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Save the ta-tas Calling on Women to Join the Love/Avon Army of Women to Unlock the Key to Breast Cancer Prevention

- LA-Based Apparel Company Lending Support to another Cancer Research Outreach - LOS ANGELES, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Save the ta-tas, a brand of apparel and accessories designed to "put some fun in the fight" against cancer, announces its support of a unique new program that offers women th...

Anchor Capital Calls on BioScrip Board to Pursue Cost Reductions While Exploring Strategic Sale to Unlock Shareholder Value

Argues That Best Opportunity to Maximize Shareholder Value Is Through A Sale to A Strategic Acquirer. RALEIGH, N.C., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Anchor Capital, a stockholder of BioScrip, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOS ), announced today that it has sent a letter to the Board of Directors of BioScrip in...

University of Ottawa Heart Institute Scientists Unlock Mechanism That Turns on Weight-Loss Gene

OTTAWA , Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ - A University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) research team has unlocked the mechanism that turns on a weight-loss gene in muscle. A new UOHI study shows that the mechanism - a DNA sequence variant identified as rs2419621 - increases the activity levels of ACSL5,...

Penn researchers unlock molecular origin of blood stem cells

PHILADELPHIA A research team led by Nancy Speck, PhD, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has identified the location and developmental timeline in which a majority of bone marrow stem cells form in the mouse embryo. The findings, appe...

Researchers find new chemical key that could unlock hundreds of new antibiotics

Chemistry researchers at The University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre, have found a novel signalling molecule that could be a key that will open up hundreds of new antibiotics unlocking them from the DNA of the Streptomyces family of bacteria. With bacterial resistance growing researcher...

Growing Health Profession Could Unlock Key to a Healthier America

Whole Health Educators Form Army in the Battle Against Chronic Disease Wellesley Hills, MA (PRWEB) September 25, 2008 -- Can overeating be a symptom of negative emotions? Could a skin problem be caused by not getting enough time outdoors, poor diet or anxiety? Yes, says...

Rutgers researchers unlock mysteries of vitamin A metabolism during embryonic development

New Brunswick, NJResearchers at Rutgers have unlocked some of the mysteries of how the developing embryo reacts to fluctuations in the amount of vitamin A present in the maternal blood stream. Their results are presented in the February 28 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry. The rese...

Genes Unlock New Treatments for Deadly Melanoma

Scientific Meeting Highlights New Therapies and Diagnostics, Holding Promise for Melanoma Patients NEW YORK, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Record-high registration at the upcoming 2007 International Melanoma Congress signals new promise and hope in treating a disease that has long held...

Mathematicians help unlock secrets of the immune system

A group of scientists, led by mathematicians, has taken on the challenge of building a common model of immune responses. Their work will radically improve our understanding of the human immune system by allowing all the scientific disciplines working on it to have a common reference point and lang...

Research may unlock mystery of autism's origin in the brain

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. In the first study of its kind, researchers have discovered that in autistic individuals, connections between brain cells may be deficient within single regions, and not just between regions, as was previously believed. Tony Wilson, Ph.D., lead researcher and assistant prof...

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Leading Immunologists Convene in Boston

...tor of the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, Wash. and president of FOCIS. "Today, immunology represents a critical pathway to unlock answers to treat many of today's diseases. To that end, it is important to broaden the access to educational programs to further immunological knowled...

Cytopia Announces Novel Anti-Cancer Drug Development Collaboration

...abilities to early research findings and take on projects that are in the high risk category from commercial organizations or academic institutions to unlock their commercial potential." Cytopia's advanced anti-cancer drug is being tested in four clinical programs covering oral and IV doses in Phase I and...

ImaRx Therapeutics Transitions Business Strategy

...aintaining shareholder participation in the SonoLysis opportunity. "By focusing on broader commercial opportunities for urokinase, we believe we can unlock shareholder value and pursue a risk mitigated corporate strategy overall," stated Bradford A. Zakes, President and CEO of ImaRx Therapeutics. "Current...

Pilot Study Opens the Door for Avastin Use in Curative Setting for Women With Breast Cancer

... Roche in collaboration with Genentech commit to large phase III adjuvant clinical programme set to unlock Avastin's potential in early breast SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- According to new phase II study data, Avastin (bevacizumab) can proceed to ...

