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Billy Mays Endorses New Odor Eliminating Product, What Odor?

For The Earth Corp LAUNCHES NEW ODOR ELIMINATOR, WHAT ODOR?® Signature pitchman, Billy Mays ENDORSES AND USES What Odor?® Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) March 3, 2009 -- For The Earth Corp is pleased to announce the launch of a massive marketing campaign for their flagshi...

Don't Believe What You Hear on Countdown: Keith Olbermann's Factual Errors

NEW YORK, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is from Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D., the author of the recent Bloomberg.com article, "Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan." I am requesting that MSNBC and Keith Olbermann apologize and issue a correction. Mr. Olbermann char...

Michigan Company Founded upon What Could Be History's Most Important Breakthrough in AI and Robotics

A Michigan-based platform company has been built upon the foundation of a revolutionary new artificial intelligence patent that enables contemplative, synthetic brains to dynamically build themselves on a wide variety of computational platforms. The emphasis of this new business enterprise will b...

University of Pennsylvania engineers reveal what makes diamonds slippery at the nanoscale

PHILADELPHIA - They call diamonds "ice," and not just because they sparkle. Engineers and physicists have long studied diamond because even though the material is as hard as an ice ball to the head, diamond slips and slides with remarkably low friction, making it an ideal material or coating for ...

Many paths, few destinations: How stem cells decide what they'll be

How does a stem cell decide what specialized identity to adopt or simply to remain a stem cell? A new study suggests that the conventional view, which assumes that cells are instructed to progress along prescribed signaling pathways, is too simplistic. Instead, it supports the idea that cells di...

So Long, Old Friend: The End of the Blockbuster Drug Era? What 2008 Holds for Bringing Drugs to Market

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. CEO George Abercrombie, Pfizer R&D Head Martin Mackay, HHS Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy, Former CMS Administrator & FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan Headline Agenda at FDA/CMS Summit 2007 WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's shaping up to be a record year f...

Argonne researcher studies what makes quantum dots blink

In order to learn more about the origins of quantum dot blinking, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago and the California Institute of Technology have developed a method to characterize it on faster time scales than have previously...

Connecting Investment Capital with Entrepreneurs: Investors to lay out what theyre looking for in startup companies

The conference, scheduled for June 3-4 in Milwaukee, is being organized by the Wisconsin Technology Council and its subsidiary, the Wisconsin Innovation Network . Organizers plan to turn the tables on a standard venture conference by giving entrepreneurs and other representatives of emerging tec...

Text ads deliver what you pay for - and more

Search engine text ads outperform most banner ads, even when users aren't clicking, according to a recent IAB study. The study, sponsored by Ask Jeeves, Google, ING, Lycos Search and Overture, shows that sponsored text advertising in the search environment works on two levels: paid click-thr...

Want to squeeze U.S. pharmaceutical companies? Be careful what you ask for

If you miss getting a flu shot this season and you want to fix blame when you're on your sickbed, take a look in the mirror. If the face you see belongs to someone who buys into the bashing of U.S. drug companies, you're a part of the problem. The looming shortage of flu vaccine comes down to ...

What to do when your tech employer doesnt know what you do

Its a common situation in Midwest technology employers and even to some of us doing very esoteric technical work: the person whos supervising you has exactly zero understanding of how you spend your time. There are a handful of reasons why you might be managed by someone whose functional or te...

Before deciding how to pay for K-12 schools, let's determine what to buy

Madison, Wis. - It's not surprising that Gov. Jim Doyle and the Republican-led Legislature are still at odds over how the state's latest budget will treat public school districts across Wisconsin. Doyle thinks he saved K-12 districts from cuts without hurting taxpayers; the Republicans believe ...

Dude, what happened to my job?

Madison, Wis. There's been a lot of discussion in the industry recently about making the transition from IT manager to IT executive, mostly to the tune that the skills that got you to that transition might not carry you beyond it. If you're the kind of techie whose personal ambitions don't incl...

