Control in Biological Technology

Pre-Clinical Data on CEA-specific BiTE Antibody Published in Journal of Immunotherapy Demonstrate Potent Control of Tumor Growth

BETHESDA, Md., April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Micromet, Inc. (Nasdaq: MITI ), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, proprietary antibodies for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases, today announced the publication of data in the peer-reviewed Journal of Immunot...

METTLER TOLEDO and AAPS: Utilization of Process Modeling and Advanced Process Control in QbD based Drug Development and Manufacturing

METTLER TOLEDO invites you to view our latest particle characterization technologies at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Workshop: Utilization of Process Modeling and Advanced Process Control in QbD based Drug Development and Manufacturing. C...

Dow AgroSciences Receives Approval for New Technology to Control Cotton Pests in Brazil

Technology incorporates naturally occurring soil micro-organism proteins to protect cotton plantations INDIANAPOLIS and SAO PAULO, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW ), today announced that it has received regulato...

Honeywell Technology Selected to Control Manufacturing Processes at Major U.S. Biotech Site

Solutions Will Help Drive Production Efficiency and Reliability for New Shire Human Genetic Therapies Facility PHOENIX, March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON ) today announced it will help a leading specialty biopharmaceutical organization expand its research and develop...

Victhom Human Bionics Neurobionix Division receives ISO 13485:2003 Certification for its Design Control System

QUEBEC, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Victhom Human Bionics Inc., "Victhom" (TSX: VHB), announced today that its Neurobionix division has achieved ISO 13485:2003 certification for its Quality System Design Control. This certification, an internationally recognized management system standard dev...

DuPont and Athenix Collaborate to Advance Insect Control in Corn, Soybeans

DuPont and Athenix today announced they have entered into a research collaboration to improve insect control in corn and soybeans. Des Moines, Iowa and Research Triangle Park, NC (Vocus) January 15, 2009 -– DuPont and Athenix today announced they have entered into...

Researchers control the assembly of nanobristles into helical clusters

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. January 8, 2008 From the structure of DNA to nautical rope to distant spiral galaxies, helical forms are as abundant as they are useful in nature and manufacturing alike. Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered a way to synthe...

Beyond Seizure Control in the Treatment of Epilepsy With New Anti-Epileptic Drug, Zebinix(TM)

PORTO, Portugal, December 8 /PRNewswire/ -- - Data Highlight The Efficacy, Safety and Significant Improvement in Quality of Life and Depressive Symptoms With Zebinix(TM) (Eslicarbazepine Acetate) Positive data from three phase III studies presented today at the American Epilepsy So...

Scientists use light to control proteins

A team of researchers from Penn State and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has discovered a way to use light to control certain proteins that catalyze biochemical reactions. "This is one of the first examples of someone successfully controlling the activity of a protein using l...

Finesse Solutions Launches TruBio 3.4 Bioreactor Control Software

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Finesse Solutions, LLC, Santa Clara, CA, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life science process applications, announced the release of version 3.4 of its TruBio bioreactor control software. TruBio 3.4 software can automate bior...

Advanced Instruments Acquires D & F Control Systems Inc.

NORWOOD, Mass., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Instruments, Inc., of Norwood, Massachusetts, announced today that it has acquired 100% of the shares of D & F Control Systems, Inc., of Dublin, CA. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. D & F Control Systems manufactures and markets...

Sanofi Aventis : New Study Results Support the "Basal Plus" Strategy With LANTUS(R) and APIDRA(R) to Improve Blood Sugar Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

PARIS, September 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Abstracts 185 and 1112 Sanofi-aventis, a world leader in diabetes care, announced results from two randomized clinical studies presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 44th Annual Meeting demonstrating that the "...

Advanced Pest Control Earns Quality Pro Designation for General Pest Control Services

Advanced Pest Control, the Houston based pest control and animal removal company, is happy to announce their recent Quality Pro designation, a mark of excellence in the pest management industry. The special designation, awarded by the National Pest Management Association, rewards the extraordinar...

eGenomics Awarded First U.S. Patent Covering Rapid DNA Sequencing Technology Platform to Control Hospital-Acquired Infections

- Novel system is the first to use rapid, automated DNA sequencing to perform microbial 'fingerprinting' NEW YORK, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- eGenomics, Inc., a leader in the development of state of the art genomic and informational systems for infectious disease control, annou...

