Gene therapy works in mice to prevent blindness that strikes boys
University of Florida scientists used a healthy human gene to prevent blindness in mice with a form of an incurable eye disease that strikes boys. Writing in the August issue of Molecular Therapy, scientists from the UF Genetics Institute describe how they successfully used gene therapy in mice to treat retinoschisis, a rare genetic disorder that is passed from mothers, who retain their s...Stanford/Packard scientist's data-mining technique strikes genetic gold
A new method to mine existing scientific data may provide a wealth of information about the interactions among genes, the environment and biological processes, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Like panning for gold, they used the powerful technique to sift through millions of bits of unrelated information...Musicnotes strikes deal to distribute Sony/ATV sheet music
Madison-based , an Internet-based sheet music store, reached an agreement Friday to distribu...EraGen strikes big distribution deal; Berbee buys again
A small Madison biotech firm, EraGen Biosciences, has just forged a worldwide distribution conduit for one of its products. The firm exclusively licensed rights to its test for cystic fibrosis, a genetic lung disease, to pharma giant Bayer Healthcare. Also: Berbee Information Networks Corporation has bought another IT firm, this one in Appleton. Original air date: Saturday, May 21, 2005<...Third Wave strikes deal with Kaiser Permanente on cystic fibrosis reagents
MADISON - , the largest non-profit health plan in the United States,...Madison-based TrafficCast strikes deals with City of Shanghai
SHANGHAI On day four of Gov. Jim Doyle's trade mission to China,...Malaria strikes Munger tribals
People of Bihar were facing the worst forms of nightmare over the past 3 weeks , now the reason isn't the political scenario but the threat of malaria . Malaria , not a new disease to this tropical country , invaded the tribal areas of Munger, 200 km (125 miles) southeast of the state capital, Patna. Thirty-eight people have died of cerebral malaria in this eastern Indian st...Foot and Mouth Disease strikes again in China
FMD infection is reported in two Chinese province of Ningxia Hui and Jiangusu. A new threat of FMD as started to threaten Asia which is already facing outbreaks of bird flu infection. Though spread of FMD to humans is rare // but they cause immense economic loss to cattle industry and it would increase the burden of the farmers who are already facing loss due to poultry loss due to bird f...Dr Reddy’s Strikes Deal With Rheoscience For Type 2 Diabetes Dru
Dr Reddy's Laboratories Thursday announced it had entered a co-development and commercialisation agreement with Denmark-based Rheoscience A/S for the joint development of a drug to treat diabetes. // Under the pact, Rheoscience will fund all costs associated with the Phase-III clinical trials of balaglitazone (DRF 2593), a partial PPAR-gamma agonist, for the treatment of type 2 diabe...The Noro menace: A virus that strikes!
After the bird flu virus here comes another virus that us causing havoc. Known as the Noro virus it is basically a stomach affecting virus that manifests itself in the form of severe vomiting and diarrhea. Noro virus is a // combination of the stomach flu and the Norwalk virus. The virus has been known to affect more than 200 central Albertans. The virus has struck in Alberta, as of now....