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PET/CT can identify new cancer lesions at early stage, allowing for prompt treatment

A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Md., reports that whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans may help physicians identify new, unexpected malignant cancerous tumors in patients, according to an article in the May issue of the Society of Nuclear Medicine's Journal of Nuclear Medicine. "PET/CT can help find additional...

Several minute intermediate stage in virus-cell fusion discovered; opportunity for drug development

To ignite a life-threatening infection in the body, a virus such as HIV invades body cells by first merging, or fusing, with the cell's outer membrane. Once inside the cell, the invading microbe's genetic material takes over, turning the 'host' cell into a factory to produce more copies of the virus, which then spill out to invade other cells in the body. Scientists had assumed that once a...

NYU biologists map out early stages of embryo formation

A team of genomic researchers headed by biologists at New York University's Center for Comparative Functional Genomics, in collaboration with researchers at Harvard University, the Max Planck Institute, and Cenix Biosciences, has mapped out a preliminary molecular diagram of the early stages of embryo formation, offering for the first time a global look at how a single cell begins its path into a...

Wright bros. upstaged! Dinos invented biplanes

The evolution of airplanes from the Wright Brothers' first biplanes to monoplanes was an inadvertent replay of the much earlier evolution of dinosaur flight, say two dino flight experts. According to paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee and retired aeronautical engineer R.J. Templin, a small early Chinese dinosaur called Microraptor gui used a two-level, biplane wing configuration to fly from...

Driver of anthrax toxicity could lead to late-stage therapy

A study in the March 24 Cell reports the discovery of a gene that drives anthrax bacteria's toxic effects. The gene could offer a potential new target for countermeasures against the lethal toxin, according to the researchers. Such therapies might have the potential to protect against anthrax during the late stages of the disease, after antibiotics have lost their therapeutic value, they a...

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LX80 Series Precision Stages from Parker Hannifin Corporation

Description:The LX80L is an extension of Parkers MX80 family of positioners, offering longer travel while maintaining a compact cross-section. LX80L bolt hole patterns mimic the MX80 family, allowing users to directly mount MX80 units and all accessory brackets to build multi-axis systems. Velocities to 3 m/s...
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MX80 Series Miniature Precision Stages from Parker Hannifin Corporation

Description:The MX80 Series of positioning slides offers multiple drive technologies including linear motor, ballscrew, leadscrew, micrometer, and manual. With this series, users can construct high performance, cost-effective multi-axis systems. These slides also offer anti-cage creep cross-roller bearings, encoder resolutions down to 10 nanometers, integrated home/ limit switches, and high-flex cabling.<u...
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Early Stage: Step 6 - Taxes, taxes, taxes!

- Now you have formed an entity. As part of the decision as to the type of entity to use, you should have concerned yourself with taxes...

Early Stage: Step 5 - Forming the entity

- By now you have clarified what your intellectual property is - the domain name, trademarks, etcetera. You are now prepared to form an entity. In this column, we will discuss the entity choices y...

State's investment in early-stage businesses is changing perceptions

Attorney Joe Hildebrandt has been a part of many deals connecting promising young Wisconsin companies with investors, some close at home and others in the financial centers of the nations East and West coasts. Over the years, Hildebrandt told a legislative committee last week, he's battled the notion that Wisconsin is a "flyover state" that nei...

InstaGene Matrix: Prepare DNA Templates for PCR With No Phenol/Chloroform Extractions and No Deproteinization Steps, Rev C

Prepare DNA from blood, cultured cells, or bacteria: Just incubate sample with InstaGene matrix at 56C for 1530 min, then boil for 8 min. InstaGene matrix absorbs cell lysis products, producing an improved substrate for PCR amplification. Use whol...

Preparation of PCR Quality Template DNA from a Wide Range of Tissues Using InstaGene Matrix

Paul Burr, Wellcome Clinical Scholar, Department of VeterinaryPathology, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Rd, Glasgow. G61 1QH. A method that can be conveniently used to prepare DNA from a wide range of tissues for analysis in the Polymerase Chain Reaction is described. The method is both quick...

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Frozen Canadian baby stages miraculous recovery

When she was brought to the hospital, doctors declared her clinically dead, but lo and behold, she was awake and smiling on Monday in a miraculo...

Thalidomide may stage a comeback

The controversial drug thalidomide, which was banned in 1962, is being reassessed to find out if it could again be prescribed to patients to treat rare forms of cancer and leprosy. The drug which is unlicensed in Europe was marketed in the 50s and 60s as a cure for morning// sickness. However, it was banned after mothers who took it gave birth to deformed children. The European Agency...

Detecting Lung Cancer In Its Initial Stages

Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer death worldwide, accounting for more than 1.3 million deaths a year. // Since the disease is hard to detect in early and treatable stages, most cases are found only after the cancer has spread. Studies have shown CT scans can identify the disease in an early stage in individuals considered at high risk for lung cancer, but they also identify many nonc...