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Cuts Ribbon on MaxWell Biocorporation's New Pharmaceutical Development Center and Quality Control Laboratory in Ukraine

- First U.S. Commerce Secretary to visit independent Ukraine also visits MaxWell's newly-built Boryspil facility - WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 4, 2008, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez became the first U.S. cabinet official to visit MaxWell Biocorporation'...

TopoTarget Successfully Buys Back Full Control of Belinostat

Consolidates the Global Rights for the Product TopoTarget Successfully Buys Back Full Control of Belinostat, Consolidating the Global Rights for the Product TopoTarget Acquires US & RoW Rights From CuraGen Corporation COPENHAGEN, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- -...

Citrate appears to control buckyball clumping but environmental concerns remain

Blacksburg, Va. -- Fullerenes, also fondly known as buckyballs, are showing an ugly side. Since being discovered in 1985, the hollow carbon atoms have been adapted for nanotechnology and biomedical applications ranging from electronics to carriers of imaging materials. It appears that the hydr...

Vela Laboratories Receives the GMP Certificate for Its Analytical and Quality Control Laboratories

VIENNA, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Vela Laboratories announced today that it has received the GMP certificate for its analytical and quality control laboratories. "Good Manufacturing Practice" is a body of internationally accepted regulations set forth by EU and US drug agencies. GMP compliance e...

CSC Continues Support of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Through New Task Order

CSC Expands Development and Support of National Electronic Disease Surveillance System EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC ) announced today that it has been awarded a task order from the Centers for Disea...

AcroMetrix Signs Development and Supply Agreement With Beckman Coulter Inc. for Molecular Quality Control Standards

BENICIA, Calif., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- AcroMetrix, a global leader in quality control materials and standards for molecular and serological diagnostics, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Beckman Coulter Inc. for the development and supply of molecular quality control...

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Signs Vaccine Storage and Distribution Contract with Sentry Logistic Solutions

Sentry to Store and Distribute 500,000 Doses of the CDC's National Strategic Reserve of the Influenza Virus Vaccine INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Sentry Logistic Solutions announced today that The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) signed a contract to outsour...

White Paper Details Infection Control Challenges Hospitals Must Address During Construction

NEEDHAM, Mass., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospitals and healthcare institutions are challenged to devise policies and procedures that allow construction projects to take place while maintaining Environment of Care (EC) standards. A free white paper that addresses these challenges is available fo...

International team identifies 480 genes that control human cell division

PITTSBURGH A team of U.S., Israeli and German scientists used computational biology techniques to discover 480 genes that play a role in human cell division and to identify more than 100 of those genes that have an abnormal pattern of activation in cancer cells. Malignant cells have lost control...

Nastech Enters Into Feasibility Study to Develop a Non-Injectable Dosage Form of Factor IX to Control Bleeding

BOTHELL, Wash., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. (Nasdaq: NSTK ) announced today that they have entered into a feasibility study with an undisclosed global leader in the production of plasma products, to develop an alternative dosage form of Factor IX prote...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Selected by China Doping Control Center to Supply Testing Instrumentation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO ), the world leader in serving science, today announced that the China Doping Control Center (CDCC) has selected the company as one of its major suppliers of instrumentation and software for the testing ...

Actress Aida Turturro Tells Americans to Start Now to Talk With Their Healthcare Provider About Taking Control of Their Diabetes

Emmy Nominated Actress Shares Her Personal Story and Tips for Better Blood Sugar Management BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As one of the more than 20 million Americans living with diabetes, Emmy nominated actress and Broadway star Aida Turturro is...

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Recommends Tighter Control of Blood Glucose Levels After Meals in People With Diabetes

AMSTERDAM, September 19 /PRNewswire/ -- - IDF Launches New Guideline for the Management of Postmeal Glucose IDF today issued the new global guideline for diabetes care which includes the management of postmeal glucose.(1) The guideline emphasizes that people with diabetes should have their b...

