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New risk variant for atopic dermatitis identified

...that can lead to chronic inflammation of various organs. The variant is very widespread: in Europe, 36 percent of the population are carriers. Now the mdc and Charit scientists want to decipher the exact function of EMSY in atopic dermatitis. Furthermore, the scientists show that other previously unkn...

Heart regenerates after infarction -- first trials with mice

...For this research, Dr. Bergmann was awarded the Wilhelm P. Wintersteinpreis this summer. The research group of Dr. Bergmann, a guest researcher at the mdc who recently became Deputy of the Department of Cardiology at the Asklepios Clinic St. Georg in Hamburg, belongs to the research group of Professor Ra...

Fletcher Martin Creates Interactive Game-Ad for BioLab(R) UV for BioGuard(R)

...esult." About Fletcher Martin Fletcher Martin is an integrated marketing communications agency owned by the executive management of the agency and mdc Partners, Inc., one of the world's leading marketing communications firms. Founded in 1979, Fletcher Martin helps clients disrupt their category or in...

North Carolina Dental Services Chain Pays $10 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations

...e Department announced today. Under the agreement, mdc agreed to pay $10,050,000 to resolve allegations t...tates and the state of North Carolina alleged that mdc and its ownership, including Michael A. DeRose, DD...e is often referred to as a "baby root canal." mdc and its ownership also were alleged to have submit...

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International research team seeks to unravel flatworm regeneration

...egulate gene expression. They also have identified small RNAs which may play a role in regeneration and stem cell function, Nikolaus Rajewsky from the mdc points out (PNAS, Early Edition)*. Research suggests that the regeneration of the flatworm involves hundreds of genes. But how are these genes reg...

Lack of happiness hormone serotonin in the brain causes impaired maternal behavior in mice

...oduced enough milk to feed their pups, but their impaired maternal behavior led to poor survival of the offspring. The Tph2 gene was discovered by mdc researchers several years ago together with researchers of the Free University (FU) Berlin and Humboldt University Berlin (HUB). ...

Investigating the development of mechanosensitivity

...little, however, is known about how stimulus sensitivity actually emerges. Using the patch-clamp technique in isolated cells of mouse embryos, the mdc researchers succeeded in measuring tiny electrical currents in the cell membranes after a mechanosensory stimulus. "These measurements are extremel...

3-D kidney atlas created for researchers and physicians

... (EuReGene), which the European Union (EU) funded with more than 10 million euros. At the conclusion of the project, the Kidney Atlas was presented at mdc during a two-day symposium from May 15-16, 2009, which was attended by approximately 100 researchers. In Europe, about 4.5 million people suffer fr...

Newly identified gene powerful predictor of colon cancer metastasis

...cer was successful will, nevertheless, go on to develop metastasis. The mdc and Charit researchers are convinced that the identification of the MACC1 g... individualize and optimize colon cancer therapy", they assume. Now the mdc and Charite researchers and their colleagues want to find out if the MACC1 ...

MDC in Biological Technology

ImmunoVaccine Technologies appoints the Honourable Michael Kirby as Chair

...tal Health Commission of Canada. He also serves on several boards including The Bank of Nova Scotia, Extendicare, Ontario Energy Savings Income Trust, mdc Partners, and Indigo Books and Music. Senator Kirby was past chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. He ha...

Seahorse Bioscience Appoints Former Molecular Devices Executive Dr. Joseph D. Keegan to Board of Directors

...l growth with acquisitions to build the dominant supplier of detection solutions for drug discovery, clinical and research applications. Keegan joined mdc from Becton Dickinson and Company where he served as President of Worldwide Tissue Culture. Prior to Becton Dickinson, Keegan was Vice President of Mi...

Madison Development Corp. and CATI form tech transfer partnership

...ational Specialty Products. Frank Staniszewski, mdc President, said they formed a partnership with CAT...gy transfer and commercialization resources, while mdc works closely with companies and entrepreneurs in ...jobs creation in Madison and Dane County. To date, mdc has made hundreds of loans to hard to finance smal...

$2 million venture debt fund available for high-growth Dane County businesses

...n in Madison and Dane County. Since its inception mdc has made over 350 loans to hard-to-finance local c...urse work, consultants, and specialized software. mdc can provide grants up to 70% of the cost of assist...stance programs. The new fund demonstrates that mdc is positioning itself to respond to the need of te...

MDC "Venture Debt" loans help fund tech firms

...affic data for media, desktop, and mobile devices, mdc reported. According to Connie Li, vice preside...We are at a critical stage of development, and the mdc Venture Debt Fund has enabled the company to move ...e interest has come from the biotech sector, which mdc anticipated, Staniszewski said. "But we have been ...

Baldwin backs funding for Midwest biotech incubator

... The funds will be directed through the Madison Development Corp ., a non-profit corporation that provides loans to hard-to-finance small businesses. mdc provided start-up funding for Orbitec more than 20 years ago. MDC President Frank Staniszewski said new plant-based products hold the promise of fu...

Summer venture investments total $18 million for Wisconsin start ups

...mated data entry service provider, received a $200,000 debt investment from mdc Venture Debt Fund, a WAN investor-member. Universal Separators, a Madis...oil recycling technology provider, received a $150,000 debt-investment from mdc Venture Debt Fund. The $18 million figure does not include a $7.5 millio...

Ca++-Induced G Protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR) Activation Monitored via Aequorin Luminescence in the LMax Microplate Luminometer (MaxLine Application Note #42)

... 1. J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Comm. 21, 1566 (1986) 2. Meth. Enzymol. 57, 271 (1978) 3. Meth. Enzymol. 305, 479 (2000 4. mdc MAXline App. Note #38, August 2000. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors wish to thank Jenny Stables (GlaxoWellcome Research, U.K.) f...

Sub-Picomolar Fluorescein

...ustomers specifically requested detection limits for that compound. The mdc is determined by the limiting signal-to-noise ratio according to the equa...rom all sources. For the subtracted spectrum in Figure 1, we calculate an mdc of ~10 fM (~1014 M) fluorescein. Measurements at the femtomolar leve...

Setting up a kinase profiler with IMAP

...uitable substrates for a target kinase. mdc offers three kits addressing different branches ... can be read by any instrument capable of FP; the mdc Analyst and SpectraMax M5 instruments a... (CK1) have already been developed with mdc inventory substrates, as shown in Table ...