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Inexpensive, mass-produced genes core of synthetic biology advances at UH

;progress in this area is made in the UK, too. It'll open tons ofresearch avenue, speeding the slow (and tedious) process of genecloning, or gene modification (mutations, deletions, etc). Devices the size of a pag...

Researchers devise way to mass-produce embryonic stem cells

That's important because traditional laboratory methods used to grow these cells are costly and don't produce cells fast enough to respond to increasing demands for human embryonic stem cells, said Shang-Tian Yang, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Ohio State University. Federal rules forbid the federal funding of research on human embryonic stem cell lines that aren'...

Super predators and mass extinctions

Mass extinctions seem to occur on Earth roughly every 26 million years, leading some scientists to propose that they may be caused by rare collisions with comets or asteroids. A researcher in Poland thinks it may be possible that extraordinary predators are at fault instead. Adam Lipowski (Adam Mickiewicz University) constructed a numerical model of many species competing for both food and...

Growth in biomass could put US on road to energy independence

Relief from soaring prices at the gas pump could come in the form of corncobs, cornstalks, switchgrass and other types of biomass, according to a joint feasibility study for the departments of Agriculture and Energy. The recently completed Oak Ridge National Laboratory report outlines a national strategy in which 1 billion dry tons of biomass ?any organic matter that is available on a rene...

Massey Cancer Center researcher helps to identify a piece of the cancer puzzle

A structural biologist from the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, in collaboration with researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, has identified the crystal structure of a protein that plays a role in supplying nutrients to solid tumors. This identification may help researchers gain a greater understanding of the cell signaling that occurs when cancer cell...

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Histology Services - Special Stains from Mass Histology Service

Description:Basically, most ``special`` dye stains are $6.00 and ``silver`` (along with a few other non-routine) stains are $9.00. This price includes microtomy of a paraffin block, staining, coverslipping and labeling of the slide. Bielschowsky Stain (for senile plaques) Bodian`s Stain Copper Stain Fontana-Masson Stain for melanin Gridley`s Stain for ameba Grimelius Argyrophil Stain (Pascual...
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Imaging Mass Spectrometry for Small Molecule Localization from Protein Discovery, Inc.

Description:ions and aligns them with histological images so you can localize drugs and metabolites prior to synthesizing radiolabeled c...
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QP-2010s Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer from Shimadzu

Description:Shimadzus GCMS-QP2010s Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer, utilizing many of the high-end features of the GCMS-QP2010 Plus, offers high throughput and excellent productivity, providing users with an excellent performance-to-cost ratio. Like the GCMS-QP2010 Plus, the GCMS-QP2010s features patented constant linear velocity for optimum separation, 20 temperature ramps, and both scan and SIM modes....
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Artisan™ Masson's Trichrome Stain Kit from Dako

Description:This stain is used to distinguish collagen from muscle in tissue specimens using the Artisan™ Staining System. The Trichrome stain is often used to differentiate between collagen and smooth muscle and to identify an increase in collagenous tissue. With the Artisan™ Masson's Trichrome stain, muscle is stained red, collagen - blue, fibrin - pink, erythrocyte - red and nuclei - blue/blac...
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MassARRAY Compact System from Sequenom, Inc.

Description:The lower cost and reduced space requirements of the MassARRAY Compact system make reference standard DNA analysis technology affordable .The benchtop system can be used with any of SEQUENOM's applications and assays, including: Quantitative Methylation Analysis ( EpiTYPERTM) </L...
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Optimized Imaging of Protein Gels Stained with Coomassie Brilliant Blue Dye

Brilliant Blue Dye Stratagene Cloning Systems, Inc. Stratagene currently provides an optical bandpass filter with all EagleEye II still video systems that is...

Quantitation of Cabergoline at Extremely Low Plasma Concentrations with a Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

Nicola Hughes, Jean-Jacques Dunyach, 1Biovail Contract Research,Toronto,Ontario,Canada; 2Thermo Finnigan,San Jose,CA,USA; 3Therm...

Identification of Low-Level Oxidation Products in Calmodulin Using NanoSpray Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry

Andreas Hhmer, Helen Tran, and William S. Hancock The data presented here can be acquired using any Thermo Finnigan LCQTMion trap mass spectrometer with MS...

Improved Quantitative Selectivity of Clenbuterol in Human Urine using High Resolution on the TSQ Quantum Mass Spectrometer

Mark Churchill , John Henninge, 1 Thermo Finnigan, Stafford House, 1 Boundary Park, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7GE, UK; 2 Aker University Hospital, Hormone Laboratory, Section for Doping Analysis,Trondheimsv...

Quantification of the Purinergic Receptor P2X3 using ICAT and Orthogonal 2D LC-MS/MS with an Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer

David Barnidge , Gargi Choudhary Neuromics, Inc., Minneapolis, MN Thermo Finnigan, San Jose, CA The data presented here was acquired using the Proteome...

