of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to fund its Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Center for Cancer Research Development (CCRD). Rhode Island Hospital's COBRE CCRD offers cancer researchers access to the latest technologies in molecular pathology and the emerging field of proteomics.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Ambry Genetics Certified as Agilent Provider (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Genomics services company Ambry Genetics said Tuesday that it has been certified to provide services at its California lab using Agilent Technologies' microarray platforms.
(Sep 1, 2009)
OGT to Distribute SciGene Microarray Products (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Oxford Gene Technology will distribute SciGene's microarray sample processing equipment to researchers throughout the European Union, excluding Germany, OGT announced today.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Singapore Scientist Says Novel Discovery Suggests New Approach For Age-Defying, Anti-Wrinkling Treatments (Medical News Today)
In the new print issue of Nature Genetics, scientists in Singapore and Germany report that mutations in the PYCR1 gene cause the rare genetic condition that results in premature skin aging and that is known as "wrinkly skin syndrome.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Hidden Diversity In Key Environmental Cleanup Microbes Found By Systems Biology Assessment (Medical News Today)
Researchers have completed the first thorough, system-level assessment of the diversity of an environmentally important genus of microbes known as Shewanella. Microbes belonging to that genus frequently participate in bioremediation by confining and cleaning up contaminated areas in the environment.
(Sep 1, 2009)
$20M Gift to Miami Institute for Human Genomics to Support Large-Scale Autism Sequencing Project (GenomeWeb News)
The University of Miami said last week that a $20 million gift to its medical school's Miami Institute for Human Genomics will contribute to a large-scale autism sequencing project.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Anti-wrinkling Treatments? Gene Mutation Responsible For Premature Skin Aging Disease Identified (Science Daily)
Scientists in Singapore and Germany report that mutations in the PYCR1 gene cause the rare genetic condition that results in premature skin aging and that is known as "wrinkly skin syndrome."
(Sep 1, 2009)
BGI's Silkworm Study Highlights Potential of Large-Scale Resequencing for Population Research (GenomeWeb News)
A recent study led by researchers at the Beijing Genomics Institute is highlighting the value of resequencing many individuals from distinct populations of the same or closely related species.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Ambry Genetics Announces Certified Service Provider Status for Agilent Microarrays (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Ambry Genetics announced today that they have completed certification to become an Agilent Certified Service Provider on the Agilent microarray platform.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Funding Update (GenomeWeb News)
Several members of the archaeal family Halobacteriaceae are being fully sequenced by the principal investigator and his collaborators to advance the understanding of genome organization and evolution of microbial genomes and to provide a foundation for systems biology efforts to experimentally query novel aspects of microbial biochemistry, physiology, metabolism, development, and cellular biology.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Americans want personalized nutrition, finds survey (Nutraingredients.com)
Nutrigenomics is defined as how food and ingested nutrients influence the genome. Although still in early stages, there has been significant interest in the concept of using an individual’s genetic information to provide personalized nutrition that can help optimize health and reduce the risk of diseases to which they are genetically predisposed.
(Sep 1, 2009)
New Product Watch (GenomeWeb News)
New England Biolabs recently launched NEBNext DNA Sample Prep Reagent Set 1 , a set of reagents suited for sample preparation for next-generation sequencing and for preparation of expression libraries.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Canada's Kinexus to Expand Protein-Array Services into Drug-Discovery Research (GenomeWeb News)
Kinexus, a 10-year-old proteomics company based in Vancouver, BC, later this month will begin offering customers the ability to screen kinases using its internally developed microarray platform, according to a top official.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Ambry Genetics Announces Certified Service Provider Status for Agilent Microarrays (redOrbit)
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambry Genetics announced today that they have completed certification to become an Agilent Certified Service Provider on the Agilent microarray platform.
(Sep 1, 2009)
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant to fund study for RI Hospital researcher (EurekAlert!)
( Lifespan ) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has provided funding for new research on white blood cells work. Jonathan Reichner, PhD, of the department of surgery at Rhode Island Hospital has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health with funding through the ARRA. Reichner's hope is that the research will lead to new immune-enhancing therapies, with potential ...
(Sep 1, 2009)
VBI Lands $1.4M Stimulus Grant for Synthetic DNA Software (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Bioinformatics researchers at Virginia Polytechnic and State University will use $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation to continue developing software used for designing synthetic DNA, the university said on Monday.
