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Newly discovered virus linked to childhood lung disorders and Kawasaki disease

Late updatetonight; my girlfriend is sick and I took care of her. First headline :a newly discovered virus causing respiratory infection. Let's hope itsjust a coincidence :) A newly discovered virus may be responsible for many respiratory tractillnesses in infants and children, and may be associated with animportant multi-organ disease whose cause has...

Solution to Pollution: New Bacteria Eats Toxic Waste

Utah State University researchers recently discovered a new bacteria that is a natural cleanser for contaminated soil. The bacteria, now being used around the world, is an inexpensive and highly effective solution to pollution. “This project shows mother nature’s capability to be a master engineer,?said Ron Sims, biological and irrigation engineering department head. “Past disposal practi...

White blood cell waste disposal system plays critical regulatory role

A new research study identifies a critical inhibitory step that is a key component of the feedback circuit regulating the balance between neutrophil production and destruction. The research, published in the March issue of Immunity, suggests that the process for disposal of dying neutrophils is actively linked to neutrophil production. A clear understanding of the processes that control neutrophi...

Microbial fuel cell: High yield hydrogen source and wastewater cleaner

Using a new electrically-assisted microbial fuel cell (MFC) that does not require oxygen, Penn State environmental engineers and a scientist at Ion Power Inc. have developed the first process that enables bacteria to coax four times as much hydrogen directly out of biomass than can be generated typically by fermentation alone. Dr. Bruce Logan, the Kappe professor of environmental engineeri...

White Blood Cell 'Waste Disposal' System Plays Critical Regulatory Role

A new research study identifies a critical inhibitory step that is a key component of the feedback circuit regulating the balance between neutrophil production and destruction. The research, published in the March issue of Immunity, suggests that the process for disposal of dying neutrophils is actively linked to neutrophil production. A clear understanding of the processes that control neutrophi...

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ELx50 Microplate Strip Washer from BioTek Instruments

Description:The ELx50 is a fast and versatile automated strip washer which can come equipped with our patented Dual-ActionTM 16-channel manifold. This breakthrough design allows for independent control of the dispense and aspiration manifolds for overfill washing and overflow protection in both 96- and 384-well formats. The problem of fitting dispense and aspirate tubes into a much smaller 384-well is solved...
Company:BioTek Instruments

Wellwash 4 Mk 2 from Thermo Scientific

Description:The Wellwash 4 Mk 2 combines high performance and flexibility with reliability, simplicity and ease of use. This advanced microplate washer meets the exacting standards of today's assay requirements....
Company:Thermo Scientific

Wellwash 4 Mk 2 (220-240 V) from Thermo Scientific

Description:The Wellwash 4 Mk 2 microplate washer combines flexibility, simplicity and ease of use. This reliable microplate washer meets the exacting standards of today's ELISA assay requirements....
Company:Thermo Scientific

Wellwash AC from Thermo Scientific

Description:Thermo Labsystems' Wellwash AC is the easiest to program twin-strip microplate washer available, and is provided with liquid level sensors for wash, waste and rinse bottles. The integrated orbital shaker and automatic rinsing and priming functions guarantee excellent washing performance....
Company:Thermo Scientific

Wellwash AC Big Bottles (100-240 V) from Thermo Scientific

Description:Thermo's Wellwash AC is the easiest to program twin-strip microplate washer available, and is provided with liquid level sensors for wash, waste and rinse bottles. The integrated orbital shaker and automatic rinsing and priming functions guarantee excellent washing performance. The big bottle model is designed for higher throughput dispensing....
Company:Thermo Scientific

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FLIPR Calcium 3 Assay Kit - An Optimal No-Wash Fluorescence Calcium Indicator Reagent for Non-Optimal Calcium Responses

HIGHER THROUGHPUT IMPROVED DATA QUALITY RESCUES SUB-OPTIMAL ASSAYS IMPROVED FUNCTIONALITY IN...

Agilent's new network chip was designed in Wisconsin

Eau Claire, Wis. - , a firm based in Eau Claire, designs application-specific inte...

Governor To Lead Tech Delegation to Washington

Governor Doyle will lead a group of over 70 Wisconsin business executives, economic development officials, and venture capitalists to Washington in an effort to recruit and attract the biotech industry and more investment to the state. The delegation will be attending BIO 2003, the annual meeting of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), June 21-25 at the Washington, D.C. Convention Cente...

Screening and classifying hazardous waste samples

Timely and accurate analysis of hazardous materials is fundamental to environmental protection. In addition to the obvious necessity of identifying a suspected contaminant, a detailed analytical profile can help trace the source of a dangerous material and contribute to selecting the best containment and cleanup strategy. <P>A substantia...

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Sperm washing helps couples – Breakthrough in focu

In many unfortunate instances we see couples who are HIV sero discordant but who would like to have a baby. If the husband is HIV –1 positive and the wife is negative and they are planning to have a child the problem arises because sexual intercourse carries a 1 in 500 risk of transmitting the virus to the female partner and through her to the fetus. Sperm washing is a risk-reduction opti...

Loss Of Dystrophin: Common Thread In Cancer And MS Muscle Wasting

Recent research conducted at the Ohio State University shows that a wasting condition responsible for nearly a third of cancer deaths involves the loss of an essential muscle protein that is also lost in people with muscular // dystrophy. The study findings, which appear in the November issue of the journal Cancer Cell, show that muscle cells lose significant amounts of the protein dy...