On track with the FDA -- But what about your coverage and reimbursement strategy?

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval or authorization is critical to any new medical technology or treatment's success. But coverage and reimbursement issues can be just as determinative. "Coverage" is whether there will be payment by an insurer for the product. "Reimbursement" is how ...

Patent enforcement: What you don't know might hurt you

This is part one of a two part article. The next installment covering the enforcement tactics and proactive measures to take will appear next week. You or your company may have no patents and, generally, little perceived need to be concerned with patent matters. However, there is a growin...

The legacy of BIO 2006, what it will be and how we need to plan for it now

An interesting meeting took place this past week at the University of Chicagos Gleacher Center hosted by the Chicago Technology Forum. The focus of the meeting was an opportunity to hear from four individuals, who have been intimately involved in the last annual BIO meetings in different cities, ...

How's the State of the State? It depends on what numbers are crunched

Show me a governor who delivers a State of the State speech that is anything less than optimistic, and Ill show you an aspiring ex-governor. Whether Republican or Democrat, riding high in the polls or battling mediocre approval ratings, Wisconsin governors always use their annual State of the...

Measuring what works and what doesn't in the prototypical school

If you're looking for an ambitious mission statement, consider this pledge from the bipartisan Wisconsin School Finance Adequacy Initiative: "We will not simply propose adding new dollars on top of current dollars, but propose a complete new reuse of all dollars first those currently in the (K-1...

Auditors outline what they want to know about state IT projects

The findings of an audit into troubled information technology projects and systems in state agencies might lead to legislation and even more audits, according to the co-chair of the Legislative Audit Committee. State senator Carol A. Roessler, R-Oshkosh, anticipates the audit will be completed i...

Who owns what invention in the workplace?

The model is that the ownership of a patent right initially goes to the inventor. But who owns the rights to inventions made in the workplace? The company? The inventing employee? It depends on the circumstances. A first question to be asked: Is there an employment agreement signed by the empl...

Are businesses getting what they need from IT?

Madison, Wis. - The dizzying pace of change sparked by the information technology industry gives the impression that workable solutions abound to almost every business challenge, but has IT really come through for business? Based on anecdotal evidence collected at a recent Wisconsin technology...

Early Stage 7, Part I: Just what is an employee?

Editor's note: This is the seventh in a series of articles on developing start-up companies in the technology or biotechnology sectors. The most recent article focused on business taxes. Madison, Wis. - Your entity is formed and you are ready to begin hiring workers. As discussed in the pr...

Wisconsin can offer what a federal energy research lab needs

Madison, Wis. - Researchers and engineers across Wisconsin are learning new ways to produce energy from cow manure, wood chips, organic sugars, soybeans, solar collectors, corn stover, wind farms, grease, waste from paper mills, and much more. State businesses, architects, and builders are n...

Defining the X-factor: What is an ounce of software worth?

Ask how big a software project was, and we will often hear, Oh, about 11,000 hours. Huh? Size doesn't have units of time. How big was another 11,000-hour project that was canceled without producing any software? Or a third 11,000-hour project that produced only a little bitof software, but so...

Delivering value instead of advertising - what a concept!

In a contrarian move, the family-focused Web hosting and social networking site Famster.com announced late last week it would dump advertising and move to a subscription-only business model. The move comes in response to user feedback, according to the press announcement. We find that famil...

Growth spurts

... the growth of single nanocrystals in solution, which revealed that much of what we thought we knew is wrong. Interim Berkeley Lab Director Paul Alivisat...use electron microscopes require vacuum conditions. We can now see directly what before could only be surmised from the statistical behavior of the ensemble...

Arizona Pain Specialists Contend Recent Vertebroplasty Studies are Misleading

...s on vertebroplasty, stated, "The conclusion that vertebroplasty does not help back pain is completely wrong. If you look closely at the study design, what they are calling a placebo is actually a facet injection." "These studies actually show that both treatments are effective," said Paul Lynch,...

