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Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency, UC San Diego engineers say

5/14/2008
University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future. Indium phosphide (InP) nanowires can serve as electron superhighways that carry electrons kicked loo... [Comments]Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency, UC San Diego engineers say

Golden nanocrown

5/14/2008
This release is available in German . Chinese researchers have recently made a golden crown with a diameter of only a few nanometers. It is a large ring-shaped molecule containing 36 gold atoms. The lords of the ring, a team of researchers from the Universities of Beijing, Hong K... [Comments]Golden nanocrown

Commencement 2008: Student innovation could improve data storage, magnetic sensors

5/14/2008
Troy, N.Y. Paul Morrow, who will graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on May 17, has come a long way from his days as an elementary school student, pulling apart his mothers cassette player. The talented young physicist has developed two innovations that could vastly improve magnetic data storage and sense extremely low level magnetic fields in everything from ink on counterfeit cu... [Comments]

Micro and Nano Scale Characterization of Fibers

5/14/2008
Fibres present massive challenges and opportunities for micro and nano technologies. These challenges are not in the manufacturing of the fibres but in the control and understanding of their behaviour. This one-day workshop will focus on the many challenges of fibre analysis at the micro and nano-scale using state-of-the art surface chemical analysis, including SIMS, XPS and SPM techniques... [Comments]

New efficiency record for solar cells

5/14/2008
The efficiency improvement is achieved by the use of an ultra-thin aluminum oxide layer at the front of the cell, and it brings a breakthrough in the use of solar energy a step closer. An improvement of more than 1 per cent (in absolute terms) may at first glance appear modest, but it can enable solar cell manufacturers to greatly increase the performance of their products. This is because... [Comments]

China Biologic Products Announces First Quarter 2008 Results Conference Call

5/14/2008
TAI'AN CITY, Shandong, China, May 14 /Xinhua--China Biologic Products, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBPO) ("CBP", "theCompany"), one of the leading plasma-based pharmaceutical companies in thePeople's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced that it will conduct aconference call at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 15, 2008 todiscuss the first quarter 2008 re... [Comments]

Vaxgen Files 10-Q for First Quarter With SEC, Provides Future Burn Rate Guidance

5/14/2008
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 14 /- VaxGen,Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VXGN), a biopharmaceutical company, todayprovided guidance on its expected monthly cash expenditures following themost recent restructuring undertaken on April 9, 2008. VaxGen expects thatits average monthly cash expenditures going forward are unlikely to exceed$1 million, made up of the follo... [Comments]

Oncothyreon to receive milestone payment

5/14/2008
BELLEVUE, WA, May 14 / Oncothyreon Inc. (Nasdaq:ONTY) (TSX: ONY) (the "Company") today announced that it has completed thetransfer of certain assays and manufacturing technology related toStimuvax(R) (BLP25 liposome vaccine) to Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany,triggering a payment to Oncothyreon of $3 million. The payment will be madeunder the terms of the amended... [Comments]

3SBio Inc. Announces First Quarter 2008 Results

5/14/2008
- Q1 2008 net revenues grew 56.8%, as compared to Q1 2007, to RMB55.5 million (US$7.9 million) - Q1 2008 operating income grew 22.4%, as compared to Q1 2007, to RMB14.2 million (US$2.0 million) - Q1 2008 net income grew 22.3%, as compared to Q1 2007, to RMB 19.8 million (US$2.8 million) SHENYANG, China, May 14 /Xinhua-PR... [Comments]

Ardea Biosciences to Present Data on Lead MEK Inhibitor, RDEA119, at Digestive Disease Week 2008

5/14/2008
SAN DIEGO, May 14 /- Ardea Biosciences, Inc.(Nasdaq: RDEA ) today announced that preclinical data will be presented onthe Company's lead mitogen-activated ERK kinase (MEK) inhibitor, RDEA119,at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2008 in San Diego. The oral presentation details are as follows: Date/Time: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time Abstr... [Comments]

LifeStem International, Inc. Announces Increased Revenues, Decreased Operating Expenses

5/14/2008
LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., May 14 /- LifeStemInternational, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: LSTM), formerly CalbaTech, Inc.,an emerging life sciences company concentrating on providing products andplatforms to the research market for biotech and pharmaceutical companiesand to academic institutions, as well as providing services in thecollection, processing and storage of ad... [Comments]

Medicine Technology

Progen Resumes Phase 1 Development of Anti-Cancer Agent, PG-11047

5/14/2008
BRISBANE, Australia, May 14 /- ProgenPharmaceuticals Limited (ASX:PGL; Nasdaq: PGLA) today announced that theCompany has resumed patient enrolment in the phase 1 dose-escalation studyof its recently acquired polyamine analogue, PG-11047 (formerly CGC-11047)for patients with advanced cancer. Progen has commenced development of PG-11047 - the lead clinicalcompound... [Comments]

