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FDA Approves Human Hookworm Vaccine for Phase I Safety Trials

As any dedicated video game player knows, the first requireme...

Dysentery uses 'sword and shield' to cause infection

Scientists have found that the bacterium that causes dysentery uses a 'sword and shield' approach to cause infection. They found th...

The secret to longevity in tubeworms

With an incredible lifespan of up to 250 years the deep sea tube worm, Lamellibrachia luymesi is among the longest-lived of all animals, but how it obtains sufficient nutrient ?in the form of sulfide - to keep going for this long has been a mystery. In a paper just published in the premier open-access online journal PLoS Biology, Erik Cordes and colleagues now provide a solution: by releasing its...

Research on Worms Yields Clues on Aging

Humanityhas been looking for a "Fontaine de Jouvence" forever; a way to slow orstop aging. While its still nowhere to be found, we are makingprogress; in worms. Researchers found that an epilepsy drug used inhumans had the unexpected effect of prolonging the life span of C.Elegans: A class of anti-seizure medications slows the rate of aging inroundwo...

New Study from Affymetrix Laboratories Points to Changing View of How Genome Works

Scientists at Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) reported today in Science magazine online that they have completed a high-resolution scan of structure and function for nearly 30 percent of the human genome sequence. In collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, the research team used high-density GeneChip(R) microarrays to study every fifth base, on average, of 10 human chromosomes; they fou...

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MCP1-S Pipette Calibration Workstation from Mettler Toledo, Inc.

Description:Unique, compact measuring instrument for calibrating single-channel and multi-channel pipettes. Thanks to its compact design and the robust carrying case, the MCP1-S is ideal for calibrating pipettes both in the laboratory and on-site at the users premises. The unit is extremely easy to use because the individual channels are tested automatically. Multi-channel pipettes can therefore be calib...
Company:Mettler Toledo, Inc.

Horizontal Laminar Flow Work Station from Terra Universal, Inc.

Description:This free-standing laminar flow hood provides a horizontal flow of HEPA-filtered air to create a clean processing area. Air return slots along the front and side edges of the work area enhance system efficiency. Includes a fluorescent light....
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Biomek 3000 Laboratory Automation Workstation from Beckman Coulter

Description:As the world of discovery races ever faster, you need a partner who can put you on the fast track. So our constant focus is on providing tools and solutions to help accelerate your research. Thats why our Biomek 3000 Laboratory Automation Workstation offers a liquid handling platform thats as advanced as it is flexible. By integrating all aspects of liquid handling into a single, automated system...
Company:Beckman Coulter

GeneSpring Workgroup from Agilent Technologies

Description:'Agilents GeneSpring Workgroup solution is a highly scalable analysis platform for managing and mining expression data in a workgroup or an enterprise setting, and is deployed in over 40 leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic and government research organizations worldwide. GeneSpring Workgroup streamlines genomics research at large and multicampus organizations, and provides facilities...
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Agilent ChemStation Plus Networked Data Systems from Agilent Technologies

Description:Get better net results - with a modular approach to instrument control, data acquisition and data management! The ChemStation Plus NDS family provides modular software components for instrument control, data acquisition and data management, giving you the flexibility to choose a system that meets your labs needs now and that can grow as your lab grows. Start with the ChemStation base software tha...
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BioRobot MDx Workstation

Fully automated sample preparation for clinical laboratories. Standardized processing and proven QIAamp chemistries for reliable results QIAsoft MDx software for protected protocols and secure user environments...

Monitoring Receptor-Mediated Changes in [Ca2+]i Using Single-Wavelength and Dual-Wavelength Indicators on the FlexStation Workstation

Simon Lydford & Petra Averbeck, Molecular Devices Limited, U.K. The FlexStation scanning fluorometer integrates sensitive optics, fluid transfer and temperature control, making it ideal for kinetic, cell-based fluorometric assays, such as the measurement of intracellular calcium, membrane potential and intracellular pH. <...

96 Well Pipetting Precision and Accuracy Using the RapidPlate 96/384 Workstation

Initially, work in 96 well microplat...

New Sonic Foundry search engine finds words, phrases in video presentations

The Madison-based business is marketing the e...

Corn prices and ethanol: Are the markets flaky - or working as they should?

- About eight percent of the weight of a box of corn flakes is corn. Less than five percent of the price of a box of corn flakes represents the cost of the corn - the rest is transportation, packaging, Super Bowl commercials, little plastic-wrapped toys for your kids, and more. Heck, the price of the box alone probably exceeds the cost of the co...

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Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers

When we flip through the news papers it isn’t uncommon for us to see news items which tell us that an employee has been fired from an establishment after testing positive for HIV. But rarely do these matters become a major controversy when many sit up and take notice. Especially in the health care industry people don’t bat an eyelid when someone is fired because of ones HIV serostatus. Ma...

The Cancer Rumour mill working over time

The single most important word to make people sit up and take notice in health care apart from AIDS or HIV should be cancer!!!!!!!!!! The mere mention of the word is enough to bolster people to sit up and listen. But should we really accept all that is heard and said about the disease? Or should we use our gray cells and analyse the pros and cons and then decide? Should we believe all tha...

