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Research advances quest for HIV-1 vaccine

Scientists have uncovered new information that may help guide design of vaccines for HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS. A new detailed structural analysis of the complex formed by an anti-HIV antibody called 4E10 and its specific target provides insight into why this particular antibody is so broadly effective, a rare characteristic for HIV discovered thus far. The research is published in the Fe...

Inexpensive, mass-produced genes core of synthetic biology advances at UH

;progress in this area is made in the UK, too. It'll open tons ofresearch avenue, speeding the slow (and tedious) process of genecloning, or gene modification (mutations, deletions, etc). Devices the size of a pag...

Study of genomic DNA leads to new advances in cancer diagnostics

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a method of assessing the malignant potential of cells based on the sensitivity of cellular DNA to enzyme digestion. The article by Andrew J. Maniotis et al., "Chromatin sensitivity to Alu I restriction enzyme decreases with malignancy and is regulated by the extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton," appears in the April 2005 issu...

Applied Biosystems Introduces Advanced Gene Expression Service Provider Program

Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced the introduction of the Applied Biosystems Advanced Gene Expression Service Provider Program, a new program for service providers who are interested in accessing Applied Biosystems comprehensive solution for gene expression analysis, including the highly sensitive Expression Array System for whole genome analysis and...

Molecular models advance the fight against malaria

Research from Dartmouth Medical School, demonstrating how malaria parasites form mutations that make them stubbornly resistant to drug therapy, may hold the key to a new treatments for a disease that afflicts more than half a billion people worldwide. The scientists developed disease models using yeast and successfully introduced five mutations that make malaria resistant to the anti-malar...

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HT 96/200 Advanced Electroporation System from BTX

Description:BTX, the leader in electroporation products and specialty electrodes, has developed a new and innovative product line for experiment optimization and large volume electroporation. The Advanced Electroporation System is a breakthrough in Molecular Delivery. The days of researchers struggling with tedious, multi-step procedures that typically limited the number of samples and cell types they could...
Company:BTX

Rabbit Anti-Conjugated Quinaldic Acid Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from Advanced Targeting Systems

Description:Anti-Conjugated Quinaldic Acid...
Company:Advanced Targeting Systems

Vector NTI Advance 9.0 Sequence Analysis Software from Invitrogen

Description:Vector NTI Advance 9.1 is the most complete and highly integrated application for desktop sequence analysis and molecular biology data management available. Superior graphics readily available for export. Robust on-board data management capabilities....
Company:Invitrogen

GIBCO Advanced D-MEM (Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium) (1X) liquid from Invitrogen

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Precision Testing for the Sciclone Advanced Liquid Handler Z8 Option

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., Applications Laboratory, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA The Z8 liquid handling device is an optional accessory to the Sciclone Advanced Liquid Handler (ALH). This device is designed to permit individually and independently controlled access to single we...

Rockwell's $1M gift to UWM will support advanced automation research

, which is designed to support the advanced automation industry throughout southeastern Wisconsin, does not mean the university has forsaken life science as a technology transfer niche, according to the executive director...

Harvard advance improves stem cell research; not a medical revolution

In an article published on the Web si...

Sanyo to advance Rayovacs rechargeble batteries

MADISON - Sanyo will be working with Rayovac's I-C3 technology, which the company says can recharge Nickel Metal Hydride, or NiMH, batteries in 15 minutes. I-C3...

Governor Doyle Pledges Support for Stem Cell Research and Biotechnology Advancements

Madison, WI Governor James Doyle was joined by University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley along with leaders from Wisconsins biotechnology industry in pledging their full support for the continued growth and development of Wisconsin s biotechnology industry. The Governor, addressing a special meeting of the Wisconsin Biotechnology Association, proclaimed his full support for the con...

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Advances in Treatment of Cataracts

Cataracts occur when the eye's lens becomes cloudy and obstructs the passage of light to the retina. These obstructions can lead to vision loss. //Cataract is a major cause of blindness in India. Modern corrective surgery requires implantation of artificial lenses, however these implants often leave patients dependent on eyeglasses. But now, a recent study at Harvard Medical School has shown...

The negative advancement

Scientific study suggests that the much famed tanning salons, which employes sunbeds to achieve tanning could increase the chances of a number of more common skin cancers. However, research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute claims to have found a relationship between// tanning lamps and many types of skin cancer like basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma...

