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Rosetta Genomics Announces Publication Of Study On MicroRNA Expression For Lung Tumor Classification
Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ROSG), a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostic tests, announces the publication of a study showing microRNA expression differentiates between primary lung tumors and metastases to the lung. The study, entitled, "MicroRNA expression differentiates between primary lung tumors and metastases to the lung," was published in the online ...
(May 1, 2010)
Accelr8 and Schott Nexterion in Supply Pact, and Intend Transfer of Microarray Technology
NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (GenomeWeb News) - Accelr8 Technology of Denver and Schott Nexterion, the Mainz, Germany-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Schott, the European glass manufacturer, today announced a supply agreement and a letter of intent for an exclusive technology transfer license for Accelr8's OptiChem surface chemistry products.
(May 2, 2010)
Family Tree DNA Launches Family Finder DNA Test Using Affymetrix Microarray Technology
HOUSTON & SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Family Tree DNA, the first and largest genealogical DNA testing company, today announced the launch of the Family Finder DNA test for connecting family members across all ancestral lines.
(May 3, 2010)
Cells Programmed To Cure And Even Prevent Cancer
The Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Universite de Montreal is proud to announce the launch of the very first ribonucleic acid (RNA) engineering laboratory in Canada. Led by Francois Major, Principal Investigator in bioinformatics at IRIC, with the collaboration of Gerardo Ferbeyre, biochemistry researcher with the Faculty of Medicine of the Universite de Montreal ...
(May 3, 2010)
Aussie Livestock Group to Use Denator Platform for Proteomics
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) Australian government-run research agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Livestock Industries, has become an early access user of Denator's tissue stabilization platform and is using the technology in its animal proteomics research programs.
(May 3, 2010)
Recent Patents of Interest in Proteomics
US Patent 7,704,360. Devices and methods for separating sample constituents . Inventors: Daniel Sobek; Christian A. Heid. Assignee: Agilent Technologies
(May 3, 2010)
Symposium spotlights new paradigms in genomics, celebrates AIDS-fighting drug at 25 years
( Brown University ) Samuel Broder, the former director of the National Cancer Institute who presided over the successful testing of the AIDS-fighting drug AZT, will speak on the AIDS pandemic and how AZT changed public attitudes toward the disease. Broder will be among 17 distinguished scientists visiting Brown May 3-7, 2010, for a symposium on advances in genomics, honoring the legacy of ...
(May 3, 2010)
St. Jude Hiring Proteomic Staff to Meet Anticipated Downstream Demand from Genomic Studies
In order to leverage an anticipated tide of genomic information, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has begun a search to add to its proteomics staff.
(May 3, 2010)
Improved Cluster Analysis of Genetic Microarray Images
This invention will be useful in greatly improving overall results of microarray experiments.
(May 3, 2010)
FDA to Use Strand Life Sciences' Genomics Reviewer Desktop Software for VXDS Program
Strand Life Sciences said this week that it has licensed to the US Food and Drug Administration its Genomics Reviewer Desktop software, which will enable the agency's reviewers to analyze pharmacogenomic data submitted through its Voluntary Exploratory Data Submissions program.
(May 3, 2010)
Intel Looks to Invest in Mobility and Cloud Computing
Intel is looking to invest in cloud computing and mobility as the company tries to meet its US$200 million investment commitment in U.S. companies over a two-year period, an Intel executive said on Monday.
(May 3, 2010)
Googles Venture Fund Steps Up the Pace
Google has been throwing money around the last few days. It bought a start-up called BumpTop , invested in wind farms and, on Monday, announced its tenth venture investment and some details about its year-old venture capital fund .
(May 3, 2010)
The Striking Down of Myriad's Patents Opens Up Talk About Their Effect
Judge Robert Sweet's decision at the end of March to invalidate Myriad Genetics' patents on BRCA1 and BRCA2 has paved the way for intense discussions on the effect of gene patenting.
(May 3, 2010)
Isolated microalgal strain produces significant amounts of DGLA that helps reduce risk for heart attacks
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have isolated a microalgal strain which produces large amounts of a polyunsaturated fatty acid that could reduce blood pressure, chronic inflammation and blood cholesterol level, reducing the risk for heart attacks.
(May 4, 2010)
Research Explores the Connection between Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and Alzheimer's Disease
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) is a neurological condition which typically affects adults ages 55 and older. An estimated 5.3 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease (AD). Research analyzes the connection between NPH and AD, studying tau-protein abnormalities of the brain and the efficacy of shunt placement in these patients.
(May 4, 2010)
GeneNews Announces Board and Management Changes
TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwire - 05/04/10) - GeneNews Limited (TSX: GEN - News ), an emerging molecular diagnostics company focused on the application of functional genomics to enable early diagnosis and personalized health management, today announced Board and management changes following the Company's Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held on May 3, 2010 in Toronto. Appointment of Ms ...
