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A novel high-tech microscope will be brought to the marketplace, giving laboratories everywhere fascinating new insights into living organisms. EMBLEM Technology Transfer GmbH (EMBLEM), the commercial entity of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), announced today that it has signed a licensing deal with technological leader Carl Zeiss to commercialize a new technology called SPIM (Se...Scientists discover unique microbe in California's largest lake
Scientists at the University of Oregon havediscovered a form of blue-green algae that lives independently inCalifornia's Salton Sea, using near-infrared light for photosynthesis,according to an article published in this week's online edition of theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)."This new strain of Acaryochloris is unique because it is able to liveon its own," says UO...Breast Cancer May Be 'Uniquely Sensitive' To Inhibitors Of PI3K Pathway
"Because up to 75 percent of breast cancerpatients have an abnormality in a specific cell signaling pathway,drugs that target different molecules along that pathway may beespecially effective for treating the disease, says a researcher fromThe University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center." A clearer picture is now emergingabout the importance of the phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase...Unique library of plant genes germinates, takes root at UNC
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's newest "library" is not the kind that will entice an average book lover, but it eventually will please thousands of plant scientists around the world. Through such researchers' work, it will undoubtedly contribute to improving crops that humans around the planet depend on every day, its developers say. Named Phytome, the unique library is a...Invitrogen Launches i-Path -- A Unique Systems Biology Platform at BIO 2005
Scientists in Belgium have discovered how to clone human embryos from eggs that have been matured in the laboratory. Their discovery should make it easier for scientists to create embryonic stem cell lines from cloned embryos and develop them to provide eggs and sperm for infertile couples, the 21st annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today (Monday...Efficiently Insert Unique Restriction Sites into Plasmid Vectors
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Eppendorf AG With Eppendorf Biopur has created a unique standard of purity for consumables. Pipette tips, Safe-Lock/Flex Tube Microcentrifuge Tubes and Combitips bearing the Eppendorf...Unique Histochemical Substrate Permits Dual Staining In Animal Tissue
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According to researchers, people with receding lower jaws are more likely to suffer from sleep-disordered breathing. Sleep apnoea is a condition which is characterised by collapse of the tissues// at the back of the throat during sleep, impeding the free flow of air into and out of the lungs. Often, it is accompanied by snoring and the person actually stops breathing many times in the night. Lack...New and unique treatment for Psoriasis patients
Psoriasis patients who have been long-awaiting new options in treatment, now have fresh hope with the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the new drug, Amevive. This unique drug targets renegade immune cells to control hard-to-treat psoriasis. Psoriasis has been thought to occur when the immune system goes amok and cells called memory effector T cells prompt skin inflammation. The treatme...Pink Shawl Project is a unique initiative
It is a well-known fact that October is designated as the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is a sad commentary on the health sector that despite the exponential morbidity and mortality associated with breast cancer//, very few men and women are aware of what actually happens, what are the risk factors and what is to be done in case they come across a lump. In America, Evelyn H. Lauder,...Christmas, Carols And Unique Indian Christianity
New Delhi: Christianity came to India much before it went to the west, perhaps a reason why India's 25 million Christians prefer to be catholic in faith // , oriental in worship and Indian in culture. It has been a two-way process - a process of osmosis where Christianity has over the centuries become an indelible part of Indian plurality. Not only for the urban middle classes enthusia...Unique Smoking Helpline Launched In Manchester
One of the most frequent New Year resolutions is "I'll quit smoking." But a lot of people especially the younger lot find it hard to keep their // good intentions because nicotine at the best of times is addictive. Now an initiative undertaken by the Manchester Evening News, a newspaper in Great Britain, promises to help people keep this resolution. The paper has undertaken this initi...LMA Unique™ (Single Use LMA Classic™)
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PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 30, 2007 - Hemispherx Biopharma,Inc. (AMEX: HEB) announced today the first scientific publication(Journal of Immunology, April 2007) that explains the uniquetherapeutic properties of its proprietary experimental therapeutic,Ampligen(R) (Poly I : Poly C(12)U), a double-stranded RNA beingtested as a monotherapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and as anadjuvant...ZIOPHARM Presents Unique Mechanism Data for Indibulin at AACR
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 16, 2007 - ZIOPHARM Oncology,Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIOP) presented preclinical data yesterday onindibulin (ZIO-301) at the American Association of Cancer Research(AACR) meeting in Los Angeles. These data demonstrate thatindibulin has distinct biologic and molecular properties from othertubulin binding agents and strongly suggest a very differenttoxicity profile, pa...