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Boosting HIV screening can increase survival and is cost effective

Expanded HIV screening can increase patient life span, prevent the spread of the disease, and is cost effective, researchers at Yale, Harvard and the Massachusetts General Hospital report in the February 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The study's findings are part of a two-paper series in NEJM on the value of expanded HIV screening in the United States. The Yale/H...

New online portal merges vast data on Gulf of Maine ecosystem

A new online portal consolidates decades of rich marine data, much of it available for the first time, enabling resource managers and scientific researchers to combine and analyze information in unprecedented ways, creating new insights into the Gulf of Maine's ecology. Launched today by the Gulf of Maine Area program of the Census of Marine Life, the Dynamic Atlas of the Gulf of Maine, on...

NIH Researchers Discover How Insulin Allows Entry of Glucose Into Cells

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have discovered the critical sequence of events by which insulin stimulates the entry of glucose into fat cells. The study, appearing in the May 9 Journal of Cell Biology, was conducted by researchers from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases....

Changing ecosystems throw scientists mega-challenges

Accelerating environmental changes have presented humanity with some significant scientific and engineering challenges, according to the new National Science Foundation (NSF) report, Pathways to the Future: Complex Environmental Systems: Synthesis for Earth, Life and Society in the 21st Century. Among the changes the report cites are rapid shifts in climate and ecosystems, the degradation...

Stanford gut check shows diversity of intestinal ecosystem

The universe of microbes that lives in your stomach may be nearly as unique as your fingerprint, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine who have embarked on the early stages of exploring the intestinal ecosystem. Using molecular techniques that detect all known types of microbes and borrowing statistical techniques from field ecology and population genetics,...

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Baker's yeast (S. cerevisiae) Phosphoglucose isomerase from Sigma-Aldrich

Description:Physical form: Essentially sulfate-free, powder containing carbohydrate and citrate buffer salts Chem comp: Protein ~ 50% (modified Warburg-Christian)...
Company:Sigma-Aldrich

Baker's yeast (S. cerevisiae) Hexokinase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Sigma-Aldrich

Description:Useful for determination of glucose and ATP. -glucose per min at pH 7.6 at 25C....
Company:Sigma-Aldrich

GenomONE-Neo EX HVJ-E 4 vial(s) Transfection Reagents from Cosmo Bio Co., Ltd.

Description:HVJ (hemagglutinating virus of Japan, also named Sendai virus) Envelope VECTOR KIT is a tool for transfection of molecules by means of membrane fusion. Most efficient transfection are for siRNA (RNAi), Protein, Oligo, cDNA, Antibodies, Vector, and Biomolecule in vitro and in vivo. GenomONE-Neo EX has a high fusing capability in short period of time that benetif sensitive primary cells or tissues...
Company:Cosmo Bio Co., Ltd.

Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium - high glucose (DME) from Sigma-Aldrich

Description:Many modifications of Eagle's medium have been developed since the original formulation. The most widely used modification is Dulbecco's Modified Eagle'sMedium. DME is a modification of Minimum Essential Medium Eagle [MEM] that contains a higher concentration of vitamins and amino acids, as well asadditional supplementary components....
Company:Sigma-Aldrich

Mouse Oncostatin M from StemCell Technologies, Inc.

Description:Oncostatin M (OSM) is a pleiotropic cytokine produced by activated T cells, monocytes, and Kaposis sarcoma cells. OSM inhibits the growth of some tumour and normal cell lines, simulates fibroblast, smooth muscle and Kaposis sarcoma cell proliferation, cytokine release from endothelial cells and low density lipoprotein receptor expression on hepatoma cells. Mouse OSM was recently cloned and identi...
Company:StemCell Technologies, Inc.

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A Comparison Study of Lipid Tranfection Reagents in A549, NIH 3T3 and COS-7 Cell Lines

Genetic Applications LLC transfection reagent canbe used for simple and reproducible delivery of foreign DNA into mammaliancells. In this study, we used varying amounts of LipoTAXI transf...

Easy Cosmid DNA Purification with StrataPrep Kits

Stratagene plasmid miniprep and midiprep kits aredesigned to isolate up to 20 and 350 g, respectively, of high-purity plasmidDNA from a single spin cup. These kits can also easily purify verylarge plasmids, inc...

Isolation of Cosmids using Eppendorf's Perfectprep Plasmid Mini Kit

Plasmid Mini Kit James Griffith, University of Georgia, Department of Genetics, Athens, GA Kimberly Vollmer, Brinkmann Instruments, Biosytems Application Lab, Westbury, NY...

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Development of AIDS vaccine -- Chiron Corp in talks with four Indian cos

A NOVEL research-cum-manufacturing agreement between Chiron Corp, the US-based vaccine major, and an Indian company for the development of a potential AIDS vaccine to halt the spread of the deadly disease in the country is in an advanced stage of finalisation. Two Hyderabad-based biotechnology/pharma companies -- Shanta Biotechnics and Biological E -- are reportedly the front-runners f...

