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Gene Therapy for Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA)
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 26, 2009
..., that accounts for 8 to 16 percent of all LCA cases. Jeannette Bennicelli, Ph.D., in Bennett’s laboratory, cloned the gene. The clinical vector production facility at Children’s Hospital’s Center for...
Seen that? - Should You Drink Coffee When You're Pregnant
in Well Woman Blog, on October 24, 2009
...says: Old fears that coffee might increase risk of cancer are no longer considered valid. Overall, laboratory studies suggest that regular and decaffeinated coffee (brewed, not instant) may offer a v...
Seen that? - Gilead wrestles with Roche for Tamiflu rights
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 9, 2009
... 1996 agreement that gave the Swiss company exclusive rights to make and sell Tamiflu. In tests of laboratory animals, Tamiflu has proven to be one of the only drugs effective against the strain of b...
Personal Genomics & Privacy Survey
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 30, 2009
...has created a new online, interactive survey regarding values & attitudes related to Personal Genomics , and are inviting you to participate.
In this survey, you will be asked questions about is...
Watermelons as Source of Biofuel
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 25, 2009
...esearchers at the USDA-Agricultural Research Service's South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory in Lane, Oklahoma, US, to evaluate the biofuel potential of juice from 'cull' wate...
EarlyCDT–Lung™ Test for Detection of Early Stage of Lung Cancer Released
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 25, 2009
...ty test under CLIA guidelines, the test is performed exclusively at Oncimmune's CLIA registered laboratory where multiple high-precision liquid handling robots and other instrumentation are used. ...
Bone-setting Glue Derived from Cloned Sandcastle Worm Genes
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 20, 2009
Credit: Fred Hayes Scientists have developed a synthetic version of an adhesive formed by a marine worm, Phragmatopoma californica . This worm secrets a glue to build a tubelike shell out of bits of sand, broken shells and other mineral debris. By cloning the gene for the proteins making up ...
Two Pennsylvania Startups Receive Nanotech Funding
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 8, 2009
... "Philadelphia-based Arkema Inc. is getting $275,000 of funding from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), matched by Lehigh University , to develop and commercialize its block copolymer...
Onyx-175X and Onyx-195X: Medical stations from Aaeon
in The RFID Weblog, on July 31, 2009
...tifications.
The common applications of Onyx-175X and Onyx-195X are electronic medical recording, laboratory information systems and picture archiving communication systems.
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Exxon: The Genetics of Algae
in IfEnergy, on July 30, 2009
...cided to sink $600 million into algae as a source of biofuel and it is partnering with Synthetic Genomics on the issue, acording to Matter Network. The oil company's initial investment (that can...
IVF Success Lies in the Genes
in Next Nine Months, on July 26, 2009
© Neeta Lind Before you spend money, time and emotions, you naturally would want to know: what are the chances that IVF will work for you? Scientists say that the answer may be found in your blood .
"We found that the gene expression profiles in blood of patients at the time of pituitary...
Genetically Modified Salt-Tolerant Cereal Crops
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 10, 2009
...iving in the same conditions.
Credit: Image courtesy of the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG)/University of Adelaide
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Genome-Wide Karyomapping for Detecting Cystic Fibrosis in Embryos
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 30, 2009
© drsuparna In the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Amsterdam, scientists report of an embryo test that can screen for cystic fibrosis as well as aneuploidy. According to the researchers, genome-wide karyomapping simultaneously detects inherita...
Azotobacter vinelandii Genome Sequence
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 18, 2009
© MASH DnArt Researchers have successfully sequence the genome of Azotobacter vinelandii , a nitrogen fixing bacterium found in soil. The data gathered will help advance research on nitrogen fixation and other biochemical processes, using A. vinelandii as model organism.
A. vinelandii has o...
Cannabis As Diabetes Treatment
in Daily Diabetic, on June 16, 2009
...orne is collaborating with GW Pharma, a specialist developer of cannabis-based medicines, at a new laboratory dedicated to looking for plant-based treatments for diabetes.
Different cannabinoid mole...
Eight Genes That Help Predict Patients Response to Melanoma Treatment
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 31, 2009
A group of researchers have identified eight genes that help predict a melanoma patient's response to treatment .
Dr. Tawbi and his colleagues examined the tumor tissues of 21 patients with metastatic melanoma, some of whom responded to chemotherapy and some who did not. Once the cases wer...
Anti-Inflammatory Constituents of Ginseng Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 16, 2009
© centralasian Scientists have identified immunologically active components in ginseng, an herb used in traditional Chinese and other Asian medicine.
