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

RALEIGH, N.C. , July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartGene, Inc., a provider of novel services for the management and analysis of genetic data, today announced that it has entered into an agreement under which The Johns Hopkins Hospital will utilize SmartGene's advanced technology and integrated...

NeoStem Featured on CBS2 News; Success of Licensed Stem Cell Treatments Shown for Arthritis and Orthopedic Problems; Procedure to be Used by NeoStem Affiliate in China

NEW YORK, July 15 /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, was featured on CBS2 News, New York City's local CBS station, on Monday evening July 13 ...

Inexpensive plastic used in CDs could improve aircraft, computer electronics

HOUSTON, May 15, 2009 If one University of Houston professor has his way, the inexpensive plastic now used to manufacture CDs and DVDs will one day soon be put to use in improving the integrity of electronics in aircraft, computers and iPhones. Thanks to a pair of grants from the U.S. Air Fo...

Codexis R&D Productivity Panels Also Used By Roche

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Codexis, Inc. today announced an agreement with Roche under which Roche will purchase Codex(TM) Biocatalyst Panels, a biocatalysis-based research and manufacturing productivity product. The Codex(TM) Panels are used by pharmaceutical manufacturer...

While Most Companies and Industries Struggled in 2008, LifeModeler, Inc. Used Unique Products to Post Aggressive Business Gains in All Areas

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- To say that LifeModeler, Inc. (LMI) bucked the prevailing trend and posted a series of successes in 2008 that are providing a platform for even greater accomplishments this year, wouldn't quite be telling the whole story. This past year will actually b...

New Innovation Set to Revolutionise Spray Technology - Used to Protect Against the Scottish Biting Midge & Help Fight MRSA in the NHS

Partnering with the University of Aberdeen and Rothamsted Research for releasing natural insect repellents that protect against the Scottish biting midge, Atrium Innovation's new electrostatic spray technology is set to revolutionise how people protect buildings from unwanted particles, insects, ...

InspireMD Announces Enrollment of First Patients in the MGuard(TM) Acute Myocardial Infarction Clinical Trial Data Will be Used to Confirm Initial Positive Results

TEL AVIV, Israel, September 23 /PRNewswire/ -- InspireMD, Ltd. announced today the enrollment of the first 3 patients in its study of MGuard(TM) coronary stent in acute myocardial infarction. The GUARD Study (MGuard(TM) in Acute Myocardial Infarction Study) is designed to evaluate the safety a...

Osteotech's Plexur(R) Technology to Be Used in Craniofacial Reconstruction Program Funded by the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine

EATONTOWN, N.J., May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Osteotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTE ), a leader in the emerging field of biologic solutions for regenerative healing, announced today that its Plexur(R) Technology will be used in a Craniofacial Reconstruction Program led by Dr. Jeffrey Hollinger of ...

Avastin Used in Combination with Drugs from Bristol-Myers Squibb Has Advantages in Survival Rates Over the Current Sales-Leading Therapy for Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Avastin Used in Combination with Taxol and Paraplatin Will Become the Clinical Gold Standard Treatment by 2011, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and ad...

ESA LeadCare(R) System Used to Identify Salvadoran Children with Lead Poisoning

Study Results by Children's Health International Medicine Project of Seattle (CHIMPS) Presented at Academic Pediatric Association Conference in Los Angeles CHELMSFORD, Mass., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- El Salvador, like many emerging markets, must contend with lea...

Graphene used to create world's smallest transistor

Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide. Reporting their peer-reviewed findings in the latest issue of the journal Science, Dr Kostya Novoselov and Professor Andre Geim from The School of Physics and Astron...

Spectral's EAA(TM) to be used in Phase III study for a sepsis anti-endotoxin therapy

TORONTO, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Spectral Diagnostics Inc. (TSX: SDI) today announced that its Endotoxin Activity Assay (EAA(TM)), an FDA cleared diagnostic for risk of sepsis, will be used to measure endotoxin levels during the enrolment of patients in a Phase III sub study, part of ...

