Nanotechnology Transforms Pain Relief
CHICAGO, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Following 15 years of research and development of topical pain relief products, Concept Laboratories, Inc. discovered that the use of nanotechnology greatly enhances the effects of topical pain relievers. Teaming their most high performance formulas w...The Ottawa Hospital Transforms Procurement and Spend Management with the Oracle(R) E-Business Suite
Leading Canadian Health Center Enables End-to-End Integration for More than $60 Million in Purchases Annually, Allowing It to Cut Administrative Costs, Accelerate Purchasing, Optimize Vendor Spend and Reduce Paper Use REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- News Facts ...Home Delivery Medical Transforms Customer Service On the Web for Seniors and Homecare Providers
HomeDeliveryMedical.com, one of the industry's most respected suppliers of adult diapers, walkers, wheelchairs, nutritionals, diabetic supplies, and other home medical supply, is making a name for itself online as the leader in Customer Service by providing unparalleled support to America's senio...Bold Evolution Transforms National Jewish Medical and Research Center to National Jewish Health
New name showcased in #1 respiratory hospital ranking DENVER, July 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Signaling a bold evolution and expansion beyond traditional boundaries of respiratory medicine into exciting new areas of science and health, National Jewish Medical and Research Center will beco...The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Transforms Website with a New Look and New Technology
CHERRY HILL, N.J., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Visitors to the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) website, msassociation.org, may have noticed some changes. Over the past few months, a new design was unveiled and various enhancements were made providing the multiple sclerosis (MS) co...AMICAS Transforms Critical Results Notification with RadStream
Proven to improve radiologist productivity, service, and quality BOSTON, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMICAS, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMCS ), a leader in radiology and medical image and information management solutions, today announced that it will feature RadStream(TM), a next generation soft...How Candida albicans transforms from its normally benign form into life-threatening form
Researchers at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*STAR) Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have discovered new molecular mechanisms that provide a more detailed understanding of how the normally benign Dr. Jekyll-like fungus known as Candida albicans transforms into a...Fat transforms vitamin C from 'good cop' into 'bad cop'
Fat in the stomach may cause vitamin C to promote, rather than prevent, the formation of certain cancer causing chemicals, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Gut. The researchers analysed the impact of both fat (lipid) and vitamin C (ascorbic acid) on nitrite chemistry in...St. Jude Study Gives New Insights Into How Cells Accessorize Their Proteins
...al Cell, reveal that NEDD8 changes the shape of cullin-RING to activate it to perform its function. The researchers found that when NEDD8 attaches, it transforms cullin-RING into a kind of molecular valet that can then attach a different accessory (ubiquitin) onto other proteins to foster the myriad of biochemi...St. Jude Finds 'Dancing' Hair Cells Are Key to Humans' Acute Hearing
...ochlear hair cells. While the cochlea's "inner hair cells" are only passive detectors, the so-called "outer hair cells" amplify the sound signal as it transforms into an electrical signal that travels to the brain's auditory center. Without such amplification, hearing would be far less sensitive, since sound wa...Basic Science Discoveries Yield Progress in Hepatology
...omedical science is to gain knowledge and understanding for its own sake, without reference to a particular practical problem. "Translational" science transforms basic knowledge into practical terms. "Applied" research, such as "clinical trials," takes the discoveries of basic research even further and uses the...St. Jude Defines Eye Cancer Gene's Role in Retinal Development
...ina and other eye structures to ensure the retina has the proper thickness necessary to convert light from the lens into nerve impulses that the brain transforms into images. Until their study, reported in the Jan. 15 issue of "Genes & Development," almost nothing was known about the molecular mechanisms respon...Cleveland Clinic Summits to Focus on Cardiovascular Medical Innovation
...al Innovation Summit and stewards the Clinic's technology innovation strategy. It enhances product-oriented innovation throughout Cleveland Clinic and transforms promising therapies, devices and diagnostics into beneficial medical products, via spin-off companies, licensees and equity partnerships. The Kaufman...Primary Endpoint Met in Phase 2 Trial of Daclizumab in Patients With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
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A standard Internet protocol that checks errors made during email transmissions has now inspired a revolutionary method to transform DNA microarray analysis, a common technology used to understand gene activation. The new method, which blends experiment and computation, strengthens DNA microarray a...IBM Transforms the Art of Scientific Expeditions
Scientists have shown they can dramatically enhance radiation's cancer-killing effects by blocking a "master switch" in cancer cells that promotes cancer growth. Blocking a protein called HIF-1 after radiation therapy doubled the length of time it took for human cancers to begin growing again in mi...Visualizing virus replication in three dimensions
..., a membrane network interconnected with the nuclear envelope; this is where proteins are synthesized. The dengue virus uses this membrane network and transforms it for its own use. "We now know that viral RNA is replicated in vesicles in the endoplasmic reticulum and is secreted through tiny pores. We we...DOE makes largest Danforth Campus research award in history
