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Two Scandinavian studies have provided further evidence that environmental factors could be affecting men's reproductive health. The studies, published online today (Thursday 28 April) in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction, suggest that environmental pollutants could be changing the ratio of sperm carrying the X or Y (sex determining) chromosomes and that th...Drug-resistant bacteria on poultry products differ by brand
The presence of drug-resistant, pathogenic bacteria on uncooked poultry products varies by commercial brand and is likely related to antibiotic use in production, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Their study is the first to directly compare bacterial contamination of poultry products sold in U.S. supermarkets from food producers who use antibiotics...Products containing specific probes for detecting alternative splice forms protected
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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a high-performance ion trap mass spectrometer (MS) that allows pharmaceutical and academic life-science researchers to identify 60 to 80 percent more peptides than preceding models in proteomics applications, such as protein identification and biomarker discovery, potentially leading to a better understanding of diseases like cancer and speedin...Research shows smoking adds a decade to reproductive age of IVF patients
A major new Dutch study has found that smoking adds the equivalent of ten years to a 20-year-old subfertile woman's reproductive age and has a "devastating" impact on a couples' chances of having a live birth after IVF. Being overweight also seriously damages their chances. The harmful effects of smoking or being overweight were strongest among those women who had no obvious cause for not...CUSTOM RABBIT MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PRODUCTION from Epitomics, Inc.
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According to the May issue of the journal Epidemiology, high levels of DDT found in some Mexican workers suggest that pesticide can impair male reproductive function. The human body metabolises DDT to DDE. An international team of researchers took blood samples from 24 men aged 16 to 28 who had not been exposed to DDT in their work. In these men the high DDE levels correlated to low leve...Link between chlorine byproducts and pregnancy risks
Millions of Americans have been drinking tap water contaminated with chemical byproducts from chlorine. Chlorine is commonly used to disinfect drinking water.// When it is added to water that contains organic matter such as runoff from farms or lawns, however, it can form compounds such as chloroform that can cause illness. The study released by the Environmental Working Group and Pub...Animal insulin product to be discontinued by drug major Eli Lilly
The Chairman and Managing Director of Eli Lilly and Co., India, disclosed on January 3rd, during the announcement of a price cut in the company's human insulin product 'Huminsulin', that its animal insulin product 'Iletin' will be phased out from the market by the end of this year. He added that the company// resorted to this move due to the growing use of human insulin products and the phasing o...Bioengineering production strains - Microbia develops new methods
The recently published issue of Nature Biotechnology outlines a new method developed by Microbia Ltd.'s scientists for rapidly identifying genes required for the production of industrial molecules produced in microbes. This is an advancement in the company's ability to improve the properties// of microbial cells for biomanufacturing pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. This new technology enables...DHEA-S EIA Reproductive Markers 020-DR-1562
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 28, 2007 - CombinatoRx,Incorporated (NASDAQ: CRXX) today announced preliminary results ofits randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial ofCRx-150 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The trialcompared CRx-150 plus a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug(DMARD) to placebo plus DMARD (control) in subjects with active RA.In the prelimin...HepaLife's PBS-1 Cells for Influenza Vaccine Production Prove Superior at International Conference
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 25, 2007 - HepaLife Technologies, Inc.(OTCBB: HPLF) (FWB: HL1) (WKN: 500625) today announced that newdata presented at an international influenza research conferencedemonstrates that HepaLife's patented PBS-1 cell line outperformscurrent cell technologies at replicating human influenza virusinside its cells. The most important step towards the production ofa cel...