data in Biological News

French Authorities Give Sole Approval to GMAT Exam to Collect Biometric Data to Advance Security

MCLEAN, Va., July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time in its history, the French National Commission for Data Protection and the Liberties (CNIL) has granted approval to a private testing company -- the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) -- to collect biometric data as part o...

Versartis presents positive preclinical data on 2 product candidates at ENDO 09

Washington, DC June 10, 2009 Versartis, Inc., an emerging company developing novel biologics with enhanced properties for patients with metabolic diseases, today presented data for its long-acting product candidates, VRS-317 (hGH-rPEG) for treatment of growth hormone deficiency and for VRS-826 (...

REGiMMUNE presents enhanced efficacy data in preclinical transplantation models

Boston, MA June 1, 2009 REGiMMUNE Corporation today announced that its lead product candidate RGI-2001, in combination with a low-dose of Sirolimus, demonstrated enhanced efficacy in transplantation tolerance induction in models of skin transplantation and acute Graft-versus-Host disease (GvHD)....

Tulsa County Sheriff Selects BIO-key(R) Mobile Data System

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Data Sharing Consortium Now Includes over 40 Agencies WALL, N.J., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety solutions, today announced a cont...

Tulsa County Sheriff Selects BIO-key(R) Mobile Data System

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Data Sharing Consortium Now Includes over 40 Agencies WALL, N.J., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety solutions, today announced a cont...

Early detection of lung cancer: New data presented at multidisciplinary meeting

New data from several studies evaluating new techniques for early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer are being presented at the first European Multidisciplinary Conference on Thoracic Oncology (EMCTO) in Lugano, Switzerland (1-3 May 2009). "Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths ...

Analysis finds strong match between molecular, fossil data in evolutionary studies

During a seminar at another institution several years ago, University of Chicago paleontologist David Jablonski fielded a hostile question: Why bother classifying organisms according to their physical appearance, let alone analyze their evolutionary dynamics, when molecular techniques had already ...

Biolex presents Locteron US Phase 2a hepatitis C data at EASL

Biolex Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the results from its United States Phase 2a clinical trial (the "PLUS" trial) of Locteron will be presented today at the 44th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Locteron, controlled-release i...

New data on the breakdown of the KRas protein

This release is available in Spanish . KRas is one of the usual suspects in cancer. It is a protein that is mutated in 30% of human tumors and has been implicated in the regulation of many cell signalling pathways. For this reason, it is one of the main focuses of attention of internation...

Greatest thing since sliced bread: New data offer important clues toward improving wheat yields

Breed a better crop of wheat? That's exactly what a team of researchers from Kansas State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture hope their research will lead to. In their study, appearing in the March 2009 issue of the journal GENETICS ( http://www.genetics.org ), they analyzed the t...

Boehringer Ingelheim uses Genomatix' Next Generation Sequencing data analysis systems

Munich, Germany March 2, 2009 >> Genomatix Software, a leading provider of complete solutions for the analysis of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data, announced today that Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG installed a Genomatix Mining Station and a Genomatix Genome Analyzer at its Pharm...

New book expands field data available on orangutans

Des Moines, Iowa February 23, 2009 Great Ape Trust of Iowa scientist Dr. Serge Wich and three other internationally respected orangutan experts have edited a book set for release in the United States this month that, for the first time, compares data collected at every known orangutan research s...

QSGI Integrates Fujitsu Mag EraSURE Data Degausser into its Suite of Information Technology Security Services

Industry-Leading Degaussing Solution Permanently Disposes Magnetically Recorded Data to Help QSGI's Customers Bolster Information Security and Satisfy Compliance Requirements SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a leading supplier of...

New data suggest 'jumping genes' play a significant role in gene regulatory networks

CHICAGO, IL--Research performed in the Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering (CBSE) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that mobile repetitive elements--also known as transposons or "jumping genes"--do indeed affect the evolution of gene regulatory networks. David Haus...

Texas researchers provide emissions data for livestock industry

AMARILLO A group of Texas-based researchers provided answers for the nation's cattle feeding industry after it was given a very short window by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to begin reporting ammonia and hydrogen sulfide emissions. The EPA issued a final ruling on Dec. 18 that requ...

Complete Genomics releases proof-of-concept data for its sequencing technology for the first time

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Feb. 6, 2009 Complete Genomics, Inc. released proof-of-concept (PoC) data for its human genome sequencing technology for the first time yesterday evening. The analysis results were reviewed by Dr. Clifford Reid, Complete Genomics chairman, president and CEO, during his pres...

BIO-key(R) Mobile Data and Messaging Solutions Link Nebraska Law Enforcement Agencies

Lincoln Police Department Commits to Additional MobileCop Units WALL, N.J., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety, announced today an add-on contract from the Lin...

Leading research agencies announce new international competition: "The digging into data challenge"

Today, a new, international competition called the Digging into Data Challenge was announced by four leading research agencies: the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) from the United Kingdom, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) from the...

Texas College Police Unit Deploys BIO-key(R) Mobile Data System

WALL, N.J., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety, today announced a contract award from the Collin College Police Department to deploy MobileCop(R), BIO-key's wirele...

New satellite data reveal impact of Olympic pollution controls

Chinese government regulators had clearer skies and easier breathing in mind in the summer of 2008 when they temporarily shuttered some factories and banished many cars in a pre-Olympic sprint to clean up Beijing's air. And that's what they got. They were not necessarily planning for something...

