NIH launches unique effort to advance study of urologic chronic pelvic pain disorders

...nd collaborative multi-site research projects, supported by each Core Site. An important first step in these studies will be the careful and extensive phenotyping (clinical characterization) of the men and women participating in the studies. The Data Coordination Core (University of Pennsylvania) will provid...

Caliper Life Sciences Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results

...ervices ("CDAS") posted strong 29% growth reflecting the new EPA ToxCast contract awarded in the second quarter of 2007, plus expanded in vivo phenotyping business with pharmaceutical companies. Instrument maintenance and other services posted high single digit growth. -- Combined product and s...

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Ipsogen Reports Incorporation of the Genomic Grade in the 2009 St. Gallen International Consensus Meeting on the Primary Treatment of Early Breast Cancer

... of the tumor, and has been validated in several studies, covering more than 2 800 tumor samples. MapQuantTM Genomic Grade contributes to high-quality phenotyping of breast cancer, by resolving 80% of histological grade 2 tumors in genomic grade 1 or 3 of similar long term outcome as histological grades 1 and 3....

CellCyte Genetics Corporation Selects Washington University School of Medicine to Perform Study on CellCyte's Glycoprotein Products in Heart Attack Disease Model

... BOTHELL, Wash., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CellCyte Genetics Corporation (CellCyte) (OTC Bulletin Board: CCYG) has selected the Cardiovascular phenotyping Core at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to perform a study to further evaluate CellCyte's glycoprotein products. The goal of the...

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Review article provides tools for the Rosaceae genomics community

...sources toward breeding and crop improvement." High throughput sequencing technologies, methods for quantitative gene expression analyses and novel phenotyping platforms are also under development. Researchers looking to study the crop species in the Rosaceae family are well positioned to benefit from these...

Emory, Ohio State launch partnership in predictive and personalized health care

...ocused on cancer genetics, autoimmune imaging, critical care medicine, wound care and behavioral medicine; Clinical investigation/clinical trials: phenotyping and biomarkers, access to information, medical and legal liability issues, education and training to change the culture around personalized healthcare...

Does the desire to consume alcohol and tobacco come from our genetic makeup?

...omogenous, and has kept genealogical records of its citizens since the 17th-century, makes the study of complex genomic traits like these easier. phenotyping for alcohol and tobacco use was conducted using questionnaires. The researchers used a dense map (three haplotypes per cM; r2>0.4), generated by mergi...

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Genomic Health Reports Favorable Commentary on Value of Multigene Assays From the St. Gallen Expert Consensus Meeting on the Primary Treatment of Early Breast Cancer

.... This is the first time that a European body of experts has supported the use of a validated multigene-profiling assay as an adjunct to high-quality phenotyping of breast cancer in cases where the indication for adjuvant chemotherapy is uncertain. "These new guidelines provide further evidence that the in...

Amnis Launches New ImageStreamX Imaging Flow Cytometer

...X imaging flow cytometer. The new instrument - the second generation of the patented ImageStream(R) technology - combines the speed, sensitivity, and phenotyping abilities of flow cytometry with the detailed imagery and functional insights of microscopy. The new ImageStreamX greatly expands the capabilities of...

WaferGen Announces Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results

...Time PCR System. NIH-funded research will include the development and application of the PulmoSmartChip, a custom designed SmartChip molecular phenotyping assay for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). -- Expanded worldwide sales network for Wafer...

NIH Awards Approximately $3M Grant for Research Involving WaferGen's SmartChip(TM) Real-Time PCR System at the University of Pittsburgh

... Research Effort Includes Development and Application of PulmoSmartChip - A Custom Molecular phenotyping Assay for Lung Disease FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer ...

Pharmaxis Research Programs Highlighted at European Respiratory Society Congress

...f physiological measurement -- The perception of breathlessness during bronchoconstriction induced by mannitol (Aridol) in COPD -- phenotyping of asthma and COPD -- Airway hyperresponsiveness to mannitol (Aridol) and exhaled NO are related to inflammatory subtypes in asthma. ER...

Synvista Therapeutics Increases Commercial Focus by Appointing David C. Tantillo Senior Director of Marketing and Sales

...py to patients who will benefit most, Synvista has developed an extensive intellectual property portfolio based on utilizing haptoglobin genotyping or phenotyping to target the use of drugs in diabetic individuals with the Hp 2-2 genotype, thereby creating an unique product portfolio that both identifies a speci...

Embla Systems in Collaboration with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to Develop Cardio-Pulmonary Coupling Technology

... to those patients in need of diagnosis for sleep disorder breathing at a fraction of today's current cost. Moreover, clinicians will benefit from the phenotyping capabilities of the technology to enhance diagnostic accuracy of non-obstructive forms of sleep disorder breathing (including heart failure patients),...

SNPs Powerful Tools for Association Studies

...ent. The goal of genetic studies is to identify specific genetic profiles that are associated with a disease (or trait) of interest. Although accurate phenotyping is essential for successful genetic studies, the availability of biological tools for genetic analysis is also necessary. In this document, we will di...

Rapid SNP Genotyping of the Pharmacogenomically Important Allele CYP2D6*4 Using Real-Time qPCR on the DNA Engine Opticon 2 System

...ller, J., Richmond, J., Lira, M., Friedman, D., Roots, I., Silber, B. M. and Milos, P. M. CYP2D6 genotyping as an alternative to phenotyping for determination of metabolic status in a clinical trial setting. AAPS Pharmsci 2(4):1-11 (2000). 2. Marez, D., Legrand, M., Sab...

Purification and Characterization of beta-Lactoglobulin Genetic Variants A and B Using Preparative Electrophoresis and Isoelectric Focusing

... the above separation methods are either uneconomical or too timeconsuming to be used routinely for large scale purification and phenotyping of dairy cow populations. We report here a novel method which can be used for both preparative and analytical scale pu...

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Anti-Factor XIIIa Ab-2 Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from Lab Vision

Description:... Alpha2 unit exists. Factor XIIIa is a dermal dendrocyte marker and shows variable reaction with these types of tumors. It can be used for histiocytic phenotyping and has been reported to mark capillary hemangiomas and tumors of the central nervous system. Factor XIII has also been used with CD34 to differentiat...
Company:Lab Vision

NeuroCyte - Rat Neural Stem Cell Kit from Orion BioSolutions, Inc.

Description:...mmitment base medium, growth factor withdrawal and retinoic acid induced differentiation proceeds (far right). With Neuro Cyte-NSC intracellular FACS phenotyping kit, you can quantify a decrease in nestin expressing cells with an increase in baseline TUJ1/b-tubulin III neuroblasts and neurons. Orion also provid...
Company:Orion BioSolutions, Inc.