BioNeutral's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Achieves a 100% Total Kill (Pass) Against the Life Threatening Clostridium Difficile (C.diff) Spores in Independent EPA Required Protocol Testing.

NEWARK, N.J., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioNeutral Group, Inc. ("BioNeutral") (OTC Bulletin Board: BONU), a specialty chemical technology based Life Science Company announced today that at ATS Labs using the required EPA protocol testing, BioNeutral's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Antimic...

BioNeutral's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Antimicrobial Demonstrates a 99.9997% Kill Rate Against Clostridium Difficile Spores (C.diff) in Independent Lab Pre-testing Phase

NEWARK, N.J., July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioNeutral Group, Inc. ("BioNeutral") (OTC Bulletin Board: BONU), a chemical technology-based Life Science company announced today that at ATS Labs, using a Quantitative Disk Carrier test starting with 5.5 million Clostridium Difficile (C.diff) spores...

AACR 100th Annual Meeting Highlights Superior Ability of InNexus' DXL-Modified Anti-CD20 Antibody to Attach and Kill NHL With Safety Comparable to Approved Antibody Therapies in Preclinical Studies

-- Key Data are New Releases for the Company Building on Milestones with Recent FDA Meetings and Technology Discoveries -- DENVER, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DXL625 monoclonal antibodies appear to be superior to commercial-stage antibodies in their ability to attach and deplete NHL ...

New designer toxins kill Bt-resistant insect pests

A new way to combat resistant pests stems from discovering how the widely used natural insecticide Bt kills insects. Figuring out how Bt toxins punch holes in the cells of an insect's gut was the key to designing the new toxins, according to a Mexico-U.S. research team. Some insects have d...

Innovative Fosshield(R) Antimicrobial Technology Shown to Continuously Kill MRSA 'Superbug'

Self-Sanitizing Fiber Reduces Bacteria to Levels below Detection; Can Provide Permanent Protection in Everyday Products HAMPTON, N.H., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Foss Manufacturing Company, the first company to successfully embed a natural balance of silver and copper into fiber, has t...

First New Class of Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Drug Candidates in 30 Years Demonstrate Ability to Kill Tumors Resistant to Currently Marketed Platinum Drugs

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq and MTAX: CTIC) announced preclinical data presented at the 19th annual AACR-NCI-EORTC Symposium show its bis-platinate drug candidates, CT-47613 and CT-47609, kill tumors refractory to currently marketed pl...

Let's kill the term "IT"

During the early dawn of mainframe computers, everyone was in data processing, and most corporations thought that without the word Data in their corporate naming lingo, they would simply die. Therefore, millions of business names like Data-This and Data-That came about. All companies, big or small ...

Bacteria pack their own demise

...an the antitoxin, it is broken down more slowly by the cell's clean-up mechanisms. Once the antitoxin is all gone, there is still enough toxin left to kill the bacterium. The upshot for the species is that bacteria that loses their T-A gene and probably have sustained damage to the important genes just ...

Human Genome Sciences Announces New Order for Raxibacumab (ABthrax(TM)) from U.S. Government

...with BARDA in the interest of our nation's security." Raxibacumab represents a new way to address the anthrax threat. While antibiotics can kill the anthrax bacteria, they are not effective against the deadly toxins that the bacteria produce. Raxibacumab targets anthrax toxins after they are r...

A drug-dispensing contact lens

...ses are currently approved by the FDA; in some tests, the lenses continued releasing drug for up to 100 days. The amounts dispensed were sufficient to kill pathogens in a laboratory assay. Kohane and Ciolino see applications in conditions such as glaucoma and dry-eye which require frequent daily eye d...

Brain Monitor Eliminates Need for Routine Oxygen With Propofol - Friedberg's Triad Unveiled

... Corona del Mar, CA (PRWEB) July 14, 2009 -- Your cosmetic surgeon may not improve your looks to your liking, but your anesthesia provider could kill you as quickly as Michael Jackson died. Most healthy patients can safely breathe room air without supplemental oxygen when getting propofol ...

BioNeutral's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade Achieves World Class Independent Test Results in Killing Life Threatening Spores/Organisms

...of its Ygiene(TM) formula produced a 100% Total kill of live spores in seven (7) minutes . This EPA r...perature, cold, sporicide/sterilant with the rapid kill demonstrated by Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade will pro...r Hospital Grade Ygiene(TM) can hunt them down and kill them where ever they may hide is something else en...

Data Published in The New England Journal of Medicine Support Use of Raxibacumab (ABthrax(TM)) for the Treatment of Inhalation Anthrax

...f immediately life-threatening inhalation anthrax disease." Raxibacumab represents a new way to address the anthrax threat. While antibiotics can kill the anthrax bacteria, they are not effective against the deadly toxins that the bacteria produce. Raxibacumab targets anthrax toxins after they are r...

