Burnham Institute for Medical Research and Magellan BioScience Group, Inc. Announce Drug Discovery Collaboration

Magellan BioScience Group, Inc. (Magellan), a pioneer in innovative drug development from marine sources, and investigators at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research at Lake Nona (Burnham) announced today that they will begin a multidisciplinary drug discovery collaboration to identify novel ...

Pharmaceutical Institute Launches New E-Course Focused on Health Policy

RALEIGH, N.C., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmaceutical Institute (PI), a leading provider of specialized training solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, today announced the release of a new e-course titled, Introduction to Health Policy . The course is the newest addition to the c...

DNA Genotek Partners with Roswell Park Cancer Institute to Accelerate Breast Cancer Research

DNA Genotek to Provide Method for Easy, Reliable and Non-Invasive DNA Collection On-Site at Komen Western New York Race for the Cure® Ottawa, ON (PRWEB) June 12, 2009 -- DNA Genotek , a leading provider of products for biological sample collection, today announced ...

Scripps Research Institute Highlights Groundbreaking Work of aTyr Pharma Scientific Co-Founder

Research Published by Scripps Associate Professor Xiang-Lei Yang Further Validates aTyr Pharma's Discovery Engine for Proprietary Drugs SAN DIEGO, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The June 1st, 2009 edition of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) News & Views highlights newly published researc...

AGA Institute and Horizon Therapeutics Launch 'Connect to Protect' Program to Educate Physicians and Consumers on Risks Associated With NSAID Use

- Webinar on June 9 to discuss the prevalence and prevention of NSAID-induced ulcers available at www.connecttoprotect.com - BETHESDA, Md. and CHICAGO, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute and Horizon Therapeutics, Inc. today launched C...

Genomas and Institute of Living Among Organizers of Pharmacogenetics Symposium at 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association

Field Moving Toward Genotype-Guided Psychotropic Therapy SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Gualberto Ruano, M.D., Ph.D., President of Genomas, and Director of Genetics Research at Hartford Hospital and Simon Kung, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic will co-chair a ...

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

HALIFAX, May 20 /PRNewswire/ - ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc. (IVT), a vaccine development company, has announced a collaboration agreement with the National Research Council Institute for Biodiagnostics (NRC-IBD) Atlantic. This collaboration will develop new 3-D MRI technology to track the e...

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

HALIFAX, May 20 /PRNewswire/ - ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc. (IVT), a vaccine development company, has announced a collaboration agreement with the National Research Council Institute for Biodiagnostics (NRC-IBD) Atlantic. This collaboration will develop new 3-D MRI technology to track the effec...

Medical Simulation Corporation to Introduce Central Line Management Program at the National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition

Simulation-based program helps healthcare providers build competence and confidence while keeping infections at bay DENVER, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Simulation Corporation ( MSC ) will launch the SimSuite Central Line Management Program at AACN's National Teaching Institute (NTI) an...

Lotus Scarless Hair Transplantation (International) Medical Chain Institute Opens New Center on Beijing's Prestigious Chang'An Avenue

BEIJING, April 23 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Lotus Scarless Hair Transplantation (International) Medical Chain Institute today announced the opening of their new flagship transplant center on the prestigious Chang'an Avenue West, Beijing, China. The new "Lotus Hospital" is the first U.S. specialize...

QIAGEN and Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute Partner to Establish First Large-Scale Cervical Cancer Screening Program in Kolkata

VENLO, Netherlands and KOLKATA, India, April 21 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- QIAGEN and the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) today announced a collaboration to establish the first large-scale cervical cancer screening program for women in Kolkata, India. QIAGEN (Nasdaq: QGEN ; Frankfur...

Pharmaceutical Institute Launches New Training Series Focused on Managed Markets Excellence

RALEIGH, N.C., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmaceutical Institute (PI), the leading provider of specialized training solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, today announced the release of a new e-learning series titled Managed Markets Excellence(TM) . The series was developed follo...

Transgenomic Completes Licensing Option With Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on Cold-PCR for Enrichment of DNA Mutations

OMAHA, Neb., April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TBIO), a leading global biotechnology company, announces that it has completed a licensing option with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA with regard to a method known as Cold-PCR. This variation of t...

