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A gene's first 'kiss' sets off that affair known as puberty

Puberty, that awkward phase when boys and girls are primed for their sexual reproductive years as men and women, appears to be triggered by the brain's own version of "It takes two to tango," whereby a signal literally gets turned on by a molecule that is produced by a gene aptly named KiSS-1. The couple ?a biochemical equivalent to Adam and Eve ?makes its sudden appearance in a region of...

UW's Rosetta software to unlock secrets of many human proteins

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...

Nanoscale Diagnostic Sets Sights on Alzheimer's

Using their novel bio-bar-code amplification (BCA) technology, researchers analyzing fluid from around the brain and spinal cord have detected a protein linked in recent studies to Alzheimer's disease. Gold nanoparticles and bio-bar codes bring sen...

Grizzlies set to invade high Arctic?

The telltale paw prints with huge 10 centimetre-long nails spoke volumes. But now definitive corroborating DNA evidence seals the case of the most northerly sighting of a grizzly bear. The discovery fuels mounting evidence that Canada's High Arctic is no longer the sole preserve of the polar bear -- Nanuk is having to make room for its southern cousin. The evidence of the barren ground gr...

Agilent Technologies new genome analysis technology set to accelerate Australia fight against mesothelioma

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its breakthrough Human Genome CGH Microarray technology will be used by researchers at Melbourne's Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in a three-year study designed to better understand mesothelioma, a cancer found in the lining of the chest, the abdominal cavity and around the heart, usually caused by exposure to asbestos. Due to its act...

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Orfmer Sets - S. aureus from Sigma-Genosys

Description:In an effort to help promote genomics-based research with S. aureus, Sigma-Genosys has developed the Staphylococcus aureus ORFmer set that contains PCR primers to amplify all open reading frames (ORFs) in the COL strain1. In addition, primer pairs are included to amplify ORFs that are unique to both the Mu50 and N315 strains of S. aureus. The ORFmer set contains primers to amplify all 2,731 ORFs...
Company:Sigma-Genosys

Orfmer Sets - S. typhimurium from Sigma-Genosys

Description:The recent sequencing of Salmonella genomes has allowed the development of the S. enterica Typhimurium ORFmer PCR* primer pairs. The S. enterica Typhimurium (strain LT2) genome consists of a single chromosome (4,857,432 bp; 4,440 ORFs) and a plasmid, pSLT (93,939 bp; 107 ORFs). These ORFmers from Sigma-Genosys have been designed to amplify all putative open reading frames (ORFs) in S. enterica se...
Company:Sigma-Genosys

Equine TNF alpha ELISA development Kit, Screening Set from Endogen

Description:Endogens Screening Sets contain the basic components and protocol required to develop five colorimetric sandwich ELISA plates for quantitation of a specific protein in 100 l/well of cell culture supernate. Every Screening Set contains Coating and Detection Antibodies, Recombinant Standard (5 individual standards), Streptavidin-HRP, TMB Substrate Solution (one-step) and Stop Solution. Each standar...
Company:Endogen

BL21 Competent Cell Set* from Novagen

Description:pET Host Strain Competent Cell Sets is to use chemically competent cells. Although competent cells can be prepared in the laboratory, greater efficiency, reproducibility and convenience are achieved using Novagen’s prepared compet...
Company:Novagen

QuantiGene Plex Reagent Set for Animal/Plant Tissue from Panomics

Description:Homogenizing Solution, 18ml Proteinase K - [50ug/l] 75 l...
Company:Panomics

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RT-PCR Primer Sets for Human and Mouse Mismatch Repair Genes

Stratagene Cloning Systems from the cDNAsequences of mismatch repair genes. These genes code for specialized proteinsthat participate in correcting areas of base mispairing in DNA. We have...

Efficient and Reliable PCR Setup Using Eppendorf MasterMix

Christian Rohrer, Eppendorf AG, Germany Lars-Erik Peters, Eppendorf 5Prime, USA The reliability of a PCR* experiment is dependent on its sensitivity, specificity and reproducibility. An essential prerequisite for a succ...

Cancer siRNA Oligo Set Version 1.0

This comprehensive siRNA discovery tool allows gene-silencing studies of 139 human cancer-related genes for functional genomics research using RNAi. Cancer-related genes were chosen in collaboration with leading academic cancer researchers (see table below for a list of...

Scott Converse, UW-Madison School of Business, on the innovation mind-set

, he addressed information techno...

Children's engages MedAssets for supply chain management

of Atlanta to implement supply chain management solutions. Children's Hospital is the second shareholder of Child Health Corp. of America (CHCA) to sign an agreement with MedAssets in recent months. The health system has a total annual supply spend of more than $9...

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Genetic Dentistry: Your Dentist may be able to grow you a new set of Teeth.

Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have successfully regrown mouse teeth in a petri dish from single mouse cells - and they think humans are next. They hope to push the research in the direction where they could take initial tissue from a [human] patient, put it in a culture dish and grow a tooth for them.To accomplish this seemingly futuristic fea...

