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deCODE Discovers a Gene Linked to Risk of Kidney Stones and Osteoporosis

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A discovery by scientists at deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN ) and academic colleagues from Iceland, the Netherlands and Denmark has pointed to a common biological mechanism contributing to both kidney stones and decreased bone mineral densi...

Mosquito genes linked to insecticide resistance may be new target in fight against malaria

Malaria remains one of the most serious diseases worldwide, claiming the lives of more than one million people per year in tropical and sub-tropical regions, the majority of whom are children under five years of age. Efforts to eliminate this mosquito-borne illness rely heavily on prevention meas...

Cardiovascular Side Effects of Pioglitazone and Rosiglitazone Linked to Vascular and Energy Pathways by Genomas Clinical Study

Basis Established for DNA-Guided Decision Support in Diabetes Drug Therapy HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Research by Genomas has shown statistically significant associations of certain genes in vascular and energy pathways to body mass index (BMI) and edema (fluid retention) in pat...

Exposure to Agent Orange linked to prostate cancer in Vietnam veterans

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) UC Davis Cancer Center physicians today released results of research showing that Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange have greatly increased risks of prostate cancer and even greater risks of getting the most aggressive form of the disease as compared to those who we...

Exposure to Agent Orange linked to prostate cancer in Vietnam veterans

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) UC Davis Cancer Center physicians today released results of research showing that Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange have greatly increased risks of prostate cancer and even greater risks of getting the most aggressive form of the disease as compared to those who we...

More Evidence Published That Epidemics of Childhood Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome are Linked to Immunization

BALTIMORE, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Data by Dr. Bart Classen in The Open Endocrinology Journal provides further evidence that epidemics of childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome are the result of exposure to the increasing number of vaccines. Metabolic syndrome inc...

deCODE Discovers Fourth Major Set of Common Genetic Variants Linked to Risk of Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

Markers will form the basis of a DNA diagnostic test to identify women who may benefit from more intensive screening; latest findings folded into deCODEme(TM) REYKJAVIK, Iceland, April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientists from deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN ) ...

I'm Linked In, Now What?

Social networking is a tech bubble that I fear is about to burst. Months ago, venture investors and entrepreneurs jumped on the pump and began inflating the idea that there was money to be made by exploiting so-called six degrees of separation. Business networks, after all, function on who you k...

Digital Lifestyle: I'm linked in, now what?

Twice in my career, dating back as long ago as 1988, I enthusiastically embraced the idea that personal computing had become a lifestyle and joined teams to create magazines to examine and celebrate that life. Both times, we were - at best - well ahead of our time. Now, many years later, I'm get...

Infertility linked to lawn chemicals by Marshfield Clinic researcher

Marshfield, Wis. Low-dose exposures to agricultural and lawn care pesticides may cause injury to developing embryos before a pregnancy is even noticed, according to a study conducted by researchers at Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation , and being published in the May 2004 issue of Environm...

Japanese biotech is booming and linked with Midwest

Earlier this year, I talked about merger mania in the Japanese pharmaceutical market. Another interesting trend is the growth of Japanese biotechnology. Though the Japanese were slow to participate in this industry, the country is rapidly gaining a leadership role. According to a recent articl...

UW-Platteville linked to UC-Irvine project management program

Platteville, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will be one of several universities involved in a new online certificate program offered by the University of California-Irvine, the university's extension announced on Wednesday. The Project Management Certificate Program will offe...

IT worker shortage linked to tech enrollment drop

Madison, Wis. - Wisconsin's information technology and computer science sectors are crucial business resources, but recruiting the talent to leverage IT has become an increasingly daunting task. Pending baby-boomer retirements and a decline in IT enrollment could leave employers struggling to ...

CapitalBio Corporation and VigeneTech Inc. Have Announced the Launch of a Fully Integrated Microarray Solution Platform

...d dedicated software for data analysis and biomedical data management. The company, founded in 2000, currently has nearly 400 employees and is closely linked to the National Engineering Research Centre for Beijing Biochip Technology. Visit http://www.capitalbio.com for more information. Con...

Model predicts evolution of Mediterranean landscape following fires

...State University in the United States, tells SINC. 'Cellular automata' are mathematical tools used in artificial intelligence to track the movement of linked objects within a grid (in this case a map). Millington says this model is able to represent landscapes over areas in excess of 1,000 hectares on a ...

