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Priming embryonic stem cells to fulfill their promise

Bioengineering researchers at the Universityof California, San Diego have invented a process to help turn embryonicstem cells into the types of specialized cells being sought as possibletreatments for dozens of human diseases and health conditions. SangeetaBhatia and Shu Chien, UCSD bioengineering professors, and ChristopherJ. Flaim, a bioengineering graduate student, described the cell-cult...

Researchers find how protein allows insects to detect and respond to pheromones

University of Washington TechTransferrecently licensed software that will give scientists a huge advantagein the fight against disease.The software, known as Rosetta, predicts how proteins fold, informationthat is highly valuable to biological and biomedical researchers.UW Tech Transfer's Digital Ventures licensed Rosetta software withoutcharge to the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), a...

Plants respond similarly to signals from friends, enemies

Two soil-dwelling strangers ?a friend and a foe ?approach a plant and communicate with it in order to enter a partnership. The friend wants to trade nitrogen for food. The foe is a parasite that wants to burrow in and harm the plant. In a new finding published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at North Carolina State University have found that the two strange...

Male circumcision reduces risk of HIV transmission from women to men

The first study to examine the probability ofHIV infection per act of heterosexual sex among a population withmultiple sexual partners has found that uncircumcised men have morethan twice the risk of acquiring HIV than do circumcised men.In the study, published in the Feb. 15 issue of The Journal ofInfectious Diseases, now available online, Jared Baeten and colleaguesfrom the United States...

Another Look Finds Promising Proteomics Test is Not Biologically Plausible

In a new study, researchers present a “cautionary tale?about what may go wrong when using the fledgling science of proteomics to devise a diagnostic test for cancer. In the February 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center detail why an experimental test intended to identify early ovarian cancer from a...

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PB3002-S/FACT DeltaRange Precision Balance from Mettler Toledo, Inc.

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S-Acetyl Coenzyme A Lithium Salt from USB Corp.

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DNA/RNA Aptamer Microarray - Comprehensive Service from LC Sciences

Description:LC Sciences provides unique aptamer microarray services using a novel Paraflo technology, aptamer sequence databases, and sequence design software to suit your needs for basic research and screening of aptamers as drug candidates. This comprehensive service includes assistance with sequence design, synthesis of standard or custom DNA/RNA (2-OMe) microarrays, binding assays using proteins, nucleic...
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PL1501-S Precision Balance from Mettler Toledo, Inc.

Description:Simple operation and an easy-to-read LCD display characterize our Classic Light balances. * Taring range 0...1510 g...
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Mouse Anti-Amodiaquine Monoclonal Antibody, Unconjugated, Clone 6D10 from AntibodyShop A/S

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Counting Colonies or Plaques Directly from Images of Agar Plates

Michelle Cayouette Jane Moores Michael Steege AlanOrr Stratagene Cloning Systems, Inc. software version 3.1,researchers have the ability to automatically count bacterial colonies andplaques on agar plates. Researchers can use...

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Organize Your Data from the Big Blue Mutation Assay

Stratagene Solana Consulting Group, Solana Beach, CA Stratagene introduces the MutaTrak electronic notebook to record BigBlue transgenic rode...

Simple Purification of DNA from Plasmid Minipreps, PCR Amplifications and Agarose Gels

High yields of extremely pure DNA with StrataPrep nucleic acidpurification kits Stratagene Cloning Systems, Inc. Stratagene announces a new line of DNA purification products, whichprovide reliable isolation of high-purity miniprep plasmid, PCR product andgel-fractionate...

Isolate and Analyze Total RNA from Cells Harvested by Laser Capture Microdissection

total RNA microprep kit for very small samples Stratagene Isolating total RNA from laser capture microdissection samp...

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PCR emerging as a promising technique for Diagnosing Urinary Tuberculosis

Urinary Tuberculosis is often difficult to diagnose and many a times the diagnosis is made by exclusion. Urine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is emerging as a promising technique for early diagnosis of Urinary Tuberculosis. The technique involves detection of bacteria by facilitating rapid amplification of small amounts of a genome sequence, Dr Narmada P Gupta told the Millennium Interna...