MedTrust Online and Scottsdale Clinical Research Institute at Scottsdale Healthcare Announce Collaboration to Provide Cutting Edge Technology to Improve Patient Care

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- MedTrust Online, announced today a strategic partnership with Scottsdale Clinical Research Institute (SCRI) at Scottsdale Healthcare to provide Arizona oncologists with cutting edge knowledge discovery and collaboration tools at www.oncocentric.com . ...

Midwest Research Institute Expands in Kansas to Support Regional Economic Development in Animal Health, Biosecurity, and Bioenergy Sectors

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One of the nation's leading independent research institutes is expanding in Kansas as the region's scientific assets align to support the critical mission of protecting the American food supply and to develop urgently needed bioenergy solutio...

Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. Enters into a $1.27M Contract with the National Cancer Institute to Develop Multiplex Mass Spectrometric Immunoassays for Detection of Low Abundance Cancer-Related Proteins

TEMPE, Ariz., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. today announced the start of a contract with the National Cancer Institute to develop effective technologies for accurate measurement of cancer-related proteins and peptides that improve diagnostic capabilities by effectively discern...

Van Andel Institute Joins the MetaMiner Oncology Partnership Program

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today that Craig Webb, Ph.D., director of the Program of Translational Medicine at Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Van Andel Institute, has joined the MetaMiner Oncology Partnership Program. ...

Repair Stem Cell Institute Warns About Real Cost of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

RSCI's Chairman expressed his concern that since few people can afford to travel outside the country for medical treatments, America needs to put more focus on approving ultra safe adult stem cell treatments to alleviate the suffering of millions diagnosed with so-called untreatable diseases. ...

Venter Institute Launches the J. Robert Beyster and Life Technologies 2009-2010 Research Voyage of the Sorcerer II Expedition

Team will sail to Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas, sampling water and cataloguing microbial diversity Expedition funded by local San Diego supporters Beyster Family Foundation Fund and matching grants from Life Technologies and others SAN DIEGO, March 18, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --...

Repair Stem Cell Institute Weighs in on Reversal of Embryonic Stem Cell Policy

The Chairman of the Repair Stem Cell Institute says the viability of Embryonic Stem Cells is an Illusion. Repair (Adult) Stem Cells have swept to such a large lead in diseases being treated all over the world, that it will be impossible for embryonic stem cell research, with all the insurmountab...

BG Medicine Signs Collaborative Research Agreement with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and Boston University

Biosamples from the Framingham Heart Study will be used to Discover New Blood Tests for Heart Disease WALTHAM, Mass., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- BG Medicine, a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel diagnostic biomarkers, today announced the signing of a Coopera...

EPA Awards Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute $500,000 for Air Quality Research

Focus on air pollutant components as possible link to cardiovascular disease ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $500,000 to the Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, a subsidiary of Lovelace Respiratory Res...

Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute Enhances Patient Care With Monaco(R) Radiation Treatment Planning System

ST. LOUIS, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- CMS Software, part of the Elekta Group and leader in radiation treatment planning and workflow management solutions, today announced that Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Knight Cancer Institute has purchased Monaco, the next-generation Intens...

DuPont and International Rice Research Institute Partner to Boost Rice Yields

With Yield Growth Rates Under 1 Percent Since 2000, Partnership Will Target Acceleration and Commercialization to Meet Growing Global Demand. Los Banos, Philippines (vocus) March 3, 2009 -- DuPont and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) today announced ...

Prous Institute Presents Innovative Approach to Drug Discovery

BARCELONA, February 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Prous Institute for Biomedical Research today presented its strategies for drug discovery on its newly designed website ( http://www.prousresearch.com ). A large computational project with basic research support and broad disease coverage is being develop...

Dow AgroSciences, China National Rice Research Institute Announce Collaboration on Rice Research

INDIANAPOLIS and HANGZHOU, China, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW ), and the China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI) of Hangzhou, China, announced today that they have entered into a research agre...

UK's Institute of Cancer Research and Silicon Graphics Establish Long-Term Alliance to Design and Outfit World-Class Network Biology Lab

Pioneering Studies of 'Cellular Networks' to Put Unprecedented Demands on Compute, Storage and Visualization Solutions SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As part of a multi-year collaboration, Silicon Graphics, Inc . ( SGI ) (Nasdaq: SGIC ) today announced it will provi...

