Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Acquires Exclusive License to Novel Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Technology From Stanford University

PALO ALTO, Calif., August 4, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company developing antiviral therapies, announced today that it has licensed the exclusive worldwide rights to novel Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) technology from Stanford University. This te...

Jatropha Couple Oil Crop Cultivation Technology Commercially Released

The years of continuous research, experiments and trials have given Centre for Jatropha Promotion & Biodiesel (CJP) a big breakthrough in the search for a viable alternative feedstock for biodiesel in combination with Jatropha in December 2007. After having a number of successful field trials...

Cardium Announces New Orthobiologics Product Initiative Extending Gene Activated Matrix Technology to Deliver Bone Growth Factors

SAN DIEGO, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE Amex: CXM ) today announced plans to develop a DNA-based orthobiologics product portfolio based on research and development by Cardium's Tissue Repair Company that will initially focus on non-union bone fractu...

MUSA Technology Partners Introduces Linux/Open Source Service Desk

MUSA Technology Partners, a leading provider of technology products, services and support, announced today that it is now offering its Linux and Open Source support services to all businesses. While MUSA's Service Desk currently offers specifically Linux and Open Source support, the firm will be...

Patent Awarded for a New X-ray Imaging Technology with Capability Unrealized with Present Day Radiological Modalities

Now, a newly patented x-ray microscope technology makes it possible to see every wire in a stent, magnified 25 times larger than actual size, as clearly as if it were being viewed through a microscope, while exposing the animal and researcher to significantly less radiation than current FDA dosa...

Nuevolution Announces Worldwide Technology Cross-Licensing Agreement With GSK

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuevolution today announced the execution of a worldwide technology cross-licensing agreement with GlaxoSmithKline. The agreement relates to a number of patented technologies for rapid synthesis and DNA-tagging of hundreds of millions of chem...

Time Clocks Technology Catches Up With Crooks

Clocking on and off at work isn't like it used to be. Affordable biometric technology means you can't get someone to buddy punch for you, and you're area access is automatically restricted. What's more - the boss can see where you are, from anywhere on the web, at anytime! ...

St. John's Hospital Acquires Latest Technology in Robotic-Assisted Surgery

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Illinois, recently became the only hospital in the Midwest to acquire a dual console da Vinci surgical robot, and one of three hospitals in the United States to purchase the new system. ...

Laser technology creates new forms of metal and enhances aircraft performance

Dr. Chunlei Guo and his team of researchers for the project discovered a way to transform a shiny piece of metal into one that is pitch black, not by paint, but by using incredibly intense bursts of laser light. The black metal created, absorbs all radiation that shines upon it. "With the crea...

iSource Networks Partners with inVentiv Health to Develop New Technology Platform for Reaching Healthcare Consumers

NEWPORT, R.I., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- iSource Networks, a company focused on improving patient-driven self-care, announced today that it will partner with inVentiv Health, the leading provider of commercialization solutions to the healthcare industry, to develop an innovative new techno...

BioWa Announces License of POTELLIGENT(R) Technology to Merck KGaA

PRINCETON, N.J., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- BioWa, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a license agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, providing the global healthcare and chemicals company with access to BioWa's POTELLIGENT((R)) Technology platform for the research, devel...

Finesse Solutions Forges Agreement With Leading Biotechnology Company for Single-Use Technology Exploration

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Finesse Solutions, LLC, San Jose, CA, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for biologics applications today announced a development agreement with Biogen Idec, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB ) aimed at evaluating emerging technologies for si...

Microbix Files First Patent Applications On Novel Technology Platform For Large Semen Sexing Market

Company seeks partner to commercialize the technology TORONTO, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX:MBX) announced today that it has filed key patent applications based on its novel semen sexing discoveries and that it will now embark on the path to commercialization ...

Peregrine Awarded European Patent for Innovative Labeling Technology Featured in New Study in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine

TUSTIN, Calif., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM ) today announced that it has been awarded a European patent for a novel device and methods for linking biological agents to labels for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The technology, which i...

Spanish Government Selects Novavax's VLP Technology for Comprehensive Flu Vaccine Solution in Spain

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX ) announced today its initial agreement to license its proprietary, recombinant virus-like-particle (VLP) vaccine technology to ROVI Pharmaceuticals (Madrid: ROVI) of Spain. ROVI will use the VLP technology to create ...

