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AnaSpec Introduces New Z-Fish Antibodies for Cell Cycle Control Research (PR.com)
AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of a series of zebrafish specific Z-Fish antibodies for use in cell cycle control research. [PR.com - August 13, 2009]
(Nov 26, 2009)
Stress-Related Gene Modulates High Blood Pressure (redOrbit)
Does stress increase blood pressure? This simple question has been the focus of intense research for many years. New Stress-related gene Modulates High Blood Pressure in Mice & Men
(Nov 26, 2009)
Nanogen Seeks Buyer for Microarray Business As It Focuses on Other MDx, PoC Technologies (GenomeWeb News)
This story originally appeared in Biocommerce Week , a newsletter that has been discontinued. Nanogen plans to sell its microarray business in an effort to focus on building its RT-PCR and point-of-care testing businesses and more rapidly achieve profitability, the firm said this week.
(Nov 26, 2009)
NCKU Signed a MOU with ScinoPharm Taiwan on Nov. 24th (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
TAINAN, Taiwan----National Cheng Kung University , Taiwan signed a MOU with ScinoPharm Taiwan Ltd. on Nov. 24th. The NCKU President, Academician Michael M.C. Lai, attended together with Prof.
(Nov 27, 2009)
Singing star from Cameron Highlands (The Star)
CAMERON Highlands girl Chen Keat Yoke has brought further recognition to her idyllic hometown in Pahang by winning the TVB8 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship 2009 in Hong Kong.
(Nov 27, 2009)
MICARDIS receives Health Canada approval to reduce the risk of non-fatal stroke (News-Medical-Net)
MICARDIS(R) (telmisartan) has received Health Canada approval to reduce the risk of non-fatal stroke or non-fatal myocardial infarction in patients 55 years or older at high risk of developing major cardiovascular events who cannot tolerate an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor.
(Nov 27, 2009)
NCKU, ScinoPharm Taiwan sign MOU to establish university-industry cooperation (News-Medical-Net)
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan signed a MOU with ScinoPharm Taiwan Ltd. on Nov. 24th.
(Nov 27, 2009)
Bacteria in cigarettes may harm health (UPI)
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Cigarettes are widely contaminated with bacteria, including some known to harm health, French and U.S. researchers said.
(Nov 27, 2009)
Scientists To Complete Turkey Genetic Map (OfficialWire)
U.S. scientists have secured funding to complete the genetic map of the North American domesticated turkey adorning millions of U.S. dinner tables Thursday.
(Nov 27, 2009)
Research and Markets: Spectrometers and Spectrophoto/Fluorometers - Global Market Trends (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Spectrometers and Spectrophoto/Fluorometers - Global Market Trends" report to their offering.
(Nov 27, 2009)
Atheist student groups flower on college campuses (Park Hills Daily Journal)
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: “Ask an Atheist.”
(Nov 27, 2009)
Technology Innovation Program Seeks Comments on Potential Future Funding Areas (ThomasNet)
NIST is asking for public comment on 4 white papers that outline potential areas for research funding grants under Institute's Technology Innovation Program. Papers outline national needs for new and improved technologies in areas of monitoring and repair of civil infrastructure, manufacturing technologies for advanced materials, enabling technologies for electric power smart grid, and ...
(Nov 27, 2009)
Atheist student groups flower on college campuses (Park Hills Daily Journal)
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: “Ask an Atheist.”
(Nov 27, 2009)
Atheist student groups flower on college campuses (Park Hills Daily Journal)
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: “Ask an Atheist.”
(Nov 27, 2009)
More Bio-HPC Highlights From SC09 (GenomeWeb News)
Best Paper Winner was awarded to the folks at D.E. Shaw Research , for their work entitled " Millisecond-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Anton ." The much-touted Anton is a recently completed, specially designed supercomputer for molecular dynamics simulations that uses a huge number of interconnected ASICs . Anton allows researchers, for the first time, to simulate biological molecules ...