Trana Discovery and Southern Research Institute Announce the First RNA-RNA High Throughput Drug Screening Assay Platform for HIV Antivirals

...lusive rights to new classes of drugs used to treat serious bacterial, fungal and viral infectious diseases. The use of Trana Discovery technology can unlock the value -- human and financial -- hidden in drug compound libraries and can shorten the time between drug discovery and availability. Trana Discover...

Tengion Launches Second Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Regenerated Human Organ

...Tengion is the first company to demonstrate an ability to identify and expand progenitor (healthy) cells across a variety of tissues and organs and to unlock these cells' potential to harness the body's regenerative powers. The progenitor cells, which come from the patient, while not yet fully differentiate...

Genzyme Announces Second Pivotal Mozobil Trial Meets Primary Endpoint

...atory approval in these transplant settings, while also pressing forward to unlock the full potential of Mozobil in allogeneic transplantation, chemosensitiza...lity to work aggressively to gain regulatory approval, Genzyme's ability to unlock the full potential of Mozobil in allogeneic transplantation, chemosensitiza...

Northfield Laboratories Reports Results of Pivotal Phase III Trauma Study

...eld indicated that due to certain discrepancies in the data identified during its initial review, it became necessary to resolve the discrepancies and unlock the study database to make any necessary corrections. The process has now been completed, the study database relocked, and the data reanalyzed. Northf...

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Bledsoe Lever Lock Knee Brace

Description:... The Bledsoe Lever Lock Knee Brace is designed to provide a quick extension lock of the arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. The levers quickly unlock to allow motion for rehabilitation or passive motion exercise, but may be quickly locked "rigidly" in full extension for ambulation or sleeping. Appli...
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Scientists unlock the secrets of C. difficile's protective shell

The detailed structure of a protective 'jacket' that surrounds cells of the Clostridium difficile superbug, and which helps the dangerous pathogen stick to human host cells and tissues, is revealed in part in the 1 March issue of Molecular Microbiology . Scientists hope that unravelling the...

Life secret exposed: Scientists unlock mystery of molecular machine

This release is available in French . Montreal, February 19, 2009 A major mystery about the origins of life has been resolved. According to a study published in the journal Nature , two Universit de Montral scientists have proposed a new theory for how a universal molecular machine, the ...

Caltech researchers help unlock the secrets of gene regulatory networks

PASADENA, Calif.-- A quartet of studies by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) highlight a special feature on gene regulatory networks recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ). The collection of papers, "Gene Networks in De...

Scientists unlock possible aging secret in genetically altered fruit fly

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] Brown University researchers have identified a cellular mechanism that could someday help fight the aging process. The finding by Stephen Helfand and Nicola Neretti and others adds another piece to the puzzle that Helfand, a professor of biology, molecular b...

DNA testing may unlock secrets of medieval manuscripts

Thousands of painstakingly handwritten books produced in medieval Europe still exist today, but scholars have long struggled with questions about when and where the majority of these works originated. Now a researcher from North Carolina State University is using modern advances in genetics to dev...

Ants may help researchers unlock mysteries of human aging process

NYU School of Medicine researcher Dr. Danny Reinberg was awarded a Howard Hughes Institute of Medicine Collaborative Innovation Award for new research on ant epigenetics- helping to unravel the impact lifestyle and environment have on genes. The research will investigate what ants can teach us abo...

Proteins in sperm unlock understanding of male infertility says new study

Proteins found in sperm are central to understanding male infertility and could be used to determine new diagnostic methods and fertility treatments according to a paper published by the journal Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (MCP). The article demonstrates how proteomics, a relatively new fi...

NMR researchers unlock hydrogen's secrets to spot polymorphism in pharmaceuticals

Researchers at the University of Warwick and Astra Zeneca have found a new way to use solid-state NMR equipment to crack the secrets of hydrogen atoms and thus spot unwanted polymorphs in pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceuticals companies are constantly battling the problem of polymorphism in which an ...

