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Solution to Pollution: New Bacteria Eats Toxic Waste

...ic hydrocarbons (PAH’s). The site had been used by industry as a place to apply preservatives to wood, yet Sims found the land to be relatively free of toxins and asked the question, why? After conducting soil analysis tests, Sims found microbes in the soil that had destroyed the toxic chemicals. Sims then c...

Affymetrix and the Karolinska Institutet Announce Translational Medicine Strategic Alliance

..., Affymetrix GeneChip(R) technology has become the industry standard in molecular biology research. Affymetrix technology is used by the world's top pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies as well as leading academic, government and not-for-profit research institutes. More than 1,200 systems ha...

Kinovate Life Sciences Launches Nittophase?High Performance Solid Support For Oligonucleatide Synthesis

...make it possible for players of all scales in this industry to meet both long and short term objectives of cost savings, and the eventual development of oligonucleotide drugs that are affordable to patients,?stated Dr. Kenji Matsumoto, President of Kinovate Life Sciences, Inc. “Through our strong collaborativ...

LUCA technologies confirms real-time methane generation

...tnerships with active Operators in the oil and gas industry and potentially on its own. If successfully developed, Luca believes this approach has the potential to turn current finite energy resources into even more valuable resources for the long-term production of clean, sustainable energy. ...

Multiple Campylobacter Genomes Sequenced

...s the scientific press most weeks. This burgeoning industry is not just scientific “stamp collecting,?however. Having all these genome sequences may provide useful clues about why some bacteria cause human disease, how to control their spread, and how to treat the infections caused by them. By comparing genom...

US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say

...ulti-billion dollar marketing campaign by the food industry aimed at young children," said Ludwig. "Cutbacks in funding for regular, mandatory PE classes and limited insurance reimbursement for obesity prevention and treatment are also contributory." The researchers predict that unless effective intervention...

Alaskan puzzles, monitoring provide insight about North Pacific salmon runs

... cycle. Initially launched to help the processing industry and the federal government understand the size of salmon runs, early UW program leaders also collected basic information about weather, lake levels, emerging insects, zooplankton levels and other fish species and juvenile salmon growth, which disting...

No relief for Pacific Northwest drought

...ream flows, fisheries, agriculture, recreation and industry may all be affected. According to Lenihan, the major storms that inundated southern California and other parts of the Southwest this year have significantly reduced the fire risks in that region, at least for this year. Vegetation growth that occurs...

Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny

...iety, suggest that closer regulation of the tattoo industry may be warranted, according to the researchers. A...rage regulators to begin monitoring the tattoo ink industry more closely. There are other problems with unknown compositions of tattoo inks. For example, surge...

Medical whistleblowers speak out

... Lenzer, is that "ties between drug regulators and industry may influence new drug approval." Graham said at t...ed by a regulator - and that rarely happens." The industry researcher explained that the studies that are the basis for regulatory approval are too small and a...

Shift of weather patterns necessitates rethinking of reforestation methods

...forest landowners. Another 32 percent was owned by industry and investment groups, and the remainder was publicly owned. In 2000, approximately 160,000 acres were being replanted each year. Non-industrial private landowners accounted for about half of the replantings Taylor's test show that fall-planted cont...

Roche clinical trial registry and results database launched

...om Roche Diagnostics. Roche approach and possible industry solution Roche is taking a leadership role in the ...n. Roche would support and participate in a future industry solution that provides a public database in which all companies can publish both national and intern...

FDA Works To Speed The Advent Of New, More Effective Personalized Medicines

...ng. The guidance also explains a new mechanism for industry to voluntarily submit research data to further the... for regulatory decision making, will help FDA and industry gain valuable experience as this new field continues to evolve. FDA believes this approach will sav...

The evolutionary triumph of flower power

...flowers, most flowering plants grown in the flower industry today are not used for any purpose other than emotional satisfaction. "Our hypothesis is that flowers are exploiting an emotional niche. They make us happy," McGuire says. "Because they are a source of pleasure ?a positive emotion inducer ?we take c...

What's really making you sick? Plant pathologists offer the science behind Sick Building Syndrome

... common misconceptions, new building construction, industry standards, legal issues, and possible solutions as well as discuss proactive strategies to be taken during house construction in order to control mold, insect, and mite-related allergens. The workshop will be held Saturday, July 30 from 8:00 a.m. to...

New project aims to make large-scale lobster farms feasible

...ld ultimately be marketed to a lobster aquaculture industry is running concurrently at Harbor Branch. ...

Measuring Enzymes At End Of Cancer Pathway Predicts Outcome Of Tarceva, Taxol

...een possible by measuring gene expression, but our industry collaborator has provided a way that lets us test real enzyme activity within a human tumor sample," he says. "Our hope is to be able to use this system as a molecular marker to assess whether an anti-cancer therapy is working." ABSTRACT # 1670 Sen...

Affymetrix Launches New Globin-Reduction Kits and Protocol Developed with PreAnalytiX

..., Affymetrix GeneChip(R) technology has become the industry standard in molecular biology research. Affymetrix technology is used by the world's top pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies as well as leading academic, government and not-for-profit research institutes. More than 1,200 systems ha...

Nature provides inspiration for important new adhesive

... licensees." A few years ago, the forest products industry in the U.S. and Canada was spending more than $2 b... a year on wood adhesives, and the wood composites industry is one of the largest manufacturing sectors in the United States. "Based on the successful commerci...

Sugar beet virus mutation requires Texas touch

...hroughout the sugar beet industry. The sugar beet industry moved out of Texas in 1997 after the close of the ...mited to the United States. Growers, breeders and industry officials from Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Minnesota, Michigan and North Dakota began lookin...

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