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Acupuncture superseeds massage therapy for short term relief of pain

Chronic neck pain often remains a therapeutic challenge for many practising allopathic medicine. so now the alternative forms of medicine has taken its stride. Acupuncture vs massage for treating pain has been widely debated with some practitioners. Dr. Dominik Irnich of Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich has done a study on this basis and found that when it comes to chronic neck pa...

Britain Prepares For Mass Burials To Encounter Future Bird Flu Deaths

According to a leaked government document, it is stated that Britain needs to prepare itself to mass bury the dead bodies, if encountered with the pandemic flu sometime in// the future. It has been estimated that nearly one third of a million people will die if bird flu strikes in Britain. The document titled Managing Excess Deaths in an Influenza Pandemic, according to Life Style Extra,...

Periodontal disease may amass the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

Study results from the Marquette University School of Dentistry suggest chronic periodontal disease may increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.//The research ties the incidence of diabetes in patients with periodontal disease to the release of bacteria into the bloodstream that triggers a reaction from the immune system. Immune system cells can release proteins called cytok...

Body mass index guide needs revision

Based on a research on aborigines in solitary parts of Australia suggest that the healthy limit on body mass index might be lower than previously thought. The body mass index (BMI) is calculated by dividing your mass in kilograms by your height in metres, squared.// Till now a BMI between 20-25 was considered to be the healthy range, while 25 to 30 is overweight, and over 30, obese. Healt...

Tremors connected to Body Mass Index

According to a new study from Columbia University researchers, people who suffer from the most common movement disorder, essential tremor (ET),// are more prone to have a lower body mass index than their healthy counterparts. Essential tremor is a disorder of unknown origins, but doctors believe it may be neurodegenerative in nature. The condition causes increasingly severe tremors ov...

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The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Neurology

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Endermologie® Anti-cellulite and Body Contouring Massage Machine

Description:Endermologie is a unique, non-invasive way of shaping your body, reducing the appearance of cellulite and improving overall skin fitness. In its original form Endermologie® was used to rehabilitate scars, burns and damaged muscular tissue when a surprising side-affect was discovered - the reduction of cellulite and significant inch loss from the body....
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Starvac SP2 Vacuum Cellulite Massage Therapy

Description:A device combining the "palpate & roll technique to vacuum massage, innovation dedicated to efficiency....
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G5™ Contour Non-invasive Cellulite Massage Machine

Description:The G5 Contour is a non-invasive massage machine for skin, scalp, muscles, lymph nodes and the circulatory system. Extraordinary results are achieved with our famous G5 Directional-Stroking action, which combines vertical and parallel forces to produce effective and comfortable percussion, gyratory massage, deep tissue mobilization, kneading and compression, skin layer resonation, and other aesth...
Company:General Physiotherapy, Inc.

IGI Cellussage Cellulite Massage System

Description:This new Suction Massage System has been developed specifically to fight Cellulite in prone areas, such as thighs, buttocks and hips. It does this by stimulating and massaging the lymph system, mobilizing excess fluids in your body, which then are removed naturally. Initially, we recommend using CELLUSSAGE daily, for about 15 minutes each treatment. After noticing visible results, the treatments...
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Pharmasset Presents Clevudine and Racivir Data at the International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop

PRINCETON, N.J., June 14, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Pharmasset, Inc. , a clinical-stage pharmaceutical companycommitted to discovering, developing and commercializing noveldrugs to treat viral infections, announced today that scientificdata presentations about Clevudine and Racivir were made during the16th International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop being held in St.Michael, Barbados...

Accelreon Pharma's ACE-031Shown to Increase Muscle Mass in Preclinical Studies

LUCCA, ITALY, ­ May 14, 2007-Acceleron Pharma, Inc., abiopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatmentof musculoskeletal, metabolic and cancer-related diseases, todayannounced results of a preclinical study with ACE-031 thatdemonstrated the ability of the compound to increase muscle massand strength in normal mice and in murine models of musculardystrophy. ACE-031...

Acceleron Pharma's ACE-031 Increases Muscle Mass and Strength in Preclinical Studies

LUCCA, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2007 - Acceleron Pharma,Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for thetreatment of musculoskeletal, metabolic and cancer-relateddiseases, today announced results of a preclinical study withACE-031 that demonstrated the ability of the compound to increasemuscle mass and strength in normal mice and in murine models ofmuscular dystrophy...

Pharmasset Announces Clevudine and Hepatitis C Presentations at EASL

The 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Studyof the Liver PRINCETON, N.J., April 03, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmassetannounced today that presentations of preclinical studies ofClevudine for the treatment of hepatitis B (HBV) and PSI-6130, theparent molecule of R7128, for the treatment of hepatitis C (HCV)will be made during the 42nd Annual Meeting of the EuropeanAssoc...

Use of Sequenom's MassARRAY System Leads to Significant Scientific Advances in Understanding Cancer, Diabetes and Drug-Resistant Malaria

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 14, 2007 - Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM) today announced that its MassARRAY(R) technology andiPLEX(TM) assay were used by leading scientists from internationalresearch institutions and, in independent studies, significantlyadvanced the understanding of cancer, diabetes and drug-resistantmalaria. Results from several of these studies were published inhighly rec...

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