Low in Biological Technology

Ricardo Launches Consortium to Evaluate Lubricant Challenges of Future Low Carbon Engine Technologies

VAN BUREN TWP., Mich. , July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricardo, Inc., the US subsidiary of Ricardo plc, the leading independent provider of technology, product innovation and engineering solutions to the world's automotive, defense, transport and new energy industries, has announced that the...

A-WIT Technologies Releases World's First Low Cost C Stamp(TM) Based Biotechnology Laboratory in a Box

New Biotechnology kits from A-WIT Technologies provide everything necessary to build a complete Biotechnology Laboratory, and support US and European power supplies. Williamstown, NJ (PRWEB) June 11, 2009 -- A-WIT Technologies releases world's first low cost C Stamp&tra...

Lumbar Matrix(TM) Scan From SpineMatrix(R) Revolutionizes the Diagnosis of Low Back Pain

Accurately Locates the Origin of Pain While Reducing Healthcare Costs AKRON, Ohio , June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A new technology that revolutionizes the way low back pain is diagnosed and treated, while also significantly reducing healthcare costs, has been introduced by SpineMatrix(R) Inc., an ...

Swine Flu (H1N1) Infectivity to Increase Markedly and Lethality to Remain Low According to Latest Replikin* Peptide Genomic Data

Boston-based biotech firm Replikins Ltd. ( www.replikins.com ) last week analyzed the most recent peptide genomic sequence data available and determined that the infectivity of the H1N1 virus will increase markedly, while its lethality will remain relatively low for the immediate future. The comp...

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...

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...

Warner Chilcott Announces NDA Submission for Low Dose Oral Contraceptive

HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Warner Chilcott Limited (Nasdaq: WCRX ) announced today that its affiliate, Warner Chilcott Company Inc. has submitted a New Drug Application for WC 3016, a low-dose oral contraceptive, to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. About W...

deCODE Discovers Common Genetic Variations Contributing to Low Bone Mineral Density and Risk of Osteoporosis

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, December 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Findings Point to Potential Therapeutic Pathways and Provide Widening Basis for the Development of a Risk Assessment Test Scientists from deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN ) and colleagues from Australia and Denmark today rep...

World's First Low Radiocarbon Food May Reduce Risks of Cancer and Birth Defects, and Possibly Even Slow the Aging Process

AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- An Ohio-based company has successfully grown the first Low Radiocarb(TM) food, in this case soybeans, with significantly lower levels of harmful radioactive carbon-14 than normally found in food. Infants and children nourished with safer, low radiocarbon LifeBl...

Novel Mass Spectrometry-based Assay Reveals Degradation and Low Levels of Bioactive B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) in Patients with Heart Failure

TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of researchers from Intrinsic Bioprobes Inc. has reported on a novel quantitative mass spectrometry immunoassay for the detection of bioactive B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), in an article published online on Oct. 14 in the journal of Circulation:...

Bion Announces Approval of New Australian Patent for Low Oxygen Organic Waste Bioconversion for Livestock Waste Environmental Treatment

NEW YORK, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BNET) announced that notification was received today that its patent application entitled, "Low Oxygen Organic Waste Bioconversion System" has been granted by the Commonwealth of Australia Patent Offi...

Liko Introduces Two Additions to Its 'Stat' Family of Low Friction Sheets

FRANKLIN, Mass., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Liko, a major supplier of patient lifts, slings and repositioning sheets for the healthcare industry, has announced two new additions to its "Stat" family of low friction transfer and repositioning sheets. Both new products, the Stat HandySheet(TM) and...

FDA Clears Biospace med's Revolutionary Low Dose Xray Imager

Technology Provides a 'Total Solution' to Orthopedic Imaging PARIS and ATLANTA, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Biospace med today announced that it has received 510k clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market EOS, a new digital Xray imager in the United States for 2D imaging...