CyberKnife Radiosurgery Used to Treat Lung Tumors at 90 Percent of Centers Worldwide

More Than 5,000 Lung Cancer Patients Treated With CyberKnife System to Date SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY ), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that approximately 90 percent of CyberKnife centers worldwide are...

Stereotaxis' Niobe System Used to Perform More Than 10,000 Procedures Worldwide

Steady Utilization Growth Seen in Atrial Fibrillation, EP Mapping and Ablation, PCI and Additional Complex Procedures ST. LOUIS, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stereotaxis, Inc. (Nasdaq: STXS ) announced today that more than 10,000 procedures have been performed using the Ster...

Next generation simulations? Not on the Internet you're used to

Madison, Wis. A crowd wearing paper goggles gasped frequently as they watched a human cadaver being dissected in a 3D image sent live from La Crosse to Madison. Steven Senger examines a virtual cadaver in 3D with one of the applications he's developed at UW-La Crosse. It wasn't just a d...

Businesses could bridge digital divide in Milwaukee with used computers

Milwaukee, Wis. - Businesses in metropolitan Milwaukee and perhaps throughout Wisconsin will be asked to donate their used computers to advance digital inclusiveness as Milwaukee moves toward completion of its wireless Internet installation. The City of Milwaukee , having finalized a contrac...

WARF questions relevancy of documents used to uphold patent challenge

Madison, Wis. - Claiming that patents and publications used to uphold a challenge to its stem cell patents are irrelevant to the isolation and proliferation of human embryonic stem cells, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has filed a response refuting an initial determination by the U...

A simple and rapid LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous determination of nine antiretroviral drugs commonly used in Europe (protease Inhibitors and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors)

Purpose In clinical research, the monitoring of protease inhibitor (PI) and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) antiretroviral drugs is of significant interest due to the importance of assessing inter-individual and intra-individual metabolism variability. ...

Preparative Nondenaturing Gel Electrophoresis Used in the Purification of an Esterase Involved in Insecticide Resistance, Rev C

Dr Albert J Ketterman and SHP Parakrama Karunaratne, Dept. of Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London WC1E 7HT UK Introduction In attempts to control Culex quinquefasciatus as a worldwide vector...

RNArticles: RNA Amplification Used to Develop a New In Vitro HCMV Assay

Gene arrays can be used to simultaneously measure the expression levels of thousands of genes in a single experiment. One limitation of this technology is that large amounts of RNA may be required for each array hybridization experiment -- typ...

Growth spurts

... few nanometers in size." Zheng, Dahmen, Alivisatos and their colleagues used the JEOL 3010 and liquid cells microfabricated from a pair of 100-micron-th...cell TEM imaging of individual particles. The JEOL 3010's electron beam was used to both trigger nucleation and drive crystal growth through reduction of th...

Volcano Corporation Presentation At Canaccord Adams Conference To Be Webcast

...d States. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Axsun Technologies, Volcano also develops and manufactures optical monitors, lasers and optical engines used in telecommunications, spectroscopy and other industrial applications. These products are sold to a variety of customers, including Nokia Siemens Netw...

SCOLR Pharma, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...d $(0.04) $(0.05) $(0.08) $(0.10) ====== ====== ====== ====== Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share 41,098,270 41,128,590 41,098,270 41,100,676 Con...

NeurogesX Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

... topical anesthetic would provide similar tolerability to the topical agent used as a pretreatment in the clinical development program. The study, conducted... ====== ====== ====== ====== Shares used to compute basic and diluted net loss per share attributa...

ThermoGenesis Announces Expanded Collaboration With Celling Technologies

...arrow aspirates. The bone marrow concentrates are used in spinal fusion procedures. "Celling has...hive(R) System , an automated cryogenic device, is used by cord blood stem cell banks in more than 25 coun...ng stem cells in closed systems. The AXP device is used for the processing of cord blood. GE Healthcare i...

GenVec Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...ogram. This grant, valued at approximately $600,000 over two years, will be used to identify new immunogenic antigens for malaria vaccine development. ... ====== ====== ====== ====== Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share 92,053 78,707 9...