(Nov 27, 2009)
Med BioGene Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2009 (Marketwire)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 27, 2009) - NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO UNITED STATES PERSONS OR FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES Med BioGene Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MBI) today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2009. Erinn Broshko, MBI's Chief Executive Officer stated, "Med BioGene has continued to make significant progress ...
(Nov 27, 2009)
Cannasat Therapeutics reports net loss of $336,154 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 (News-Medical-Net)
Cannasat Therapeutics Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing products to treat neurological disorders, today announced its results for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Unless specified otherwise, all amounts are in Canadian dollars.
(Nov 28, 2009)
Largest gene study of childhood IBD finds 5 new genes (PharmaBiz)
In the largest, most comprehensive genetic analysis of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an international research team has identified five new gene regions, including one involved in a biological pathway that helps drive the painful inflammation of the digestive tract that characterizes the disease.
(Nov 28, 2009)
Battling the Skeptics (New York Times)
Michael Specter takes on those he sees as denying science, from promoters of alternative medicines to anti-vaccine zealots.
(Nov 28, 2009)
3-D software could give publishing a new angle (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A small La Jolla company thinks it has a technology that could represent the future of scientific publishing. The company, MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles.
(Nov 28, 2009)
Atheist student groups flower on college campuses (Park Hills Daily Journal)
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: “Ask an Atheist.”
(Nov 28, 2009)
Andhra gets multi-crop seed conditioner from Vibha (New Kerala)
Mumbai/Hyderabad, Nov 28 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah, formally inaugurated the state-of-the-art multi-crop seed processing facility of Vibha Seeds located at Janampet in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh.
(Nov 28, 2009)
Tri-lamb agreement extended another three years (North Queensland Register)
THE Australian Sheepmeat council has welcomed the signing of a new memorandum of understanding between United States, New Zealand and Australian lamb industry peak bodies, which it says is critical to keeping lamb on the shelves of its key market, the United States.
(Nov 28, 2009)
Business briefcase (Helena Independent Record)
Names and Faces
(Nov 29, 2009)
Atheist student groups flower on college campuses (Park Hills Daily Journal)
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: “Ask an Atheist.”
(Nov 29, 2009)
Atheist student groups flower on college campuses (Park Hills Daily Journal)
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: “Ask an Atheist.”
(Nov 29, 2009)
Japanese Pharma Takeda to Build $140M Genomics-Based Drug Discovery Center in Osaka (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK, Nov. 28—Japanese pharmaceutical giant Takeda said Wednesday that it would build a 27,000 square meter research facility dedicated to genomics-based drug discovery research. The center, to be built at the company's Osaka plant, is scheduled to be finished in February 2005.
(Nov 29, 2009)
MEDomics Seeks a CEO After Identifying a Large Life Sciences Corporate Co-Investor (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
MEDomics NextGen sequencing-based tests for Mitochondrial Diseases To Tap Multi-Billion Dollar Potential Market.
(Nov 30, 2009)
Ocimum's LIM system Biotracker bags caBIG bronze compatibility certification (PharmaBiz)
Ocimum Biosolutions announced that its specialty life science Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Biotracker has been awarded the prestigious caBIG (cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid) Bronze Compatibility Certification by the National Cancer Institute, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services.
(Nov 30, 2009)
Amylin, Amazon, and the Cloud (Bio-IT World)
Bio-IT World | It was last year when Amylin CIO Steve Phillpott knew he had a space problem. With his two San Diego datacenters perilously close to capacity, housing close to 700 servers and about 200 Terabytes of data, he was contemplating building a third data center in Las Vegas or Phoenix. But the notion of enabling a virtual organization appealed to the IT industry veteran, hence he chose ...
(Nov 30, 2009)
Presentations at Tuesday's RSNA conference (News-Medical-Net)
A new study from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center reports that beverage can stay-tabs pose a potential ingestion risk. In the 1970s, U.S. manufacturers switched to the stay-tab design after safety concerns about pull-tabs. The new study found 19 cases of stay-tab ingestion at a single institution, mainly among teenagers.
