ASU researchers finds novel chemistry at work to provide parrot's vibrant red colors
Parrots, long a favorite pet animal, are attractive to owners because of their vibrant colors. But those colors may mean more to parrots than what meets the eye. For more than a century, biochemists have known that parrots use an unusual set of pigments to produce their rainbow of plumage colors, but their biochemical identity has remained elusive. Now, an Arizona State University researc...Harmful Bacterium Commonly Found in Poultry May Survive Refrigeration and Frozen Storage Combined
Glia appear essential for 'hair cells'responsible for hearing and balance. Traditionally viewed as supportingactors, cells known as glia may be essential for the normal developmentof nerve cells responsible for hearing and balance, according to newUniversity of Utah research. The study is reported in the January 6,2005 issue of Neuron and is co-authored by scientists at the Universityof Was...Drug-resistant bacteria on poultry products differ by brand
The presence of drug-resistant, pathogenic bacteria on uncooked poultry products varies by commercial brand and is likely related to antibiotic use in production, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Their study is the first to directly compare bacterial contamination of poultry products sold in U.S. supermarkets from food producers who use antibiotics...Brain-injury rehabilitation depends on acetylcholine circuitry
The ability of the brain to recover from such injury as stroke or trauma depends on a particular circuitry of neurons that "talk" to one another using the brain chemical acetylcholine, researchers led by James Conner and Mark Tuszynski in the Neural repair Group at UCSD have discovered. Their finding in rats could help enhance rehabilitation to recover from such injuries by leading to the develop...NIH Researchers Discover How Insulin Allows Entry of Glucose Into Cells
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have discovered the critical sequence of events by which insulin stimulates the entry of glucose into fat cells. The study, appearing in the May 9 Journal of Cell Biology, was conducted by researchers from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases....Imaging Mass Spectrometry for Small Molecule Localization from Protein Discovery, Inc.
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An interesting article in ) on March 1 states unequivocally that most industry cycles run about 50 years until they mature. If this...Industry Veterans discuss the "next big thing"
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Panelists at the Demo 2003 conference offered a reality check and insights into the next technology innovations. Products featured at DEMO sessions focused on products in the search, productivity, security, spam, and entertainment categories. The panelists, who are leading technologists discussed how the prospect of a "next big thing" might be "today's big thing," W...Industry Veterans take a look back from 2025: Bio-Technology, and Bio-Informatics are the focus
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Panelists at the Demo 2003 conference offered insights into the next technology innovations by answering Producer, Chris Shipley's question, "If we look back in the year 2025 what will see as the big innovations?" Mitch Kapor, Chairman of the Open Source Applications Foundation, and founder of Lotus, began the discussion by stating, "I would be hanging out in the Bio...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...Healthcare sector is now a multi billion-dollar industry in India
A Confederation of Indian Industry study has identified the health care sector in India as a potential gold mine. India is poised to develop into a 'regional healthcare hub' with the $17 billion healthcare industry growing at a rate of 13 per cent the study says. With a 16% increase in budgetary outlay the healthcare industry is poised to zoom ahead bringing with it big bucks as returns....Biotechnology industry expected to grow into a three billion dollar industry by 2002
The biotech products market in India is expected to grow into a three billion dollar industry by 2002 according to a Rabo India finance report. The big leap is expected to triple the industry's size from its 1999 value of one billion dollars. Biogenerics, biopharmaceuticals, agriculture, food and nutrition sectors are all poised for the big leap, both nationally and internationally. Th...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...Ranbaxy trying to make inroads in herbal drugs market
Ranbaxy Laboratories Chairman, Tajendra Khanna, in a recent seminar organised by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University on 'Managing Corporate Reputation', spoke about the comapny's plan of foraying into the herbal drugs market. He said that their products would create stiff competition for the key player in the market - Dabur, which has 60 per cent market share. The company plans to m...Aeroset Clinical Chemistry System
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OXFORD, England, 20 June 2007 - VASTox plc (AIM: VOX), a leadingUK biotechnology company, announces that it has been awarded agrant of £400,000 by the Welsh Development Agency(”WDA”) under the SMARTCymru scheme. The grant,which runs for 12 months, will support the research and developmentwork undertaken at VASTox’s Aberystwyth facility and providesrecognition of...Lilly Studies Try to Shed Light on Impact of Race on Lung Cancer Treatment
Company Launches 1,000-Patient Lung Cancer Diversity Study CHICAGO, June 01, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Statistics showlung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death inAfrican-Americans, with 21,550 new cases expected to be diagnosedand 16,700 deaths expected this year.(i) Equally devastating, lungcancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Hispanic men and thesecond leading caus...PARI and Kamada Announce Positive Intermediate Phase I Results for Inhaled Alpha-1 Antitrypsin
MONTEREY, Calif., May 31, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thefirst of two stages of the Phase I clinical trial show positiveresults for Kamada's Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) liquid drugcandidate for inhalation delivered with PARI's eFlow electronicnebulizer for the treatment of patients suffering from AATdeficiency. Dosage levels studied resulted in good safety profilesand patient tolerabili...