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Informex Rebrands Into Separate Pharmaceutical and Specialty Chemical Segments to Better Serve Exhibitors and Attendees

PRINCETON, N.J., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Serious buyers and sellers of leading fine and custom chemical companies from around the world who gather at InformexUSA 2010 will experience even more focused, more efficient networking opportunities than in the past, allowing them to connect mor...

Clostridium difficile Infection: Strategic Approaches for Better Outcomes

Complimentary Continuing Education Live Lectures for Healthcare Professionals VOORHEES, N.J., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In recent years, the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been changing. This trend may be the result of antimicrobial use, infection control practices,...

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Announces a New Sales Approach to Better Target the Diabetes Market

Changes Will Result in a 35% Sales Force Reduction and Approximately $45 Million Annual GAAP Operating Results Benefit SAN DIEGO, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN ) today announced a new approach to sales within the diabetes market. Amylin's existin...

Ochsner and LSUHSC Partner to Provide Better Local Access to Comprehensive Cancer Care

Shared Physicians, Diagnosis, Locations, and Research Benefit Regional Cancer Patients NEW ORLEANS, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Ochsner Health System ( www.ochsner.org ) and LSU Health Sciences Center , New Orleans ( www.lsuhsc.edu ) have announced a partnership to better serve the r...

Researchers find better way to manufacture fast computer chips

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Engineers at Ohio State University are developing a technique for mass producing computer chips made from the same material found in pencils. Experts believe that graphene -- the sheet-like form of carbon found in graphite pencils -- holds the key to smaller, faster electronic...

Quantum dots and nanomaterials: Ingredients for better lighting and more reliable power

TEMPE, Ariz. Imagine flexible lighting devices manufactured by using printing techniques. Imagine solar power sources equally as reliable and as portable as any conventional power source. Such advances are among aims of research at Arizona State University to find ways of more effectively h...

Mach One Subsidiary Modular Process Constructors LLC Changes Name to MPS BioPharm to Better Reflect its Vision

Announces significant contract with Major Biopharmaceutical Company BELGIUM, Wis., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mach One Corporation (Pink Sheets: MNCN), is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Modular Process Constructors LLC, is changing its name to MPS BioPharm to better reflect i...

GenVault Opens Japanese Subsidiary to Better Address Global Biobanking Market Growth

GenVault's energy and space efficient technologies ideally suit the needs of the Japanese Biobanking community, and create a new paradigm for eco-friendly, sustainable Biobanking initiatives. CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- GenVault Corporation today announces the opening of its new...

Major Independent Study Underscores Utility of deCODE MI(TM) for Better Predicting Risk of Heart Attack, Informing Statin Therapy

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a presentation today at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2008, clinicians and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine have presented data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, demonstrating that...

New knowledge about thermoelectric materials could give better energy efficiency

Thermoelectric materials can be assembled into units, which can transform the thermal difference to electrical energy or vice versa electrical current to cooling. An effective utilization requires however that the material supplies a high voltage and has good electrical, but low thermal conductiv...

Tips on how to build a better home for biological parts

Blacksburg, Va. Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech have compiled a series of guidelines that should help researchers in their efforts to design, develop and manage next-generation databases of biological parts. The stakes are high: the concept of biologica...

Brewing better beer: Scientists determine the genomic origins of lager yeasts

Yeast, the essential microorganism for fermentation in the brewing of beer, converts carbohydrates into alcohol and other products that influence appearance, aroma, and taste. In a study published online today in Genome Research ( www.genome.org ), researchers have identified the genomic origin...

A Better Tomorrow Treatment Center Inc., Forterus Inc.'s Behavioral Healthcare Subsidiary, is the First in the Nation to Offer DNA-Customized Treatment for Individuals with a Genetic Predisposition for Addictive Behavior

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Forterus Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FTER) today announced that A Better Tomorrow Treatment Center Inc., its behavioral healthcare subsidiary, is the first in the nation to offer GenRecovery, a DNA-customized program for individuals wi...