Allan Lau led a team of researchers from the University of Hong Kong who identified seven ginseng constituents, ginsenosides , which showed imm...
Bioscience Education in America: A State by State Analysis
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 13, 2009
...ing innovative solutions to the world's most pressing needs through its four global businesses: Laboratory Management, National Security, Energy Technology, and Health and Life Sciences. It advanc...
Lung Cancer Susceptibility Gene Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 2, 2009
Researchers have identified a gene linked to increased lung cancer susceptibility and development . This gene, called RGS17, could result in a genetic predisposition to develop Lung cancer particularly in those with a strong family history of the disease.
Using a genetically altered mouse...
Varnish Alternative Derived from Glycerin
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 9, 2009
...lable as a byproduct of manufacturing processes for fatty acids and biodiesel, for example. In the laboratory synthesis, the researchers transform 1,3-propandiol into polyurethane, which serves as a b...
Google to Invest in Biotechnology
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 3, 2009
...d range of fields, from search and advertising to mobile computing to medical records and personal genomics . Its target is to invest $100 million in the coming year, with the boston area being o...
UT Researchers Create Nanotech Artificial Muscles
in Nanotechbuzz, on March 22, 2009
...nchise , Hollywood might skip the polymimetic liquid alloys - they're so 2003 - and turn to the laboratory of Ray Baughman ," suggests Wired's Brandon Keim .
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How Cranberry Prevents Urinary Tract Infections
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 12, 2009
...nins found in cranberries prevent bacteria from adhering to the lining of the urinary tract .
In a laboratory set up, this mechanism has been confirmed in further detail by exposing E. coli grown i...
200,000 Rice Mutants Available for Study
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 6, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 4796039 Scientists are organizing a repository of genetically modified rice plants in the hope of understanding the function of the approximately 57,000 genes that make up the rice genome. Two hundred thousand rice mutants are now available and have been ...
Caffeine Offers Skin Cancer Protection
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 27, 2009
...cancer .
For the study, Nghiem's team looked at caffeine's effect on human skin cells in a laboratory that had been exposed to ultraviolet radiation. They found that in cells damaged by UV ra...
Genetic Sequencing of Cold Virus
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 19, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 195814 Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of all known human rhinoviruses , which causes the common cold which in turn is responsible for about half of all asthma cases and is a factor in other upper and lower respiratory tract illnesses such a...
Isolongifolenone: A Natural Repellent of Ticks and Mosquitoes
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 9, 2009
...vely than the widely used synthetic chemical repellent N,N-diethyl-3-methyl benzamide ( DEET ) in laboratory bioassays. Furthermore, it repelled blacklegged ticks and lone star ticks as effectively ...
CSUN Launches Nanotech Program with Keck Grant
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 8, 2009
...ission scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive spectroscopy for the Advanced Materials Laboratory in CSUN's College of Engineering and Computer Science.
In addition to the undergra...
Three Genes Linked to Obesity Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 24, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 3457127 Based on a genetic study of 1,380 Europeans, reseachers have identified 3 genes that increase risk of early-onset obesity in children, and morbid obesity in adults .
"The idea was not just to look at run-of-the-mill obesity, but look for gene...
Hydramycin: New Antibiotic Compound from Hydra
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 20, 2009
...wn antibacterial proteins except for two other antimicrobials found in leech, and has been shown in laboratory studies to be highly potent.
Hydramacin proved to be extremely effective though; in a se...
11 New Cardiovascular Risk Gene Variants Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 19, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6148437 In addition to 19 other variants previously reported, 11 new gene variants have been identified that are associated with three blood lipids measured to determine cardiovascular disease risk (low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density li...
Hydrocyanine Fluorescent Dyes to Detect Reactive Oxygen Species
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 16, 2008
Researchers have developed new fluorescent probes called hydrocyanines that can be used to detect and measure the presence of reactive oxygen species - molecules implicated in a variety of inflammatory diseases, including cancer and atherosclerosis- in living cells, tissue samples and in vivo.
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Brain Enzyme Regulates Appetite and Weight Gain
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 15, 2008
Scientists have determined that an enzyme in the brain called p70 S6 Kinase 1 or S6K may play a role in preventing weight gain and obesity. The researchers injected rats with special viruses that selectively raise or lower S6K activity and found that an increased S6K activity led to reductio...
Genetic Blood Test Provide More Accurate Evaluation For Cystic Fibrosis Patients
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 3, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 2049412 A preliminary "proof-of-principle" trial demonstrated the feasibility of a genetic blood test to demonstrate cystic fibrosis patients' response to therapy.