Sanofi Pasteur's Investigational H5N1 Influenza Vaccine Achieves High Immune Response at low Dosage

LYON, France, September 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Clinical Study Demonstrates Breakthrough Dose-Sparing Formulation That Increases Stockpile Capacities and Expands Potential Production Capacities to Billions of Doses in a Pandemic Situation Sanofi pasteur, the vaccines division of sanof...

DNA Heritage Success in Patent Battle Helps Keep Genealogy DNA Test Prices Low

RICHMOND, Texas, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- DNA Heritage has recently overcome patent claims held by a competitor which would have severely restricted the use of DNA testing and databases that allow families around the world to match and connect up through their DNA. The patent covers the use of ...

How low (tech) must you go?

How low can you go? No, I'm not setting up a limbo line for the WTN readership. The question is more directed at how much low tech is required to get high tech off the ground in your organization. What got me paying attention to this was the latest spat of identify theft stories. Turns out the...

Wisconsin ranks low in mid-year health care capital investment report

Cleveland, Ohio - A new report of health care sector venture capital shows Wisconsin near the bottom for investments in the first half of 2005, but its position could shoot up as the state's investment funds begin a new cycle. The report was compiled by BioEnterprise , a business formation a...

Wal-Mart: How low can you go?

Low prices. Always low prices. When it comes to consumer goods, America is addicted to them. And with its one-stop-shop product selection and fanatical commitment to low prices, Wal-Mart is the biggest low-price outlet going. We like our stuff cheap, and Wal-Mart is the place to get it. The comp...

High taxes and low rates of entrepreneurship - is there a relationship?

Madison, Wis. - Ask a Wisconsin entrepreneur what's vital to the success of his or her business, and you're as likely to get a shopping list as a definitive answer. Finding and keeping the right employees, affording health insurance, protecting intellectual property, and cutting through governm...

While schools combat low tech enrollment, are businesses contributing to IT workforce woes?

Editor's note : This is the third of a three-part series on information technology workforce development. Milwaukee, Wis. - Will members of the so-called Xbox generation ever be as interested in helping companies create information technology as they are in consuming it? Judging by the...

Isolation of Low Molecular Weight Digestion Products of the Human Platelet Thromboxane A2 Receptor, Rev A

Joseph W. Turek and Guy C. Le Breton, Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60612. Address correspondence to: Joseph W. Turek, 835 South Wolcott, Department of Pharmacology M/C 868, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chi...

COSMCPREP HIGH AND LOW COPY PLASMID PURIFICATION

CosMCPrep is a versatile SPRI-based, plasmid purification system that uses a single protocol to purify a variety of high and low copy number template types. This flexible system is easily automated and produces high quality templ...

Trouble-shooting: Misincorporation or low fidelity

Here are some troubleshooting hints that we have gathered regarding misincorporation or low fidelity of PCR reactions: ...

Trouble-shooting: Low yield

Here are some troubleshooting hints that we have gathered regarding low yield after PCR reactions:

Quantitation of Cabergoline at Extremely Low Plasma Concentrations with a Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

Nicola Hughes, 1 Antony Harvey, 2 Witold Winnik, 3 Jean-Jacques Dunyach, 2 Maan Amad, 2 Maurizio Splendore, 2 and Gary Paul 3 1Biovail Contract Research,Toronto,Ontario,Canada; 2Thermo Finnigan,San Jose,CA,USA...

Versatile Transfection Reagent Offers Low Toxicity and Consistent Performance

LipoTAXI transfection reagent: A proven choice Matt C. Petre Stratagene LipoTAXI transfection reagent offers improved, consistent transfections for both adherent cells and cells growing in suspension. In this article, we summarize the results of several experiments...

Viral Genetics Creates Subsidiary to Develop Cancer Therapy

...that its investigational HIV/AIDS drug based on TNP, called VGV-1, represents a unique approach to treating HIV due to the apparently novel mechanism, low toxicity profile, simple dosing regimen, and short-course of treatment. Online at ww w .viralgenetics.com . SAFE HARBOR FOR FORWARD...