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...aine trial and methamphetamine proof-of-concept study by the end of the third quarter of 2009. Based on the results of this analysis, we will evaluate what measures, if any, could be applied to improve the outcome of future studies and will also determine the next steps to be taken regarding the developme...

NeurogesX Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

...ating the European regulatory processes to gain marketing approval in the European Union. Our timeliness in responding to FDA requests has allowed for what we view as a favorable result with only a three-month extension to our PDUFA date. With Astellas as our partner, we are confident in its ability to ef...

New clues about a hydrogen fuel catalyst

... the Journal of the American Chemical Society . "These studies tell us what is the hardest part of the chemical reaction," said PNNL chemist and study ...be drawn out by the team, said Rousseau, but this study makes a big dent in what they need to know to design a good, inexpensive catalyst. Rousseau added...

PDI Reports 2009 Second Quarter Financial Results

...onths in our Sales Services segment, two of which are prior PDI customers and two of which are new. These additional client engagements, coming during what has been a slow period in the industry, and given the strategic shift in how big pharmaceutical companies are approaching outsourced sales, speaks pos...

TSH Testing Raises Awareness of Importance of Thyroid Health

...mped on bread wrappers. Here, few have any idea of where the thyroid is and what the thyroid does, how radiation may affect it, and what a health risk a damaged thyroid can be." "The National Cancer Inst...

Pharmacyclics, Inc. Rights Offering Oversubscribed

...ficer of Pharmacyclics. "The rights offering offered our stockholders an opportunity to participate in the future of this Company, which is developing what we believe are differentiated products in the areas of oncology and autoimmune diseases. With the announcement of today's offering, we have the capita...

Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact

...kely to reach the 10 percent efficiency threshold. But the results, he said, will be a useful guide to show which new combinations of materials and at what baking time and temperature could form bubbles and channels in a way that the resulting polymer might meet the standard. Such testing can be accom...

Pharmacy Compounds Liquid Mupirocin for the Chronic Sinusitis Patient

...d mupirocin liquid for easy topical sinus use and sinus infection patients. what makes this news significant is that up to now mupirocin has typically only ... bottle or any other irrigation device. (i.e. neti-pot, bulb syringe, etc.) what also makes this approach particularly attractive is that dissolving ointmen...

Webcast of QIAGEN N.V.'s (Nasdaq: QGEN) Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results Call Set for August 11

...plied testing customers for purposes such as forensics, animal or food testing and pharmaceutical process control. QIAGEN's assay technologies include what is considered to be the broadest panel of molecular diagnostic tests available worldwide. This panel includes the only FDA-approved test for human pap...

Sanofi-aventis U.S. Introduces BenzaClin(R) Carekit

... natural moisture reservoir for the skin. "We are excited about the availability of the BenzaClin carekit because it broadens the landscape of what physicians can offer their patients who are seeking a moisturizing agent while using BenzaClin for their acne," says Brent Ragans, Vice President and ...

DOR BioPharma Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for orBec(R) for the Treatment of Chronic Gastrointestinal GVHD

...re subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results in future periods to differ materially from what is expressed in, or implied by, these statements. DOR cannot assure you that it will be able to successfully develop or commercialize products based o...

Rapid heating prepares energy-saving zeolite for greater role in industrial separations

...alline structure. But the SDAs are then trapped inside the zeolite pores in what scientists call a "ship in the bottle" effect. These SDAs block the zeolite...TP to remove the SDA molecules from inside the zeolite pores and to promote what they believe could be chemical "gluing" of the zeolite crystal domains. Aft...

W.M. Keck Foundation Awards $1 Million to Hutchinson Center Scholar to Study How Cells Go Awry

...e measurements of population size and interaction and is compatible with mathematical modeling. Shou and her colleagues are now investigating what happens when a third type of cell, a "cheater," which requires a nutrient but gives nothing back, is introduced into the system. The lab also looks in...