SACHEM Launches 2-D HPLC e-Learning Program : New e-Learning Program Teaches Scientists How to Better Analyze and Prove Product Purity Through Greater Sensitivity and Precision in Identification of Trace Components

SACHEM announced today the launch of a new displacement chromatography e-Learning program. With the growing popularity of SACHEM’s Isolis™ displacers, SACHEM is offering scientists worldwide the ability to learn more about applying displacement chromatography in two dimensional High P...

Bottoms up: Better organic semiconductors for printable electronics

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Seoul National University (SNU) have learned how to tweak a new class of polymer-based semiconductors to better control the location and alignment of the components of the blend. Their recent resultshow to move the top ...

Understanding the science of solar-based energy: more researchers are better than one

View a video of MIT scientists explaining how they recently discovered a catalyst that produces oxygen gas from water. With the assistance of a five-year $20 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Chemical Bonding Center (CBC) ...

Tips on how to build a better home for biological parts

Blacksburg, Va. Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech have compiled a series of guidelines that should help researchers in their efforts to design, develop and manage next-generation databases of biological parts. The stakes are high: the concept of biologica...

Naviscan's PEM Flex(TM) Detects Smallest Cancers Better Compared to MRI in an Independent Study

NEW ORLEANS, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Naviscan PET Systems(R), a company specializing in organ-specific high resolution PET scanners, announced today at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's Annual Meeting, new clinical data using the PEM Flex scanner in breast cancer management. The PEM Flex(TM) S...

Video: Higher Initial Dose of Gleevec Achieved Better Early Responses than Standard Dose for Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

- Efficacy and safety profile in large randomized Phase III study consistent with landmark IRIS trial, which established Gleevec as standard of care - Study did not meet primary endpoint at 1 year, yet shows faster time to molecular responses with...

2 types of image are better than 1 for analyzing tumors

Doctors treating individuals with cancer would find a noninvasive method to determine the amount of oxygen in a tumor very useful, because low levels of oxygen in a tumor have been linked to a poor outcome. A new method to do this and to image the surrounding organs and tissues at the same time ha...

Research Confirms Better Oil from New DuPont High Oleic Soybean Trait

Bunge, DuPont Alliance on Track to Deliver First Biotech Product with Direct Consumer Benefits DES MOINES, Iowa, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- New oil testing results confirm a new, improved soybean oil trait from DuPont (NYSE: DD ) will deliver increased nutritio...

BASF Podcast - Better Harvest in Spite of Climate Stress

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- In this Podcast you will learn about how plant biotechnology can help to make crops more tolerant against climate stress. Climatic conditions such as heat or cold and rain or drought can determine whether a harvest turns out well or badly. Beca...

ChemAxon Launches Marvin and JChem Version 5: Better User Experience, Better Integration, More Flexibility and Higher Performance

BUDAPEST, Hungary, February 19 /PRNewswire/ -- ChemAxon, a software solutions provider for cheminformatics today announced the launch of version 5 of their cheminformatics toolkits, Marvin & JChem. The release sees major improvement in Marvin user friendliness, Markush enumeration and core dev...

DOE JGI plumbs termite guts to yield novel enzymes for better biofuel production

WALNUT CREEK, CA --- Termites -- notorious for their voracious appetite for wood, rendering houses to dust and causing billions of dollars in damage per year -- may provide the biochemical means to a greener biofuel future. The bellies of these tiny beasts actually harbor a gold mine of microbes ...

UPDATE: Free CME-certified Webcast: Opening the Door to Better Myocardial Infarction Outcomes: Emergency Departments Hold the Key

SEATTLE, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Emergency departments (ED) hold a critical key in improving acute coronary syndromes (ACS) outcomes. Does your community- based ED have all the tools that you need to improve ACS care? This CME- certified symposium, "Opening the Door to Better Myocardial Infarct...

Free CME-certified Webcast: Opening the Door to Better Myocardial Infarction Outcomes: Emergency Departments Hold the Key

SEATTLE, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Emergency departments (ED) hold a critical key in improving acute coronary syndromes (ACS) outcomes. Does your community-based ED have all the tools that you need to improve ACS care? This CME-certified symposium, "Opening the Door to Better Myocardial Infarctio...