(May 4, 2010)
GeneNews Announces Board and Management Changes
TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwire - May 4, 2010) - GeneNews Limited (TSX:GEN), an emerging molecular diagnostics company focused on the application of functional genomics to enable early diagnosis and personalized health management, today announced Board and management changes following the Company's Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held on May 3, 2010 in Toronto.
(May 4, 2010)
Reportlinker Adds Global Oncology Biomarker Market
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
(May 4, 2010)
Linux Versus E. coli
Discover: "Linux bears an uncanny resemblance to the genes in a living cell. Many genes make proteins that act as switches for other genes. The proteins clamp onto DNA near a target gene, allowing the cell to read the gene and make a new protein."
(May 4, 2010)
Informatics and Nanomedicine
Nanoparticles are poised to play a key role in medical research in the coming decades
(May 4, 2010)
Tech incubator puts Chandler on cutting edge
Jeff Morhet, CEO of InNexus Biotechnology, a drug-development company, has just moved the business from Scottsdale to Chandler's new incubator, Innovations.
(May 4, 2010)
ASU's Biodesign Institute Wins $3.1M for Diabetes
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has won a $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to discover and validate protein biomarkers that could be used in predictive tests for type 2 diabetes.
(May 4, 2010)
IP Update: Recent Patents Related to PCR, Nucleic Acid Amplification, and Sample Prep
Leondios Kostrikis is the sole inventor listed on the patent. The invention relates to a multiple-allelic reverse transcriptase real-time PCR assay for coronaviruses including the SARS virus. Multiple target sequences within the SARS-CoV, S, E, M, and N genes are identified.
(May 4, 2010)
CombiMatrix Corporation Reports First Quarter 2010 Financial Results
MUKILTEO, Wash. -- CombiMatrix Corporation today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Key highlights for the first quarter and through the date of this release include:
(May 4, 2010)
Packard/Stanford Scientists Honored by the Society for Pediatric Research
PALO ALTO, Calif.----Atul Butte and Jeffrey Gould, scientists at Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, were recognized for their research contributions Monday at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Vancouver.
(May 4, 2010)
SickKids Awarded $9M to Complement Array Autism Studies with Sequencing
The Hospital for Sick Children will use a new CA$8.9 million (US$8.8 million) grant from the Ontario Research Fund's Ministry of Research and Innovation to conduct genomic sequencing studies of autism spectrum disorders work that will build on nearly a decade's worth of microarray-based autism research at the hospital.
(May 4, 2010)
Ocimum Partners with Jivan Biologics
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) Ocimum Biosolutions said today that it will partner with Jivan Biologics to offer several transcriptome profiling services.
(May 4, 2010)
Investigating separate and joint effects of alcohol and tobacco on the nucleus accumbens
The brain's nucleus accumbens (NAC) is a core region of the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic system and is interconnected with the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the prefrontal cortex. The mesocorticolimbic system is thought to be central to the reinforcing effects of many drugs and plays an important role in addiction. A new study has found that alcohol abuse elevated the expression of a ...
(May 4, 2010)
GeneNews Reports First Quarter 2010 Financial Results
TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwire - 05/04/10) - GeneNews Limited (TSX: GEN - News ), an emerging molecular diagnostics company focused on the application of functional genomics to enable early diagnosis and personalized health management, today reported operational and financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Recent highlights: -- Publication of positive validation data in the ...
(May 4, 2010)
GeneNews Reports First Quarter 2010 Financial Results
TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwire - May 4, 2010) - GeneNews Limited (TSX:GEN), an emerging molecular diagnostics company focused on the application of functional genomics to enable early diagnosis and personalized health management, today reported operational and financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Recent highlights:
(May 4, 2010)
Behind the Scenes at Google Ventures: The Full Q&A With Bill Maris
In-depth coverage of Google's new venture: Google Ventures.
(May 4, 2010)
Search FT.com
Rurelec fell sharply yesterday as investors had their first chance to respond to news that the Bolivian government had seized the company's controlling stake in Empresa Guaracachi, the country's largest power provider.
(May 4, 2010)
Recent NSF Awards in Proteomics and Protein Research
The Ventura lab studies cancer-associated microRNAs. The goals of his lab are to investigate the biology of the subclass of miRNAs that have been recently shown to participate in the pathogenesis of human cancers, acting as oncogenes or as tumor suppressor genes, or affecting the metastatic process.
(May 4, 2010)
What You Can Learn From a Daily Scan
Kudos to Eric Topol, director of Scripps Genomic Medicine, for getting it all said in less than 800 words. If you have been looking for a quick, clear summary of personal genomics that you can forward to your lay friends, it's hard to go wrong with Topol's op-ed What You Can Learn From a Gene Scan in The Wall Street Journal .
(May 4, 2010)
Idera Pharmaceuticals reports net loss of $1.9M for first-quarter 2010
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company engaged in the discovery and development of DNA- and RNA-based drug candidates targeted to Toll-like Receptors, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.