Parke-Davis (India) runs into rough weather – Court orders attachment of asset

The global merger between Warner-Lambert and Pfizer on the Indian front has run into rough weather due to the legal problems faced by Warner-Lambert’s subsidiary Parke-Davis (India). A local court in Hyderabad has ordered the attachment of its assets located in the city. The vacation court of the Ranga Reddy district civil courts has ordered attachment of plant and machinery of Parke-...

Setting up a new pharmaceutical industry in India

Erweka Germany is setting up a new pharmaceutical company in India in the name of Erweka India Pvt Ltd to be based at Ahmedabad. Erweka has started manufacturing 50 years ago in Germany and today is world leader in testing equipment. Erweka, Germany, one of the biggest manufacturer - Supplier of testing and R&D equipment to phamaceutical industries worldwide has a strong brand name in the...

Foot and mouth disease sets foot in China

After the much talked about bird flu in Asia there comes news from China about the foot and mouth disease. The Ministry of Agriculture of China has given the info that an outbreak of Asia// Type One foot-and-mouth disease on a farm in Changqing District of Jinan City, capital of east China's Shandong Province, has occurred. The incidence was reported when some cattle on the farm began...

First Artificial Heart patient has Major setback

The first recipient of a self-contained artificial heart suffered bleeding in his brain in the same area damaged by a stroke 10 days ago. The latest setback caused swelling and made the patient, Robert Tools, 59, of Franklin, Kentucky, less responsive, implant surgeon Laman Gray said. // Robert Tools received the AbioCor mechanical heart on July 2 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. At...

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Castroviejo Corneal Trephine Set

Description:Set includes: trephine body and guard, two disposable blades and stainless steel sterilizing case. May be used freehand or with Elliot trephine handle. Adjustable stop calibrated in 0.2 increments. Polished finish. Most popular size or model....
Company:Bausch & Lomb Storz

Replacement Burr Set

Description:Set of six replacement burrs for E0824 Storz corneal burr set. Dull finish. Most popular size or model....
Company:Bausch & Lomb Storz

Needle and Gouge Spud Set

Description:Threaded ends permit guarding the needle and gouge within the handle. Set consists of one each : E0828 A needle tip, E0828 B gauge tip and E0828 C handle. Most popular size or model....
Company:Bausch & Lomb Storz

Golf Spud Set

Description:Small golf club shape tip with sharp edge. Flat serrated handle with polished finish. Most popular size or model....
Company:Bausch & Lomb Storz

Lacrimal Intubation Set, 23 gauge, 3/box

Description:Set consist of two 23 gauge, stainless steel probes with blunt tips. Probes are 18 cm (7.0 inches) long with 30.5 cm (12 inches) of flexible tubing (O.D. - 0.60 mm, I.D. - 0.30 mm) attached onto the probe. 3 sets per box....
Company:Bausch & Lomb Storz

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Rosetta Genomics to Webcast Presentation at CE Unterberg, Towbin Emerging Growth Opportunities Conference

REHOVOT, Israel and NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 03, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rosetta Genomics Ltd , a leading microRNAcompany, announced today that J. Michael French, Rosetta GenomicsPresident, will present at CE Unterberg, Towbin Emerging GrowthOpportunities Conference on Tuesday, July 10, at 11:00 am EST atthe Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York. A live audio webcast o...

Rosetta Genomics and Weizmann Institute Scientists Identify Role of microRNA in Cancer Suppression

Findings Published in Molecular Cell Show Potential of microRNAs asNovel Cancer Drug Targets REHOVOT, Israel and NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 05, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rosetta Genomics Ltd , a leading microRNAcompany, announced today research published in the journalMolecular Cell by scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Scienceand Rosetta Genomics . The findings suggest...

Phase IIIb Clinical Data Validate the Overall and Cardiovascular Safety Profile of Cycloset (A Quick Release Formulation of Bromocriptine Mesylate) in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Data Also Support Drug's Efficacy at Improving Glycemic Control andReducing Diabetic Cardiovascular Complications CHICAGO, Ill., June 23, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- VeroScience, LLC,in conjunction with its commercialization partner S2 Therapeutics,Inc., reported today the results of its Phase IIIb clinical trialsupporting the overall and cardiovascular safety of Cycloset(TM) (Aquick release for...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Subsets of Landmark Diabetes Trials Investigating MacroVascular Outcomes Presented at the American Diabetes Association 67th Scientific Sessions

Data from the PROactive and CHICAGO studies of ACTOS(R)(pioglitazone HCl) will be presented in poster format at the 67thScientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association inChicago: -- Hospitalizations for serious adverse events in high-risk type 2 diabetes patients treated with pioglitazone for 3...

VeroScience Late-Breaking Abstract on Cycloset (A Quick Release Formulation of Bromocriptine Mesylate) Accepted for Poster Presentation at American Diabetes Association 67th Scientific Sessions

TIVERTON, R.I., June 18, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- VeroScience, LLC,a privately held biotechnology and healthcare product developmentcompany, announced today that its late-breaking abstract has beenaccepted as a poster presentation at the 67th Scientific Sessionsof the American Diabetes Association in Chicago, Ill. The abstract,entitled, "Effects of Timed Cycloset(TM) (A Quick ReleaseFormulat...

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