Sigma-Aldrich Acquires ChemNavigator, Inc., to Provide Researchers With Industry-Leading Chemical Compound Selection and Procurement Services

...ding discovery research informatics software tools used for design, selection and procurement of chemical ...n molecular screening to synthetic building blocks used in chemical synthesis. The acquisition aligns the ...Our chemical and biochemical products and kits are used in scientific research, including genomic and prot...

ThermoGenesis Provides Update on Fiscal 2009 Results

...hive(R) System , an automated cryogenic device, is used by cord blood stem cell banks in more than 25 coun...ng stem cells in closed systems. The AXP device is used for the processing of cord blood. GE Healthcare i...kets through independent distributors. The MXP is used for isolating stem cells from bone marrow. ...

InterMune Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Business Highlights

...rin) in HCV-infected patients. Ritonavir is an antiviral compound commonly used at low doses to enhance or "boost" the pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of sev... ====== ====== ====== ====== Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share ...

SEQUENOM Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Highlights

...r the second quarter of 2008. The number of shares used to calculate net loss per share was 61,137,755 for...he comparable period in 2008. The number of shares used to calculate loss per share was 61,078,534 for thi...mavirus (HPV) in the cervix, via the most commonly used test for HPV DNA, may actually be infected with th...

OncoGenex Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...treated with docetaxel alone -- a 6.9 month observed survival advantage for the OGX-011 arm. The unadjusted hazard ratio (HR), a measure used to compare the death rates between treatment groups, was 0.61, representing a 39% lower rate of death for patients treated with OGX-011....

Telik Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

... $(0.11) $(0.26) $(0.25) $(0.44) ====== ====== ====== ====== Weighted average shares used to calculate basic and diluted net loss per share 53,356 53,185 53,335 53,088 ===...

The Law Offices of Brian D. Witzer Wins 6+ Million Dollar Verdict

...is horrible, disfiguring disease." Prior to trial, the Plaintiff settled with two other manufacturer-defendants for other products that Plaintiff had used prior to suffering SJS/TEN. The verdict was a record in California Courts for an SJS/TEN case. The Law Firm of Brian D. Witzer is the pre-emine...

Data Published in Cell Stem Cell Demonstrates Potent Anti-Cancer Activity for OncoMed Pharmaceuticals' Lead Antibody

...ng xenografts established from primary human tumors. These models are designed to be more directly representative of human tumors than the cell lines used in standard cancer research. About OMP-21M18 OMP-21M18 is a monoclonal antibody optimized to block a key signaling pathway in cancer stem c...

Transposagen Creates a Rat Model of the Human Immune System

...ontracting a fatal infection. The SCID mouse has been one of the most often used animal models in the history of drug discovery and development research. Tr... genetically modified rat models. These models mimic human diseases and are used for drug discovery and development research. The production of animal model...

Curis and Debiopharm Sign an Exclusive License Agreement Covering the HSP90 Inhibitor CUDC-305

...second half of 2010 and the expected shareholder and corporate benefits of any advancement of clinical trials of GDC-0449;. Forward-looking statements used in this press release may contain the words "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "plans", "seeks", "estimates", "will", "may" or similar expressions....

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

...tents have been implanted globally, making them the world's most frequently used coronary stents. Royalty revenue derived from sales of TAXUS stents by BS...iding physicians an option that can potentially reduce the number of stents used in more complex cases, simplifying procedures and reducing costs. It afford...

iCardiac Expands Sales and Marketing Team

...n validated by pharmaceutical companies and is now used in regulatory submissions as equivalent to the man...cardiac safety markers that have been accepted and used as secondary end-points by the regulators, and del...development. iCardiac's COMPAS technology has been used for over a decade in cardiac clinical trials condu...

Cell Therapeutics Second Quarter Net Loss Decreases 54%; Pixantrone NDA Submitted to the FDA for Approval

...share $(0.06) $(5.18) $(0.11) $(12.28) ====== ====== ====== ======= Shares used in calculation of basic and diluted net loss per common share (1) 446,174 11,447 366,293 9,277 ...

The Breast Cancer Therapeutics Market in Australia

... development, including Epotheliones and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor (VEGFR) inhibitors." However, chemotherapy continues to be used widely for now. This may be attributed to the fact that the use of targeted therapy is limited due to access and affordability issues, thereby making ...