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RNA project to create language for scientists worldwide
Research into ribonucleic acids (RNA)--the building blocks of life--is exploding as scientists worldwide discover the roles of RNA in genetics, health, disease and the development of organisms. The rapidly growing body of knowledge has created the need for researchers to develop a shared vocabulary and system for describing, cataloging and comparing their findings. An international team of...World's largest rainforest drying experiment completes first phase
Scientists with The Woods Hole Research Center are analyzing the surprising results of the first phase of a drydown experiment occurring in the Amazonian rainforest. From January 2000 to July 2004, rainfall was excluded from a one-hectare (2.2 acre) plot in the middle of the Tapajós National Forest, in Brazil. A total of 6 feet of rainfall was diverted with six thousand 2' by 6' clear plas...PCRM develops world's first cruelty-free insulin assay
If you're an organization dedicated to humane alternatives to the use of animals in research and you want to conduct research of your own that requires using animals as part of the testing, what do you do? In the case of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, you invent your own test. PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D., announced today that PCRM has developed the world's first...Harnessing microbes, one by one, to build a better nanoworld
Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced the introduction of the Applied Biosystems Advanced Gene Expression Service Provider Program, a new program for service providers who are interested in accessing Applied Biosystems comprehensive solution for gene expression analysis, including the highly sensitive Expression Array System for whole genome analysis and...World-first Living Donor Islet Cell Transplant A Success; Procedure Offers Promise For Diabetics
A University of Alberta and Capital Health surgeon, well known for his pioneering work in developing the Edmonton Protocol treatment for diabetes, has taken another important step in the fight against diabetes. On January 19, at Kyoto University Hospital, Dr. Koichi Tanaka and Dr. James Shapiro, along with a team of Japanese surgeons, removed part of a 56-year-old woman's pancreas. Dr. Sh...World at Biology Products
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Midwest holds strong position in worldwide diagnostics business
To put diagnostics into perspective, Steve B...In an increasingly 'flat' world, Wisconsin must adapt to compete
Speaking to business leaders in Milwaukee, Hewlett-Packard vice president Kevin Gilroy said the "hypercompetitive global economy" has made it difficult for companies to stand out in the crowd. The worldwide "digital transformation" means facto...Preserve Samples for RNA Expression Microarrays RNAlater Around the World
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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 doctors and o...The World Bank funds private Hospital in India
The World Bank, whose website (www.worldbank.org) declares "Our dream is a world free of poverty, 'is backing the construction of private hospital in Mumbai, India, a move which some health agencies fear sets a precedent for using development assistance for projects that will mainly benefit the rich. The bank has given the government of Maharashtra state an International Development Asso...Exclusive breast-feeding advised for six months in infants recommends World Health Organization
A resolution put forward by Brazil, at the annual assembly of the world health organization is to be accepted advising exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months in all infants. The resolution was passed at the committee stage on Wednesday after 2 hours of debate where many national delegates and members of charitable organizations argued vehemently for breast-feeding. Nestle, a...Half of world's children are passive smokers - damning disclosure from WHO
The world health organisation has come out with a damning disclosure that half the world's children are passive smoke. In a message on "No Tobacco Day 2001," World Health Organization chief Gro Harlem Brundtland said 700 million children were exposed to the health hazard because most governments still allowed smoking in public places. She added that scientists around the world agreed that there w...Ajanta Launches World's First Once-A-Day Nimesulide Oral Formulation
The Mumbai-based Ajanta Pharmaceuticals (APL) has launched its once-a-day 200mg controlled release nimesulide brand Nimlodi for arthritis. Nimlodi, which was developed by the Company through new drug delivery system, is the world's first once-a-day nimesulide brand for the treatment of arthritis. Ajanta, which manufactures both Allopathic and Ayurvedic medicines, developed this oral formulation i...World at Medicine Products
Worldwide HCV Performance Panel
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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...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 22, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- MAPPharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it will present Phase 2data from its Unit Dose Budesonide (UDB) pediatric asthma therapyclinical program at the World Asthma Meeting at the Lutfi KirdarConvention and Exhibition Center in Istanbul, Turkey. The oral and poster presentation entitled, "Efficacy and safetyof a novel submi...
LUND, Sweden, June 18, 2007-Active Biotech (OMX Nordic: ACTI)has presented pre-clinical data for the 57-57 project at the 8thWorld Congress on Inflammation (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.inflammation2007.dk/">www.inflammation2007.dk ) heldin Copenhagen June 16-20*. "The results strengthen the further clinical development of57-57 for the treatment of SLE and show the possib...
Registry Analysis Published in Journal Heart Finds Taxus Stent,Implantation of Multiple Stents and Small Vessel Size To BeIndependent Predictors of Need for Another Procedure MIAMI LAKES, Fla., June 4, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX NewsNetwork/ -- An analysis of data from the Western Denmark HeartRegistry found that patients who received the CYPHER(R)Sirolimus-eluting Coronary...
Breakthrough in Research and Treatment of Rare but DevastatingCondition LONDON, June 1, 2007-Researchers at Queen Mary University Londonand the University of Leicester and have today (Friday June 1)announced a potential breakthrough in the treatment of a rare butdevastating medical condition that can affect children and youngpeople. In a world first, the clinicians and scien...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 22, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- MAPPharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it will present Phase 2data from its Unit Dose Budesonide (UDB) pediatric asthma therapyclinical program at the World Asthma Meeting at the Lutfi KirdarConvention and Exhibition Center in Istanbul, Turkey. The oral and poster presentation entitled, "Efficacy and safetyof a novel submi...
LUND, Sweden, June 18, 2007-Active Biotech (OMX Nordic: ACTI)has presented pre-clinical data for the 57-57 project at the 8thWorld Congress on Inflammation (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.inflammation2007.dk/">www.inflammation2007.dk ) heldin Copenhagen June 16-20*. "The results strengthen the further clinical development of57-57 for the treatment of SLE and show the possib...
Registry Analysis Published in Journal Heart Finds Taxus Stent,Implantation of Multiple Stents and Small Vessel Size To BeIndependent Predictors of Need for Another Procedure MIAMI LAKES, Fla., June 4, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX NewsNetwork/ -- An analysis of data from the Western Denmark HeartRegistry found that patients who received the CYPHER(R)Sirolimus-eluting Coronary...
Breakthrough in Research and Treatment of Rare but DevastatingCondition LONDON, June 1, 2007-Researchers at Queen Mary University Londonand the University of Leicester and have today (Friday June 1)announced a potential breakthrough in the treatment of a rare butdevastating medical condition that can affect children and youngpeople. In a world first, the clinicians and scien...
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