Debiopharm Receives cGMP Certification for Quality Control of its Drug Products

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, September 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Debiopharm Group (Debiopharm), a global independent biopharmaceutical development specialist in oncology and serious medical conditions, today announced that it received current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) certification from Swissmedi...

Probiotic good bugs may control gut infections

Probiotics, the friendly bacteria beloved of yoghurt advertisers, may be an effective substitute for growth promoting antibiotics in pigs, giving us safer pork products, according to scientists speaking today (Wednesday 5 September 2007) at the Society for General Microbiologys 161st Meeting at th...

OncoVista, Inc. Closes on $6.8 Million Financing and Acquires Control of a Public Shell Company

Private offering provides new funding as OncoVista, Inc. takes steps towards public reporting status. SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- OncoVista, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development and commercialization of targeted cancer therapies with improv...

World Renowned Scientists Gather to Share Latest Information on Answer to Wildlife Reproductive Fertility Control

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists from the United States and other nations including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Myanmar, the Philippines and Indonesia are meeting Saturday through Wednesday, July 25 through 29, 2009 at Flagstaff's Radisson Wood...

Practice makes perfect -- motor memory possible for neuroprosthetic control

"Practice makes perfect" is the maxim drummed into students struggling to learn a new motor skill be it riding a bike or developing a killer backhand in tennis. In order to become proficient in any motor task, all that practice must eventually modify the performer's nervous system so that stable ...

Pasteuria Bioscience Receives EPA Registration for Nematode Control

ALACHUA, Fla., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Pasteuria Bioscience announced that it has received registration from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Pasteuria usgae . This is a critical step towards the commercial use of Pasteuria spp., a natural bacteria prevalent in soi...

A Statement From Larry Corey, MD, of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network Regarding the New HIV Infection Statistics Released Today by the Centers for Disease Control

SEATTLE, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- "The federal government's ability to more exactly measure the number of new HIV infections in the United States annually is a great statistical tool -- but that is all that it is. I interpret the new numbers this way: They remind us that HIV/AIDS continues to be...

Free White Paper Helps Biotech Laboratories Maintain a High Level of Infection Control

NEEDHAM, Mass., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A free white paper to help biotechnology technicians and environmental health and safety (EH&S) personnel minimize the risk of infection in the laboratory is available for download at: http://www.eheinc.com/biosafety.htm . Exposure to infectious biolo...

Parental Control - Options Vary for Internet Restrictions

MADISON, WI - Its 4 p.m., and do you know where your 16-year-old daughter is? Sure, you say, shes at home from school, doing her homework. You wish. Chances are shes probably taking advantage of the time youre at work to visit all sorts of chat rooms, websites and to instant message her friends, in...

nPoint announces new nanopositioning scanning control mode

MADISON - nPoint, Inc. today announced the availability of an enhanced scanning control mode for nanopositioning stages that incorporates digital signal processing for high scanning speeds. Nanopositioners are key components in scanning probe microscopes, including atomic force microscopes (A...

Fiserv Health and Aetna help employers control health care costs

WAUSAU, Wis. Fiserv Health announced Wednesday it has entered into an agreement with Aetna Signature Administrators to gain access to Aetna's PPO network and stop-loss services for the clients of Wausau Benefits , a Fiserv Health company. This initiative is directed at self-funded employers wi...

Gehl develops new remote control boom controller

West Bend, Wis. -- Construction and agricultural equipment manufacturer Gehl Co. has developed a new product that allows a telescopic handler operator to control boom functions using a compact, wireless remote control pendant from outside the cab, or from within a personnel work platform. The h...

Net neutrality: To control or not control, that is the question

As the 2007 political season takes shape, the issue of Net Neutrality will likely surface at the federal level. Democrats now control both houses, and by all indications, U.S. Reps. John Dingell , D-Michigan, and Edward Markey , D-Massachusetts, will bring this hotly contested issue to the 2007...