(May 4, 2010)
Myriad Genetics' third-quarter fiscal 2010 revenues increase 5% to $90.8M
Myriad Genetics, Inc. today reported financial results for the third fiscal quarter and the nine-month period ended March 31, 2010.
(May 4, 2010)
Health benefits of wheat can be improved by plant breeding
( VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland ) Wheat products, and in particular, wholegrain products, are important sources of dietary fibre, vitamins, minerals and other components which are beneficial for human health. Analysis of a diverse range of wheat varieties within the HEALTHGRAIN project of the European Union has shown substantial variation (up to four-fold) in the content and ...
(May 4, 2010)
India Draft Biotech Strategy, Reel Two, Microsoft, Incogen, Spotfire
India's Ministry of Science and Technology has included several "strategic actions" in the area of bioinformatics under a broader national biotechnology strategy that it recently released for comment.
(May 7, 2010)
BitMap to Offer Bioinformatics Training Through U of Illinois-Chicago
NEW YORK, May 16 (GenomeWeb News) - BitMap, a Chicago Technology Park-sponsored initiative that offers tuition-free bioinformatics training, has chosen the University of Illinois at Chicago as its academic training partner, the firm said today.
(May 8, 2010)
Bioinformatics Briefs
GeneGo, a systems-biology and pathway-analysis software and database provider, announced that Bayer Schering Pharma has renewed its MetaCore licenses for another three years.
(May 9, 2010)
Time for a Change? Proteomics Has Not Delivered On Promises, Experts at AACC Conference Claim
BALTIMORE Researchers and investigators gathered here earlier this month said that after years of promising groundbreaking proteomic research without delivering the goods, the field needs to simultaneously tone down expectations and improve research methods.
(May 9, 2010)
Enabling easy access to DNA sequence information
( European Molecular Biology Laboratory ) The European Nucleotide Archive is launched today, consolidating three major sequence resources to become Europe's primary access point to globally comprehensive DNA and RNA sequence information. The ENA is freely available from the European Bioinformatics Institute, a part of European Molecular Biology Laboratory.
(May 10, 2010)
Arrayit Corporation Reports Strong Surge in Customer Demand for the Company's Leading Edge Life Sciences Microarray ...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Arrayit Corporation , a leader in life sciences and healthcare technology, reports today a strong surge in customer demand for the company's leading edge life sciences microarray instruments.
(May 10, 2010)
New Insights Into The Genomics Of Speciation
A new paper by a team of researchers led by University of Notre Dame biologist Jeffrey Feder could herald an important shift in thinking about the genomics of speciation.Titled "Widespread genomic divergence during sympatric speciation," the paper appears in today's edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The prevailing assumption among scientists about how the genomes of ...
(May 10, 2010)
Big Ideas at a Small Meeting: BIBE 2001 Attendees Debate Issues Facing Bioinformatics
While many dont associate the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers with bioinformatics, theres a growing kernel of interest within the IEEE Computer Society, which hosted its second International Symposium on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE 2001) November 4-5 in Bethesda, Md.
(May 10, 2010)
TGen, International Genomics Consortium to Officially Open Phoenix Headquarters on Tuesday
NEW YORK, March 18 (GenomeWeb News) - The Translational Genomics Research Institute and the International Genomics Consortium will officially open their new headquarters in downtown Phoenix on March 22, the institutions said yesterday.
(May 10, 2010)
Pathway Genomics personal genetic testing kits to be sold at Walgreens
Pathway Genomics, a U.S.-based genetic testing company, today announced that Pathway's personal genetic testing kits will be available at Walgreens. Starting in mid-May the Pathway Genomics Insight Saliva Collection Kit will be sold at many of Walgreens' nearly 7,500 stores nationwide (with the exception of New York, due to a New York state law). The Insight Saliva Collection Kit will retail ...
(May 11, 2010)
Rosetta Genomics announces USPTO notice of allowance for Sanger hsa-miR-451
Rosetta Genomics, Ltd., a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostic tests, announced today the receipt of a new notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") for U.S. patent application 11/418,870, including claims related to Sanger hsa-miR-451. miR-451 is used in the Company's miRview mets test, which accurately identifies the ...
(May 11, 2010)
Rosetta Genomics to Present at the 6th Annual Rodman and Renshaw Global Healthcare Conference
REHOVOT, Israel & PHILADELPHIA----Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. , a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostic tests, announced today the Company will be presenting at the 6th Annual Rodman & Renshaw Global Healthcare Conference being held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England from May 16th 18th, 2010.
(May 11, 2010)
InDevR to Collaborate With Scientists at the CDC to Develop New Influenza Virus Surveillance Assay
BOULDER, CO--(Marketwire - 05/11/10) - InDevR , developer of advanced life science products, announced its collaboration with scientists in the Influenza Division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta to develop a unique influenza microarray assay. InDevR and CDC scientists are working to develop a low density microarray capable of screening influenza A viruses for ...
(May 11, 2010)
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