Scientists unlock secret of what makes plants flower

The study reveals the likely mechanism by which the Arabidopsis plant flowers in response to changes in day length. Earlier research had shown that plants' leaves perceived seasonal changes in day length, which triggers a long-distance signal to travel through the plant's vascular system from the l...

UCLA/Toronto researchers unlock key to memory storage in brain

Scientists know little about how the brain assigns cells to participate in encoding and storing memories. Now a UCLA/University of Toronto team has discovered that a protein called CREB controls the odds of a neuron playing a role in memory formation. The April 20 edition of Science reports the f...

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University of Florida and Cyntellect Collaborate to Unlock Mysteries of Cancer Stem Cells

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyntellect, a privately-held life sciences company leading the development and commercialization of live cell analysis, manipulation and purification systems, announced today that it has entered a research collaboration agreement with the University of Florida ...

Synthetic Genomics Inc. and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company Sign Exclusive, Multi-Year Agreement to Develop Next Generation Biofuels Using Photosynthetic Algae

...nter, Founder and CEO of SGI. "We are confident that the combination of our respective expertise in science, research, engineering and scale-up should unlock the power of algae as biological energy producers in methods and scale not previously explored." Photosynthetic algae, which include microalg...

Novel handheld device detects anthrax with outstanding accuracy and reliability

...ble of accurately and reliably detecting lethal anthrax spores, and to do so without destroying the sample. These new testing results are expected to unlock large potential markets for Veritide in North America and around the globe. We currently are in the process of identifying potential partners and add...

Independent U.S. Study Confirms Veritide's Ceeker(TM) Handheld Device Detects Anthrax With Outstanding Accuracy and Reliability

...ble of accurately and reliably detecting lethal anthrax spores, and to do so without destroying the sample. These new testing results are expected to unlock large potential markets for Veritide in North America and around the globe. We currently are in the process of identifying potential partners and add...

DNA Genotek Partners with Roswell Park Cancer Institute to Accelerate Breast Cancer Research

...cipants will be enthusiastic about using Oragene•DNA to contribute a sample once they know it is easy, non-invasive and has the vast potential to unlock the mysteries of breast cancer." "DNA Genotek is pleased to join forces with the Roswell Park Cancer Institute to collect samples on-sit...

Caprion Proteomics Inc. and Applied Bioystems Work Together to Accelerate Protein Biomarker Verification and Validation

...arallel tracking of large numbers of biomarker candidates through a multiplex high-throughput format. This technique, therefore, has the potential to unlock significant value from the scores of genomics, proteomics and other biomarker candidates that have not yet progressed to the validation stage. Th...

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Announces Appointment of Ron Bentsur as Chief Executive Officer

...elieve that Ron's leadership abilities and longstanding relationships with the investment, research and banking communities make him ideally-suited to unlock the inherent value of our late-stage pipeline." Mr. Bentsur commented, "I am extremely excited for this opportunity to lead Keryx at this key jun...

Pharma and Biotech Companies Plug into Singapore's Integrated Research Network

...e's Nanyang Technological University (NTU). An emerging biotech company, Forma seeks to integrate important new advances in biology and chemistry to unlock the best targets and pathways that genomic medicine has revealed. FORMA will be collaborating with the Experimental Therapeutics Centre of Singapore (...

Real Time Genomics to Show SLIM Search(TM) Technology on Windows HPC Server 2008 at Bio-IT World Conference

...growth expectations for the next generation sequencing systems market may be tempered by the realization that current analysis tools are challenged to unlock value from the data. "The next generation of sequencing systems has turned the tables making sequencing data a commodity and elevating its analysis to...

Setting the Benchmark for Winery Tasting Room Research: An Emerging Region Gets a Global Perspective

...iven research," said Dr. Jim Brandle, C.E.O., Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. "We are very pleased to be able to offer these findings as they unlock key insights into profitability and sustainability that directly affect the industry." Other report findings: - 31% of visitors to th...

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Gene regulatory network

...rly embryonic, neuroectodermal and ... Science and technology news stories tagged with keyword: gene regulatory network . ... Researchers help unlock the secrets of gene regulatory networks ... PASADENA, Calif.-- A quartet of studies by researchers at the California Institute of Technology ...