Innovative device aids in advanced heart failure

A mesh jacket positioned around the heart improves function in patients with advanced heart failure. Researchers at the University of New York felt that in heart failure, the heart enlarges and is unable to effectively pump blood around the body.// Commonly, the heart valves are damaged too. Heart failure is a progressive condition, with no cure other than a transplant - although it can be manage...

Advanced STD programs required

There is always a question of how effective are programs intended to reduce the number of people with sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. That is the question researchers from Scotland set out to answer in a study reported //in this month's Archives of Internal Medicine. The answer they come up with is, essentially, that it'sdiifficult to say. More than 1,500 studies were g...

Light therapy devotes new hope in advanced lung cancer

Light therapy given during surgery extends survival time in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Life expectancy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is often measured only in months, for the disease is very hard to treat, especially when it has spread// to the chest wall. In a new approach, doctors at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, have tried photodynamic therapy (PDT)...

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ACL Advance Coagulation Analyzer

Description:The ACL Advance can reduce costs and increase efficiency in your lab. With its superior ACL technology, the Advance is an easy to use coagulation analyzer that offers complete walkaway capabilities. Plus, the protective transparent cover increases the operator's safety during all in-progress operations....
Company:Beckman Coulter, Inc.

Immulite 2000 Advanced Immunoassay System

Description:The IMMULITE 2000, a continuous random access analyzer with a processing throughput of 200 tests per hour, has been designed specifically for optimum efficiency and consolidation in medium- and high-volume laboratories. The IMMULITE 2000 software package, with its self-explanatory graphical user interface, offers streamlined information management, from remote test ordering to sophisticated analy...
Company:Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics

U-III Advanced Auto-Photomicrographic Film Camera

Description:The U-III's compact, sleek design and advanced exposure system with multi-point sensor, make it the system of choice for serious fluorescence applications including FISH. It is ideal for use at research institutes and universities and wherever quick, precise exposure settings are essential....
Company:Nikon

Advance Posterior Stabilized Total Knee Systems

Description:Advance Posterior Stabilized Total Knee systems improves patellofemoral kinematics, reduces wear rate potential, increases resistance to posterior tibial dislocation, achieves at least 120o flexion in all sizes....
Company:Wright Medical Technology, Inc.

ADVANCE Posterior Stabilized Total Knee Systems

Description:The major innovations in posterior stabilized (PS) knee design....
Company:Wright Medical Technology, Inc.

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Monitoring Patient Glucose Levels: New Advances in software make it easier

Monitoring patient glucose levels and determining the response to intervention is critical when working with diabetic clients. The benefit of doing so in improved outcomes for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes has been clearly established by clinical trials conducted in both the U.S. and the UK1. Self- monitoring by patients of glucose levels, and the data provided is especially important for p...

New Advances in Gastric Diagnostics: Smaller is Better

In recent years, miniaturization has opened up exciting possibilities in the area of gastric diagnostics. New technology may make routine GI diagnostic procedures as simple as swallowing a vitamin pill-sized encapsulated unit in the not-too-far future, and the present reality is that these units are becoming valuable adjuncts to traditional diagnostics. Capsule endoscopy (enteroscopy...

Data Available From Erbitux Phase III Study in First-Line Treatment of Advanced Lung Cancer

NEW YORK, July 12, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ImCloneSystems Incorporated and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company todayannounced results from an open-label Phase III study of ERBITUX(R)(Cetuximab) plus a taxane and carboplatin in the first-linetreatment for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Thestudy did not meet its primary endpoint of progression-freesurvival (PFS) as assessed...

BusinessWeek Article Highlights Promising Breakthrough Treatment for Advanced Coronary Artery Disease

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 10, 2007 - BusinessWeekpublished an article on July 6 discussing the race bypharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to be first to bring tomarket an effective angiogenesis treatment for cardiovasculardisease. While angiogenesis therapies are being pursued bySanofi-Aventis, Boston Scientific, Baxter, and Genzyme, amongothers, the article highlights a...

BusinessWeek Article Highlights Promising Breakthrough Treatment for Advanced Coronary Artery Disease

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 6, 2007 - BusinessWeek todaypublished an article discussing the race by pharmaceutical andbiotechnology companies to be first to bring to market an effectiveangiogenesis treatment for cardiovascular disease. Whileangiogenesis therapies are being pursued by Sanofi-Aventis, BostonScientific, Baxter, and Genzyme, among others, the articlehighlights a very...

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