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Appoints Dr. Gualberto Ruano to College of Fellows

Dr. Ruano's Pioneering Contributions to Personalized Medicine Cited for Honor HARTFORD, Conn. and WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Gualberto Ruano, M.D., Ph.D., was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering's (AIMBE) College of Fellows today at a ceremony...

Baltimore LASIK Surgeon Roy Chuck, MD, PhD of the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Lists with Trusted LASIK Surgeons

Trusted LASIK Surgeons launched its revolutionary Trusted LASIK Surgeons directory service and website at www.TrustedLASIKSurgeons.com in order to provide a resource for consumers seeking to improve their vision. What sets the Trusted LASIK Surgeons directory apart is a unique screening process...

Agendia's Breast Cancer Test MammaPrint(R) Standard of Care at Netherlands Cancer Institute - AVL

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California and AMSTERDAM, February 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, today announced that its signature breast cancer test MammaPrint(R) will be offered as standard of care for all eligible early stage breast cancer patients at the Net...

IDRI Collaborates with the Brazilian Butantan Institute To Develop Novel Vaccines Against Leishmaniasis

SEATTLE, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- IDRI (Infectious Disease Research Institute) announced it has granted the Instituto Butantan, a Brazilian biomedical research institution, an exclusive license in Latin America and a non-exclusive license in the rest of the world to use two of IDRI's lead vacci...

The Risk Management and Patient Safety Institute Announces Winter and Spring 2009 Audio Program Lineup, Annual Conference Dates

LANSING, Mich., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Risk Management and Patient Safety Institute (RM&PSI) today announced its winter and spring 2009 audio program calendar. The RM&PSI ( http://www.rmpsi.com ), a subsidiary of FinCor Holdings Inc. ( http://www.fincorholdings.com ), is a nation...

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. and the J. Craig Venter Institute Announce Collaboration Agreement & Purchase of a PCT System

A Global Biopharmaceutical Company Purchases Two PCT Systems to Help in the Analysis of Therapeutic Proteins SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBIO ) ("PBI") today announced that they have entered into a collaboration with th...

J. Craig Venter Institute Researchers Publish Significant Advance in Genome Assembly Technology

Advance Allows for More Efficient Construction of Synthetic Genomes ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research organization, have published a paper describing a significant advance in genome ass...

ExonHit is Honoured by the "Innovation Trophy" From The National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)

PARIS, December 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ExonHit Therapeutics S.A. (Alternext: ALEHT), a drug and diagnostic discovery company, is pleased to announce today that it has been honoured by the INPI (National Institute of Industrial Property) during the last edition of its "Trophee de l'Innovation"...

The Burnham Institute for Medical Research Becomes a GeneGo Center of Excellence Using MetaCore for Stem Cell Research and Neurology

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today that Burnham has become a certified GeneGo Center of Excellence. Burnham researchers will have institution-wide access to GeneGo's MetaCore data analysis suite, training and advanced ...

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry Uses MathWorks Tools in Its Quest to Cure Cancer : Institute Accelerates Reconstruction of Key Protein Complexes Using MATLAB and Parallel Computing Toolbox

The MathWorks today announced that the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry is using MATLAB, Parallel Computing Toolbox, MATLAB Distributed Computing Server, and other MathWorks tools to accelerate its workflow and drastically reduce research and development time. NATI...

Environmental Tectonics Corporation's Simulation Division Receives New ADMS Contract from Netherlands Institute for Safety

SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental Tectonics Corporation's (Amex: ETC ) ("ETC" or the "Company") Simulation Division today announced the signing of a contract with the Netherlands Institute for Safety, NIFV, to add new capabilities to their ADMS-ARFF, Advanced Di...

Arizona Heart Institute First to Implant Powerlink XL in Phoenix, Arizona Since FDA Approval

New Device Expands Less Invasive Surgical Options for Patients with Aortic Aneurysms PHOENIX, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Arizona Heart Institute announced today that its Division of Vascular Surgery was the first to implant, in Phoenix, the Powerlink XL, a newly FDA-a...

Canary Foundation's Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir Elected to the National Academies Institute of Medicine

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Canary Foundation, a nonprofit organization that funds research in early cancer detection, announced that its Scientific Program Director, Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, has been elected as a new member of the U.S. National Academies Institute of Medicine (IO...