Computation and genomics data drive bacterial research into new golden age

A potent combination of powerful new analysis methods and abundant data from genomics projects is carrying microbiology forward into a new era. Bacteria in particular are shedding light on fundamental molecular and signalling processes of interest not just within microbiology, but across the whole...

Researchers at IRB Barcelona produce more data on key genes in diabetes

One of the most reliable indicators to predict that a person will develop type 2 diabetes is the presence of insulin resistance. Insulin is produced in the pancreas and is the hormone responsible for ensuring that glucose reaches several tissues and organs in the body, such as muscles. Insulin res...

Arbor Vita presents new data on cancer diagnostic at EUrogin

NICE, FRANCE, November 14 , 2008 Arbor Vita Corporation (AVC), a privately held biopharmaceutical company, presented new data today on its rapid, point-of-care prototype HPV test with a high positive predictive value for cervical cancer and pre-cancer. Targeted for use throughout the developin...

Ecologists use oceanographic data to predict future climate change

Ecologists and oceanographers are attempting to predict the future impacts of climate change by reconstructing the past behavior of Arctic climate and ocean circulation. In a November special issue of the journal Ecology , a group of scientists report that if current patterns of change in the ...

Phase III data show efficacy/safety of iclaprim in patients with complicated skin infections

Reinach, Switzerland, 26 October 2008 Arpida (SWX: ARPN) today presented the combined results from two pivotal Phase III clinical trials at the 48th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)/Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 46th annual meeting in Washin...

NJIT professor's research suggests changes in underwater data communications

An NJIT professor, who has discovered new communication channels in underwater environments and invented a technique to communicate data through these channels, will be honored later this month by the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. His work will eventually allow multiple users and underwater v...

12-month ATLANTA trial data show sustained benefit of Catania Stent

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Clinical investigators at today's "Innovative Devices and Futuristic Therapies" session during the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, presented 12-month follow-up data from th...

New data resource to advance computer-aided drug design

Advances in information technology have shaped not only how we find or share information, but also how we make new medicines. A project just funded by the National Institutes of Health plans to take computer-aided drug design to the next level. The University of Michigan will lead the effort to...

Human Microbiome Project awards funds for technology development, data analysis and ethical research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced the first awards for its Human Microbiome Project, which will lay a foundation for efforts to explore how complex communities of microbes interact with the human body to influence health and disease. The funding, estimated to be up to approxi...

PTC124 shows activity in cystic fibrosis; Phase 2 proof-of-concept data published in Lancet

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ August 20, 2008 New phase 2 data published today in The Lancet show that the investigational oral drug PTC124 demonstrates activity in nonsense-mutation cystic fibrosis (CF). The data show that treatment with PTC124 results in statistically significant improvements in the...

Regional Law Enforcement Data Exchange System Expands

Massachusetts Police Share Local Information over Verizon Wireless Network with BIO-key's InfoExchange(R) Software WALL, N.J., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless p...

Grant supports emerging field of massive data analysis and visual analytics

Enormous amounts of data are being generated in health care, computational biology, homeland security and other areas, but analyzing these massive and unstructured data sets has proven cumbersome and difficult. An emerging research field known as data and visual analytics is helping sift through s...

Genetic data promises new future for kiwi fruit

Auckland, New Zealand - Kiwifruit lovers can look forward to new, novel forms of their favourite fruit thanks to the release this week of crucial genetic data which fruit breeders say will help them naturally breed new varieties with increased health properties and exciting colours and flavours. ...

M2SYS Technology Selected by ZOLL Data Systems to Integrate Fingerprint Software

Fire & EMS Management Software Provider to Offer Biometrics ATLANTA, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- M2SYS Technology, an award-winning fingerprint biometrics research and development firm, announced today that it has finalized a partnership agreement with ZOLL Data Systems(R), an industry leade...

Scientists integrate data in three dimensions to study climate effects on young fish

From the surface, the two areas of ocean off the coasts of northern New Jersey and Long Island, New York look the same. But to NOAA scientists, the four-square-mile patches could not be more different as they view real-time underwater images and environmental data to try to figure out what lives t...

Securing the future of Europe's biological data resources

In a contract signed today, the European Commission has awarded 4.5 million to a pan-European consortium to decide upon the best way to unite Europes biological data resources into a sustainable, integrative bioinformatics network for the life sciences. The European Life-science Infrastructure for...

Observations from space: NASA environmental data and lung disease

NASA gathers a tremendous amount of data on the environment that can be helpful in understanding lung disease. In a session at the ATS 2008 International Conference called Observations From Space: A Unique Vantage Point for the Study of the Environment and Possible Associations with Disease Occur...

BIO-key(R) Awarded Mobile Data Contract for Additional 10 Kentucky Law Enforcement Agencies

County-wide MobileCop(R) System Expands to Support 18 Public Safety Agencies WALL, N.J., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety solu...

BIO-key(R) Receives New Mobile Data Contract Award From Indiana Police Agency

MobileCop(R) Software Is Force Multiplier for Shelbyville Police Department WALL, N.J., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety solutions, today announced the award of ...

Scientists compiled 20th century temperature data in Spain as evidence of climatic change

This release is available in Spanish . This research work is the first step to confirm the existence of a temperature change. Their main goal has been to detect the signs of the Climatic Change through the temperatures in Spain, explained to SINC the researcher of the department of Applied...