Break in Biological Technology

NC State engineers discover nanoparticles can break on through

In a finding that could speed the use of sensors or barcodes at the nanoscale, North Carolina State University engineers have shown that certain types of tiny organic particles, when heated to the proper temperature, bob to the surface of a layer of a thin polymer film and then can reversibly rece...

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition and PureOlogy to Host First Annual 'NOCC and PureOlogy's Walk to Break the Silence on Ovarian Cancer'

- CSI: Miami Star and NOCC Spokesperson, Eva La Rue, Lends Her Support as the Celebrity Host to Help Educate Women Nationwide About Ovarian Cancer - LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) and PureOlogy, its national haircare and styling partner,...

Grease Reduction System a Break Through in Truly "Green" Technology for Luxury Resort

Grease Reduction Systems, Inc announces the world's first commercially achieved F.O.G. (fats, oils, grease) wastewater treatment system, and the first installed at a luxury resort, Montage Laguna Beach. San Marcos, CA (PRWEB) August 7, 2008 -- http://www.greasereducti...

BioElectronics Corporation - Substantial International Expansion Producing Sustained Revenue Growth-Company Reaches Monthly Break Even

BioElectronics President, CEO, and Chairman recaps recent investor conference call FREDERICK, Md., May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Andrew Whelan, President and CEO of BioElectronics Corporation (Pink Sheets: BIEL), the developer of ActiPatch, an FDA-cleared, drug...

Synvista Therapeutics Announces Initiation of the BREAK Study of Alagebrium for Diastolic Heart Failure

Company Now Has Four Phase 2 Trials Underway MONTVALE, N.J., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synvista Therapeutics, Inc. (Amex: SYI ) has dosed the first patient in a 160-patient Phase 2 study of alagebrium in patients with diastolic heart failure. BREAK (Beginning a Randomized...

Bioscience Career Fair in San Francisco Projected to Break Job Seeker Attendance Records

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- BioSpace, the world's leading online bioscience job board and life science career fair company, will host the Biotech Bay(TM) Career Fair on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The event will take place at the San Francisco Airport Marriott from 2 pm to 7 pm. L...

Doctor using new media to break down barriers

Madison, Wis . - As any gaming guru will tell you, using technology to foster relationship building is hardly a new idea. For the medical profession, however, it might represent a revolution. Fred Kron probably has never been identified as a revolutionary, but he might be in the process of beco...

Rapid heating prepares energy-saving zeolite for greater role in industrial separations

...perature treatment is typically used to remove the pores, but the heat has little effect on the zeolite, which is stable. But the SDAs, being organic, break up and are removed during heating. This heat processing must be carried out after the formation of zeolite membranes. Scientists have long believed...

America's Organic Home-Fueling Movement Begins in Los Angeles

...on was founded in 2007 by Tom Quinn and ethanol scientist Floyd Butterfield to create efficient micro ethanol refinery products for people who want to break their dependency on oil. The employees of E-Fuel represent some of the top United States ethanol researchers and proven Silicon Valley professionals w...

BP and Verenium Announce Vercipia Biofuels to Advance the Commercialization of Cellulosic Ethanol

... fully-integrated commercial plants in the U.S. and expect to add additional capacity in the Gulf Coast region in the coming years. Vercipia plans to break ground on its first commercial plant in Highlands County, Florida in 2010. For more information on Vercipia, please visit www.vercipia.com . ...

GreenHouse Debuts the World's First E-Fuel MicroFuelerTM in Los Angeles

...on was founded in 2007 by Tom Quinn and ethanol scientist Floyd Butterfield to create efficient micro ethanol refinery products for people who want to break their dependency on oil. With more than 30 people employed in Los Gatos and Paso Robles, California and China, the employees of E-Fuel represent some...

Amgen to Collaborate With GlaxoSmithKline to Commercialize Denosumab in Europe for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis (PMO)

... arthritis. Denosumab is the first late-stage investigational therapy that specifically inhibits RANK Ligand, an essential mediator of the cells that break down bone. With more than 19,000 patients in trials across indications worldwide, the denosumab development program is the largest ever initiated by ...

New drugs faster from natural compounds: A UC San Diego breakthrough

...ptides apart and determine their sizes. Two complementary processes are used to glean insights from data generated from the mass spectrometers that break the cyclic peptides into smaller and smaller linear pieces. First, the authors present new algorithms that computers use to piece these peptide fra...

Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Rod McKinley (U.S. Air Force Retired) Joins MicroTech as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships

...ore clients as the recognized leader in the IT-enterprise arena." McKinley grew up in Ohio, originally entering the Air Force in 1974. He took a break in service in 1977, and re-entered the Air Force five years later. His background includes various duties in medical and aircraft maintenance and as a...

CSOFT Announces Introduction of L10NPRO 3.0 at 6th Annual Worldwide Summit in Beijing

... confined within certain industries," said Jason King, CEO of Lavasoft. "CSOFT's Worldwide Summit is a great example of partners willing to break through those boundaries, to achieve growth for themselves as well as for those partners around them." CSOFT has one of the largest technica...

2009 Medical Innovation Summit at Cleveland Clinic to Highlight the Latest Developments in Cancer Care

... In addition, for the fourth consecutive year, Cleveland Clinic experts will present their selection of the "Top 10" medical innovations that will break through in 2010. This year's session will be led by Michael Roizen, M.D., Cleveland Clinic's Chief Wellness Officer, and New York Times bestselling ...

Amgen to Participate in Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting in August

...an monoclonal antibody in late stage clinical development that specifically targets RANK Ligand, an essential regulator of osteoclasts (the cells that break down bone). Denosumab is being investigated for its potential to inhibit all stages of osteoclast activity through a targeted mechanism. Denosumab is ...

Hill-Rom Innovative Envision(R) E700 Wound Surface Receives Gold Medical Device Excellence Award

...tion and pressure, but also helps keep a patient cool, dry and mobile. Designed specifically to address the needs of patients who are at risk for skin break down, the Envision E700 Wound Surface is innovative in its design and offers features that help the care giving staff address patient needs. "T...

Techne Corporation Board Member Recognized

...-disease sufferers often have high concentrations of these substances in their bodies. Activated by these substances, the immune system then starts to break down cartilage and bone. The Crafoord Prize in astronomy and mathematics, biosciences, geosciences or polyarthritis is awarded by the Royal Swedish A...

CSL Limited and Talecris Biotherapeutics Agree to Terminate Merger Agreement

...ies will fulfill their obligations for termination contained in the merger agreement. As part of the agreement, CSL will pay Talecris a US$75 million break fee, and the plasma supply contract the parties entered into in connection with the merger agreement will remain in effect. CSL and Talecris rema...

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals announces FDA 510(k) clearance of the Option(TM) Inferior Vena Cava Filter

...on of solid material brought through the bloodstream (embolus) - usually a blood clot (thrombus) or other foreign material. PE occurs when these clots break loose and "embolize" to block pulmonary blood vessels in the lungs. According to clinical research, if left untreated, PE has a mortality rate of 30%....

GreenHouse Energy, Governor Schwarzenegger Join in Driving the Future of Fueling in California

...on was founded in 2007 by Tom Quinn and ethanol scientist Floyd Butterfield to create efficient micro ethanol refinery products for people who want to break their dependency on oil. With more than 30 people employed in Los Gatos and Paso Robles, California and China, the employees of E-Fuel represent some ...

RSCI Announces World-Leading Stem Cell Science Advisory Board

...ed to repair injured spinal cords. Using olfactory stem cells harvested from the patient's own nose, Dr. Lima transplants the cells at the spinal cord break utilizing the successful OMA transplant surgical procedure he developed. He was the first doctor in the world whose treatments, coupled with extensive...

ImmunoVaccine Technologies Collaborates with NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics Atlantic to measure effectiveness of DepoVax(TM) with novel MRI Imaging

...nd quantitative techniques for monitoring tumor progression and vaccine clearance in vivo. "This collaboration means that NRC-IBD Atlantic will break new ground in developing novel MRI imaging techniques that will vastly improve the quality of information that may be acquired non-invasively," contin...

ImmunoVaccine Technologies Collaborates with NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics Atlantic to measure effectiveness of DepoVax(TM) with novel MRI Imagin

...ive and quantitative techniques for monitoring tumor progression and vaccine clearance in vivo. "This collaboration means that NRC-IBD Atlantic will break new ground in developing novel MRI imaging techniques that will vastly improve the quality of information that may be acquired non-invasively," contin...

DuPont Receives Canadian Regulatory Approval for High Oleic Soybean Trait

... The high levels of oleic acid significantly increase the stability of the oil when used in frying and food processing, meaning the oil doesn’t break down as quickly. Soybeans are grown on more acres than any other oilseed crop in North America, making high oleic soybeans a cost-effective solution....

