Oxford Performance Materials Introduces OXPEKK PermettaTM High Performance Polymer Films

High performance thermoplastic OXPEKK® PermettaTM films now available from OPM. Ideal for high temperature applications within electronic, semiconductor and aerospace markets. Enfield, CT, USA (PRWEB) June 15, 2009 -- Oxford Performance Materials (OPM), part the Ark...

Matrix Genomics, Elizabeth Corder, PhD - Gene Variation in the LRRK2 Gene and High Risk for Parkinson's Disease

Researchers at the National Institute on Aging, University College London, and Matrix Genomics, Inc. have identified a concise genetic signature found among a third of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients - but at very low frequency in the general population. The signature is found in the LRRK2 gene...

Plenish™ High Oleic Soybean Oil Offers Trans Fat Solution with Superior Performance

DuPont Scientist Outlines Oil Testing Results, Industry Opportunities at Major Food Conference Anaheim, Calif. (Vocus) June 7, 2009 -- The next generation of healthy soybean products from DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred will provide nutritionally enhanced oil with t...

DuPont Receives Canadian Regulatory Approval for High Oleic Soybean Trait

Next Generation Healthy Soybean Oil Trait Will Benefit Everyone from Farmers to Consumers. Wilmington, DE (Vocus) May 11, 2009 -- DuPont today announced it has reached a regulatory milestone for its next generation of healthier soybean products. DuPont business Pion...

Baseline Research Indicates High Interest in Centocor-Ortho Biotech's SIMPONI(R)

EXTON, Pa., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTrends Research Group released highlights from its baseline wave of LaunchTrends(TM): SIMPONI , a four wave syndicated research study that will track uptake of the drug from FDA approval through six months post launch. The research is based on results of a ...

ZyGEM Releases Application Note Showing its DNA Extraction Kits Rapidly Produce High Yields of Quality DNA

--Highlights prepGEM(TM) Tissue Kit's Rapid, Robust and Reliable DNA Extraction That Generates DNA Templates Outperforming Other Commercial Kits-- -- Samples Prepared from Mouse Tails Using prepGEM(TM) Yielded Over 34 Times the Amount of DNA Produced by Two Commercial Rapid Extraction Kits --...

Sigma-Aldrich Introduces MISSION(R) esiRNA for Low Cost, High Specificity Pooled RNAi Screening

ST. LOUIS, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL ) today announced the global release of MISSION(R) esiRNA, a pool of gene-specific siRNA that provides a novel and powerful approach to RNAi screening in mammalian cells. Unlike traditional synthetic RNAi, esiRNA ( htt...

Cellectricon and BioFocus DPI Advance High Throughput ion Channel Drug Discovery

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellectricon, a leading provider of automated screening solutions for drug discovery, today announced its collaboration with BioFocus DPI, a contract research organization with leading expertise in ion channel screening. BioFocus DPI will utilize Ce...

ChemDiv Group Acquires Prudentas Through ChemRar High Tech Center

SAN DIEGO, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- ChemDiv, a global chemistry-driven contract research organization, announced today that its ChemRar High Tech Center has acquired Prudentas LLC, one of the leading CRO companies conducting high quality Phase I - Phase IV studies in Eastern Europe. Prudentas will...

First Application to Fight High Cholesterol Launches on the iPhone and iPod Touch

Cholesterol Coach allows users to track their cholesterol and, more importantly, lower their cholesterol by putting together an action plan for diet, exercise and smoking, the key modifiable risk factors for high cholesterol. Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) March 27, 2009 ...

Palonosetron Warrants Adequate Caloric Intake in Oncology Patients Receiving High Emetogenic Chemotherapy

ZURICH, Switzerland, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A new, innovative study shows that a single dose of palonosetron, the second generation 5-HT3 antagonist, plus dexamethasone not only prevents chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), but also allows adequate caloric intake in oncology pati...

Inventigo and GridGain Systems Team Up on Delivering Cloud-Enabled High Performance XML Processing

Inventigo and GridGain System partnered up in delivering industry first dedicated solution for high performance XML processing on highly distributed cloud computing infrastructure. The integration between GridGain's Open Cloud Platform and Inventigo's FastXML product provides ready to use solutio...

OriGene Technologies, Inc. Establishes High Throughput Monoclonal Antibody Production Outsourcing Center in China

ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- OriGene Technologies, Inc. ("OriGene") today announced it has raised an additional $6.5 million in a private equity financing. With this financing, OriGene completed the acquisition of the assets of privately held Shenzhen P&A Biotech, a manufacturer and...

