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UCSB scientists probe sea floor venting to gain understanding of early life on Earth

New keys to understanding the evolution of life on Earth may be found in the microbes and minerals vented from below the ocean floor, say scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The UCSB scientists are making new contributions to this field of inquiry in their studies of seafloor hydrothermal fluid discharge into the Earth's oceans, which has been occurring ever since t...

A comprehensive response to HIV could prevent 10 million AIDS deaths in Africa by 2020

Based on successful animal studies, a novelvaccine that uses immune cells as factories to produce Her2/neu proteinmay offer a way to treat some human breast cancers, say researchers atThe University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. [Ed : is a protein often present / surexpressed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/...

NYC's First Rapid HIV Drug-resistant AIDS Case Prompts Call to Step Up HIV Prevention

New York City's Public Health Department today issued a public health advisory after reporting the first documented case of an alarming, new, rapidly-progressing and highly drug resistant strain of HIV in a New York man who progressed from his initial HIV infection, thought to have occurred in mid-October 2004, to a largely untreatable strain of AIDS in just three months. According to City...

Scientists document complex genomic events leading to the birth of new genes

A team of scientists led by Peer Bork, Ph.D., Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, report today in the journal Genome Research that they have identified a new primate-specific gene family that spans about 10% of human chromosome 2. Comprised of eight family members, the RGP gene cluster may help to explain what sets apart humans and other primates from the...

Scientists identify molecular events that drive cell senescence

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallasresearchers have found a way of stimulating the immune systems of miceto fight against amyloid proteins that cause the devastating plaquesthat are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.For years scientists have examined the possibility of using aprotein-based vaccine to slow the progression of the disease in itsearly stages. UT Southwestern researcher...

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Event Tagger from myNeuroLab.com

Description:An accessory to the Spatial Behavior System. Enables replay of a reorded behavior session, either entirely or automatically selected parts, and scoring events and duration by button box. Fast replay or slow replay.The Spatial Behavior line is a family of instruments all built around a video camera, frame grabber, and feature extraction software and that can track two fields at once and up to 6...
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GeneAmp PCR Carry-over Prevention Kit from Applied Biosystems

Description:Enzymatic method stops PCR carry-over contamination, which prevents false positive results Designed to degrade PCR products from previous PCR amplifications without degrading native nucleic acid templates, which improves amplification Optimized for use with GeneAmp PCR core reagents and GeneAmp instrument systems The GeneAmp PCR Carry-over Prevention Kit provides reagents for a simple yet...
Company:Applied Biosystems

CORNING CELLSTACK VENTED CAP, 33MM, STERILE, 0.2UM MEMBRANE, 3/8 IN ID TUBING from Sigma-Aldrich

Description:Ideal for cell culture scale-up, these culture chambers produce cell yields in the 10 range and are useful alternatives to multiple roller bottles or spinner flasks. • High mechanical • strength and structural integrity • 100% leak tested prior to shipping • Certified nonpyrogenic and sterilized by gamma irradiation, with low particulate contaminati...
Company:Sigma-Aldrich

IEC Centra CL3 Ventilated Centrifuge, 220-240V / 50/60 Hz from Thermo Scientific

Description:The IEC Centra CL3 series is designed to enhance your productivity in typical research and clinical applications at a reasonable cost. A broad accessory package includes quick connect rotors and various biocontainment options. An advanced yet intuitive interface allows you to control and view centrifuge parameters....
Company:Thermo Scientific

Solvent-Detergent Removal Resin from Sigma-Aldrich

Description:Physical Form: saline suspension with ethanol Matrix: HyperD F. Useful for the removal of detergents from protein samples....
Company:Sigma-Aldrich

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Fergus joins Baird Venture Partners, Caden Bio

Fergus, a graduate who will be b...

Doyle proposes $2M for venture capital center

Doyle said the allocation would go to the public-private sector partnership that will connect entrepreneurs with sources of capital, and serve as an entry point o...

Avolte Venture Partners reaches capital goal

The fund, which was to be capped at $50 million, has not raised that muc...

The 10 biggest events shaping biotech in 2006

Here's my list, in order of importance: biofuels, stem cells, BIO 2006 in Chicago, the reshaping and resurgence of Abbott Labs, biogenerics in the U.S., the internationalizat...

Venture Investors to open Michigan office

The Madison venture capital firm, which recently moved into a larger space in the MGE Innovation Center in <a href="http:/...

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Asthma may actually be prevented by Dust and Dirt

National Jewish Medical and Research Center researchers in USA say that a little dust and dirt in the home may help prevent asthma later in life. Environmental endotoxin may have an allergy-protective effect in some infants whose homes have high levels of the bacteria by-product. "Endotoxin seems to drive the immune system to produce cytokines that inhibit certain processes in the body th...

