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University of Florida ICBR Genomics Center Adopts GenomeQuest for Sequence Data Management on NGS Services (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Core Lab Now Equipped with Latest in Instrument and Software Technology for Researchers Performing Sequence-based Discovery
(Dec 8, 2009)
University of Florida ICBR Genomics Center Adopts GenomeQuest for Sequence Data Management on NGS Services (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Core Lab Now Equipped with Latest in Instrument and Software Technology for Researchers Performing Sequence-based Discovery
(Dec 8, 2009)
Research and Markets: Advances in the Use of Biomarkers in Biochip and Microarray Testing: Innovative Technologies ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Advances in the Use of Biomarkers in Biochip and Microarray Testing: Innovative Technologies, Growth Opportunities and the Future Market Outlook" report to their offering.
(Dec 8, 2009)
Cell Biosciences Acquires Protein Forest (Medical Device Link)
Cell Biosciences Inc. has acquired Protein Forest Inc. (Lexington, MA), a leader in sample preparation technology for proteomic analysis and biomarker discovery.
(Dec 8, 2009)
New international study targets rare cancer bringing hope for advanced thymic cancer patients (EurekAlert!)
( The Translational Genomics Research Institute ) The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare.
(Dec 8, 2009)
TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare is first to test new drug by Italian firm (EurekAlert!)
( The Translational Genomics Research Institute ) TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare is the world's first clinical trials site for a new drug designed to halt cancer cell division.
(Dec 8, 2009)
European Genetic Disorder Effort Using CLC Bio's Genomics Workbench (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A pan-European effort to develop diagnostics for a range of genetic disorders will work with CLC Bio to develop high-throughput sequencing and analysis technologies, the Danish company said today.
(Dec 8, 2009)
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Honors Complete Genomics with Its 2009 Biotechnology Emerging Technology Award (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----Complete Genomics Inc., a third-generation human genome sequencing company, today announced that it has won the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal’s 2009 Biotechnology Emerging Technology Award.
(Dec 8, 2009)
University of Florida ICBR Genomics Center Adopts GenomeQuest for Sequence Data Management on NGS Services (PRWeb)
Core Lab Now Equipped with Latest in Instrument and Software Technology for Researchers Performing Sequence-based Discovery (PRWeb Dec 8, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/ge
(Dec 8, 2009)
Reportlinker Adds Biotechnology Instrumentation - International Market Trends (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
(Dec 8, 2009)
Reportlinker Adds Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Advances & Applications (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
(Dec 8, 2009)
Parasite Evades Death By Promoting Host Cell Survival (redOrbit)
The parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (or T. cruzi), which causes Chagas’ disease, will go to great lengths to evade death once it has infected human host cells, researchers have discovered.
(Dec 8, 2009)
New Product Watch (GenomeWeb News)
Agilent Technologies this week launched GeneSpring GX 11 , the latest version of its desktop software for visualizing and analyzing microarray data. The company also launched GeneSpring Workgroup 11, the enterprise version of the GeneSpring software.
(Dec 8, 2009)
To Start Building 'Human Pan-Genome,' BGI De Novo Assembles Two Genomes from Illumina Data (GenomeWeb News)
As a first step to build a "human pan-genome," researchers led by the Beijing Genomics Institute in Shenzhen have generated de novo assemblies for two human genomes, based entirely on data from Illumina's Genome Analyzer.
(Dec 8, 2009)
Papers of Note (GenomeWeb News)
Constitutional translocation breakpoint mapping by genome-wide paired-end sequencing identifies HACE1 as a putative Wilms tumor susceptibility gene. Slade I, Stephens P, Douglas J, Barker K, Stebbings L, Abbaszadeh F, et al . J Med Genet . 2009 Nov 30. [Epub ahead of print]
(Dec 8, 2009)
PricewaterhouseCoopers puts a number on personalized medicine market: $232 billion (MedCity News)
NEW YORK, New York -- Global assurance, tax and advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC has put a number on the emerging market for personalized health and wellness in the United States: $232 billion and growing at 11 percent per year. The consultancy that concentrates on industries, including health care, expects the personalized medicine , medical care, and nutrition and wellness market to ...
(Dec 8, 2009)
New Asian, African Genome Assemblies Reveal Novel Human Sequence (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A Beijing Genomics Institute-led team has gotten a bit closer to the goal of creating a "pan genome" representing genome sequence from diverse human populations.
(Dec 8, 2009)
In 'Mature' Expression Array Market, Vendors See Future in New Formats and Genomes (GenomeWeb News)
Depending on who you ask, the market for gene-expression microarrays is either flat or growing slowly. Some large vendors consider the space, now more than a decade old, to have become commoditized: It’s more about taking market share from rivals than winning new customers.