Life Saving Cancer Drugs – From Chicken! Possible Says 'Dolly’ Creatos

In what can be a watershed in cancer research, Scottish scientists along with US Biotech Company Viragen Inc., have used nuclear transfer technology to harvest life saving drugs to treat many serious diseases including cancer. The same team had earlier cornered world wide fame and glory (and a lot of criticism!) for creating Dolly – the world’s first cloned mammal: Using the same nuclear...

General Anesthesia Safe For Children On Ketogenic Diet Suffering From Epilepsy

Epileptic children have always been ostracized as children of a lesser God. The physical, mental, moral and social ramifications of these hapless children are beyond words. One stumbling handicap in the surgical treatment of such children was the feasibility of administering General Anesthesia to these children. In many cases the anesthesia times ranged from 1 to 10 hours with procedur...

Abstain from sex- the latest mantra of American teens

The latest fad in the United States of America is surprisingly abstinence!!!!! Shockingly enough the teen crowd, particularly below 18 years, is taking the buzzword seriously.Last year there were many public abstinence pledges with many millionaire celebrities joining the jing bang. This pledge has been taken seriously, alteast for a certain period of time, according to some analysts who...

Clinton's new problem - Is the outgoing American president suffering from skin cancer?

The outgoing U.S. president Bill Clinton will be remembered as one of the most controversial presidents ever. He created history by becoming the first American president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Only because he managed to win at the senate did he save himself and his country further damage. He has been the center of many burning controversies throughout...

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Lindstrom Lasik Spatula and Marker

Description:This instrument marks the cornea for centration of the flap and provides a spatula for flap management in primary and enhancement cases. The corneal marker has a pararadial mark that is used to ensure proper alignment of the flap after treatment. The spatula may be used to atraumatically retract the flap and to flood it back into place following laser treatment. The chisel shaped end helps facili...
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Lindstrom Eye Speculum - Aspirating

Description:This adjustable lid speculum is angled 45 degrees and has 17 mm wire blades. It was designed to aspirate excess fluid around the eye during cataract and refractive procedures....
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Lindstrom Solid Lid Speculum

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Lindstrom-Epstein Speculum

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Anterior Stromal Puncture Cannula, 25 g

Description:Anterior Stromal Puncture Cannula, 25 g. For treatment of recurrent corneal erosion. Overall length 24 mm. 5/box....
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Prothrombin Time Comes in Small (CLIA-Waived) Packages

Determining prothombin levels is necessary to plan or evaluate anticoagulant therapy, to diagnose various inherited conditions, such as hyperhomocystinemia, elevated factor VIII levels, dysfibrinogenemia, factor XII deficiency and disorders of plasmin generation, and to assess acquired conditions, such as pregnancy, postoperative state, antiphospholipid syndrome, hyperhomocystinemia, among ot...

Data Available From Erbitux Phase III Study in First-Line Treatment of Advanced Lung Cancer

NEW YORK, July 12, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ImCloneSystems Incorporated and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company todayannounced results from an open-label Phase III study of ERBITUX(R)(Cetuximab) plus a taxane and carboplatin in the first-linetreatment for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Thestudy did not meet its primary endpoint of progression-freesurvival (PFS) as assessed...

Large Geographic Differences in EpiPen Prescriptions in the U.S., From the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

MILWAUKEE, July 11, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study suggestsstrong variation in the occurrence of anaphylaxis between thenorthern and southern U.S. Anaphylaxis is a severe allergicreaction that can be fatal without treatment with epinephrine. Thestriking north-south differences in EpiPen prescribing, a marker ofanaphylaxis risk, currently are without explanation. Theinvestigators hypoth...

Antisoma Announces Further Data From ASA404 Ovarian Cancer Trial

LONDON, 12 July 2007 - Cancer drug developer Antisoma plc(LSE: ASM, US OTC: ATSMY) today announces new data from its phaseII trial of ASA404 in recurrent, platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.This trial compares patients receiving ASA404 plus chemotherapy(n=37) with patients receiving chemotherapy alone (n=38). The mainfindings are as follows: * There was no advantage in median time t...

Phase 3 Results for Dabigatran Etexilate, an Investigational Oral Anticoagulant, Presented Today at the XXIst Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., July 11, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Phase 3 resultsfrom the RE-NOVATE(TM) trial demonstrated that oral dabigatranetexilate once daily, administered for an average of 33 days, wasnon-inferior to enoxaparin, also administered for an average of 33days, in preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) and all-causemortality after total hip replacement surgery. In this trial, therate o...

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