Fireworks can spell death for asthmatic children

With many festivals round the corner its boom time for fireworks. We can never imagine diwali without fireworks. Pongal or karthigai also have their share of fireworks. Then of course the usual rigmarole of India – Pakistan cricket matches where even cricket stadia aren’t exempted from fireworks. Last but not the least, private functions like marriages, birthdays and other occasions call...

Oracle Corp. to help build world's first "Digital Hospital"

Oracle Corp. and Health South Corp. together will build the worlds first "all digital hospital", according to a release on Monday, issued by the out patient surgical rehabilitation chain. The digital hospital will feature inpatient beds with display screens connected to the Internet, electronic medical records storage, digital imaging and a wireless communications network permitting docto...

Cipla holds talks with mining giant to supply AIDS drugs for South African workers

Indian pharmaceutical giant Cipla is holding talks with London based mining giant, Anglo American for supplying AIDS drugs to South African workers. About 11% of South African population is HIV positive, totaling around 4.7 million people, giving it the dubious distinction of being the country with the maximum number of HIV positive people in the world. The HIV scourge is sure to have a...

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XL Advantage 3.5x @ 34cm working distance

Description:The XL Advantage delivers higher magnification for advanced surgical procedures. Prismatic quality guarantees a crisp, true image, even at the highest magnification. 3.5x, 4.5x and 5.5x. Edge to edge clarity and precise color rendition is ideal for surgical applications. Precision lenses treated with an anti-reflective coating produce a superior image. The compact abd lightweight design provides...
Company:Keeler Instruments Inc.

XL Advantage 3.5x @ 46cm working distance

Description:The XL Advantage delivers higher magnification for advanced surgical procedures. Prismatic quality guarantees a crisp, true image, even at the highest magnification. 3.5x, 4.5x and 5.5x. Edge to edge clarity and precise color rendition is ideal for surgical applications. Precision lenses treated with an anti-reflective coating produce a superior image. The compact abd lightweight design provides...
Company:Keeler Instruments Inc.

XL Advantage 4.5x @ 34cm working distance

Description:The XL Advantage delivers higher magnification for advanced surgical procedures. Prismatic quality guarantees a crisp, true image, even at the highest magnification. 3.5x, 4.5x and 5.5x. Edge to edge clarity and precise color rendition is ideal for surgical applications. Precision lenses treated with an anti-reflective coating produce a superior image. The compact abd lightweight design provides...
Company:Keeler Instruments Inc.

XL Advantage 4.5x @ 42cm working distance

Description:The XL Advantage delivers higher magnification for advanced surgical procedures. Prismatic quality guarantees a crisp, true image, even at the highest magnification. 3.5x, 4.5x and 5.5x. Edge to edge clarity and precise color rendition is ideal for surgical applications. Precision lenses treated with an anti-reflective coating produce a superior image. The compact abd lightweight design provides...
Company:Keeler Instruments Inc.

XL Advantage 4.5x @ 46cm working distance

Description:The XL Advantage delivers higher magnification for advanced surgical procedures. Prismatic quality guarantees a crisp, true image, even at the highest magnification. 3.5x, 4.5x and 5.5x. Edge to edge clarity and precise color rendition is ideal for surgical applications. Precision lenses treated with an anti-reflective coating produce a superior image. The compact abd lightweight design provides...
Company:Keeler Instruments Inc.

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Lab Automation Networks Proliferating

Although it may still seem radically innovative in the context of many clinical laboratories, automated production in the manufacturing sector had been the norm for many years. In automobile assembly, for example, automated lines fabricate sub-assemblies and entire vehicles with only occasional human oversight. The result has been vastly improved products, far fewer defects, and significant p...

Immunoassay Systems - Your Laboratory Workhorse

Although new and innovative technology has enabled more and more laboratory testing to occur at the bedside or physicians office, the central laboratory is hardly threatened with extinction. National volume data suggest that medium and large labs are busier than ever before, and the huge range of their capabilities, gold standard reliability and ability to handle very large volumes of tests a...

Suven Life Sciences Presenting Pre-clinical data of their NCE’s SUVN-502 and SUVN-507at International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) 2007 World Congress of Neuroscience

HYDERABAD, India, July 5th, 2007 – Several datapresentations from Suven’s portfolio of investigationalneuroscience compounds will be presented at International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO) 2007 WorldCongress of Neuroscience to be held at Melbourne, Australia duringJuly 12-17, 2007. Scientists from Suven Discovery Research will be presenting newdata for 4 p...

The European Myeloma Platform Reports New Survival data for Revlimid Presented at the International Myeloma Workshop in Greece

BRUSSELS, Belgium and KOS, Greece, June 29, 2007 /PRNewswire/ --The European Myeloma Platform (EMP) says updated data forpreviously treated patients on REVLIMID (lenalidomide) plus thesteroid dexamethasone shows median survival of 35 months, nearlythree years. The data are pooled from two large randomizedcontrolled Phase III trials that enrolled more than 700 patientsfrom nearly 100 clin...

ZIO-101 (Darinaparsin) Interim Phase II and Preclinical Data Presented at International Myeloma Workshop

KOS, Greece--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 28, 2007 - ZIOPHARM Oncology,Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIOP), announced today the presentation of twoposters at the XIth Annual International Myeloma Workshop beingheld in Kos, Greece from June 25-28th, 2007. The meeting highlightsimportant advances made in the biology and treatment of multiplemyeloma. ZIOPHARM is presenting darinaparsin (ZIO-101) geneexpression profil...

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