Axial Biotech Enters Partnership with the University of Utah to Utilize the Utah Population Database to Develop Personalized Diagnostic Tests for Spine Disorders

...ic officer of Axial Biotech. "With a robust library of family histories and linked diseases at our finger tips, we aim to define the genetic makeup of spinal ...B is an extensive set of Utah family histories, in which family members are linked to demographic and medical information. Utah has an ideal populat...

Looking Older Than You Are May Have Little to Do With Wrinkles

...e "the" name in the Sculptra revolution in Europe where the product has been used for cosmetic purposes for 10 years. Both experts are often linked in research, training and video training modules for Dermik. Dermik is the dermatology arm of Sanofi Aventis, one of Europe's largest pharmaceutic...

Canadian researchers discover gene related to the appearance of aging

... six novel discoveries made to date through the AMGGI project. Among them, a gene related to sudden cardiac death in Newfoundland and Labrador and one linked to haemoglobin production. ...

Business Opportunities in Spain's Fast-Growing Biotechnology Industry

...king. A fast-growing industry in a country with an extraordinary quality of life. Business opportunities in Spain over the coming years will be linked to fields such as personalized medicine and advanced therapies, where interest is increasing in molecular diagnoses and related products. In or...

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results from Dose-Ranging Clinical Study of Pramlintide/Metreleptin Combination Treatment for Obesity

...al meeting and for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. About Obesity Obesity is a chronic disorder that affects millions of people and is linked to increased health risk of several medical conditions including type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, high blood pressure, heart diseas...

Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation to Protect Archived DNA Using Biomatrica's Room Temperature Storage

...y of correlated genetic and genealogical information. The SMGF database currently contains information about more than seven million ancestors through linked DNA samples and pedigree charts from more than 170 countries, or approximately 90 percent of the nations of the world. The foundation's purpose is to ...

It's Not Just the Sun: deCODE Discovers Sequence Variants Affecting Susceptibility to Skin Cancer

...ariants in the sequence of the human genome (SNPs) linked to risk of BCC, the most common cancer in people o...p21, the same region of the genome that deCODE has linked to increased risk of heart attack and others have linked to type 2 diabetes. deCODE used its population gen...

deCODE Reinstated to Nasdaq Global Market

... for our pioneering personal genome analysis service and new focused disease scans, integrating the genetic variants included in these tests and those linked to another twenty common diseases, as well as for our new deCODEme Cardio(TM) and deCODEme Cancer(TM) scans, at http://www.decodeme.com ; and on our ...

CEL-SCI Files Patent Application to Support Company's Treatment for More Virulent Strain of H1N1 Swine and Other Influenza Viruses

...cell/cell interactions on the dendritic and T-cell surface with synthetic peptides. The L.E.A.P.S. constructs containing the antigenic disease epitope linked to an Immune/T-cell binding ligand (I/TCBL) can be manufactured by peptide synthesis or by covalently linking the two peptides. Depending upon the ty...

Knocking the Wind Out of Asthmatics: Help from Hippocrates

...y testing as the manufacturer of the ALCAT Test. ALCAT identifies cellular reactions to over 300 foods and chemicals. These inflammatory reactions are linked to chronic health problems like obesity and diabetes, as well as skin, joint, and digestive disorders. Located in Deerfield Beach, Florida, CSS is a F...

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

...ecifically localizes to brain tumors at high concentrations with minimal radiation exposure to other organs. Cotara is a targeted monoclonal antibody linked to a radioisotope being developed as a potential new treatment for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a deadly form of brain cancer. The results reported...

New Test from Quest Diagnostics Helps Physicians Choose HIV Antiretroviral Therapy in Patients with History of Drug Resistance

...sting prior to the start of a CCR5 inhibitor, such as maraviroc (Selzentry TM). Three out of four people taking HIV drugs experience treatment failure linked to drug resistance. "CCR5 antagonist entry inhibitors have given physicians new options for treating thousands of patients with HIV who have show...

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

... stage compounds licensed by Calvert T1 combine the known anti-proliferative effects of a somatostatin peptide 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...