Biopure Announces Publication of Phase II Proof-of-Concept Coronary Trial

5/14/2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 14 /- Biopure Corporation(Nasdaq: BPUR ) today announced that the results from its Phase II coronaryrevascularization trial have been published in the peer-reviewedEuroIntervention Journal. The paper is entitled "Proof-of-concept trial toevaluate haemoglobin based oxygen therapeutics in elective percutaneouscoronary revascularization. Ration... [Comments]

PacificGMP Completes GMP Product Fill for Trius Therapeutics

5/14/2008
SAN DIEGO, May 14 /- PacificGMP, the leader in utilizingsingle-use bioprocessing for development and manufacturing for its clientpartners, announced today that it has completed a product fill under GMP(good manufacturing practices) standards for a Trius Therapeutics Phase Iclinical trial. "We are pleased to have worked closely with Trius on this GMP fillproject, an effort... [Comments]

CERVARIX(R) Shown to Provide Longest Duration of Sustained Neutralizing Antibodies to Date

5/14/2008
Believed by experts to be important for cervical cancer prevention GRAZ, Austria, May 14 /- New data from anextended follow-up study show that GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK ) cervicalcancer candidate vaccine, CERVARIX(R) generates sustained high levels ofneutralizing antibodies against the two most common cervical cancer-causinghuman papillomavirus types for up to... [Comments]

Revolution Health and EmergingMed Launch Cancer Clinical Trial Matching and Referral Service

5/14/2008
NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, May 14 /- Revolution Health andEmergingMed today announced that they have teamed up to offer patients andphysicians the largest personalized cancer clinical trial matching andreferral service in the United States. Individuals can quickly assess theireligibility for more than 10,000 clinical trial listings in a confidentialand efficient way through a... [Comments]

New Data Shows 45 Percent of Patients with Stage 1 Hypertension Reached Normotension with BENICAR(R) and BENICAR HCT(R)

5/14/2008
Data Presented at the American Society of Hypertension's Twenty-Third Annual Scientific Meeting - A cumulative forty-five percent (45%) of patients with stage 1 hypertension treated with a regimen of BENICAR(R) (olmesartan medoxomil) and BENICAR HCT(R) (olmesartan medoxomil/hydrochlorothiazide) achieved normotension (< 120/80 mm Hg) (placebo:1.4%). -... [Comments]

PRoFESS(R) Results Announced at XVII European Stroke Conference

5/14/2008
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., May 14 /- Results of the PRoFESS(R)(Prevention Regimen For Effectively avoiding Second Strokes) trial -- theworld's largest clinical research study for secondary stroke prevention --were presented today at the XVII European Stroke Conference in Nice,France. In the study, recurrent stroke event rates for Aggrenox(R) andclopidogrel were similar (9.0% and 8.... [Comments]

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Licenses Kinase Inhibitors From The Scripps Research Institute

5/14/2008
-Successful Collaboration with Scripps Florida and Scripps Research in La Jolla- SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and LA JOLLA, Calif., May 14 /- Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PARD ), abiopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, and The Scripps ResearchInstitute, a non-profit biomedical research organization, today announcedt... [Comments]

Neurobiological Technologies, Inc. Presents Dosing Rationale for Viprinex(TM) (ancrod) at the European Stroke Conference

5/14/2008
NICE, France, May 14 /- NeurobiologicalTechnologies, Inc. (NTI(R)) (Nasdaq: NTII ) reported for the first time atthe European Stroke Conference detailed analyses supporting the dosingregimen in NTI's two ongoing Phase 3 studies of Viprinex(TM) (ancrod) forischemic stroke. The company also provided information as to why itbelieves these studies are more likely to... [Comments]

Judith Quinlan Joins Cytel as Vice President, Adaptive Trials

5/14/2008
Recognized clinical trial innovations advocate to lead expansion of Cytel's adaptive trial design and implementation business CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 14 /- Cytel Inc., a leading providerof clinical trial design services and specialized statistical software,today announced the appointment of Judith Quinlan as Vice President,Adaptive Trials. Judith Quinlan brings over t... [Comments]

Pharmasset Commences Dosing R7128 Cohorts 3 and 4 for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C

5/14/2008
- Two 4-week cohorts will evaluate R7128 1000mg BID in HCV genotype 1 treatment-naive patients and R7128 1500mg BID in HCV genotypes 2 or 3 treatment-experienced patients - PRINCETON, N.J., May 14 /- Pharmasset, Inc.(Nasdaq: VRUS ) has commenced dosing two additional cohorts of a 4-weekPhase 1 study of R7128 in combination with Pegasys(R) (peg... [Comments]

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