(Nov 30, 2009)
Spider database hits the web (News.com.au)
AN online venom catalogue is aiding collaboration.
(Nov 30, 2009)
Spider database hits the web (News.com.au)
AN online venom catalogue is aiding collaboration.
(Nov 30, 2009)
Arrayit Diagnostics Names Elite Financial Communications Group as Investor Relations/Public Relations Counsel (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Arrayit Diagnostics, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrayit Corporation , today announced the appointment of Elite Financial Communications Group, LLC, a fully integrated marketing and communications firm, as the Company's investor and public relations counsel of record.
(Nov 30, 2009)
Sanofi-aventis, Intelliject sign an exclusive licensing agreement for novel epinephrine auto injector (News-Medical-Net)
Sanofi-aventis U.S. announced today the signing of an exclusive licensing agreement with Intelliject, Inc. for a novel epinephrine auto injector for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) in North America (U.S. and Canada).
(Nov 30, 2009)
CombiMatrix Corporation - Medical Equipment - Deals And Alliances Profile - New Report Published (OfficialWire)
CombiMatrix Corporation is a biotechnology company, with a subsidiary, CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (CMDX). The Company develops technologies, including products and services in the areas of drug development, genetic analysis, molecular diagnostics, nanotechnology and defense, and homeland security markets.
(Nov 30, 2009)
Reportlinker Adds Lactic Acid - A Global Market Report (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
(Nov 30, 2009)
Great Opportunity for Incyte (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Incyte Corporation has entered into a collaboration and license agreement with Novartis AG regarding the development and potential commercialization of two of its pipeline candidates.
(Nov 30, 2009)
Recent Patents of Interest in Proteomics (GenomeWeb News)
US Patent 7,622,306. Using plasma proteomic pattern for diagnosis, classification, prediction of response to therapy and clinical behavior, stratification of therapy, and monitoring disease in hematologic malignancies . Inventors: Maher Albitar; Elihu H. Estey; Hagop M. Kantarjian; Francis J. Giles; Michael J. Keating.
(Nov 30, 2009)
Atheist student groups flower on college campuses (Park Hills Daily Journal)
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: “Ask an Atheist.”
(Nov 30, 2009)
Research and Markets: Molecular Diagnostics - A World Market Review (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Molecular Diagnostics - A World Market Review" report to their offering.
(Nov 30, 2009)
Minerva licenses cancer biomarker technology (Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology)
Minerva Biotechnologies Corp. has given exclusive development and commercialization rights to Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Clarient Inc. to use the Waltham biotech’s test for identifying MUC1*, the altered protein present in many cancers and on embryonic stem cells.
(Nov 30, 2009)
GM weed found outside containment area (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Genetically modified plantlife may have escaped a containment glasshouse at Lincoln University, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) says.
(Nov 30, 2009)
GM weed found outside containment area (Otago Daily Times)
Genetically modified plantlife may have escaped a containment glasshouse at Lincoln University, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) says. read more
(Nov 30, 2009)
The State at 1 p.m. (FOX 11 Tucson)
The supervisors are Mark Carlson and Jacques Billeaud. We can be reached at (602) 258-8934 or toll-free at (800) 352-4093. AP stories, along with the photos that accompany them, can also be obtained from http://www.apexchange.com.
(Nov 30, 2009)
US bioethics commission promises policy action (Nature)
Obama launches wide-ranging advisory body.
(Nov 30, 2009)
Wurzer takes Connecticut Innovations managing director role (Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology)
Connecticut Innovations has appointed a fourth managing director to its deal team. David Wurzer, formerly CFO of Branford, Conn.-based CuraGen Corp., will source and analyze investment opportunities, lead investments and advise portfolio companies.
(Nov 30, 2009)
Research backs theory on autism, schizophrenia (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by Simon Fraser University evolutionary biologist Bernard Crespi reinforces his theory that autism and schizophrenia are diametric or opposite conditions based on genes.
(Nov 30, 2009)
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