African Ancestry, Educators, Identity Experts Launch DNA Education Project during Historic Black History Month; 7th Graders Score High on Ultimate Self Test

This Black History Month is like none other. To mark the observance, African Ancestry, Educators & Identity Experts launch Ancestry Education Project to promote science education, achievement motivation and positive psychological development among the nation's young people. ...

Recent Reports Regarding Mercury and High Fructose Corn Syrup Flawed and Misleading

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- ChemRisk, a leading scientific consulting firm, was asked by the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) to examine the recent publication by Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), "Not So Sweet: Missing Mercury and High Fructose Corn Syrup," and the ...

JMAR Technologies Raises Awareness of BioSentry -- A High Tech Counter to Bioterrorism

JMAR Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: JMAR), San Diego, CA, a leading innovator in the development and commercialization of sensing systems for the detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) materials, today announced a media awareness initiative for JMAR's award-win...

BMP Sunstone Receives High Tech Status

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- BMP Sunstone Corporation (Nasdaq: BJGP ) ("BMP Sunstone" or the "Company"), today announced that Sunstone (Tangshan) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., has been granted high tech status in China's Hebei province. High tech status is awarde...

Applied Biosystems SOLiD System Named Life Science Innovation of the Year : The Scientist Magazine Cites the Technology's High Throughput, Lower Sequencing Cost, and Rapid Technology Innovation for Unlocking New Approaches to Clinical Research

Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), a provider of innovative life science research and discovery solutions, today announced that its technology for next-generation genomic analysis, the SOLiD™ System, has been named the Life Science Innovation of the Yea...

The Female Health Company Reports Record Results for Fiscal Year 2008, at High End of Guidance

CHICAGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Female Health Company (Amex: FHC ), which manufactures and markets the FC Female Condom(R), today reported record operating results for the quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. For the three months ended September 30, 2008, net r...

NSD Bio Group, LLC chosen by U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission for Report on China's High Tech Sectors

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- NSD Bio Group, LLC -- a North American Advisory firm -- has been tapped by the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission, to conduct special analyses on China's continuing developmental efforts in specific high-tech industries, including Biotechnology...

Update: Georgia and North Carolina Teens Honored for Research in Biochemistry and Genetics in Nation's Premier High School Science Competition

ATLANTA, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Research projects in Biochemistry and Genetics boasted top marks this evening for James Meixiong and the team of Sajith Wickramasekara and Andrew Guo in the Region Six Finals of the 2008 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, the nation's premier hi...

Cellectricon Receives Milestone Order for Cellaxess(R)HT, the World's First High Throughput RNAi Screening System

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, November 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellectricon, a leading provider of advanced screening solutions for drug discovery, has today received its most significant and largest single order to date. The order includes three Cellaxess(R)HT systems and the customer is a leading US biotec...

Environmental Power Corporation and Organix, Inc. Establish Alliance to Produce High Value Soil Amendment Products

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental Power Corporation (Nasdaq: EPG ), a leader in the renewable bioenergy industry, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Microgy, Inc., has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Organix, Inc., of Walla Walla, ...

High-Dose Zevalin(R) With Tandem Stem Cell Infusion Produces 87 Percent Overall Survival in Relapsed/Refractory or High Risk Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Novel Outpatient Regimen Pioneered by Investigators from Tumor Institute in Milan SEATTLE, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq and MTA: CTIC) announced today that the Journal of Clinical Oncology has published the results of an ...

Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT) Highlighted in Five Podium Presentations at the Fifth International Conference on High Pressure; PBI Introduces the Patent-pending 'PCT Shredder' at the Meeting

SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBIO ) ("PBI" or the "Company") today announced that the Company's pressure cycling technology ("PCT") was highlighted in five separate podium presentations at the Fifth International Conference on Hig...

JD Technologies, LLC Selected by FCT Ingenieurkeramik GmbH to Represent Their High Performance Ceramic Expertise In the United States

JD Technologies, LLC will use their extensive field sales expertise and established relationships in numerous industries to pursue new applications for FCT's proven engineered ceramic manufacturing design, development and testing expertise. Boston, Massachusetts (PRWEB)...

Breakthrough Technology Makes High Octane Fuel Obsolete

Has high octane fuel just become obsolete? EnviroChip™ white papers show how consumers like you can save as much as 30¢ per gallon without sacrificing performance or damaging your engine. Denver (PRWEB) July 28, 2008 -- White papers released today by Advance...

"Brave New Reality" Provides a Wide Spectrum of High Tech News and Easy Science.

New website elevates curiosity and re-stimulates scientific interest through compelling stories at technology's leading edges. The latest science articles and expertise are available in the midst of a subdued background with simple tutorials and references. Selected books relevant to subjec...

