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Innovative Tissue Array Technology for High-Throughput Screening of Gene Expression

... integument alimentary system respiratory system urinary system glandular ... integument alimentary system respiratory system urinary system glandular tissue vascular system reproduct...

Luminol-enhanced Assay for Superoxide Anion (O2 face="Symbol" )

...s comprising NADPH oxidase and requirements of the respiratory burst. In addition, the assay may be used to study the generation of oxygen radicals in AIDS patients 9 and control their opportunistic infections; to detect, measure, or monitor cell aging or damage in selected agricultural crops; 10 and to monito...

Improved Quantitative Selectivity of Clenbuterol in Human Urine using High Resolution on the TSQ Quantum Mass Spectrometer

... Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and allergyinduced respiratory distress. Clenbuterol also has significant anabolic effects and could be used as a drug of abuse in athletes and livestock for its muscle growth stimulant properties. It also raises the body temperature and hence facilitates ...

Continuous-Elution Electrophoresis for Purification of the Baculovirus-Expressed Coronavirus Structural Proteins, Rev A

...e gastroenteritis virus in sows exposed to porcine respiratory coronavirus during pregnancy, Am. J. Vet. ...missible gastroenteritis virus and porcine respiratory coronavirus using a cDNA probe, J. Vet. Diagn. Invest., 3 , 2932 (1991). ...

Sub-Micron Gold Particles Are Superior to Larger Particles for Efficient Biolistic Transformation of Organelles and Some Cells

... mitochondria of the transformant restores respiratory growth. Bombardment conditions were as follows: 0.6 mg of gold or M5 tungsten (average size = 0.4 ) were coated with a mixture of 8 g of COXI mitochondrial plasmid DNA and 1.6 g of YEp352 plasmid; 2 x 10 8 cells were spread ...

Cardinal Health likes growth potential of Viasys NeuroCare Group

...l products for Cardinal Health, noted that Viasys' respiratory care segment, its largest of four business units, ...enhance its international presence. In addition to respiratory and neurological care, Viasys has business units that specialize in audio and vascular diagnostics, ...

WARF expands license agreement with Advanced Cell Technology

...acial, muscle, bone, cartilage, liver, kidney, and respiratory systems. Last year, the company announced a licensing agreement with the Madison-based WiCell Research Institute , which houses the nation's only stem cell bank. The agreement calls for the organizations to jointly distribute to U.S. scientists a r...

Medical College team creates website for tracking flu

... virus information, but other pathogens that cause respiratory tract infections, such as RSV and parainfluenza virus, will be added in the near future. The website is an example of multidisciplinary research now favored by federal granting agencies. Earlier this year, the Medical College and Children's Researc...

Prodesse begins clinical trials for flu virus detection

...sses several shortcomings with existing methods of respiratory virus detection. They include the lack of a clinically useful turnaround time and the need for subjective interpretation....

Medical College lands $8.1M grant to detect bird flu, bioterror agents

...e simultaneous detection of the seven common lower respiratory viruses, including several varieties of influenza. This technology, known as the Hexaplex diagnostic test, is the platform for an array of products physicians use to rapidly detect the microbes responsible for illnesses such as chicken pox , SARS ,...

Proceeding with caution at corner of IT & biotech

... assays. The panels are designed to rapidly detect respiratory diseases like avian flu. "We have a chemistry that is mostly instrument agnostic, which is one of our competitive advantages," said Erik Nielsen, software development group leader for EraGen, "but to be able to sell the chemistry, we need to support...

Wisconsin's role in health a focus of biotech event

...idly detect viruses that cause avian flu and other respiratory diseases. The technology, which can detect multiple viruses in one test, is being validated at major laboratories in the United States in anticipation of future commercialization. The session on genetic-based, or personalized medicine, will have a h...

EraGen set to highlight diagnostic products at BIO

...ed the company to prepare for the fall launch of a respiratory viral panel, a tool that can test for multiple tar...y detecting viruses that cause avian flu and other respiratory illnesses. "We will also highlight the recent success with the University of Wisconsin-Madison an...

CIO Leadership Series: Kim Pemble, SynergyHealth

...ut Pemble, in consultation with the nursing staff, respiratory therapists, and pharmacists, began to rethink that...tially are entered by a pharmacist, and nurses and respiratory therapists then validate the order. Once an order is received, they log onto to a computer on wheels...

GenTel gets federal grant to develop allergy test

...lop a test that promises less painful diagnosis of respiratory allergies. An estimated 50 million Americans suff...arch, rapid diagnosis, and subsequent treatment of respiratory allergies. Perhaps more importantly, the test would replace existing time-consuming and painful di...

EraGen diagnostic passes UW tests, could quickly detect bird flu

...y detecting viruses that cause avian flu and other respiratory illnesses is close to passing a validation test be...ergist and immunologist, is conducting research on respiratory viruses that influence acute asthma in children. The path to commercialization for the MultiCode pa...

UW shows why avian flu hasn't spread among humans yet

...edical puzzle. Now, a study of cells in the human respiratory tract reveals a simple anatomical difference in th...humans that showed that only cells deep within the respiratory system have the surface molecule or receptor that is the key that permits the avian flu virus to ent...

The Scientist magazine names Madison "hotspot" for biotechnology

...nd has strong ties in oncology, cardiovascular and respiratory sciences, neuroscience and regenerative medicine. This research strength is backed up by what the article calls an "unabashedly entrepreneurial" attitude, which encourages researchers to start new companies from their inventions. It is easier to ge...

UW-Madison spinoff Pedrus finds more to business planning than good science

...eptides discovered in Brandt's lab. One shuts down respiratory viruses such as flu, while the other targets some ... There are four antivirals on the market that kill respiratory viruses, and about five companies that are serious contenders in microbicide. Pedrus hopes it can ta...

The greatest life-science developments of 2004

...olorectal) and cerebrovascular, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases accounted for 77 percent of deaths in 2000. Changing lifestyles should increase the amount of diabetes and obesity in China as it has done in nearby Korea. Expanding Chinese Consumer Class: The Chinese luxury consumers are expected to r...

Entrepreneurial Profile: Kelly Henrickson, founder of Prodesse, Inc.

...Hexaplex, could detect the seven most common lower respiratory viruses, including several varieties of influenza. But he believed that if he could invest more time and money in research and development, his employees could create assays for detecting SARS, herpes, West Nile Virus, Bordetella pertussis, and the E...

When its parts pull together, Wisconsin can tell a compelling economic story

... Prodesse manufactures multiple-platform tests for respiratory viruses and other diseases. Using Prodesses technology, doctors can administer a battery of tests at once to quickly pinpoint a disease. At TeraMEDICA in Milwaukee, the group learned how innovative software and mass data storage systems are creating...

EraGen's SARS test validated by Chinese agency

...fter last year's epidemic of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, a fatal disease that appeared in China in mid-March and spread quickly as far as Toronto, Canada. EraGen introduced the first SARS test in the United States. "The EraGen SARS test, one of the few real-time PCR systems in the world, offers ...

OpGen Database Helps to Reduce Bioterrorist Threat

..., without treatment people could experience severe respiratory illness, including life-threatening pneumonia and systemic infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control, extremely sophisticated laboratories and skilled scientists would be needed to isolate and grow sufficient quantities of the bacteria ...

List of Key Midwest Biotech Women Grows

...company, and Health Care Solutions, which delivers respiratory and infusion therapy for patients at home. She has led the firms investments in multiple health care and information technology companies. Campbell was appointed by Gov. Engler to the steering committee for Michigans Life Sciences Corridor, a state...