NeoStem Featured in WCBS-TV Health Watch Segment on Adult Stem Cells
NEW YORK, March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeoStem, Inc. (Amex: NBS ), which is pioneering the pre-disease collection, processing and long-term storage of adult stem cells for future medical need, today announced that Robin Smith, MD, MBA, and NeoStem's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer w...Genstruct's Andrea Matthews Selected for Mass High Tech's 'People to Watch Under 30'
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Genstruct Inc., a biotechnology company translating the complexity of human biology to develop new successful therapeutics, today announced that Andrea Matthews (age 25), manager of its Scientific Programs, was selected by Mass High Tech for its "People...Midwest Biotech: Watch India, the Next Biotech Frontier
CHICAGO While I have been fascinated with India for years, I have to admit that Ive never been there. My interest in India started during a marketing internship at Lever Bros. (now Unilever ) in New York City during one college semester. A colleague there befriended me. He was a young, Indian...National stem-cell panel, including UW profs, urges close watch on research
Research institutions should create oversight committees to guide human embryonic stem-cell studies according to common guidelines, a panel of experts, including two University of Wisconsin-Madison professors, said on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. "In the absence of federal guidelines broadly gove...Swiss biotech has quality of its big pharma, watch and chocolate industries
I had the good fortune to be in Zurich, Switzerland less than two weeks ago to visit with a number of Swiss biotech companies and the Swiss Biotech Association, as part of a mission of visiting American companies organized by the Swiss Business Hub here in Chicago. This trip to Zurich was my f...The press vs. Google: Copyright cases to watch
Does Google News - which displays thumbnail images, headlines, and story leads in connection with links to complete news stories on external websites - infringe copyrights in the original photographs and news stories? Are headlines and story leads protectable expression or public domain f...Time Clocks Technology Catches Up With Crooks
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...act of its scientific work. According to Science watch , these findings underscore Brazil's standing amon...th. To assess Brazil's research, Science watch turned to publication and citation statistics com... output across various scientific fields, Science watch compared Brazil's share of Thomson Reuters-indexe...Microtest Laboratories is an Industry Leader in ICH Stability Testing
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...mson Reuters today announced the results of its annual roundup of the "hottest" researchers and research papers. In its March/April issue of Science watch , Thomson Reuters identified the top 13 authors who fielded the highest numbers of Hot Papers in 2007-2008 as well as the most-cited research papers o...Tolerx Expands Phase 3 'DEFEND' Trial of Otelixizumab in Europe
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...h. In its January/February issue of Science watch , Thomson Reuters analyzes 12 year's worth of data...search output and impact. In 2005, Science watch noted that the U.S.'s output, as a percentage of ...iences," said Christopher King, editor of Science watch . "Because citations are an acknowledgement of in...Vermont Surgeon Implants First Accommodating Crystalens in Russia
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...lecular Slinkies vibrate. However, unlike real springs, when researchers vibrate the molecules their properties can change, she said. Being able to watch and understand why the electrons did what they did is very useful in fields like alternative energy, according to the researchers. "If we understan...Green Makeup Artist Paige Padgett Says, 'Get Smart'
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...at a research scientist and university professor gets to see his work on the silver screen. But in just a few months, Richard W. Siegel will get to watch his name scroll down the giant screen of a darkened IMAX theater with a new title that seems light years away from laboratory benches and lecture hall...AMICAS Announces Integrations at More Than 100 MEDITECH Facilities
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...has completed both private and public capital fundraising, delivering over $200 million for emerging companies. Transactions completed under Grayson's watch produced over $150 million in recognizable revenue with an announceable value in excess of $1 billion dollars, and included agreements with BMS, Lilly...Engineers harness cell phone technology for use in medical imaging
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...cted independent publishers of business intelligence research. According to IBISWorld, the industries making up the rest of its "Top 10" industries to watch in 2008 are: remediation services, mining and oil and gas machinery manufacturing, environmental consulting, collection agencies, and oil and gas extr...US Oncology Announces Realignment of Executive Team
...he delivery of high-quality cancer care in America, with Bruce leading the day-to-day operations. It has been gratifying for me to work with Bruce and watch him grow into an exceptional leader and manager. His passion for execution, coupled with his vision and strategic prowess, will prove invaluable in th...What To Do When a Holiday Guest Shows Up With a Pet
...ious or beg for food around the table. -- Make sure the pet has a safe retreat from well-intentioned visitors, children and your own pets. -- watch for open doors, and make sure the pet has an ID tag and/or microchip in case it gets out. -- Keep candles, holiday decorations and food out of ...Collaboration yields 'the right glasses' for observing mystery behavior in electrons
...ters wide, while a typical human hair is about 100,000 nanometers wide. Using this nanoscale viewer, the UCSD-LANL-Max Planck-ETRI team was able to watch metallic puddles form within vanadium oxide at the exact temperature where the Mott transition was expected to occur. These infrared nanoscope images ...