Using microarray gene analysis of the blood samples, the researchers identifie...
LMID1 Gene Protects Against Lung Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 3, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 703709 University of Nottingham researchers have identified a gene that may help protect against lung cancer . By comparing lung cancer tissues from patients with the disease and comparing it to healthy lung tissues, they found that the LIMD1 gene was mi...
Philips Intros Magnotech Biosensor Technology
in Nanotechbuzz, on November 23, 2008
...molecules in blood or saliva, with the aim of bringing complex in-vitro diagnostic tests out of the laboratory and into the field.
philips is working with UK-based Concateno plc to use Magnote...
Heart Disease, Diabetes and CardioChek®
in Daily Diabetic, on October 30, 2008
...onic diseases. Unlike other at-home health tests, there's no need to mail a blood sample to a laboratory for results. The monitor and test strips produce results in less than two minutes on a larg...
Antioxidant in Green Tea May Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on October 27, 2008
...College of Georgia .
Researchers were testing EGCG, green tea's predominant antioxidant, in a laboratory mouse with type 1 diabetes and primary Sjogren's syndrome, which damages moisture-pro...
Orange Peel Removes Acidic Dyes from Industrial Effluents
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 21, 2008
...re absorbed at between 40 and 70 milligrams per gram of orange peel from the samples.
"In laboratory-scale studies, the data show that orange peel has a considerable potential for the remova...
deCODE BreastCancer Genetic Diagnostic Test Launched
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 13, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Dawn Poland deCoODE Genetics launched deCODE BreastCancer™ , a new non-invasive tool for assessing risk of the common forms of breast cancer.
The deCODE BreastCancer™ test measures seven widely replicated single-letter variations (SNPs) in the human genom...
Non-Invasive Blood Test for Fetal Genetic Anomalies
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 12, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Sylvia Cook Researchers have developed a new prenatal blood test that accurately detected Down syndrome and two other serious chromosomal defects in a small study of 18 pregnant women. The test scan fetal DNA present in the mother's blood to detect chromosom...
Green Fluorescent Protein in Jellyfish is Center of This Year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 9, 2008
...an see at the most fundamental levels of life," Gary Borisy, director of the Marine Biological Laboratory, said in a statement. "GFP is revealing, for example, how proteins move and interact...
LifeSource Cryobank: Only Company in U.S. to Extract and Store Stem Cells Directly from Bone Marrow
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 8, 2008
...oto courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 1135046
A privately-owned, FDA -registered, state of the art laboratory - LifeSource Cryobank, LLC - is committed to ensuring the safety and integrity of the ...
Diabetes May Be Reversed From The Fat Cells
in Daily Diabetic, on October 8, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Brandon Laufenberg
Insulin resistance in obese laboratory mice has been rapidly reversed by University of California San Diego researchers by killing off &quo...
And you thought you had pilfering problems
in The CIO Weblog, on October 2, 2008
...he odd stick of RAM or spare mouse, it hasn't added up to this saga at the naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC: a single system administrator, over a ten year period, walked off wit...
GIF1 Gene: Key To High-Yield Rice
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 29, 2008
A gene in rice that controls the size and weight of rice grains has been identified, and may thus be useful for breeding high-yield rice.
"The GIF1 gene is responsible for controlling the activity of the enzyme invertase, which is located in the cell wall and converts sucrose to subs...
Northeastern Fine Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on September 16, 2008
... diamonds have been graded and identified by the Gemological Institute of America 's Gem Trade Laboratory, a highly respected independent laboratory which provides documentation of an individual ...
Aquatic Garden Plants In WasteWater Treatment
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 5, 2008
...nicipal wastewater. They investigated the nitrogen and phosphorus removal potential by a vegetated, laboratory-scale subsurface flow system. Instead of traditional wetland plants, however, they used c...
Researchers Identify Key Allergy Gene
in Allergies, on August 29, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6591906
German researchers report having identified a major gene for allergic diseases .
The newly discovered FCER1A Gene encodes the alpha chain of high affinity IgE receptor , which plays a major role in controlling allergic responses. The team ...
AlloMap®: Novel Non-invasive Test For Managing Heart Transplant Patients
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 27, 2008
...Expression Observational (CARGO) study.
AlloMap Test has been available since January 2005 as a Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) performed in the XDx Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)...