Pharma cos must forge Strategic alliances

Indian pharmaceutical majors should go in for strategic alliances among themselves to capture export markets increasingly by leveraging cost advantages and precluding cut-throat competition which would be detrimental to the industry. This was stated by the Commerce Secretary, Mr. Prabir Sengupta, at the opening the Regional Office of the Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics Exp...

Cost-effective antibiotics for sinusitis treatment

here is little benefit in replacing older and cheaper antibiotics by the latest and most expensive drugs when treating acute, uncomplicated sinusitis, according to US researchers. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine set out to determine whether the symptoms could be treated with older and less expensive (first-line) antibiotics or newer and more expensive (second-l...

Generic drug costs remain shackled

Price controls for generic drugs in primary care are likely to remain unchanged for the next year as the european government considers how best to supply the NHS. In 1999, a severe shortage of non-brand name medicines resulted in a 12.5 per cent increase in the cost of prescription drugs for the NHS, significantly higher than the 8 per cent average increase in previous years. // Pharm...

Obesity increases health costs

Obese patients spend more for health care and medications than smokers, as the extra weight poses them many more chronic health hazards. While tobacco is still the nation's principal cause of preventable deaths, the surgeon general warned// that obesity was running a close second. For a more precise look at the resulting costs, Rand Corp. economist Roland Sturm used data from two nati...

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Non-Sterile Oncoseed (Iodine-125 Seeds)

Description:Non-sterile oncoseed seeds consists of a welded titanium capsule containing....
Company:Oncura

Oncoseed Sterile Convenience Pack (Iodine-125 Seeds)

Description:Oncoseed sterile convenience pack contains fifteen Oncoseed seeds (Model 6711) loaded into a Mick disposable cartridge and steam sterilized ready to use....
Company:Oncura

Glucose (Hexokinase)

Description:For the quantitative determination of Glucose in serum. Endpoint reaction (NAD -> NADH) measured at 340 nm. Linearity: 600 mg/dl. Liquid working reagent prepared with simple 1:9 dilution....
Company:Horizon Diagnostics, Inc.

Glucose (Oxidase)

Description:For the quantitative determination of Glucose in serum. Endpoint Reaction Product measured at 520 nm. Linearity: 500 mg/dl....
Company:Horizon Diagnostics, Inc.

Glucose Color Reagent

Description:Intended for the quantitative determination of glucose in serum. Reaction: endpoint. Wavelength: 500 nm. Linearity: 500 mg/dl (27.8 mmol/l). Single vial, dry powder reagent....
Company:Hemagen Diagnostics, 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...

Point of Care Strep Tests Speed Treatment, Lower Costs

Beta-hemolytic group A streptococcus (S. pyogenes) is the most common bacterial agent associated with upper respiratory tract infections. Although it usually involves mild symptoms (such as headache, fever or abdominal pain) if left untreated streptococcal infection can worsen and become life-threatening. Early diagnosis and treatment of group A streptococcal pharyngitis has been shown to red...

Cosmo Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Preliminary Phase II/III Data with Rifamycin MMX in Infectious Diarrhea

LAINATE, Italy - July 4, 2007 - Cosmo Pharmaceuticals SpA(SWX:COPN) announced today positive preliminary results from itsphase II/III study with CB-01-11 (Rifamycin SV MMX(tm)) ininfectious diarrhoea. CB-01-11 is a broad spectrum, semi-syntheticantibiotic that is not absorbed when taken in tablet form. Throughthe use of Cosmo's MMX(tm) technology, wh...

A 4-Week Therapy with Transition Therapeutics' E1-I.N.T. Leads to Sustained Reductions in Blood Glucose Levels for 6 Months Post-treatment in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Final Results from Exploratory Phase IIa Clinical Trial in Type 2Diabetes Patients Announced TORONTO, June 28, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - TransitionTherapeutics Inc. ("Transition") , today announces the results fromits exploratory Phase IIa clinical trial indicating that 4-weeks ofdaily treatments with gastrin-based therapy, E1-I.N.T.(TM), showedsustained reductions in blood glucose co...

Late Breaking Data Released at ADA Showed that the Investigational Use of Januvia and Metformin as Initial Combination Therapy Provided Significant Glucose Lowering Efficacy over 54 Weeks in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 23, 2007 - Late breaking datapresented at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 67th AnnualScientific Sessions showed that, when used investigationally asinitial therapy, JANUVIA(TM) (sitagliptin) in combination withmetformin provided significant glycemic improvement and wasgenerally well tolerated over 54 weeks in patients with type 2diabetes. Additional new...

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