Nearly all asthma deaths preventable

A new survey says nearly all deaths due to asthma can be prevented if the patients and their doctors had better understanding of the disease. According to WHO, around 150 million people suffer from asthma worldwide and nearly 2 lakh people die due to the disease every year. Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease, often linked with allergies, that is characterized by sudden recurring atta...

Breast Feeding prevents obesity later on in life

A new research suggests that breast-feeding in infancy reduces the risk of becoming obese in life later on. According to Dr. William H. Dietz of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, who led the research team, effects of breast milk significantly lowered the odds of being overweight by the early teen years, but showed less effect on weight during early childho...

Lose stomach for Life....Preventive removal of stomach saves the risk of cancer

This is a story about five gentlemen with a rare genetic mutation that confers a very high risk of stomach cancer. Yes! Dr. David G. Huntsman of the British Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver, Canada and colleagues report on five members of two families with a rare form of hereditary gastric cancer caused by a mutation of the E-cadherin gene. These people had a very bad family histo...

Regular exercise prevents hip fractures

According to a report in the recent issue of the American Journal of Epidemology, moderate levels of physical activity can help protect against a hip fracture. According to Dr. Susanne Hoidrup from Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, and colleagues, when people undergo the aging process, regular physical activity should become an essential part of everyone's life, in order to...

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Long system Ventriculoscope

Description:Long system ventriculoscope for stereotactic frames....
Company:B. Braun Medical Inc.

Short system Ventriculoscope

Description:Short system ventriculoscope for free hand use....
Company:B. Braun Medical Inc.

Advent Pachymeter

Description:The Accutome Ultrasound Advent Pachymeter exceeds previous product performance with these built-in design elements: For ALK and other lamellar procedures, the measurement capability ranges from 400 down to 90 microns. High end range is 1000 microns accommodating most limbal thicknesses for general patient care. Newly designed 55 angle probe ensures great visibility under the surgical microscope....
Company:Accutome, Inc.

G 4.12 Powerful Ventilated Floor-Standing Centrifuge

Description:Powerful ventilated floor-standing centrifuge. Mobile space saver, very powerful, high capacity rotors, large choice of accessories, analog controls, large bright digital display, imbalance detection & shutdown (JOUAN patented pendulum system), guard barrier, dual lid interlock, current and temperature limitation, rugged motor, tough steel casing with chemical-resistant, baked-on epoxy coating, C...
Company:ThermoFisher Scientific

Ventrix ICP Monitor

Description:It is a fiberoptic based intracranial monitoring systems for continuous monitoring of pressure....
Company:Integra LifeSciences Corporation

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Antibiotics Don't Prevent Future Urinary Tract Infections, May Cause Resistance in Future Infections

PHILADELPHIA, July 10, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After afirst childhood urinary tract infection (UTI), daily antibioticsmay not prevent another such infection, and may actually increasethe risk that the next urinary tract infection is caused byresistant bacteria, according to a new study in the July 11 issueof the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the first larg...

Phase III Trial Results Show Superiority of Rivaroxaban over Enoxaparin for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Knee Replacement Surgery

Rivaroxaban, a New Oral, Once-Daily Direct Factor Xa Inhibitor,Shows a Significant Reduction in Deep Vein Thrombosis and PulmonaryEmbolism Compared with Enoxaparin with Similarly Low BleedingRates GENEVA, July 8, 2007 - Late-breaking Phase III clinical trialdata presented today at the XXI International Society on Thrombosisand Haemostasis (ISTH) Congress demonstrate that once-daily...

Phase III Trial Results Show Superiority of Rivaroxaban over Enoxaparin for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Knee Replacement Surgery

GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 8, 2007 - Late-breaking Phase IIIclinical trial data presented today at the XXI InternationalSociety on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Congress demonstratethat once-daily rivaroxaban achieved superior efficacy in theprevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients undergoingknee replacement surgery in a head-to-head comparison withenoxaparin, the curren...

Peer Reviewed Journal Article Indicates Repros' Proellex Exhibits Potential for New Approach to the Treatment and Prevention of Breast Cancer

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 5, 2007 - ReprosTherapeutics Inc. (NasdaqGM:RPRX) today announced that an articlehas been published in the July 1, 2007 issue of Oncology Reportsindicating a potential for a new approach to the treatment ofbreast cancer using Proellex. The article reviews the findings froma study conducted in an accepted in vivo rat model of breastcancer. The study...

Vaccine Can Prevent Cervical Cancer and Precancerous Lesions

LONDON, June 28, 2007--A cervical cancer vaccine has shown 90%efficacy for prevention of cervical cancer and precancerous lesionsassociated with the human papillomavirus (HPV) types targeted bythe vaccine, conclude authors of an Article published early Onlineand in the upcoming issue of The Lancet. HPV types 16 and 18 account for 70% or morecases of cervical cancer worldwi...

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