Speed in Biological Technology

Waters Introduces New SYNAPT G2 with Greater Power, Versatility and Speed Than Any Other High-End Mass Spectrometer

Game-Changing Technology with High Definition MS (HDMS) Defines New Levels of Performance for Exact Mass MS and MS/MS and Opens New Frontiers in Scientific Discovery PHILADELPHIA, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT ) announced today the introduction of a powerful...

New organic material may speed Internet access

The next time an overnight snow begins to fall, take two bricks and place them side by side a few inches apart in your yard. In the morning, the bricks will be covered with snow and barely discernible. The snowflakes will have filled every vacant space between and around the bricks. What you...

ThalesNano Flow Reactor Realizes Microwave Speed With Scale-up Ability

BUDAPEST, Hungary, LONDON and PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- ThalesNano today announced a big step forward in the evolution of flow chemistry with the independent publication of results that prove that flow chemistry can match microwave chemistry in terms of speed, but with the ability t...

PAREXEL Consulting Quantifies Speed to Market: First-Cycle Approval for NME Produces $640 Million in Incremental Revenue on Average

BOSTON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gaining a first-cycle approval for a new molecular entity (NME) is worth an estimated $640 million in incremental revenue on average, according to a new analysis from PAREXEL Consulting, a business unit of PAREXEL International (Nasdaq: PRXL ) and lea...

TIBCO Spotfire and INTEGROMICS Announce Genomics Data Analysis Solution to Radically Speed Drug Research and Development

Spotfire Platform Evolves with INTEGROMICS to Lead the Industry in Advancing Life Sciences Research, Discovery and Development SOMERVILLE, Mass., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TIBX ), together with INTEGROMICS, a provider of state-of-the-art software soluti...

Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) Announces Largest Grants Slate Ever: $100 Million to Speed Delivery of Breast Cancer Discoveries, Cures

'Promise Grants' Offer Individuals, Corporations Unique Opportunities to Invest in Significant Collaborative Research Ventures DALLAS, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R), the world's largest breast cancer organization, today announced the awarding of more than $100...

Varian Medical Systems Exhibits Latest Technologies and Products Designed to Improve Speed and Precision of Radiotherapy at ESTRO 2007

BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR ), world leader in advanced radiotherapy solutions for treating cancer, is demonstrating its full range of technologies and products aimed at improving the speed and precision of radiotherapy at the 2007 Eur...

Looking to be Competitive? Try Speed Networking

Madison, Wis. - Companies looking to thrive in an increasingly competitive atmosphere are using new techniques. Shamane Mills, of Wisconsin Public Radio reports on one rather unusual method: speed-networking, a concept based on speed-dating introduced in by The Wisconsin Technology Network... Lis...

Lifting federal limits on stem cell research would speed search for cures

MADISON Suppose you were asked to swing a golf club with one arm, or to write a one-fingered essay on your word processor. You wouldnt get much accomplished, would you? Or, at the very least, progress would be painfully slow. So it is for researchers in the field of human embryonic stem cells, ...

University center offers speed boost to manufacturers

MADISON, Wis. -- What's more important to a manufacturing company: time or money? At the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Quick Response Manufacturing , ruthlessly cutting down the time it takes to get products developed and produced is seen as the best way to reduce costs and end u...

Wisconsins insurance companies use advanced IT to speed relief

Buildings such as this marina suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Charley, which threatened Tampa, Fla., and sent winds and rain as far as North Carolina. Source: Beau McCune. MADISON Insurance companies headquartered in Wisconsin are using the latest information technology to speed claims pro...

Katrina's destruction likely to speed up electronic healthcare records adoption

Years of efforts to promote electronic healthcare records have led to some adoption of the technology but there's been little sense of urgency toward that adoption. Then Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, destroying countless medical records as part of her path of destruction. Kat...

Pacific Cycle rides full speed into RFID

Pacific Cycle built a significant presence in the bicycle industry by buying some of the most traditional, old-line brands on the market. But the Madison, Wis.-based company has jumped full speed into the future with the integration of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology into its sys...