... was selected for an EFRC grant and look forward to working with them to make St. Louis a worldwide center for bioenergy research." Photosynthesis transforms light, carbon dioxide and water into chemical energy in plants and some bacteria. The wavelike characteristic of this energy transfer process can expl...Orientation of antenna protein in photosynthetic bacteria described
... complex called the chlorosome that then transfers the energy to the trimeric protein that in turn transfers to the reaction center. Photosynthesis transforms light, carbon dioxide and water into chemical energy in plants and some bacteria. The wavelike characteristic of this energy transfer process can expl...AGU journal highlights -- March 12, 2009
...phase in the lower mantleit dominates the seismic properties and viscous deformation of the deep Earth. At high pressures and temperatures, perovskite transforms into an altered crystal-packing form called postperovskite. The region where the transformation occurs, known as the D'' layer, is directly above the ...Pulmonary hypertension in children may result from reduced activity of gene regulator
...n adults with lung injuries, may help these infants restore a healthy balance of blood vessel dilation and contraction, preventing the remodeling that transforms flexible blood vessels into rigid pipes and the pulmonary hypertension that often results. "These drugs might be another therapy where you can tre...Caltech and UCSD researchers shed light on how proteins find their shapes
...nor probe, which emits light and transfers that light to an acceptor probe. The distance between the donor and acceptor change as the amino-acid chain transforms itself into a three-dimensional protein. In the PNAS paper, the two groups combined the Caltech experimental technique--first described in a 2002 p...Case Western Reserve researchers looking at light-induced toxins in air and water
... research team is studying how ultraviolet-visible light interacts with and transforms these compounds under controlled laboratory settings. The goal of his gr...m the environment. Consequently, understanding how the absorption of light transforms these compounds holds the key for predicting their environmental fate and f...Novel technology could produce biofuel for around 0.50 a liter ($2.49 a gallon)
... by exposing it to a stream of oxygen gas, before being heated at high pressures to a temperature of around 1400C. Known as gasification, this process transforms the liquid biosyncrude into a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen termed syngas. After any impurities are removed from this syngas, it can be c...Technology Transforms Market Research in Pharmaceutical Industry
New Study Finds Use of the Internet Now Dominates Quantitative Research Worldwide NEW YORK, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Three out of five market research studies -- 60 percent of those fielded in the US and abroad -- were conducted online last year, according to the 2...iGuard Transforms Drug Safety Alert and Update Process
First service to provide patients & physicians with immediate, personalized safety information RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Today hundreds of millions of Americans who regularly take prescription medicines have a new tool giving them access to th...Genomatica Produces Pure BDO From Natural Sugars
...mprise the world we live in. The company enables the production of sustainable chemicals through a compelling proprietary platform that fundamentally transforms the way in which natural processes can be used to convert low cost, renewable feedstocks into higher-value chemicals. Founded in 2000 by research sci...Marriott Resort Magically Turns Brown Grease "Green" With The Cost-Cutting Hydrologix GRS
...ach Marriott Resort and Spa in Waikoloa, Hawaii, has just installed the trailblazing new Hydrologix Grease Reduction System, the Hydrologix GRS, which transforms their restaurants' brown grease waste into clear water - right in the grease trap! Their choice of both a cost-cutting and "green" service i...Fast molecular rearrangements hold key to plastic's toughness
... mobility in the material," Ediger says. "The act of pulling on it actually transforms the glass into a liquid that can then flow. Then when you stop pulling on it, it transforms back to a glass." The work has benefited from collaboration between chemi...Fast molecular rearrangements hold key to plastics toughness
... mobility in the material," Ediger says. "The act of pulling on it actually transforms the glass into a liquid that can then flow. Then when you stop pulling on it, it transforms back to a glass." The work has benefited from collaboration between chemi...Convey Computer™ Corporation Launches World's First Hybrid-Core Computer at SC08 Conference
...r, an ANSI standard development environment gives programmers 100 percent productivity and portability - an attribute unique to Convey. The HC-1 transforms HPC in three main ways. It: 1) breaks through the current power/performance wall to significantly increase performance for certain compute and memory...Comedy 'Horror In The Wind' Banned In New Mexico
...s it throughout the world. To everyone's shock, the untested Formula 4708 does not suppress sex drive but changes it. Within a week the entire world transforms from 90% heterosexual to 90% homosexual. "Horror" opens at the Guild Cinema in Albuquerque on December 12. Rising star, Perren Hedde...S. cerevisiae Direct Transformation Kit from Wako Chemicals USA, Inc.
Description:...a large number of yeast strains grown in 96-well plates. Even genome-wide screening, which has been probematic, becomes possible, since the kit easily transforms about 4,850 strains with gene disruption....S. cerevisiae Direct Transformation Kit from Wako Chemicals USA, Inc.
Description:...a large number of yeast strains grown in 96-well plates. Even genome-wide screening, which has been probematic, becomes possible, since the kit easily transforms about 4,850 strains with gene disruption....