New Oral Medication That Could Arrest Autoimmune Diseases In its early Stages

Researchers say they have found a way to prevent type 1 diabetes in rats that are generally prone to develop the disease. In the past researchers discovered the human protein zonulin and found it is produced // in very large amounts in people with autoimmune diseases. This overproduction triggers a number of other reactions that lead to the production of antibodies that can destroy insulin-produc...

New Screening Method Found To Detect Testicular Cancer In Its Initial Stages

Each year nearly 13,200 new cases of testicular cancer occur and it is the most common cancer in men between ages 20 and 39. More than 90 percent of the cases can be cured, especially if it is caught early. // However, it is often difficult to detect the cancer before it starts to spread. Researchers now say they have discovered a new method of detecting testicular cancer before it spreads. <b...

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Freezing Stage for Microtome, 38 mm x 38 mm

Description:MNL 4404 & 4405 series Freezing Stages fit easily onto most microtomes. These thermoelectric devices have no moving parts and need only the AC supply and a trickle of running water for operation. Freezing starts immediately and can be maintained indefinitely. Stage temperature is adjustable so that optimum cutting temperatures can be set for different kinds of tissue. Our Freezing Stages are...
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Freezing Stage for Microtome, 76.2 mm x 79.4 mm

Description:MNL 4404 & 4405 series Freezing Stages fit easily onto most microtomes. These thermoelectric devices have no moving parts and need only the AC supply and a trickle of running water for operation. Freezing starts immediately and can be maintained indefinitely. Stage temperature is adjustable so that optimum cutting temperatures can be set for different kinds of tissue. Our Freezing Stages are...
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Freezing Stage for Microtome, 38 mm x 38 mm, 220V

Description:MNL 4404 & 4405 series Freezing Stages fit easily onto most microtomes. These thermoelectric devices have no moving parts and need only the AC supply and a trickle of running water for operation. Freezing starts immediately and can be maintained indefinitely. Stage temperature is adjustable so that optimum cutting temperatures can be set for different kinds of tissue. Our Freezing Stages are...
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Freezing Stage for Microtome, 76.2mmx79.4mm, 220V

Description:MNL 4404 & 4405 series Freezing Stages fit easily onto most microtomes. These thermoelectric devices have no moving parts and need only the AC supply and a trickle of running water for operation. Freezing starts immediately and can be maintained indefinitely. Stage temperature is adjustable so that optimum cutting temperatures can be set for different kinds of tissue. Our Freezing Stages are...
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Solid State Freezer/Cooling Stage, 110v, 30 x 30mm

Description:For some sectioning work, it is necessary to cool a specimen below room temperature. The Solid State Freezer can be fitted to most microtomes and will permit specimen cooling from ambient to -25C or lower, depending on conditions. The equipment consists of a cooling stage and a control unit. The cooling stage is best suited for operation with a base sledge microtome, but can be fitted to most rot...
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Long-Term Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b Therapy in Stage III Melanoma Demonstrated Significant and Sustained Impact on Relapse-Free Survival

CHICAGO – June 2, 2007 – Long-term treatment withpegylated interferon alfa-2b in stage III melanoma had asignificant and sustained impact on relapse-free survival (RFS),according to the results of the largest adjuvant trial everconducted in patients with stage III melanoma. Results of the PhaseIII study, led by...

Introgen and Clinical Collaborators to Report New Results with Advanced-Stage Cancer Therapies at Upcoming Medical Meetings

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2007 - IntrogenTherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:INGN) and the Company's clinicalcollaborators will report updated Phase 2 clinical trial resultsfor its lead cancer therapy product candidates at the upcomingannual meetings of The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)in Chicago and the American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT) inSeattle. "We have a st...

FDA MedWatch: Avastin (bevacizumab) and Formation of Tracheoesophageal Fistula in a Recent Clinical Study in Patients with Limited-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 21, 2007-Genentech and FDA notifiedhealthcare professionals of important new safety informationregarding tracheoesophageal (TE) fistula formation in a recentclinical study in patients with limited-stage small cell lungcancer (SCLC). This multicenter, non-randomized, single-arm phaseII clinical trial study combined chemotherapy and radiation plusAvastin. There have b...

Benicar HCT Reductions in Seated Systolic Blood Pressure for Stage 2 Patients Compared With Amlodipine + Benazepril

Comparison of BENICAR HCT 40/12.5 and 40/25 mg/day and Amlodipine +Benazepril 5/20 and 10/20 mg/day Presented at American Society ofHypertension Twenty-Second Annual Scientific Meeting PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 21, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- New datapresented today at the American Society of Hypertension'sTwenty-Second Annual Scientific Meeting (ASH 2007) in Chicagodemonstrated that the fixed-dose...

Affymax Announces Phase 2 Clinical Trial Results of Once-Per-Month Hematide for the Treatment of Anemia in Patients with Early- and End-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2007 - Affymax, Inc.(Nasdaq:AFFY) today announced results to date from two separatePhase 2 clinical trials of Hematide(TM) in dialysis andnon-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The data showedthat in treatment naive, non-dialysis patients Hematide couldcorrect anemia when administered monthly at an appropriate dose.Similarly, the data...

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