A majority on Earth face severe self-inflicted water woes within 2 generations: Scientists
| 5/24/2013 | A conference of 500 leading water scientists from around the world today issued a stark warning that, without major reforms, "in the short span of one or two generations, the majority of the 9 billion people on Earth will be living under the handicap of severe pressure on fresh water, an absolutely essential natural resource for which there is no substitute. This handicap will be self-inflicte... [Comments] |
| 5/23/2013 | Frontiers in Plant Science Automated conserved noncoding sequence (CNS) discovery reveals differences in gene content and promoter evolution among grasses Within the genome of each species, there are thousands of stretches of DNA that undergo little change in position and sequence over millions of years, but do not code for any proteins. Some of these evolutionarily stable seque... [Comments] |
The world's favorite fruit only better-tasting and longer-lasting
| 5/23/2013 | Tomatoes, said to be the world's most popular fruit, can be made both better-tasting and longer-lasting thanks to UK research with purple GM varieties. "Working with GM tomatoes that are different to normal fruit only by the addition of a specific compound, allows us to pinpoint exactly how to breed in valuable traits," said Professor Cathie Martin from the John Innes Centre. The rese... [Comments] |
PNNL staff recognized for scientific accomplishments, moving technologies into the marketplace
| 5/23/2013 | RICHLAND, Wash. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory honored more than 165 staff for their creation, development and commercialization of intellectual property at PNNL's annual Intellectual Property Commercialization Recognition & Rewards Program banquet. The Department of Energy national laboratory named materials scientist Jun Liu Inventor of the Year for his work developing battery... [Comments] |
SENOMYX TO WEBCAST CORPORATE PRESENTATION AT THE CITI 2013 GLOBAL CONSUMER CONFERENCE
| 5/24/2013 | SAN DIEGO , May 24, 2013 Senomyx , Inc. (NASDAQ: SNMX ), a company using proprietary taste science technologies to discover, develop, and commercialize novel flavor ingredients, announced today that David Linemeyer , Ph.D., the Company's Vice President, Biology and Gwen Rosenberg , Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, will present a... [Comments] |
| 5/24/2013 | Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 This market report summarizes the industry-wide global web-based benchmarking survey on kinase profiling carried out in May 2013. The full report provides the data, details of the breakdown of the responses for each question, its segmentation and the estimates for the future (2015). It also highlights some interesting differences, particularly between Phar... [Comments] |
| 5/24/2013 | Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 Many factors impact tissues targeting such as protein binding, selective barriers, and uptake or efflux transporters at the blood-tissue barrier. Even when tissue disposition is achieved, activity may be related to unbound fractions in the tissue rather than the total tissue concentration. A thorough understanding of these disposition challenges is re... [Comments] |
| 5/24/2013 | Oklahoma City, OK (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 The Oklahoma tornado left the state with a handful of casualties. And following its ravage, the mayor of Moore, one of the heavily damaged towns, proposed a safe room bill for new houses, said a report from cnn.com. Reaching out to also be of help, My Cleaning Products offered the tornado victims complimentary Molderizer and Safe Shield to counter th... [Comments] |
Is Memorial Day More Than A Three-Day Weekend
| 5/24/2013 | New York, NY (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 National Geographic questioned in an article on Memorial Day last year, if this day of remembrance is getting lost in the swirl of summer kickoff. The article piqued the curiosity of 123Greetings’ analysts and prompted some research and analysis on the subject based on publicly available information on the website. A statistical evaluation of around... [Comments] |
MonaVie Brazil Executive Elected to Ethics Board of ABEVD
| 5/24/2013 | Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 MonaVie announces the appointment of Mauricio Patrocinio, vice president of MonaVie Latin America, as a new member of the Ethics Board of ABEVD (Brazilian Association of Direct Sales Companies). “I am proud to have been elected to this council and will do my best to promote and protect the ethical basis of the direct selling industry,” says Patroci... [Comments] |
| 5/24/2013 | Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 This report “EpiCast Report: Meningococcal Disease - Epidemiology Forecast to 2022” provides an overview of the risk factors and global trends for meningococcal disease in eight major markets (8MM) (US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Australia, and Brazil). It includes a 10-year epidemiological forecast of incident cases of meningococcal disease segmen... [Comments] |
| 5/24/2013 | (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 According to the new market research report “Micro Irrigation System Market Trends and Global Forecasts (2011 - 2016)” published by MarketsandMarkets, global micro irrigation system market expected to reached over $1,290 million by the end of year 2010 and is expected to reach $3,414.7 million by 2016, growing at a CAGR of 17.9% from 2011 to 2016. Browse: 150... [Comments] |
| 5/24/2013 | LOS ANGELES , May 24, 2013 An international roster of experts on malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) gathered on Saturday, May 18, in Santa Monica, Calif. , to discuss their latest research findings on new lung-sparing therapies for MPM, a rare form of cancer that results from exposure to asbestos and commonly affects the pleura, the lining of the chest. Hosted by U... [Comments] |
Heska Corporation To Present At The Second Annual Marcum LLP MicroCap Conference
| 5/24/2013 | LOVELAND, Colo. , May 24, 2013 Heska Corporation (NASDAQ: HSKA, "Heska" or the "Company"), a leading provider of veterinary diagnostic and specialty products, announced today that Dr. Robert Grieve , the Company's chairman and chief executive officer, and Jason Napolitano , executive vice president and chief financial officer, will present at the Second Annual Marcu... [Comments] |
China Biologic Comments on the Proposed Shanghai RAAS Transaction
| 5/24/2013 | BEIJING , May 24, 2013 China Biologic Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBPO, "China Biologic" or the "Company"), a leading fully integrated plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China , today announced that the Company has recently learned from a public announcement issued by Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co., Ltd. ("Shanghai RAAS"), a public company listed on Shenzhen... [Comments] |
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. To Present At The Deutsche Bank Health Care Conference
| 5/24/2013 | CHESTERBROOK, Pa. , May 24, 2013 Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AUXL ) today announced that executive management will participate in the Deutsche Bank Health Care Conference to be held May 29-30 at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. Mr. Adrian Adams , Chief Executive Officer and President, is scheduled to present an overview of the Company and its pro... [Comments] |