(Sep 1, 2009)
National search for proteins that cause MS (Newswise)
Australian researchers will aim to discover the proteins that cause multiple sclerosis (MS), thanks to a new nationwide research effort.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Diversity in Key Environmental Cleanup Microbe Found (Newswise)
Researchers analyzed the gene sequences, proteins expressed and physiology of 10 strains of bioremediation microbes called Shewanella. Results showed surprising diversity not seen using traditional microbiology approaches.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Chemotherapy resistance: Checkpoint protein provides armor against cancer drugs (Newswise)
Cell cycle checkpoints act like molecular tripwires for damaged cells, forcing them to pause and take stock. Leave the tripwire in place for too long, though, and cancer cells will press on regardless, making them resistant to the lethal effects of certain types of chemotherapy, according to researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Researchers Identify Protein Involved in Causing Gum Disease, Osteoporosis, Arthritis (Newswise)
Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery, collaborating with researchers from other institutions, have contributed to the discovery that a gene called interferon regulator factor-8 (IRF-8) is involved in the development of diseases such as periodontitis (gum disease), rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Discovery of novel genes could unlock mystery of what makes us uniquely human (EurekAlert!)
( Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ) Humans and chimpanzees are genetically very similar, yet it is not difficult to identify the many ways in which we are clearly distinct from chimps. In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists have made a crucial discovery of genes that have evolved in humans after branching off from other primates, opening new possibilities for understanding what ...
(Sep 1, 2009)
UC Irvine Establishes New Center for Computer Games & Virtual Worlds (IGN Videogames)
Center to join forces with Institute for Software Research and Game Culture & Technology Laboratory.
(Sep 1, 2009)
Boy conceived using new test born (BBC News)
The first baby conceived with the help of an egg screening technique developed in Nottingham, is born.
(Sep 2, 2009)
Scientists find way to reverse ageing effects (The New Sabah Times)
SINGAPORE : Scientists from Singapore and Germany have made a discovery which might lead to ways of reversing the effects of ageing and wrinkled skin.
(Sep 2, 2009)
Fairfielder is 'medical miracle" (The Fairfield Citizen)
"I would not be sitting here talking to you today if it weren't for alert Dr. Arle Mantin at St. Vincent's walk-in mini medical center where I went with a scorching sore throat almost 10 years ago."
(Sep 2, 2009)
New research on white blood cell functioning funded by ARRA (News-Medical-Net)
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has provided funding for new research to learn more about how white blood cells work. Jonathan Reichner, PhD, of the department of surgery at Rhode Island Hospital has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health with funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Reichner's hope is that the research will lead to new ...
(Sep 2, 2009)
Rapid progression of multiple sclerosis linked to smoking (News-Medical-Net)
Patients with multiple sclerosis who smoke appear to experience a more rapid progression of their disease, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
(Sep 2, 2009)
Glasgow nets conferences events (BBC News)
Glasgow announces it has won conferences worth more than £12m for the city.
(Sep 2, 2009)
Special Issue Of Genome Research: Personal Genomes And Variation (Medical News Today)
The September 2009 issue of Genome Research, entitled "Personal Genomes and Variation," is a special issue dedicated to the burgeoning field of personal genomics.
(Sep 2, 2009)
Arrayit Lands Patent for Population Scale Diagnostics in World's Most Populous Country (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - 09/02/09) - Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB: ARYC - News ), a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announces that on August 31st, 2009 the company received a patent certificate from the most populous country on the planet, the People's Republic of China. The patent covers Dr. Mark Schena's microarray methods of genotyping multiple patient samples, commonly ...
(Sep 2, 2009)
Danaher to Acquire Life Sciences Instrumentation Businesses From MDS Inc. and Life Technologies Corporation (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Danaher Corporation today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with MDS Inc. to acquire the Analytical Technologies division of MDS, which includes a 50% ownership position in Applied Biosystems/MDS Sciex joint venture , a mass spectrometry business, and a 100% ownership position in the former Molecular Devices Corporation, a bioresearch and analytical instrumentation company.
(Sep 2, 2009)
Gene causing periodontitis, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis identified (News-Medical-Net)
Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery, collaborating with researchers from other institutions, have contributed to the discovery that a gene called interferon regulator factor-8 (IRF-8) is involved in the development of diseases such as periodontitis (gum disease), rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis. The study, which will be published online August 30, ahead of print, in the journal ...
(Sep 2, 2009)
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