(Dec 8, 2009)
New international study targets rare cancer bringing hope for advanced thymic cancer patients (PhysOrg)
Dec. 8, 2009 - The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare.
(Dec 8, 2009)
Cancer Centers Renew and Expand Licenses for BioDiscovery's Nexus Copy Number Software (GenomeWeb News)
Following the trend of increased research into the significance of copy number variation in cancer, several cancer centers have renewed and expanded their existing licenses to BioDiscovery's Nexus Copy Number software, the company said this week.
(Dec 8, 2009)
Eying Efficiency, BioFocus Expands Dotmatics Software License (GenomeWeb News)
Bioinformatics and data visualization firm Dotmatics, based in Bishop's Stortford Herts, UK, on the outskirts of London, said this week that biopharmaceutical services firm BioFocus has expanded an existing license for its software tools for data querying and reporting, data management, and interactive data visualization.
(Dec 8, 2009)
India maps first Human Genome Sequence (Express India)
Using as little as 10 millilitres of blood from a healthy 52-year-old-man, scientists at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology...
(Dec 8, 2009)
New molecule identified in DNA damage response (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolution places the highest premium on reproduction, natural selection`s only standard for biological success. In the case of replicating cells, life spares no expense to ensure that the offspring is a faithful copy of the parent. Researchers have identified a new player in this elaborate system of quality control, a gene whose mutation can cause a rare but lethal disease.
(Dec 9, 2009)
New International Study Targets Rare Cancer Bringing Hope For Advanced Thymic Cancer Patients (redOrbit)
PHA-848125ac tested by TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale HealthcareThe Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare.PHA-848125ac is produced by Nerviano Medical Sciences of Milan, Italy's largest pharmaceutical research and development facility.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Sleeping Squirrels, Overexpressing Proteins: Researchers Explore Protein Changes in Hibernation (GenomeWeb News)
A US-Chinese team of researchers has identified differences in expression levels between proteins and mRNA between hibernating and non-hibernating arctic squirrels, suggesting "substantial post-transcriptional regulation of proteins during torpor-arousal cycles of hibernation."
(Dec 9, 2009)
Nearly one third of human genome is involved in gingivitis, study shows (Science Daily)
Gingivitis, which may affect more than one-half of the US adult population, is a condition commonly attributed to lapses in simple oral hygiene habits. However, a new study shows that development and reversal of gingivitis at the molecular level is apparently much more complicated than its causes might indicate.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Scientists decode human genome for the first time in India (People's Daily)
Indian scientists claimed they have successfully decoded the human genome for the first time in India, a breakthrough which puts the country in the select list of six nations to have achieved the medical feat, local media reported Wednesday. A team from the Indian Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in New Delhi, led by Dr. S. Sridhar and PhD student Vinod Scaria, has mapped the Human ...
(Dec 9, 2009)
Mouse model may help identify unknown mutations that make lung cancer cells resistant to therapy (News-Medical-Net)
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide and lung adenocarcinoma is the most common type. Many cases of lung adenocarcinoma are attributed to a mutation in a gene for the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR).
(Dec 9, 2009)
TGen and Scottsdale Healthcare test PHA-848125ac drug for thymic cancer (News-Medical-Net)
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Cell Biosciences acquires Protein Forest (PharmaBiz)
Cell Biosciences, Inc has acquired Protein Forest, Inc of Lexington, Massachusetts, a leader in sample preparation technology for proteomic analysis and biomarker discovery.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Parasite Evades Death By Promoting Host Cell Survival (Medical News Today)
The parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (or T. cruzi), which causes Chagas' disease, will go to great lengths to evade death once it has infected human host cells, researchers have discovered. In a study published in the November 17 online issue of Science Signaling, the researchers describe how a protein called parasite-derived neurotrophic factor (PDNF) prolongs the life of the T. cruzi parasite by ...
(Dec 9, 2009)
Critical Step Toward Commercialization of Pre-Symptomatic Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer Achieved by Arrayit Diagnostics (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Arrayit Diagnostics, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrayit Corporation , today announced that it has signed an exclusive License Agreement with Wayne State University to key intellectual property covering discoveries of biomarkers of ovarian cancer.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Waters begins shipping its ground-breaking SYNAPT G2 Mass Spectrometer (News-Medical-Net)
Waters Corporation announced today that it has shipped the first units of its ground-breaking SYNAPT(TM) G2 Mass Spectrometer, first introduced at the 2009 American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) annual conference in Philadelphia in June.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Hope For Advanced Thymic Cancer Patients: New International Study Targets Rare Cancer (Medical News Today)
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare. PHA-848125ac is produced by Nerviano Medical Sciences of Milan, Italy's largest pharmaceutical research and development facility. It is designed to stop abnormal cell division and duplication, a common ...
