Affymetrix and the Karolinska Institutet Announce Translational Medicine Strategic Alliance
Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX - News) and Karolinska Institutet announced today that they have entered into a strategic alliance designed to improve healthcare by accelerating the translation of basic genetic research into tools for better diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. During the next five years the projects include genetic analyses and measurement of gene expression in patients wi...UCLA launches $20 million stem cell institute to investigate HIV, cancer and neurological disorders
Experts in bioengineering, imaging, molecular genetics, immunology, ethics, hematology/oncology and cellular biology to collaborate on Proposition 71 research Drawing together experts from fields as diverse as engineering to molecular biology, UCLA officials announced March 16 the formation of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine to conduct embryonic and adult stem cell resear...BioMed Central welcomes the new National Institutes of Health public access policy
BioMed Central welcomes the announcement of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) new public access policy. The NIH calls on all of i...Institute for Systems Biology Symposium Addresses Need for Better Computational Tools
The Institute for Systems Biology announced today at its 2005 international symposium on Computational Challenges in Systems Biology that ISB's Human Proteome Folding Project launched on IBM's World Community Grid in November 2004 has already predicted 50,000 protein structures. "This project showcases the enormous power of collaborations," stated Dr. Richard Bonneau, senior scientist at t...Japanese institute installs Imago system
The device, the LEAP 3000 Metrology System, is made by Imago Scientific Instruments of Madison. LEAP stands for local electrode atom probe. It is used...New biomedical institute aims to unite business and academia in SE Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin...UW-Madison approves new research institute
The institute is a collaboration of the four UW-Madison health sciences schools: Medicine and Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, an...Morgridge Institute for Research seeks first CEO
MIR, the new private, not-for-profit research institute is officially seeking nominations and <a href="http://www.warf.o...Waisman director leading early stages of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
But even as architects design the (WID), campus leaders are busy forging its identity....Hundred million dollar gift for malaria institute
An anonymous donor has gifted 100 million dollars to Johns Hopkins University in the United States of America to set up a malaria institute. This would be the world’s foremost center for malaria research in the world. Public health experts say the Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute will put the university at the forefront of efforts to find an effective vaccine and new treatments for the mo...Magsaysay Award for Dr.Shanta from Chennai Cancer Institute
Chennai | August 01, 2005 Chennai's Adyar Cancer Institute director Dr.V. Shanta is among this year's winners of the Ramon Magsaysay awards. Dr.Shanta was awarded the prize for public service and her "untiring leadership of the Cancer Institute as a centre of excellence and compassion for the study and treatment of cancer// in India." She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1986. She h...Ontario Institute for Cancer Research is funded $142 million
Canada to fund $142 million for cancer research facility in Toronto in Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, which was informed by its Premier Dalton McGuinty. The new research facility will act as a network for various cancer research activities in Ontario. The network will consist of // researchers from various Universities in Ontario, where they would discuss and work as a team in providing...Serum Institute Launches New Tetanus-Diphtheria Vaccine
India's leading vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India has manufactured for the first time first indigenous Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) vaccines // . The vaccine is called Td-Vac and will combat the deadly diphtheria and tetanus among both adolescents and adults. The new vaccine will replace the existing TT (Tetanus) vaccine, which is normally administered after an injury. <br...New tetanus-diphtheria combination vaccine launched by Serum Institute of India
A combination vaccine for immunization against tetanus and diphtheria, Td-Vac priced at Rs. 7.50 has been launched by Serum Institute of India // . The vaccine is aimed at combating the fatal tetanus and diphtheria (Td) in adolescents and adults. It is much different than the currently existing dual antigen vaccine used in children and would be used as an alternative to the TT (Tetanu...Rosetta Genomics and Weizmann Institute Scientists Identify Role of microRNA in Cancer Suppression
Findings Published in Molecular Cell Show Potential of microRNAs asNovel Cancer Drug Targets REHOVOT, Israel and NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 05, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rosetta Genomics Ltd , a leading microRNAcompany, announced today research published in the journalMolecular Cell by scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Scienceand Rosetta Genomics . The findings suggest...