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Pitt study notes decline in male births in the US and Japan

A study published in this week’s online edition of Environmental Health Perspectives reports that during the past thirty years, the number of male births has decreased each year in the U.S. and Japan. In a review of all births in both countries, the University of Pittsburgh-led study found significantly fewer boys being born relative to girls in the U.S. and Japan, and that an increasing proporti...

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Japanese medaka Vitellogenin Standard from Cayman Chemical

Description:Vitellogenin (Japanese medaka) Standard...
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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...

OpGen forges agreement with Japanese importer

M&S imports pharmaceutical, info-tech and biotech tools. The partnership will market OpGen's system for analyzing genomes to life-science researchers in Japan. The company's import product lines include reagents, kits...

Japan, Midwest Biotechnology Industry Leaders Identify Steps for Greater Collaboration Between Countries

CHICAGO,IL--Top industry, government and academic leaders in the biotech and life science industries from the Midwest U.S. and Japan gathered Wednesday in Chicago as part of the JETRO Midwest-Japan Biotechnology Summit. The topics covered similarity of challenges faced by Midwest Biotech companies and their counterparts in Japan. The goal was to foster discussion and lay down specific p...

Japan on the rebound: Implications for Midwest

in September after a three-ye...

Japanese delegates highlight Wisconsin at BIO Chicago

When representatives from Japan, the second-largest biotech market in the world, came to Chicago for the international BIO convention, you might not think they would end up talking about Madison. But in a show of Wisconsin's international partnerships in biotechnology, Madison's Promega Corporation was chosen as a presenter at the Japan international session. And speaker Tsuney Yanagihar...

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World's oldest turns 116 in Japan

A Japanese woman believed to be the oldest person in the world has turned 116.Born in 1887, when Japan was still in the throes of its conversion from samurai rule //to modern democracy, Kamato Hongo was recognized as the world's oldest living person by the Guinness Book of Records after an American woman -- Maude Farris-Luse -- died last March at the age of 115. Along with being the obj...

Grant of $7 million for Orissa Medical College from Japan

Japan Thursday announced a grant of $7 million for upgrading a medical college in Orissa.// "The grant assistance would enable the Sardar Vallavbhai Patel Postgraduate Institute of Paediatrics (in Cuttack) to improve its medical facilities and effectively contribute towards dispensation of healthcare to a wider population," said a statement from the Japanese embassy. Notes c...

45 People die in West Bengal due to Dengue and suspected Japanese Encephalitis

After declaration of dengue fever as an epidemic in West Bengal by Chief Minister Buddhabeb Bhattacharya last week. Both Dengue and suspected Japanese Encephalitis has caused 45 deaths and has hospitalized more than 2000 people // in West Bengal. The confirmed death due to dengue is claimed to be at 20 in West Bengal and 25 cases of death is suspected to be caused by Japanese encephalitis. Japan...

Japanese And Chinese Pharmaceutical Companies Join Together In Drug Testing

Japanese Pharmaceutical Company and Chinese Biotech Company join hands to form a new venture for production of drugs and clinical trials. The Japanese company GNI merged with Chinese company Shanghai Genomics. // The wet lab facilities and validation would be done by Shanghai Genomics. China will be testing new lead compounds produced by GNI, such as new compounds for lung fibrosis and...

Japan planning Strategies to combat Bird flu

Japanese Government and officials are planning strategies to overcome from the crisis if a possible epidemic strikes Japan. Japanese officials fears if an epidemic of bird flu strikes Japan it could cause more than 64,000 deaths.// The Japanese Government is planning to have a cabinet meeting next week to discuss various strategies to be taken with different Government officials and c...

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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

Allergen, Tree, Japanese Cedar Tree

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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Vical Licensee AnGes MG Announces Positive Results of Phase 3 Angiogenesis Trial in Japan

SAN DIEGO, June 18, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VicalIncorporated today announced that the company's licensee, AnGes MG,Inc. reported positive results following interim analysis of datafrom the first 41 subjects to complete a Phase 3 trial of anangiogenesis product candidate using Vical's DNA deliverytechnology. Based on the findings that the primary efficacyendpoint in the trial had...

First Controlled Large-Scale Intervention Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB) Trial in a Japanese Population, JIKEI HEART Study Demonstrates Significant Reduction in Blood Pressure and Protection of Organs with Valsartan

Unprecedented Evidence for the Effectiveness of HypertensionTreatment Valsartan in Preventing Cardiovascular Events in JapanesePatients TOKYO, April 26, 2007 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The clinicaloutcomes of the JIKEI HEART Study, the large-scale clinical trialheaded by the Jikei University School of Medicine, was todaypublished in the internationally renowned medical journal TheLancet. The...

LANI completes Phase I in Japan and to commence Phase I in UK

Melbourne, Australia — 19 April 2007- Biota HoldingsLimited (ASX:BTA) today announced that its long actingneuraminidase inhibitor (LANI), CS8958, an anti-influenzatreatment, has: 1. demonstrated effectiveness against the avian flu virusH5N1; 2. completed Phase I studies in Japan; and 3. received ethics approval to commence comparable studies in theUK....

AEterna Zentaris Reports Positive Results with Cetrorelix in BPH for Japanese Phase 2a Trial

Cetrorelix showed good safety and tolerability profile Reduction oftestosterone concentration was maintained above castration levelJapanese partner Shionogi initiates Phase 2b trial QUEBEC CITY, March 22, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - AEternaZentaris Inc. along with its Japanese partner Shionogi & Co.,Ltd. today announced positive results for a Phase 2a trial withcetrorelix in benign...

New Data from the US and Japan Support: No Established Causal Link Between Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Treatment with Tamiflu US Databases Indicate Psychiatric Symptoms Lower in Influenza Patients Taking Tamiflu Versus Those Not Taking Tamiflu

BASEL, Switzerland, March 20, 2007 -- Clinical studies haveshown (1) similar rates of neurologic and psychiatric events inpediatric influenza patients being treated with Tamiflu compared tothose receiving no treatment for their influenza. Furthermore,recent data derived from US health insurance records (2) between1999-2006 of over 101,000 influenza patients treated with Tamifluand over 2...