Cloned mice created from fully differentiated cells, a milestone in cloning research
New research dismisses the notion that adult stem cells are necessary for successful animal cloning, proving instead that cells that have completely evolved to a specific type not only can be used for cloning purposes, but they may be a better and more efficient starting point. As proof, researchers report they created two mouse pups from a type of blood cell that itself is incapable of dividing...Third Wave Achieves Milestone, Delivers 200,000 SNP Assays to RIKEN In Japan
MADISON, Wis. -- Since the beginning of 2003, Third Wave has been supplying its Invader SNP assays to Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, group directo...Cancer Research: Yet Another Milestone
Chih-Jian Lih, a research associate, and his colleagues working in the laboratory of Dr. Stanley N. Cohen, at Stanford University, have identified a gene that controls// the sensitivity of human cancer cells to chemotherapy. This finding is a milestone in the path of research striving towards increased effectiveness of chemotherapy. Their paper will be published online in advance of i...Year 2010 Envisioned to be Milestone Year for Malaria Vaccine
Maputo – Trials for the malaria vaccine are underway in Mozambique, certainly not a farfetched goal of realizing the malaria vaccine in the market by 2010. The production// of the vaccine is estimated at about $60-million. The country's deputy health minister, Aida Libombo, while addressing a gathering of health officials said 'We think the first malaria vaccine will be available by 2...Eurand and GSK Reach Development Milestone
Eurand N.V., a global specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that Eurand, Inc. and its collaboration partner, GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK), reached a significant milestone in the development of an orally disintegrating tablet formulation of an undisclosed compound. GSK has started a registration bioequivalence study for the new formulation and will make a milestone paymen...A New Milestone in Stem Cell Research
In the first trial of its kind in the world, 60 patients who have recently suffered a major heart attack will be injected with selected stem cells from their own bone marrow during routine coronary bypass surgery. The Bristol trial will test whether the stem cells will repair heart muscle cells damaged by the heart attack, by preventing late scar formation and hence impaired heart con...Micromet Achieves Milestone in BiTE Research Collaboration with MedImmune
CARLSBAD, Calif., April 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/Micromet, Inc. today announced the achievement of a milestone inits research collaboration with MedImmune, Inc. for the developmentof new BiTE(R) molecules targeting carcinoembryonal antigen (CEA),a validated tumor- associated antigen frequently expressed onvarious human carcinomas. Preclinical data recently presented atthe 2007 Annu...