Syngenta Licenses Chromatin Gene Stacking Technology for Sugar Cane

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive worldwide research and commercial license agreement for Chromatin's proprietary gene stacking technology in sugar cane. Chromatin has developed a novel ap...

Expanding Indiana's Breakthroughs in Health Information Technology (Exibhit Indiana): Initiative to Advance the State's Health IT National Leadership and Assets Launched to Bring More Awareness to Sector

INDIANAPOLIS, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- As the federal economic stimulus package moves to fund leading applications of health information technology (HIT), Indiana sits in the pole position. The Hoosier state boasts one of the strongest health IT sectors anywhere in the United States today with f...

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. Introduces Carbon Nanotube Probe Technology for Atomic Force Microscopy, CNT-Probes Deliver New Level of AFM Imaging Performance

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. (C|D|I) today announced the availability of two new atomic force microscope (AFM) probes types with carbon nanotube (CNT) tips. The CCHAR (carbon core high-aspect ratio) and CCHR (carbon core high-resolution) CNT probes offer quantum improvements for AFM imaging, ...

Syngenta Acquires Innovative Bio-Control Technology to Improve Usable Crop Yields

WASHINGTON, June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Syngenta today announced that it has acquired Georgia-based Circle One Global, Inc., to add an innovative antitoxin crop protection technology to the company's portfolio. Circle One Global markets the product Afla-Guard(R), which is aimed at reduc...

DNA2.0 Awarded US Patents for Breakthrough Gene Optimization Technology -- Company's Unique Algorithm Enables Expression Yields up to 50 Times Greater than Competing Approaches

The use of codon optimization in gene synthesis has long been misunderstood. DNA2.0 has cracked the code on optimizing sequence design and has been awarded two US patents covering the technology. DNA2.0's approach goes beyond codon arrangement, so the company is introducing a new, more accurate c...

Calvert Research Licenses Novel Technology to Treat Age Related Macular Degeneration from Tulane University

Calvert Research, LLC (a unit of Calvert Holdings, Inc.) today announced the execution of a license agreement with Tulane University granting Calvert Research (through its wholly owned subsidiary, Calvert T1, LLC) certain rights to issued patents and patent applications covering a technology plat...

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Cisbio Bioassays for Technology Innovation

Uniting Technologies from Multiple Fields, Strengthening the Molecular Bioassays Market MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the molecular bioassays market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Cisbio Bioassays with the 2009 Frost & Sullivan North Ameri...

Printing New Organs: Foundation Funds Medical Technology That Replicates Human Tissue

SPRINGFIELD, Va., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Methuselah Foundation has identified Organovo, Inc. as a leader in the extraordinary science of bio-printing. The US Department of Health and Human Services predicts: "Within 20 years regenerative medicine will be the standard of care for replacing all tis...

Abbott & BioGenex Extend the Technology Co-development and Distribution Agreement for Marketing the Xmatrx(R) Advanced Staining Platform for the Automation of FISH, IHC and ISH Molecular Diagnostic Assays

SAN RAMON, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- BioGenex, a developer of innovative instruments and reagents for automated slide based staining systems for molecular diagnostics, announced today that Abbott has entered into a definitive agreement to extend the technology co-development and distribution ...

For Medical Device Makers, a New Software Technology Report, Time to Get Rid of Your Old Code from Full Spectrum Software

Many medical device makers have older products, with old yet still functional software code bases. In this Software Technology Report, Full Spectrum Software offers a guide to updating documentation for existing code and creating the software specifications to write new modern software for your m...

Celsense, Inc Receives NIH Grant to Translate Cell Imaging Technology for Clinical Use

NIH funds human clinical testing of the cell trafficking MRI reagent, Cell Sense. Pittsburgh, PA (Vocus) June 2, 2009 -- Celsense, Inc. announced today that it is one of the recipients in a 4-year $1.95M grant from the National Institutes of Health. The funded studies ...

ZyGEM Corp. Signs Agreement to Incorporate Its Breakthrough DNA Extraction Technology Into Rubicon's Research and Diagnostic Products

-Latest in Series of Global Distribution Agreements to Make ZyGEM's Lower-Cost, Rapid and Easy-to-Use DNA Extraction Kits Available to Researchers Everywhere- -ZyGEM Also Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for its DNA Extraction Technology- SOLANA BEACH, Calif. and HAMILTON, New Zealan...