Blood Pressure Drug may slow wasting in burn victims

A widely used blood pressure drug shows strong potential for slowing the metabolic overdrive that makes patients waste away after severe burns and other major injuries. In a study, researchers at Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, Texas, tried propranolol on 13 children with bad burns and left 12 untreated to compare. The drug, one of a class known as beta blockers, checks the s...

Mouthwash as a weapon

A chemical ingredient of mouthwash is being hailed as a new weapon against the malaria parasite. Triclosan, also found in acne medications and some deodorants, seems to be able to prevent the growth of Plasmodium falciparum.This is the parasite carried in the saliva of mosquitoes which causes as many as 3.2m deaths worldwide every year. While a practical way of using the agent has y...

Wash your hands to keep healthy!

We all know the importance of keeping a clean environment and self to lead healthy, disease free lives. However, many of us are not aware that just a simple habit of hand washing could help us reduce the risk of many infections. Everyday life does not involve// many activities that would get our hands dirty, apart from heavy house work and gardening, and this is probably the reason why...

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UltraCW Cell Washing System

Description:The UltraCW offers economic time savings and quicker results with cycles completed in 18% less time than other cell washers. Ultra quiet operation significantly reduces workplace noise, and a lower profile offers convenient access and a comfortable working position. Touch-pad controlled, digital calibration of saline volume provides higher accuracy and consistently reproducible results....
Company:Helmer, Inc.

Centra B+ (with cell washing rotor)120 V, 60 Hz

Description:The Centra B+ can be used as a manual cell washer, as a companion unit to the Centra W for AHG spins, or as a vacutainer style blood tube centrifuge. Choice of 2 rotors, transparent cell washing rotor: easy to see pellets, securely holds tubes for decant, 2 braking options, aerosol containment for vacutainers, glove friendly membrane panels, cover interlock safety lids, brush less motors....
Company:ThermoFisher Scientific

Dade DAC II Automated Cell Washer

Description:MSB is proud to offer the award winning practically new Dade DAC II automatic centrifuge also known as the Dade DAC II automatic cell washer. The Dade (Baxter) Dac II Cell Washer is a two-speed bench-top multi-purpose centrifuge primarily used to process samples for immunohematolgy tests. The DAC II is truly a bench-top multipurpose instrument Performs cell washing and immunohema...
Company:MSB, Inc.

Centra B+ (with cell washing rotor)120 V, 50 Hz

Description:The Centra B+ can be used as a manual cell washer, as a companion unit to the Centra W for AHG spins, or as a vacutainer style blood tube centrifuge. Choice of 2 rotors, transparent cell washing rotor: easy to see pellets, securely holds tubes for decant, 2 braking options, aerosol containment for vacutainers, glove friendly membrane panels, cover interlock safety lids, brush less motors....
Company:ThermoFisher Scientific

CW-2 Cell Washing System

Description:For maximum productivity, and proven reliability, Sorvall offers the CW-2 - a compact, fully automatic cell washing and centrifugation system that offers you a fast 80-second wash cycle for stat testing, easy-to-see digital readouts, easy-to-operate touch controls, and standardized, reproducible procedures. High reliability, based on 40 years of proven performance. Easy operation; automatic and m...
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In New Study, Duloxetine Was Equally Effective, Regardless of Switch Method, in Reducing Painful Symptoms in Ssri Non- or Partial-responders with Depression

SAN DIEGO, California, 23 May 2007 - The antidepressant duloxetinehydrochloride was equally effective in reducing painful symptoms indepressed patients who did not respond, or responded onlypartially, to treatment with a selective serotonin reuptakeinhibitor (SSRI), regardless of whether those patients wereswitched from an SSRI abruptly or gradually. This newdata was presented t...

Phase 2a Diarrhea Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Results from 2006 Presented at Digestive Disease Week in Washington, D.C.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., , which focuses on the developmentand commercialization of proprietary pharmaceuticals for the globalmarketplace in collaboration with local partners, announced thatTrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Trine") is presenting a posterdetailing the results of a Phase 2a study conducted in 2006 forcrofele...

Data Published in The Lancet Show Gardasil was 100 Percent Effective in Preventing High-Grade Vulvar and Vaginal Lesions Caused by HPV Types 16 and 18

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2007 - Resultspublished this week in The Lancet show that Merck's cervical cancervaccine, GARDASIL (Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6, 11,16, 18) Recombinant Vaccine) was 100 percent effective inpreventing high-grade vulvar and vaginal dysplasias caused by HPVtypes 16 and 18, two types strongly associated with these diseases.The 10...

First Pharmacoeconomic Analysis with Long-Term Data Showed Copaxone Was More Cost-Effective Than Interferon Beta Therapies for Treatment of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 11, 2007 - A comparison ofthe long-term economic outcomes of four immunomodulatory drugtherapies combined with symptom management versus symptommanagement alone revealed that COPAXONE(R) (glatiramer acetateinjection) was the most cost-effective treatment strategy forrelapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). The study providesthe first pharmacoecon...

Rapid Response was Crucial to Containing the 1918 Flu Pandemic

BETHESDA, Md., April 2, 2007--One of the persistent riddles of thedeadly 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic is why it struck differentcities with varying severity. Why were some municipalities such asSt. Louis spared the fate of the hard-hit cities like Philadelphiawhen both implemented similar public health measures? What made t...

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