AMT Starts Preregistration Trial for Glybera(TM)

...s caused by mutations in the LPL gene, resulting in highly decreased or absent activity of LPL protein in patients. This protein is needed in order to break down large fat-carrying particles that circulate in the blood after each meal. When such particles, called chylomicrons, accumulate in the blood, they...

Chromosome breakpoints contribute to genetic variation

...," he said. When egg or sperm cells form in animals, maternal and paternal chromosomes first pair up and then recombine. The chromosomes literally break and reattach to one another. In most cases, the new chromosomes have the same arrangement of genes as the parent cells, but with new combinations of m...

African Health Delegates Welcomed to Washington

...ture partnerships to address Africa's disease burden and critical health challenges. "Good health is a prerequisite for people and communities to break out of poverty, grow economies and build stable, hopeful futures," said ONE President and CEO David Lane. "ONE is grateful for the chance to celebrat...

A molecular ripcord for chemical reactions

... self-repairing materials that strengthen under the influence of mechanical stress. If a material were to tear, for example, this would simultaneously break the metal complex in half, thereby activating the catalyst, and the material would be instantly repaired. This work will also lead to research int...

Elsevier and Brain Mapping Foundation Co-Host 6th Annual World Congress of IBMISPS on Brain Mapping and Image Guided Therapy

...al School , Boston, USA. The International Brain Mapping and Intraoperative Surgical Planning Society's (IBMISPS) annual world congress aims to break boundaries in science, technology, medicine and healthcare policy with presentations and exhibitions from pioneering leaders in a range of disciplines...

Beating the back-up blues

...to reduce the current, and hence power, needed to move the information along the wire. "The reason why the hard disk on your computer is likely to break is because it has moving parts which eventually wear out, but the racetrack method of storing information is much more reliable as all the parts are s...

Researchers find better way to manufacture fast computer chips

...al interacts differently with the graphene. So success might rely on finding just the right combination of substrate materials to coax the graphene to break off in one or two layers. This would also tailor the properties of the graphene. ...

Spring 'blockbuster' movie now showing

...al-time carbon atoms repositioning themselves around the edge of a hole that was punched into a graphene sheet. Viewers can observe how chemical bonds break and form as the suddenly volatile atoms are driven to find a stable configuration. This is the first ever live recording of the dynamics of carbon ato...

Amicus Therapeutics Presents Positive Results From Phase 2 Extension Study of Amigal(TM) for Fabry Disease at ACMG 2009 Annual Meeting

...l is designed to selectively bind to and stabilize a-Gal A, which facilitates proper trafficking of the enzyme to the lysosomes, where it is needed to break down GL-3. Fabry disease is estimated to affect approximately 5,000 to 10,000 people in the developed world, but recent evidence suggests that t...

Fitter frames: Nanotubes boost structural integrity of composites

...said. "In order for the crack to grow, those fibers have to first stretch, deform plastically, and then break. It takes a lot of energy to stretch and break those fibers, energy that would have otherwise gone toward enlarging the crack." Results of the study were published this week in the journal Smal...

Frost & Sullivan Award Highlights Opportunity for 'Main Street' Biotech

... our work and will motivate us to...bring paradigm shifting disruptive technology into the marketplace. This award gives us the energy and momentum to break through the resistance of established medical practices." The Obama Administration has called for "tough choices" in cutting medical costs. Healt...

Hoosiers Work for Health Highlights Impact of Medical Research and Innovation on Indiana Economy

...ed, "As citizens in these challenging times, we need to encourage our political leaders to fix what is broken - but we also need to make sure we don't break what still works. Today, innovation in the life sciences is one of those things that still works." A separate analysis by PhRMA, the results of ...

Not all titanium dioxide is equal when it comes to splitting water with visible light

...ernoon. Scientists are hot on the trail of materials that use light to break down contaminants for environmental cleanup or split water for hydrogen fue...both metal oxides decomposed the test molecule under UV, only anatase could break it down in visible light, surprising the researchers. Henderson will talk a...

New Online Imaging Suite Boosts Healthcare Imaging Efficiency, Productivity, and Revenues

...y of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) believes that Mosby's Imaging Suite "will change the way imaging departments work by removing bulletin boards and break room postings, and save time previously wasted in searching for information." Managing Increased Use of Imaging Tests Mosby's Imaging Su...