(Dec 9, 2009)
ArrayIt Diagnostics Licenses Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers from Wayne State U (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – ArrayIt Diagnostics said today that has exclusively licensed ovarian cancer biomarker intellectual property from Wayne State University.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Will New ‘Personalized Medicine’ Report Turn Molecular-Testing Skeptics? (GenomeWeb News)
A PricewaterhouseCoopers report released yesterday said molecular diagnostic testing will play a foundational role in nudging “personalized medicine” to a “tipping point.”
(Dec 9, 2009)
Four short links: 9 December 2009 - Bioinformatics Myths, Internet Policy, Archivist Tools, Life Visualisations (O'Reilly Media)
Nebul.us -- startup that aggregates and visualises your online activity. In private beta, but there's a screenshot and brief discussion on Flowing Data. This and more in today's Four Short Links.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Germany starts its part in the International Cancer Genome Project (EurekAlert!)
( Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres ) Germany will participate in the largest and most ambitious biomedical research project since the Human Genome Project. Coordinated by the German Cancer Research Center, the German participants of the International Cancer Genome Consortium will start their work in January. Their aim is to analyze the molecular causes of childhood brain tumors ...
(Dec 9, 2009)
Wireless wound dressings to revolutionise treatment (Business Weekly)
Business Weekly : The East of England business news source, covering Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northants, Milton Keynes and Suffolk.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Email Newsletters (Dairy Herd)
Researchers in the Michigan State University’s Department of Animal Science are able to take steps toward controlling some of the most economically damaging animal diseases thanks in large part to the MSU Center for Animal Functional Genomics. The center was established in 2002.
(Dec 9, 2009)
NGK INSULATORS, LTD. - Financial And Strategic Analysis Review - New Report Published (OfficialWire)
NGK INSULATORS, LTD. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review is an in-depth business, strategic and financial analysis of NGK INSULATORS, LTD.. The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company, including business structure and operations, executive biographies and key competitors.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Sirius Genomics Announces Change in Leadership (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Sirius Genomics, a developer of pharmacogenomic diagnostics, announced today that Chris Wagner has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Dr. Brad Popovich.
(Dec 9, 2009)
University of Alabama Says Researcher Fabricated Protein Structures now in Protein Data Bank (GenomeWeb News)
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has issued a statement indicating that a former UAB researcher may have fabricated or falsified data about protein structures that are contained in the Protein Data Bank.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Sirius Genomics Announces Change in Leadership (redOrbit)
VANCOUVER, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ - Sirius Genomics, a developer of pharmacogenomic diagnostics, announced today that Chris Wagner has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Dr.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Rosetta Genomics to Hold Business Update, Pipeline Progress and Third Quarter Conference Call on December 18 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
REHOVOT, Israel & PHILADELPHIA----Rosetta Genomics today announced it will hold a conference call and webcast on December 18, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time, in which management will provide a business update, discuss progress on its development pipeline and answer questions.
(Dec 9, 2009)
GenomeStudio, MetWorks 1.2, Nexus Copy Expression 1.0, Symyx Chemistry Extensions for KNIME, G2 ADME Model, ParallelR ... (GenomeWeb News)
Illumina plans to launch in November a new software program called GenomeStudio to support data for the new mRNA-Seq cDNA sequencing application for its Genome Analyzer platform.
(Dec 9, 2009)
Rosetta Genomics to Hold Business Update, Pipeline Progress and... (MalaysiaNews.net)
ROSG today announced it will hold a conference call and webcast on December 18, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time, in which management will provide a business update, discuss progress on its developme...
(Dec 9, 2009)
New DNA-based microarray platforms enable rapid detection and species identification of many pathogens, including ... (Lancet)
2107 positive blood-culture samples of 3318 blood samples from patients with clinically suspected sepsis were investigated for bacterial species by both conventional culture and Prove-it sepsis assay (Mobidiag, Helsinki, Finland) in two centres (UK and Finland).
(Dec 9, 2009)
Arrayit Diagnostics signs exclusive License Agreement with Wayne State University (News-Medical-Net)
Arrayit Diagnostics, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrayit Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: ARYC), today announced that it has signed an exclusive License Agreement with Wayne State University to key intellectual property covering discoveries of biomarkers of ovarian cancer.
(Dec 10, 2009)
Campus group receives grant for tomato research (The Oklahoma Daily)
An OU plant genomics group recently received a $7.5 million grant from a national foundation that will fund a major genomics project.
(Dec 10, 2009)
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