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A step toward the $1,000 personal genome using readily available lab equipment

The theoretical price of having one's personal genome sequenced just fell from the prohibitive $20 million dollars to about $2.2 million, and the goal is to reduce the amount further--to about $1,000--to make individualized prevention and treatment realistic. The sharp drop is due to a new DNA sequencing technology developed by Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers Jay Shendure, Gregory...

Techniques available to detect soil that inhibits destructive soybean pest

Identification of soils that inhibit a tiny soybean-destroying organism is an important tool in reducing yield losses, according to a Purdue University plant pathologist. Soybean cyst nematodes cause between $800 million and $1 billion annually in crop losses in the United States, according the American Phytopathological Society. However, techniques are available to find soils that specifi...

Interactive 3-D atlas of mouse brain now available on web

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have just launched a web-based 3-D digital atlas browser and database of the brain of a popular laboratory mouse (see "Neuroscientists around the world can now download these extremely accurate anatomical templates and use them to map ot...

Study suggests that publicly available genome data may contain small but significant errors

Since the genome sequence of the bacterial pathogen Haemophilus influenzae was published in 1995, the genetic code of many other large, complex, medically, and commercially significant organisms including humans has also been elucidated. However, the techniques used to derive these genetic sequences are imperfect, and many researchers may be unaware of potential errors lurking within the p...

Scientists discover that widely available drug also helps fight kidney disease

A widely available drug may be effective in treating kidney disease, report scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They describe the discovery in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science published the week of March 20. The drug is rapamycin, also called sirolimus, and is currently used as an immunosuppressant, to help prevent rejection...

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Expand High Fidelity PCR System, dNTPack (Not available in US) from Roche Applied Science

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FastStart High Fidelity PCR System, dNTPack (Not available in US) from Roche Applied Science

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Propidium iodide; solution (Available only in the U.S.) from Roche Applied Science

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Firstlogic announces availability of mailroom technology

La Crosse, Wis, -- , a provider of information quality and postal automation solutions, announced Wednesday the general availability of the latest release of the firms directory retrieval system (DRS) software solution. DRS is designed for use on multi-line optical character recognition automation equipment. The solution enab...

Distance Education Conference Selects Sonic Foundry to Make Keynotes, Panel Presentations Available On-Demand

MADISON, WI Aug. 11 Sonic Foundry a rich media solutions company, today announced the 19th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning will use its Mediasite Live rich media Web presentation system to capture the keynote addresses and panel presentations, and make them available on-demand via the Web and on CDs containing this year's conference proceedings. Held Aug. 13-15 at th...

PCR-Grade Nucleotides Larger Pack Sizes Now Available

Roche Applied Science now offers new larger pack sizesof PCR-Grade Nucleotides. These larger pack sizescombine the best available quality with attractive pricing. Single dN...

Physicians Plus to make alternative drug info available online

Physicians Plus members will be able to access their personal pharmacy claims histories via the Inter...

Voting machine source code must be available for review

Correction: the original story was based on an official summary that referred to the bill as introduced and did not take into account certain amendments. Under the law as enacted, the source code would be placed into escrow with the elections board. It would be analyzed in the case of a recount, but not open to the public. WTN very much regrets the error and any confusion it may have caused.</...

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Enduring anti-clotting treatment avails heart patients

According to a new study, researchers have observed that patients who took aspirin and anti-clotting drugs for a year after angioplasty had a decreased risk of problems. Angioplasty involves inserting a balloon and then a device called a stent into a blocked coronary artery.// It's often life-saving, for it opens up the artery again. However, one complication that often occurs when such p...

Artificial discs available as replacements for damaged discs

Patients with damaged discs have traditionally been treated by removing a disc or placing a bone graft in the spine to fuse two bones together. Now, an artificial disc which is being studied as a replacement is in the second phase of trials. The phase one study that was recently completed compared the prosthesis to traditional fusion. While in the first phase of trials patients// were ran...

Tumour marker for detecting early Recurrence of Thyroid cancer may be soon available

Early recurrence of thyroid cancer may be detectable using a blood test to detect// a protein called ‘Thyroglobin”(Tg) according to a study published by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. The findings were published June 21 online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & M...