SACHEM Launches New Products for High Purity Advanced Ceramic Powders : Avanta AC™ Advanced Ceramics Solutions Offer Unique Advantages over Inorganic Bases in the Manufacture of Advanced Ceramic Nanoparticles

SACHEM has published a white paper titled “Avanta AC™ Advanced Ceramics Solutions as Enablers for Advanced Ceramic Nanopowders” online. This white paper outlines the challenges in manufacturing high-purity ceramic powders on a nanometer scale, as well as the advantages of SACHEM...

SACHEM Launches New Products for High Purity Advanced Ceramic Powders : Avanta AC™ Advanced Ceramics Solutions Offer Unique Advantages over Inorganic Bases in the Manufacture of Advanced Ceramic Nanoparticles

SACHEM has published a white paper titled “Avanta AC™ Advanced Ceramics Solutions as Enablers for Advanced Ceramic Nanopowders” online. This white paper outlines the challenges in manufacturing high-purity ceramic powders on a nanometer scale, as well as the advantages of SACHEM...

LI-COR(R) Biosciences Introduces New Tools for High Throughput Western Blotting

LINCOLN, Neb., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- LI-COR Biosciences introduces a new accessory, MPX(TM) (Multiplex) Blotting System, for its Quantitative Western Blotting product line. The MPX System can be incorporated into a variety of assays including primary and secondary antibody screening, monoclo...

Cellectricon and AstraZeneca - Partners in New High Throughput Ion Channel Drug Discovery Technology

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellectricon, a leading provider of screening solutions for drug discovery, today announced a new collaborative agreement with AstraZeneca. Under the agreement Cellectricon will provide AstraZeneca with two of its new groundbreaking high throughput p...

Bionovo Develops a High Throughput LC-MS/MS Method for Simultaneous Quantification of Multiple Bioactive Compounds

-Results Will be Presented at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 56th ASMS Conference in Denver, June 2-5, 2008- EMERYVILLE, Calif., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bionovo Inc. (Nasdaq: BNVI ) today announced that it has developed a novel analytical 2-dimensional liquid c...

Novel Investigational Regimen Combining Radiation Enhancing Agent With Ibritumomab Tiuxetan (Zevalin(R)) Produces High Rate of Complete Responses in Patients With Rituximab-Refractory Follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Results of phase I/II study highlighted in oral presentation at conference on malignant lymphoma LUGANO, Switzerland, June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the 10th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma in Lugano, Switzerland data were presented from a phase I/II ...

LI-COR(R) Biosciences and Tiger Woods Learning Center Collaborate to Develop High School Curriculum in Genetics

LINCOLN, Neb., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- In a plan designed to develop educational opportunities for students in grades 5-12, LI-COR Biosciences and the Tiger Woods Learning Center (TWLC) are collaborating to pilot a novel approach to genomics education. "A recent report by the National Research ...

DolmatConnell & Partners 2008 Studies of CEO and CFO Compensation in the 100 Largest High Technology and Life Science Companies Show Dramatically Improving Link Between Pay and Performance

BOSTON, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- DolmatConnell and Partners released our 2008 studies of executive compensation in the Tech100 and LifeScience100 (the studies are available for download at ( http://www.dolmatconnell.com ) today and issued the below press release that we wanted to ensure that you...

ExonHit Launches Rat Genome SpliceArray(TM) Products to Expand High Resolution Gene Expression Profiling for use in Disease Modeling and Toxicogenomics

PARIS, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ExonHit Therapeutics S.A. (Alternext: ALEHT), a drug and diagnostic discovery company, announces today the availability of its new SpliceArray(TM) for use in disease modeling and toxicogenomic applications by the basic and pre-clinical research communitie...

Atherotech VAP Cholesterol Test Meets Updated ADA, ACC Measurement and Treatment Guidelines for High Risk Patients

LDL, Non-HDL and apoB measurement helps physicians guide therapy for cardiometabolic risk patients BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The determination of LDL, non-HDL and apoB are now recognized as valid, accurate and recommended methods of guiding and achieving ...

New Capillary Column From Varian, Inc. Offers Durability and Performance for High Temperature GC and GC/MS

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI) announced today the release of the VF-5ht UltiMetal(TM) column for high temperature gas chromatography (GC), which is resistant to damage under extreme operating conditions. These highly durable columns allow c...

Seneca Valley High School Student Receives Science Award From MedImmune

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Local biotechnology leader MedImmune announced today that Seneca Valley High School student Yiwei Li has received the distinguished "MedImmune Advancing Science for Better Health" award for her ScienceMONTGOMERY project. The company sponsored the Mon...