Photos: FDA Approves 12-Month Labeling Update for EVOLENCE(R) Collagen-Based Facial Filler

...fect, EVOLENCE(R) is a true structural agent due to its three-dimensional collagen matrix. This collagen structure benefits patients as it is directly linked to the minimal bruising and swelling that might result. EVOLENCE(R) does not use chemicals for cross-linking like many other products do, but instead ...

Sigma-Aldrich Honored With CIO 100 Award for Innovative Web Research Tool, Your Favorite Gene powered by Ingenuity

... biological data continues to expand, scientists need access to a dynamic, focused resource that contains the latest scientific information, and we've linked that to our cutting-edge products. Through much effort on our part, we have created an online presence designed to provide content that builds trust a...

Secret of sandcastle construction could help revive ancient building technique, researchers say

... cannot effectively conserve old rammed earth or make economic designs for new build. "Our initial tests point to its main source of strength being linked to its water content. "By understanding more about this we can begin to look at the implications for using rammed earth as a green material in the ...

Mersana Reports Preliminary Phase 1 Results of XMT-1001 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors

... About Fleximer (R) The key component of Mersana's platform is Fleximer(R), a novel, biodegradable and bio-inert polymer that can be chemically linked to small molecules and biologics. Fleximer(R) technology improves the therapeutic index of existing compounds by uniquely combining biodegradability ...

NIMOTUZUMAB DEMONSTRATES EFFICACY IN RANDOMIZED HEAD & NECK CANCER STUDY WITHOUT THE TOXICITIES ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER EGFR DRUGS

...ial is the first randomized study in head and neck cancer to their knowledge that challenges the adopted tenet that the efficacy of EGFR inhibitors is linked to the toxicity of the class. "These data are further evidence of the unsupported extrapolation to the class of the toxicity/benefit correlation in ...

CEL-SCI Developing Immune-Based Treatment Against Swine and Other H1N1 Flu Viruses Using Proprietary L.E.A.P.S. Technology

...cell/cell interactions on the dendritic and T-cell surface with synthetic peptides. The L.E.A.P.S. constructs containing the antigenic disease epitope linked to an Immune/T-cell binding ligand (I/TCBL) can be manufactured by peptide synthesis or by covalently linking the two peptides. Depending upon the ty...

Amgen Exercises Option for Exclusive License to Cytokinetics' Cardiac Contractility Program That Includes CK-1827452

...asing the concentration of intracellular calcium, which further activates the cardiac sarcomere. This effect on calcium levels, however, also has been linked to potentially life-threatening side effects. The inotropic mechanism of current drugs also increases the velocity of cardiac contraction and shorten...

deCODE Genotyping Laboratory Receives College of American Pathologists Accreditation

... for our pioneering personal genome analysis service and new focused disease scans, integrating the genetic variants included in these tests and those linked to another twenty common diseases, as well as for our new deCODEme Cardio(TM) and deCODEme Cancer(TM) scans, at http://www.decodeme.com ; and on our ...

deCODE Study Shows Complex Interplay of the Human Biological Clock With Height, Weight and Disease

...ied. This was encouraging, as last year deCODE had linked the same SNPs to greater adult height, and increas...use them to confirm that overweight and obesity is linked to earlier AAM, and to suggest that later AAM cont...to look at how these and other new genetic factors linked to the timing of the reproductive cycle may be use...

DNA gripped in nanopores

...s retard the movement of DNA under the influence of an electric field. The electrostatic forces and counteracting friction of the gel are inextricably linked to each other. Therefore up until now it seemed impossible to investigate these two factors independently. Combination of technologies The re...

deCODE genetics Announces First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

... SNPs discovered by deCODE on chromosome 9p21 linked to increased risk of heart attack and types ... risk of AF and stroke, and in the TCF7L2 gene linked to increased risk of T2D. These markers, whi...letter variations in the human genome (SNPs) linked to susceptibility of lung, bladder, prostate, skin...

New Hospital Energy Performance Service Helps Hospitals Cut Energy Costs by 25% or More

...mance Service can help hospitals to improve both building systems performance and energy efficiency by 25% or more -- with much of the savings linked to low-cost modifications. The service is available from Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc. (EH&E), a leading Massachusetts-based e...