NimbleGen microarrays speed genetic findings

Madison, Wis. - Research into the genetic underpinnings of mental retardation has been expidited thanks in part to technology from a local biotechnology company. Researchers at the University of Washington and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute discovered new genetic causes of mental reta...

Marshfield Clinic and UW combine to speed tech growth

Madison, Wis. - Quick quiz: Which Wisconsin institutions spend the most on research and development in the life sciences? Naming No. 1 is relatively easy: the University of Wisconsin-Madison ($764 million) is perennially among the top academic R&D centers in the United States. Second on th...

Damn the incumbents, and full speed ahead

The American people should be outraged at getting a second-rate solution for something as critical as its network infrastructure. It goes against what average consumers demand in almost every other product and service arena. Speed is the common measurement that cuts across many products and se...

IRS ruling could speed healthcare technology adoption

Madison, Wis. - As he delivered a keynote address at the recent Digital Healthcare Conference , a somewhat incredulous John Wade, the chair-elect of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society , blasted a seemingly contradictory stance by the Internal Revenue Service on the subject ...

Improving the accuracy and speed of mammalian cell counting

Reprinted from American Biotechnology Laboratory May 2003 BY COSTAS IOANNIDES The skill of culturing mammalian cells successfully requires consistent, accurate measurements of cell growth and viability. Cell counts must be taken daily, a task that is not only tedious...

Exploiting the Life Science Data Explosion to Speed New Drug Discovery

Turn Massive Amounts of Data into Gems of Knowledge Using discoveryHub™ Abstract This paper discusses key problems and opportunities created by the explosion in both the degree (volume) and complexity of life science data available today, and presents a s...

Technology industry doesnt have a monopoly on speed

I recently checked out the Google Groups site. Google is always trying something new. The interesting thing is that the old Usenet groups are all there (Google acquired the Usenet archive). If you work in technology, searching the group archives is like revisiting your life a dozen years ago...

In a fast-paced economy, lawmakers must pick up speed

Madison, Wis . - For reasons that may be as innocent as a choked calendar, legislative progress has stalled on a bill that would trade Wisconsin's city-by-city regulation of the cable television industry for statewide video franchises. The bill, which would create jobs, help many consumers and s...

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009

...sion revascularization was 89 percent and 82 percent. Clinical measures that included ankle-brachial index, Rutherford score, and walking distance and speed scores showed significant improvement at six and 12 months and were maintained through 24 months. Detailed evaluation of stent x-rays demonstrated exc...

SENOMYX AND FIRMENICH TO COLLABORATE ON DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT AND WORLDWIDE COMMERCIALIZATION OF NOVEL SWEET ENHANCERS

...flavor ingredients for use in foods and beverages and Senomyx's right to receive milestones and royalties under its agreements with Firmenich; and the speed of commercialization, revenue potential and market acceptance of sweet enhancing flavor ingredients. Risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of ...

Terrosa Technologies Assigned as Exclusive Reseller for Inclinicalperform CTMS/SaaS Clinical Trials Collaboration Software

...ons for sales, marketing and support for inclinicalperform This partnership expands on Terrosa's successful SaaS software conversion services and will speed time to market for independent software vendors (ISVs) such as Integrated Clinical Solutions. "We are pleased to partner with Integrated Clinical...

Model predicts evolution of Mediterranean landscape following fires

...re "We used 'cellular automata' to represent how fires spread, bearing in mind the flammability of the ground cover, the gradient of the land, wind speed and moisture levels of the vegetation", the lead author of the study, James D. A. Millington, from Michigan State University in the United States, tel...

SmartGene's Services for Faster, More Precise Identification of Bacteria and Fungi to be Used by The Johns Hopkins Hospital

... SmartGene's customers in step with evolving science and improve the accuracy of sequence interpretation. SmartGene's integrated services increase the speed to result for sequence-based diagnostics and improve workflow in the laboratory. Current modules from SmartGene include Bacteria, Fungi, HIV, HCV, MLS...

Medicago's H1N1 pandemic vaccine candidate shows positive response in 100% of vaccinated animals after a single dose

...lating strain in order to be effective. "We have already demonstrated the speed of our technology by producing an H1N1 vaccine candidate and initiating ani...non-transgenic plants. This technology has potential to offer advantages of speed and cost over competitive technologies. It could deliver a vaccine for test...