FRO7 Gene Vital to Photosynthesis and Iron Metabolism in Plants
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 27, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Andrejs Zemdega Researchers have shown that a gene called FRO7 is vital for efficient photosynthesis and for iron metabolism , processes necessary for producing a healthy plant and a nutritious food source.
In this study, Guerinot and her colleagues provide mole...
Nanoantenna Skin to Cool Computers
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 20, 2008
...l does that sound? Researcher Steven Novack with the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory led the team that developed this material that could draw away heat and collect energy. T...
Barbara Amiel and Conrad Black: delusion city
in Sox First, on August 10, 2008
...and published here , Black says jail is "better than I expected and is more of a sociological laboratory than I had foreseen". And true to form, he gets stuck into Obama in an extraordinar...
Anti-Cancer Drug Candidate Largazole
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 9, 2008
...-suppressor genes that have been silenced in these cancers.
Following promising results in initial laboratory tests, animal tests are currently being planned....
One-Step Nanoscale Assembly
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 7, 2008
...biomarkers. The study was published in the journal Nano Letters and was conducted by members of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter at Penn. Funding was provided by the National S...
Rooney to miss start of season
in The Soccer Weblog, on August 5, 2008
...inst the Czech Republic on 20th August.
Rooney contracted a virus, diagnosed by the club's own laboratory, on United's pre-season tour of Nigeria.
Sir Alex Ferguson said, "I doubt Way...
Kiwi Fruit's Expressed Sequence Tags Published
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 4, 2008
... are likely to have the type of fruit we want."
The genetic data have been published in BMC Genomics .
Source ...
Exercise Pill...Anyone?
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 31, 2008
...Institute may have found a pill that will trick the muscle that its working out, in their study in laboratory mice.
They identified two signaling pathways that are activated in response to exercise...
How GERD Trigger Asthma
in Allergies, on July 25, 2008
... gastroesophageal reflux disease).
GERD triggers asthma, as recently found:
Working in laboratory experiments with mice, Dr. Shu Lin, an assistant professor of surgery and immunology at D...
Greek Island of Patmos Gets Free Wi-Fi Network
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 24, 2008
...on for Patmos - jointly developed in the Media Lab of MIT and the Nortel Solutions Interoperability Laboratory in North Carolina - will be launched this summer to provide wireless broadband and Intern...
Duckweed Genome Sequencing
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 14, 2008
...rs University, with collaborators from the Waksman Institute, and scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Institut für Integrative Biologie (Switzerland), the University of Jena (Germany), K...
Ceftobiprole Effective Against MRSA and VRSA
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 4, 2008
... the cells 100 percent," says the study's lead investigator, Alexander Tomasz, head of the Laboratory of microbiology at Rockefeller.
In photo: Strains of bacteria that are resistant...
Connect Your Corporation
in The Social Networking Weblog, on June 26, 2008
...re all employees in your corporation are able to collaborate.
Hot Topic and Jet propulsion Laboratory are a couple of the corporations already using SocialCast for their corporate social netw...
Synthetic Flavanol May Prevent or Treat Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 16, 2008
...nidins, a class of flavanols, slowed the growth and accelerated the destruction of human tumors in laboratory studies, and may thus have potentials for cancer chemoprevention or even treatment. Flav...
Genetic Sequencing Companies Join 1000 Genomes Project
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 11, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 3676922
Three DNA sequencing companies have joined an international research consortium called 1000 Genomes , aimed at creating a new map of the human genome that will provide a view of biomedically relevant DNA variations at a resolution unmatch...
Genetically Engineered Mouse Model Mimics Hyperglycemia
in Daily Diabetic, on June 2, 2008
...Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a genetically engineered laboratory mouse model in which pancreatic beta cells can regenerate after being induced to die.
© ju...
Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Modulators of Antioxidant Defense
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 29, 2008
...rated omega-3 fatty acids (EPA & DHA) commonly found in fish, researchers from the Paris-based Laboratory of Micronutrients and Cardiovascular Disease ( Université Pierre et Marie Curie ) were abl...
Genetic Tests to Detect and Predict Recurrence Likelihood of Lung Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 25, 2008
Two research studies presented during the recently held American Thoracic Society's 2008 International Conference in Toronto point to diagnostic tests for lung cancer: a blood test for accurately detecting lung cancer in its early stages, and a genetic test to predict the likelihood that c...
Use of Genomics to Control Dandruff
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 23, 2008
... The article Dandruff Genomics in a recent issue of The Scientist featured Procter & Gamble scientist Thomas Dawson and the role of genomics in the development of anti- Dandruff shamp...