Monitoring water through a snake's eyes

...olding water reserves on the top of the building, a terrorist only needs to introduce poison into a tank to wreak havoc. "A terrorist wouldn't have to kill tens of thousands of people. Only 50 deaths ― as horrible as that would be ― would cause nationwide panic." Currently, water authoritie...

High-Tech 'Smart' Face Mask Helps Hong Kong Families Combat Swine Flu

...also the superior mask. Not only does it use advanced technology to rapidly kill microbes, the BioMask(TM) is highly breathable and comfortable, especially ...tration technology optimizes breathability and comfort. With its ability to kill a broad range of microbes, while applied to various substrates, BioFriend(T...

Celtic Pharma Holdings Announces Investment in Novacta Biosystems Limited

...d to target C. difficile without depleting other beneficial bacteria in the gut and preclinical data show that Novacta's lead lantibiotics selectively kill C. difficile with less disturbance of normal gut bacteria than seen with existing drugs. C. difficile infections (CDIs) are a serious problem: the num...

Nanobiotech Center Wins $2.5 Million, 4-Year Grant

...Carolina are already working on nanoparticles that treat disease by carrying new genes to certain cells, and sunlight-powered nano-scale coatings that kill microbes on hard surfaces and fabrics. The four-year award to COIN builds on a $100,000 planning grant given by the Biotechnology Center last ye...

Data Presented at Society of Nuclear Medicine 2009 Annual Meeting Supports Potential of Peregrine's Cotara(R) for the Treatment of Brain Cancer

... clinical trial in recurrent GBM patients. Cotara specifically targets cells at the center of brain tumors, so its radioactive payload is able to kill cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue largely unaffected. In this study, lead author Sui Shen, Ph.D., associate professor of radiation oncology a...

Australia: Face Mask That Kills Swine Flu Readied for Australian Pandemic Fight

...g stocks of its anti-infective BioMask to help combat the spread of Influenza A (H1N1) across Australia. The BioMask is the first medical face mask to kill the Influenza A virus within seconds of contact while retaining the breathability required by front-line workers and children, who are often the first...

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

...eptide analog with a cytotoxic drug chemically linked to the peptide, resulting in a dual mechanism drug candidate designed to specifically target and kill abnormal blood vessels found in wet AMD patients. The lead compound from this technology platform has shown activity in an animal model of AMD. ...

Monitoring water through a snake's eyes

...olding water reserves on the top of the building, a terrorist only needs to introduce poison into a tank to wreak havoc. "A terrorist wouldn't have to kill tens of thousands of people. Only 50 deaths ― as horrible as that would be ― would cause nationwide panic." Currently, water authoritie...

Europium discovery

...ents are magnetic; therefore, they are not superconductors. "Superconductivity and magnetism hate each other. To get superconductivity, you have to kill the magnetism," Schilling explained. Of the rare earths, europium is most likely to lose its magnetism under high pressures due to its electronic s...

Novavax Announces Enrollment in the Second Phase II Study of its Seasonal Influenza VLP Vaccine Candidate

...za virus and prevent spread throughout the cells of the respiratory tract -- and the matrix 1 or "M1" virus that stimulates cytotoxic T lymphocytes to kill cells that may already be infected. This three-pronged approach may offer an advantage over existing vaccines which contain mostly HA with variable a...

Access Pharmaceuticals Announces the European Launch of MuGard(TM) by its European Partner, SpePharm

... anti-angiogenesis factor and is targeted to breast cancer; Prodrax(R), a non-toxic prodrug which is activated in the hypoxic zones of solid tumors to kill cancer cells; Alchemix, a chemotherapeutic agent that combines multiple modes of action to overcome drug resistance. Access is also developing Phenylb...

Access Pharmaceuticals Presents New Data on ProLindac(TM) at the 2009 AACR Annual Meeting

... anti-angiogenesis factor and is targeted to breast cancer; Prodrax(R), a non-toxic prodrug which is activated in the hypoxic zones of solid tumors to kill cancer cells; Alchemix, a chemotherapeutic agent that combines multiple modes of action to overcome drug resistance. Access is also developing Phenylb...

Roche to Introduce New LightCycler(R) MRSA Advanced Test in the EU

...spitals and are associated with significant healthcare costs. In 2004, the United Kingdom National Audit Office estimated that infections such as MRSA kill 5,000 people each year in the UK and hospital-associated infections cost the National Health Service around euro 1 billion a year.(ii) About the...

Batman Teams with Senator Katherine Laforge to Help Free America from OPEC

...ction, we become our enemy’s partners in our own destruction. It is OPEC’s tremendous profits that buy the bullets and bombs that maim and kill our sons, daughters, husbands, wives, brothers and sisters in lands that have been at war for centuries. Hearne shares Batman’s fervent beli...

