Parallel in Biological Technology

METTLER TOLEDO Introduces an Affordable Reaction Block for Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis (SPPS)

... in combination with solid phase synthesis and parallel purification are reported to produce diverse, ... and tripeptides with minimal purification in parallel arrays. These reactions are effectively ... by transfer of the reaction components in parallel to a second MiniBlock® containing ion ...

Publication of Shire plc's Annual Report 2008

... manner for certain of the Group's products and parallel importation may impact future revenues ... affect revenues and earnings. parallel importation occurs when an importer finds a ... of equivalent drugs in the US. To the extent that parallel importation increases, the Group may receive ...

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry Uses MathWorks Tools in Its Quest to Cure Cancer : Institute Accelerates Reconstruction of Key Protein Complexes Using MATLAB and Parallel Computing Toolbox

... Planck Institute of Biochemistry is using MATLAB, parallel Computing Toolbox, MATLAB Distributed Computing ... intensive algorithms, researchers used parallel Computing Toolbox and MATLAB Distributed ... takes days on a single CPU, but by using parallel Computing Toolbox and MATLAB Distributed ...

Nanotubes grown straight in large numbers

... These single-walled carbon nanotubes also follow parallel paths as they grow so they don't cross each other ... grow on surfaces, though not in a sufficiently parallel and straight way, he said. He has also vied with ... all extended in the same direction, following parallel paths determined by the crystalline orientation ...

Northeastern University and Mass General Hospital Increase the Accuracy, While Reducing the Diagnosis Time, for Breast Cancer Detection

... and then running the code on an affordable Linux parallel cluster using Star-P software from Interactive ... viable product by making its underlying parallel computing platform fast, easy and affordable," ... transforming the application to run on parallel clusters. Star-P eliminates the need to ...

BioNanomatrix Announces Issuance of Key Nanofluidics Patent Enabling Single Molecule Whole Genome Analysis

... of hundreds of thousands of enclosed, parallel nanofluidic channels on a single surface, using a ... technique is ideally suited for multiplexed parallel processing for applications from genotoxicity ... single molecule sensitivity in a highly parallel format. It is designed to provide ultra ...

Avantium to Deliver Flowrence System to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), USA

... significantly with our methodology." Avantium's proprietary parallel fixed bed rector technology has been successfully applied for over 9 years ... The Flowrence(TM) is Avantium's proprietary commercially available parallel fixed bed reactor system. The system consists of 16 reactors (4 blocks of ...

Financial Results for Full Year 2008: NicOx in a Unique Position to Deliver Significant Shareholder Value

... the creation of our own sales and marketing operations. Therefore, in parallel with our on-going discussions with potential naproxcinod partners, we are ... continue to expand the pre-commercialization activities for naproxcinod in parallel with the ongoing partnering discussions. We project cash burn will ...

BioNanomatrix Awarded New NIH Grant for Development of Nanoscale Platform for Single-Molecule DNA Mapping and Haplotype Applications

... analysis of long strands of DNA at ultra-high resolution in a massively parallel format. "We are pleased that the NIH has again recognized the potential ... at very high resolution. The platform is designed to accommodate massively parallel analyses of individual DNA molecules to permit standardized, ...

Grid Dynamics Demonstrates Linear Scalability up to 512 Nodes with GridGain Software on Amazon EC2 Cloud

... together. This test paves the way for the companies to run large-scale parallel computations "on the cloud" to achieve dramatic ... conducted a comprehensive performance and scalability test of massively parallel computational algorithms running on Amazon EC2 using GridGain grid ...

Tiny refrigerator taking shape to cool future computers

... is that the technology would require many diaphragms operating in parallel to pump a large enough volume of refrigerant for the cooling system. ... determining how many diaphragms to use and how to stack them, either parallel to each other or in series. "If you stack in one direction, you get ...

WX Crowned 'Chemistry CRO of the Year' by Pfizer

... for many years, with collaborations ranging from synthetic chemistry, parallel medicinal chemistry (PMC), and ADME to bioanalytical services. The award ... an effort to shorten the cycle times between requests for and delivery of parallel medicinal chemistry. Pfizer's Centers of Emphasis state their mission as ...

NicOx Initiates Two Large ABPM Studies for Naproxcinod in Hypertensive Patients with Osteoarthritis

... 112 ABPM studies -- The 111 study is a 12-week, phase 1, double-blind, parallel group, exploratory trial, where approximately 120 patients will be ... (see NOTE 2). -- The 112 study is a 16-week, phase 1, double-blind, parallel group, exploratory trial, where approximately 300 patients will be ...

Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy; University of California, Irvine Stem Cell Scientist; and California Stem Cell Announce Collaboration for Safety Studies for Stem Cell Therapy in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

... Airriess, Chief Operating Officer, CSC. Studies are being conducted in parallel at both the Keirstead laboratory at UCI and the laboratory of Dr. Douglas ... may hold the key to a cure. Our strategy is to fund both approaches in parallel to reach our goals as quickly as possible while minimizing risks" said ...

Ames Laboratory researchers solve fuel-cell membrane structure conundrum

... closely packed network of nanoscale cylindrical water channels running in parallel through the material. From nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), we know ... of relatively wide diameter channels, densely packed and running mostly parallel through the material that helps explain how water and protons can so ...

BioNanomatrix Receives New NCI Grant to Support Development of Chip-Based Nanofluidics Systems for Cell Fractionation

... of the entire genome, delivering single molecule sensitivity in a highly parallel format. The company's patented analytic platform based on this technology ... technology to deliver single molecule sensitivity in a highly standardized parallel format with minimal processing is expected to significantly reduce the ...

Ricardo Launches Consortium to Evaluate Lubricant Challenges of Future Low Carbon Engine Technologies

... efficiency engine technologies and increasing use of biofuels. While previous advances in engine technology have been based on separate and parallel developments by the fuels and lubricants industries, it is increasingly apparent that further significant improvements in diesel and gasoline engine ...

UCR scientists manipulate ripples in graphene, enabling strain-based graphene electronics

... produced the ripples, and controlled their orientation, wavelength and amplitude. "When the graphene sheets are stretched across a pair of parallel trenches, they spontaneously form nearly periodic ripples," Lau explained. "When these sheets are heated up, they actually contract, so the ripples ...

NYU physicists find way to explore microscopic systems through holographic video

... illuminator, which conventional microscopes employ, the holographic microscope uses a collimated laser beama beam consisting of a series of parallel rays of light and similar to a laser pointer. When an object is placed into path of the microscope's beam, the object scatters some of the beam's ...

Helix BioPharma Announces Q3 2009 Financial Results and Provides Product Development Update

... study in human subjects prior to initiating its planned Phase IIb/III trials, and enrollment in the study is actively underway. In parallel with its clinical progress, Helix has continued to advance its GMP production activities in anticipation of the Phase IIb and III trials in the ...

Diamyd(R) Phase III Study Approved for Younger Patients in the US

... with the diabetes vaccine Diamyd(R). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080314/297194 ) Diamyd Medical is conducting two parallel phase III studies, one in Europe and one in the USA, comprising a total of 640 patients. The objective of the studies is to evaluate the ability of ...

New MIT radio chip mimics human ear

... going on in the sound spectrum," said Sarpeshkar. "The more I started to look at the ear, the more I realized it's like a super radio with 3,500 parallel channels." Sarpeshkar and his students describe their new chip, which they have dubbed the "radio frequency (RF) cochlea," in a paper in the June ...

Graphene may have advantages over copper for IC interconnects at the nanoscale

... They used electron beam lithography to construct four electrode contacts on the graphene, then used lithography to fabricate devices consisting of parallel nanoribbons of widths ranging between 18 and 52 nanometers. The three-dimensional resistivity of the nanoribbons on 18 different devices was then ...

Neptune Products to be commercialized by BAYER HealthCare

... developed by Neptune and its pharmaceutical subsidiaries," stated Mr. Henri Harland, Chief Executive Officer and President of Neptune. "The parallel stepwise approach of exploring other future products and project opportunities directed towards pharmaceutical driven applications is part of the ...

Xceed Meets HTX/CIHR Grant Milestone: Decreasing Sample-Prep Time From Days to Less Than Eight Hours

... ensuring the most reliable results. Xceed designed the Ziplex System with turnkey functionality and significant advances in automation, array format, parallel sample processing, and analytics to minimize complexity, user interaction, and variability between users and sites. About htx ( www.htx.ca ...

Regular light bulbs made super-efficient with ultra-fast laser

... light, which until now has been impossible to do without special filters that reduce the bulb's efficiency. By creating nanostructures in tight, parallel rows, some light that emits from the filament becomes polarized. The team is now working to discover what other aspects of a common light bulb they ...

Gerresheimer Opens New High-Tech Production Facility for Pharma Glass in China

... of packaging and drug delivery. In the unanimous assessment of experts, China is already the fifth largest pharma market in the world. In parallel with its local status as a technology advanced pharma glass plant the Danyang facility offers ideal conditions and flexible expansion possibilities ...