Photos: Breakthrough Technology Enables Edible TruTag(TM) to Prevent Counterfeit Medicine

HONOLULU, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellular Bioengineering, Inc. (CBI) announces it is developing a novel technology that can help prevent not only counterfeit medicine and other consumables, but can also be used in a wide range of often-counterfeit goods from airplane parts, great works of art, cur...

Elsevier's Science & Technology Division and Science News Partner to Organize the First "Attracting Academic Talent Summit" in Beijing

BEIJING, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elsevier 's Science & Technology division China and Science News announced today that they will jointly organize the first "Attracting Academic Talent Summit" in Beijing on June 2, 2009, at the Beijing Rongjin International Hotel. At a time ...

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Announces Agreement to Acquire 37.5% Stake in Jiangsu Yanshen Biological Technology Stock Co., Ltd.

NANJING, China, May 26 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Simcere Pharmaceutical Group ("Simcere" or the "Company") (NYSE: SCR ), a leading manufacturer and supplier of branded generic and innovative pharmaceuticals in China, today announced an agreement to acquire a 37.5% stake in Jiangsu Yanshen Biologi...

The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative is Named Statewide Reviewer for Life Science Funding Requests Through New Program

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative today announced that it has been selected to review and approve applications from life science companies for micro-loans through the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. The Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund...

Frost & Sullivan Awards Precision Biosciences for Technology Innovation and Molecular Design Process in the Genomics Market

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the genomics market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Precision Biosciences with the 2009 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation of the Year. The company's radical Directed Nuclease Editor(TM)...

Nanosys Licenses Nanowire Technology to QuantuMDx Group for Next Generation Diagnostic and Sequencing Technologies

PALO ALTO, Calif. and LONDON, May 11 /PRNewswire/ --Nanosys Inc. and QuantuMDx Group (QMDx) today announced that QMDx has signed a non-exclusive license agreement with Nanosys for several patents and patent applications related to the use of nanowires for biosensors. The core intellectual p...

Spectros Corporation Protects Its Cool White LED Spectroscopy Technology Against Alleged Infringement by Thermo Fisher Scientific

PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Spectros Corporation (Portola Valley, CA) filed in Federal District Court today against Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO ), alleging infringement of Spectros' spectroscopy patent family by TMO's Nanodrop 3300 product. Spectros invented and commerc...

iZumi Bio Appoints Dr. Berta Strulovici as Chief Technology Officer and Dr. Dushyant Pathak as Vice President of Business Development

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- iZumi Bio, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the industrialization of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) technology with the mission of creating new therapeutics through cellular reprogramming and directed differentiation of patient cells,...

Dozens of New Clean Technology and Nanotech Products Unveiled at TechConnect World Expo in Houston, Texas, May 5-6

Hundreds of Vendors and Thousands of Attendees Make TechConnect World the Largest Nano and Clean Technology Expo in the US HOUSTON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- TechConnect World, in association with the Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), and the Clean Technology and Sustainable Indust...

NeoStem Obtains Exclusive Worldwide License for Innovative Stem Cell Technology and Applications to Heal Chronic Wounds

NEW YORK, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeoStem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: NBS ), which is pioneering the pre-disease collection, processing and long-term storage of adult stem cells for future medical need, announced today it has signed an agreement to license the exclusive worldwide rights to an inno...

CEL-SCI's L.E.A.P.S. Technology Shows Potential to Treat Swine Influenza in Preclinical Studies

Peptide-based vaccines could prove efficacious for both prophylactic and therapeutic treatments VIENNA, Va., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE AMEX: CVM ) announced today that preclinical studies have demonstrated that vaccines utilizing its proprietary L.E.A.P.S....

InVitria Reveals Technology to Optimize Hybridoma Production Performance

Fort Collins, CO April 27, 2009 / b3c newswire / – Recent studies using both classical media and the leading commercial serum-free hybridoma media formulations proved that InVitria’s cell culture supplements optimized cell growth and productivity of hybridoma cells. 1 Further, the stud...

CEL-SCI Presents Data at Prestigious Medical Conference Demonstrating That Its L.E.A.P.S. Technology Stimulates Maturation of Human Blood Cells Into Dendritic Cells Suggesting Potential for Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Disease

Technology also has potential to fight cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, as well as enhance the effectiveness of vaccines VIENNA, Va., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE Amex: CVM ) announced today the presentation of data at the 11th annual National Foundation of Infe...