AstraZeneca Calls on All Americans to Join US AGAINST ATHERO to Fight the Nation's Number One Killer

... die from a coronary event.(2) Athero is also a leading cause of stroke, which affects nearly 800,000 Americans each year.(2) Together, CHD and stroke kill more Americans every year than all cancers combined. About US AGAINST ATHERO US AGAINST ATHERO is a movement sponsored by AstraZeneca to inc...

The Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) RV Tour Takes to the Road to Educate the Nation About the Importance of DVT Risk Assessment

...ually. Approximately 300,000 Americans die each year from pulmonary embolism (PE)(2), the majority of which result from DVT(3). Complications from DVT kill more Americans than breast cancer and AIDS combined(4). Building awareness through activities like the Driving to Reduce the Risks of DVT tour is cr...

MIT, BU team combats antibiotic resistance with engineered viruses

...h to fighting bacterial infections, developed at MIT and Boston University, could help prevent bacteria from developing antibiotic resistance and help kill those that have already become resistant. Researchers from both schools have engineered a virus that knocks out bacterial defense systems, enhancin...

Video: Experts Unite to Help People Manage Spring Nasal Allergy Sneezin'

...? Don't worry, a steam vapor treatment may help to kill some dust mites. Wash your bedding weekl... water (130°F) and dry them in a hot dryer to help kill dust mites. If you have satin sheets freezing them overnight will kill dust mites, too. Look into allergen-proo...

NOVAVAX Announces Preclinical Study Results for a Respiratory Syncytial Virus ('RSV') Vaccine Candidate Directed Against the Fusion (F) Protein

... cell mediated immune responses with activation of CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocytes against the F protein, which are important for protection because they kill cells infected with RSV. The RSV-F VLP vaccine candidate also protected against RSV infection, reducing the quantity of RSV virus found in the lungs ...

Hong Kong Biotech Company, Filligent, Announces CE Certification of Its Revolutionary, Anti-Infective Medical Face Mask, the BioMask

...MRSA. By targeting only the dangerous elements, BioFriend's intelligent filtration technology optimizes breathability and comfort. With its ability to kill a broad range of microbes, while applied to various substrates, BioFriend(TM) naturally lends itself to wide application across consumer products. Bio...

Researchers at the University of Georgia Discover Protein is Crucial to Reproduction of Parasites Involved in Disease

...rong interest to scientists because it is easy to manipulate in the lab and can lead to insights about other parasitic diseases, such as malaria, that kill millions each year. Now, a team of researchers at the University of Georgia led by postdoctoral associate Giel van Dooren has discovered a prote...

Historic Seed Delivery Made in Illinois for First New Soybean Varieties With the Greater Yield Potential of Roundup Ready 2 Yield(TM)

...ontain genes that confer tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup(R) agricultural herbicides. Roundup(R) agricultural herbicides will kill crops that are not tolerant to glyphosate. Roundup Ready 2 Yield(TM) is a trademark of Monsanto Technology LLC. (C)2009 Monsanto Company. Medi...

EAU Technologies Receives Patent for Empowered Water(TM)

...cular structure of water to create a non-toxic, oxidized antimicrobial solution. Empowered Water(TM) Primacide solutions are disinfecting fluids that kill a variety of pathogens including bacteria, viruses, molds and spores, within seconds of contact. EAU conducted successful protocol studies for ...

Malaria: New Treatment is Upcoming

... of death of over 1 million people, sadly largely children under 5 in Sub-Saharan Africa. "If not promptly and effectively treated, malaria can kill in just a few days after the onset of symptoms," said Prof. Umberto D'Alessandro, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, coo...

Cylene Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase II Clinical Trial of Quarfloxin (CX-3543) in Patients With Carcinoid/Neuroendocrine Tumors

...hreonine kinases, as well as innovative Nucleolus Targeting Agents (NTAs) that target the abnormal nucleolus functions of cancer cells and selectively kill cancer cells. More information can be found at http://www.cylenepharma.com . Cylene cautions you that statements included in this press relea...

Cryoablation of Early Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer With MRI Confirmation Shows Promising Clinical Benefits, According to Study Presented at RSNA

...ning at the targeted tumor site and histopathology confirmed complete tumor kill within the intended ablation zone. In three cases histopathology confirmed ...ncement on post-cryoablation CEMRI appears to correlate with complete tumor kill within the targeted ablation zone. We believe the novel MR findings termed...

Photo-catalytic, self cleaning coating for building exteriors

...ce or sunlight, TiO2 offers two unique properties: (a) strong oxidation power, and (b) super-hydrophilicity. Strong oxidation power can be used to kill bacteria attached on the wall, or oxide/remove foul smell from stains in toilet (e.g., TiO2-coated tile and TiO2-coated glass are commercially availab...