Caprion Proteomics Inc. and Applied Bioystems Work Together to Accelerate Protein Biomarker Verification and Validation

... enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) development approaches. MRM assays can be developed within a matter of weeks and enables the quantitative parallel tracking of large numbers of biomarker candidates through a multiplex high-throughput format. This technique, therefore, has the potential to unlock ...

Astellas Receives FDA Approval for Use of Prograf(R) (Tacrolimus) in Conjunction With Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) in Kidney Transplant Recipients

... was the ELITE-Symphony study, supported by Hoffmann La Roche, Inc. This study was a prospective, randomized, open-label, multicenter study in four parallel groups of kidney transplant recipients. The trial randomly assigned 1,589 kidney transplant recipients to receive standard dose CyA, MMF and ...

The MedZilla Report: April 2009 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health

... owing to the number of management positions being left open so companies can save money by not hiring employees that will demand higher paychecks. A parallel could be drawn to the U.S. television industry, which is seeing news anchors -- traditionally some of the highest-paid employees -- losing their jobs ...

Nanosys Licenses Nanowire Technology to QuantuMDx Group for Next Generation Diagnostic and Sequencing Technologies

... change in the speed, accuracy and read lengths presently available with today's 'next-gen' sequencers. Our patented dual approach to sequence both in parallel and long read lengths, using low cost equipment, will provide the tools necessary for the genomic medicine era." Andrew Filler, general counsel ...

SENOMYX ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2009 FINANCIAL RESULTS

... desirable physical properties that may allow potential use in a variety of products. Evaluation of these new sucrose enhancers is continuing in parallel with the development activities for S6973. Senomyx is using the Company's proprietary sweet receptor screening technology to identify enhancers ...

Resverlogix Provides Quarterly Update

... treating subjects with low levels of ApoA-I, "the HDL protein", is huge. RVX-208 has received a great deal of recognition based on current data. In parallel with advancing the clinical program for RVX-208 we have also made distinct progress in delineating the unique mechanism of action by which RVX-208 ...

Catching the lightwave: Nano-mechanical sensors 'wired' by photonics

... this evanescent tunneling," says Tang, "gives the unprecedented sensitivity." Tang's paper also details the construction of a sensor multiplex a parallel array of 10 nano-cantilevers integrated on a single photonic wire. Each cantilever is a different length, like a key on a xylophone, so when one is ...

SPO Medical Files Annual Report for Fiscal 2008

... to medical facilities we could not reach before and strengthen our overall presence and penetration in the territory." Braunold continued: "In parallel to our existing medical market products, we continue to pursue strategic relationships with major players in non-medical markets who seek to license ...

Fina Technologies Names Spotfire Founder Christopher Ahlberg to Board of Directors

... and other machine-learning tools to large-data problems in the worlds of finance and other non-biomedical areas. Fina Technologies applies massively parallel supercomputing technology combined with cutting edge machine learning techniques to create quantitative trading algorithms and deliver business ...

Intercell Announces FDA Approval of IXIARO(R), a Novel Vaccine to Prevent Japanese Encephalitis

... and it marks a significant milestone in this company's history. The approval of IXIARO by the FDA - part of a regulatory process that included parallel filings in Europe and Australia - puts us in a select group of biotechnology companies with both an FDA-approved product and an outstanding pipeline ...

Idenix Announces Data Presentations from Three HCV Discovery and Development Programs at the 44th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)

... INHIBITOR IDX184 CORRELATES WITH TROUGH SERUM LEVELS OF THE NUCLEOSIDE METABOLITE IN HCV-INFECTED CHIMPANZEES - Abstract #583; Oral presentation; parallel session entitled: Hepatitis C Virus Drug Development II; Session date: Friday, April 24, 2009; Session time: 16:00 - 18:00 ...

BioNanomatrix's Revolutionary Whole Genome Analysis Platform Named to MIT Technology Review's Annual 10 Emerging Technologies List

... pioneering technology enables nanoscale identification and analysis of the genome, delivering single-molecule sensitivity in a massively parallel format. It can uniquely isolate and image very long strands of completely linearized DNA molecules in a dynamic flow, making it possible to survey ...

Gold-palladium nanoparticles achieve greener, smarter production of hydrogen peroxide

... unravel what was going on in this instance," says Kiely. In addition to performing experiments on the gold-palladium catalyst, the researchers ran parallel control experiments on pure gold and pure palladium separately. "We found it was important for the palladium to incorporate just a small amount of ...