CoQ10 bioavailability increased by Nanotechnology

The results of two human clinical trials support the enhanced bioavailability// of CoQ10 delivered into beverages using its novel technology which will interest manufacturers of CoQ10 products. Increasing its bioavailability, or the body's absorption of the ingredient, allows supplement and food makers to use lower dosages, therefore saving on costs. The patented technolo...

Amputation may depend on availability of vascular surgeons

Patients suffering from peripheral arterial disease may lose their limb to amputation if there are //no vascular surgeons to attend to them. Research findings report that areas of the country where there are more vascular surgeons, report less number of cases where patients of peripheral arterial disease have suffered through an amputation. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is often no...

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Metalite Standard with an available Side Shield option

Description:Constructed of optical steel base metal with gold electro-plate, the flex-temple spring hinge design provides enhanced durability. Includes adjustable non-slip silicon nose pads for maximum comfort. The 662S Metalite comes with custom fitted lead sheet side shields that create a seal to the front lenses for increased scatter radiation protection. (Temples on this model do not have spring hinges.)...
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Centrifuge 4-15C *Available in Japan*

Description:The Centrifuge 4-15C is designed to accommodate the deep-well Plate Rotor 2 x 96 and provide the necessary force of more than 5600 x g for centrifuging QIAGEN 96-well plates. A wide range of both fixed-angle and swing-out rotors are available from Sigma Laborzentrifugen GmbH for centrifuging 5 ml, 15 ml, and 50 ml tubes, as well as 1.5 ml and 2.0 ml microtubes....
Company:QIAGEN

Centrifuge 4-15C *Available in US and Canada*

Description:The Centrifuge 4-15C is designed to accommodate the deep-well Plate Rotor 2 x 96 and provide the necessary force of more than 5600 x g for centrifuging QIAGEN 96-well plates. A wide range of both fixed-angle and swing-out rotors are available from Sigma Laborzentrifugen GmbH for centrifuging 5 ml, 15 ml, and 50 ml tubes, as well as 1.5 ml and 2.0 ml microtubes....
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Testosterone, Bioavailable & Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (Includes Total Testosterone), Adult Male

Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
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Testosterone, Bioavailable & Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (Includes Total Testosterone), Females or Children

Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
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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...

Bema Fentanyl Demonstrates Substantial Transmucosal Delivery In Absolute Bioavailability Study

MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2007 - BioDeliverySciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq:BDSI) announced the results ofa 12 subject, crossover study comparing the absorption of fentanylfrom both single and multiple BEMA(TM) Fentanyl discs, as well asoral and intravenous doses of fentanyl. The data demonstrates thatthe absolute bioavailability (i.e. the total amount absorbed fromthe...

Positive Results Prompt US National Cancer Institute to Make Glivec Available to Patients in Post-Surgical GIST Study

* Glivec found to dramatically reduce the risk of cancerreturning after surgery for Kit-positive gastrointestinal stromaltumors (GIST) * Patients receiving placebo in this trial will now be offeredGlivec * Global regulatory submissions planned for use of Glivec asadjuvant therapy in GIST patients following surgery to removeprimary tumor * Glivec already approved as ef...

Positive Results Prompt US National Cancer Institute to Make Gleevec Available To Patients in Post-Surgical Gist Study

- Gleevec found to dramatically reduce the risk of cancer returningafter surgery for Kit-positive gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GIST) EAST HANOVER, N.J., April 12, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Investigatorswill begin offering Gleevec(R) (imatinib mesylate)* tablets topatients receiving placebo in a major North American clinical trialafter an interim analysis showed participants with Kit-positiv...

Data Available from Erbitux Phase III Study in First-Line Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

NEW YORK, April 10, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ImCloneSystems Incorporated and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company todayannounced that a Phase III study of ERBITUX(R) (Cetuximab) plusgemcitabine (a chemotherapy) in patients with locally advancedunresectable or metastatic pancreatic cancer did not meet itsprimary endpoint of improving overall survival. Conducted by the Southwest Oncolo...

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