Breaking barriers with nanoscale lasers

... nanoscale lasers to significantly improve the performance of computers and speed up Internet access . The teams' advances in breaking through previous li..., the faster electronic devices could perform. This would do things such as speed up the workings of your computer and Internet access. The size of lasers...

NPL and University of Surrey sign £10m deal

...tions in automotive, aerospace and the growing sector of space and satellite engineering. Nanotechnology and Photonics - Covering the latest in high speed optical communications and the next phase of miniaturisation in the semiconductor industry. Professor Christopher Snowden, Vice Chancellor of t...

Nuevolution Announces Worldwide Technology Cross-Licensing Agreement With GSK

...l molecule compounds and the efficient screening of these, facilitating the identification of potent drug leads at unprecedented quantity, quality and speed compared to existing lead discovery technologies. Nuevolution partners its technology with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and is a...

Sundia Shortens CRO Shipment Delivery Time with Express Customs Clearance in Shanghai

...elected Sundia and 2 other CRO companies from Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park for a trial operation of Express Clearance, which implements various measures to speed up customs clearance processes. Meanwhile, as part of the effort, trained customer service professionals at Shanghai Customs have been assigned to ass...

SAFC Supply Solutions(R) Announces Raw Materials Line Developed Specifically to Meet Molecular Diagnostics Manufacturing Requirements

...than 100,000 starting materials, combined with expertise in analytical testing, manufacturing, packaging, quality control, and compliance services can speed the development process and lower costs for customers, enabling faster time to market. For further information, visit www.safcsupplysolutions.com ....

Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto Complete U.S. and Canadian Regulatory Authorizations for SmartStax Corn; Plans Set to Launch Seed Platform on 3 Million- to 4 Million-Plus Acres

...anies' abilities to access and enforce intellectual property needed for the collaboration; the costs and requirements of regulatory compliance and the speed with which approvals are received; public acceptance of biotechnology products; and other risks and factors detailed in the companies' most recent per...

ClearTrial Selected to Lead Executive Panel from Pharmaceutical and Service Provider Companies at ExL Conference

...ults. The company's software products support clinical operations, resource planning, and outsourcing departments with a single solution that promotes speed and consistency, while maintaining flexibility to handle different study requirements. For more information please visit http://www.cleartrial.com . ...

Beta Release of v3.0 of OpenClinica Clinical Trials Software

...ntly improved the application's performance," added Galvin. "For example, users will notice an order of magnitude improvement in application speed for studies with over 10,000 subjects and over 1 million data points." As open source software, OpenClinica is free for organizations to use ...

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

... to yield or inspire new pharmaceuticals. The study will be published in the July 13 online issue of journal Nature Methods . "These advances will speed the process by which we discover and describe new and biologically active molecules from organisms such as marine cyanobacteria, also known as blue-gr...

DuPont and Arzeda Collaborate to Develop Improved Crops to Increase Productivity

...." Arzeda's groundbreaking technology integrates the power of chemical catalysis, the high selectivity of biological macromolecules, and the speed of computational design to rapidly design and screen novel enzymes that don't exist in nature and are currently inaccessible using traditional enzyme ...

Brown engineering professor wins prestigious White House award

...he direct connection between electrical devices (those that use charge) and photonic devices (those that use light). The field "potentially offers the speed and bandwidth of optics at the nanosize scale of electronics," Zia said. Zia is also looking at lanthanide ions, the rare-earth materials that have...

Data on WaferGen's SmartChip(TM) System to be Presented at 3rd Annual Rediscovering Biomarkers Conference

...orm. This innovative system, combined with next-generation chemistry and optimized assays being developed by WaferGen, promises to deliver significant speed and cost advantages to researchers in the gene expression and genotyping markets. Based on collaborations established with leading research institutio...

Bay Area Youth to Represent ALS Patients at Giants' and Angels' Baseball Games on July 4th

...ection to ALS," said Corey. "Although it is an orphan disease, I hope to bring larger public awareness and increased funding for research, which could speed up the discovery of therapies for people like me living with ALS." Corey was diagnosed in July of 2007, but he had shown symptoms for several yea...