Two nanostructures are better than one

Imagine using minuscule structures the size of molecules to harvest sunlight and convert it into electricity. Or employing the same structures to store hydrogen fuel so that it fits into a cars gas tank. Or replacing todays semiconductors with these structures, ushering in the next generation of s...

Kline Study: Better Brushing Habits Boost European Oral Care Sales

- Oral care in Europe expected to outpace overall growth in cosmetics and toiletries market - LITTLE FALLS, N.J., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The efforts of government agencies and product marketers to convince Europeans of the importance of better oral care appears to have...

Roche Announces Back-to-Basics Approach to Diabetes Care - Simpler is Better

People with diabetes can improve their general health and self-care management by using simple tools to uncover links between lifestyle and blood glucose levels. INDIANAPOLIS, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche, the maker of ACCU-CHEK(R) blood glucose monitoring systems and insulin pumps, announced...

Patent for Making Combination Chemotherapy Work Better

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Patent 7,507,704 issued on 03/24/09 to NexGen Biomedical, Inc. founder Mark Zamoyski of San Jose, California discloses an improved method of treating lung, brain, pancreatic, breast and colon cancers that are driven by a mutation known as HER1 overexpress...

The doctor is in: Thompson prescribes better health information technology

Editor's Note: The Wisconsin Technology Network is committed to helping improve patient safety and healthcare through the development and deployment of technology. We salute the administration and the efforts of Secretary Thompson and his agency to help spread the adoption health technology. If...

Protein-crystal companies join forces for better imaging process

MADISON - Formulatrix Inc. and Bruker AXS have announced they will work together to market their protein-crystal incubation and imaging products. Crystal Farm, developed by the Madison-based research company Bruker and Discovery Partners International , is an integrated product for incubati...

Are your working conditions better now or worse?

Every year around Labor Day, a slew of surveys and polls are taken to gauge the state of the American worker. One released by the Associated Press earlier this week suggests that most Americans are happy with their jobs (81 percent) and think their pay is fair (71 percenet). But 34 percent say they...

Firefox - A faster, better web browser

Mozilla Firefox is the Web browser you have been waiting for as an alternative to Microsofts Internet Explorer. If you are fed up with security warnings, virus threats and endless security patches from Microsoft, then switch to Firefox now. Its loads pages faster, has a clean look, and offers be...

Reducing brightness to make a better paper

Madison, Wis. -- Researchers at the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) have joined with other federal agencies and the pulp and paper industry in an effort to reduce the economic costs and environmental impacts of the paper commonly used in business and government offices whil...

Oneida County gets GIS link for better navigation

Chicago, Ill. - Varion Systems has completed a public deployment of PV.Web for Oneida County , enabling Wisconsin residents to view GIS (geographic information systems) maps through the " Land Records System " link located on the county website. Built on ESRI's ArcIMS technology, anyone wit...

Internet Scout Project develops better tools for online research

As the information revolution took hold, some groups envisioned the need to find structure among growing volumes of electronic files. The Internet Scout Project was established in 1994 to develop better tools and services for finding, filtering, and presenting online information. The Scout Proje...

Economic survey reveals better 2006 results

Madison, Wis . - What a difference a quiet hurricane season can make to the outlook of Dane County business executives. While slow, steady growth was anticipated, area businesses outperformed expectations, particularly in the area of profitability, according to the fourth annual Economic Survey of...

Wisconsin fares slightly better in venture capital chase

Madison, Wis. - Wisconsin companies raised more venture capital in more deals in 2006, but the improvement was only marginal in both categories, according to report from Ernst & Young, LLP and Dow Jones VentureOne . Companies in Wisconsin reported 12 venture deals in 2006, including a $12 ....

Designing a Better siRNA

The siRNA design algorithm designed by Cenix BioScience, with whom Ambion has partnered to develop a genome wide siRNA library, represents a major improvement over the design rules first described by Tuschl and colleagues. On average, ~50% of the si...