ALPCO Introduces a Mouse HMW and Total Adiponectin ELISA

... Julie Rasku, a scientist with ALPCO Diagnostics' development team assures us, "I found the mouse adiponectin assay to be highly reproducible with low variance. It is a reliable method to determine mouse adiponectin levels." The Mouse HMW and Total Adiponectin ELISA kit provides a tremendous number o...

Synthetech Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results

...rgins on certain products which encountered production difficulties in prior quarters; higher than average raw material costs on certain projects; and low margins on material purchased for direct resell. The first quarter of fiscal 2010 includes $224,000 of employee incentives compared to $41,000 in the...

Microbix Sales Grow 22% For Nine Months

...tion has only produced 25 to 50% of the yields obtained for seasonal virus strains. Several large global influenza vaccine manufacturers have reported low H1N1 yields, and Microbix' VIRUSMAX could assist these companies to improve their yields," he added. "This represents an opportunity to widen access...

InterMune Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Business Highlights

...Phase 1b MAD study of ITMN-191 in combination with low dose ritonavir in HCV patients in the third quarte...ly and twice-daily ITMN-191 co-administered with a low dose of ritonavir in combination with standard dos...itonavir is an antiviral compound commonly used at low doses to enhance or "boost" the pharmacokinetic (P...

NxStage Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

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Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact

... 10 percent efficiency threshold. Making solar cells more efficient is crucial to making them cost effective, he said. And if costs can be brought low enough, solar cells could offset the need for more coal-generated electricity in years to come. "The solution to the energy problem is going to be...

Genomic Health Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Business Progress

...impact product revenue; net loss to narrow in the second half of 2009 as compared with the first half of 2009; and test results delivered to be at the low end of guidance. Recent Highlights and Accomplishments Commercial Progress More than 11,880 Onco type DX breast cancer...

Jatropha Couple Oil Crop Cultivation Technology Commercially Released

...oil crops. With years of continuing research, experiments and trials has provided an adage to find and develop 2nd generation biodiesel feedstock with low cost input technology. The Director Plant Science CJP Mr. R.R. Sharma has stated that, "Jatropha plantation occupy about 50% of the planted l...

Global Jatropha Hi-Tech Agricultural Training Programme (JWTP)

...ovided an adage to find and develop 2nd generation biodiesel feedstock with low cost input technology. Though CJP have been working on many nonfood oil cr...f some perennial nonfood oil crops that can grow well even with erratic and low rainfall, still giving assured returns is of great significance. And that t...

Purdue Pharmaceutical Products L.P. and Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sign Exclusive Agreement to Commercialize Intermezzo(R) in the United States

...ly approved for use in the middle of the night at the time a patient awakens and has difficulty returning to sleep. Intermezzo ((R)) is a sublingual low dose formulation of zolpidem, the active agent most commonly prescribed in the United States for the treatment of insomnia. Intermezzo ((R)) uses ap...

Transave Enters Into Cooperative Research Agreement With NIH To Study ARIKACE(TM) In Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

...o the lung that are formulated into small (0.3 micron), neutral liposomes that enable penetration of the biofilm and are highly efficient, with a very low lipid-to-drug ratio (0.65). ARIKACE can be delivered through nebulization, which enables the small aerosol droplet size (1 to 5 microns) to facilit...

"Over the Next 2-3 Years We Will Leverage Developmental Capabilities and Explore In-licensing and a Co-development Model to Consolidate Our Presence in Japan" - Dr. Kailash Sharma, President, Japan Operations, Zydus Cadila

...ts like USA and Europe. The awareness of generics in Japan is comparatively low and generics are still largely perceived as cheaper, low quality alternatives to patented drugs. The nationwide promotion and awaren...

Aztech Controls Introduces Standardized Gas Sticks for Semiconductor Tool Hook Up

...rise a quality issue with any assembly, all gas sticks are serialized and parts are fully traceable (components, assembly & testing). A unique and low cost base assembly is utilized which supports and protects the assembly during shipment, and simplifies installation at the customer site. Jason ...