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International HapMap consortium expands mapping effort

The International HapMap Consortium, boosted by an additional $3.3 million in public-private support, today announced plans to create an even more powerful map of human genetic variation than originally envisioned. The map will accelerate the discovery of genes related to common diseases, such as asthma, cancer, diabetes and heart disease. When the project was launched in October 2002, th...

AIDS Public Awareness Campaign Expands Following Report Of Rapidly Progressive HIV

State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., today announced the expansion of New York State's HIV/AIDS Public Awareness and Education campaign to help combat the potential spread of HIV and further protect New Yorkers from the virus that causes AIDS. Dr. Novello said, "In light of recent reports of a drug-resistant, rapidly progressive strain of HIV in New York Ci...

Gene expands malaria's invasion options

The malaria parasite uses different pathways to invade red blood cells, evading the body's immune system and complicating efforts to create effective vaccines against the disease. A research team led by Australia's Alan F. Cowman, an international research scholar with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has identified a gene that the parasite uses to switch back and...

New study expands understanding of the role of RNA editing in gene control

For many years, scientists thought gene activity was relatively straightforward: Genes were transcribed into messenger RNA, which was processed and translated into the proteins of the body. Certainly, there were many factors governing the transcription process, but gene control happened at the level of the DNA. In the past few years, however, evidence for a more nuanced understanding of th...

Expanding forests darken the outlook for butterflies, study shows

Changing environmental conditions in the Canadian Rockies are stifling the mating choices of butterflies in the region, say University of Alberta researchers. Smaller and less abundant alpine meadows--largely the result of human activities--are diminishing the alpine butterfly gene pool, creating a pattern that could lead to the butterflies being less able to survive, said Dr. Jens Roland,...

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Expand High Fidelity PCR System, dNTPack (Not available in US) from Roche Applied Science

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Company:Roche Applied Science

Expand High Fidelity ^PLUS PCR System; Thermostable DNA polymerase mixture from Roche Applied Science

Description:Roche Applied Science, which pioneered the blending of thermostable DNA polymerases with the Expand High Fidelity and Expand Long Template PCR Systems, now introduces the Expand High FidelityPLUS PCR System the first product of a family of next-generation PCR Blends. This new blend combines Taq DNA Polymerase with a novel proofreading protein isolated and characterized by Roche Applied Sc...
Company:Roche Applied Science

Expand 20 kb ^PLUS PCR System; Thermostable DNA polymerase mixture from Roche Applied Science

Description:Unique enzyme blend containing Taq and Pwo DNA Polymerase and another thermostable enzyme. The Expand 20 kbPLUS PCR System also includes an optimized reaction buffer, MgCl2 solution, and a human control DNA (template DNA plus beta-globin primers)....
Company:Roche Applied Science

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Expand High FidelityPLUS PCR System

Explore New Horizons in Amplification Yield Combine High Yield, Accuracy, and the Prevention of Carry-Over Contamination Roche Applied Science, which pioneered the blending of thermostable DNA polymerases with the Expand High Fidelity and Expand Long Template PCR System...

Expand High Fidelity PCR System

for one-step RT-PCR amplification of up to 3 kb RNA targets Cat. No. 1 732 641 100 units Cat. No. 1 732 650 500 units Cat. No. 1 759 078 2500 units Unique enzyme blend of Taq and Pwo DNA Polymerases. The Expand High Fidelity PCR System...

Expand 20 kbPLUS PCR System

for amplification of long targets (up to 35 kb) from eukaryotic genomes Cat. No. 1 811 002 100 units Unique enzyme blend containing Taq and Pwo DNA Polymerase and another thermostable enzyme. The Expand 20 kb PCR System also includes an optimized reaction<sup...

Expand Long Template PCR System

for amplification of 520 kb targets from eukaryotic genomes Cat. No. 1 681 834 100 units Cat. No. 1 681 842 2 x 250 units Cat. No. 1 759 060 10 x 250 units Unique enzyme blend of Taq and Pwo DNA Polymerase. The system also includes PCR buffers f...

Combine High Yield, Great Accuracy and the Prevention of Carry-over Contamination by Using the Novel Expand High FidelityPLUS PCR System

Roche Applied Science pioneered the blending of thermostableDNA polymerases and the associated buffersystems. The well-known Expand High Fidelity andExpand Long Template PCR Systems were the first commerciallyavailable blends to provide amplification offragments up t...

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Obesity And Expanding Waistlines the next Epidemic in USA

Obesity is defined as 30 or more pounds above ideal body weight. Obesity is slowly becoming a global problem and // more so in developed countries. According to a recent report the number of obese adults in the U.S. is currently about 31 percent. In 1980 it was 23% and 15 percent in 1970. Obesity not only causes problems with heart but also many other diseases like arthritis, diabete...

Expandable metal stents used in digestive cancers

Dr. Todd H. Baron from Mayo Foundation in Rochester, Minnesota has created a break through of sorts by using expandable metal stents in the digestive tract of people afflicted with gastrointestinal cancers. These patients commonly suffer from obstructions and they present with symptoms like difficulty in swallowing, if the block is in the esophagus; they might present wi...

'Art of Living' concept expanding around the globe

Indian spiritual guru Ravi Shankar's Art of Living methods for a stress free and healthy life will soon touch lives in Russia. The Art of Living foundation and the Krasnoyarsk State Medical Academy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for collaborative research and community healthcare initiatives.// The MoU was signed during Ravi Shankar's two-day visit to Krasnoyarsk from Mo...

Colorblind Individuals have expanded color vision

Deuteranamolous patients suffer from color blindness due to X-chromosome variations, which make them unable to differentiate between colors but have an increased sensitivity to differentiate two color dimensions//, which are unable to be differentiated by normal persons. The results of these studies carried out by Professor John Mollon and colleagues, University of Cambridge had been publ...

The Cleveland Clinic Expands Its Services across the World via the Net

The Cleveland Clinic, is a very reputed hospital in the US it has launched its online service at the Arab Health 2006. // The online service extends the Clinic's services to the physicians and the patients across the Middle East. Middle-East has many a number of excellent doctors but often patients go in for other doctors for a second opinion. To avoid this situation the Cleve...

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Dimension Xpand Plus Integrated Chemistry System

Description:The Dimension Xpand integrated chemistry system brings versatility in a very compact footprint to the smaller laboratory. A model of innovation and integration, the Dimension Xpand integrated chemistry system features state-of-the-art Dimension technology, specifically tailored for the low-volume testing environment, in a flexible, affordable, easy-to-use system to give you more of what you want....
Company:Dade Behring, Inc.

Dimension Xpand

Description:The Dimension Xpand integrated chemistry system brings versatility in a very compact footprint to the smaller laboratory. A model of innovation and integration, the Dimension Xpand integrated chemistry system features state-of-the-art Dimension technology, specifically tailored for the low-volume testing environment, in a flexible, affordable, easy-to-use system....
Company:Dade Behring, Inc.

KyphX Xpander Inflatable Bone Tamp

Description:The KyphX Xpander Inflatable Bone Tamp is an orthopedic balloon designed to inflate in cancellous bone while resisting puncture. Like an angioplasty balloon, it can be viewed under X-ray image guidance because it is inflated with radiopaque contrast medium. The addition of contrast medium increases the balloon volume. The force of balloon growth compacts cancellous bone and pushes the cortical bo...
Company:Kyphon, Inc.

UltraSpear LASIK Spear Expanded Classic

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Company:Ultracell Medical Technologies, Inc.

Single-Piece PMMA Expand® Series

Description:Single-Piece PMMA IOLs for the replacement of the human crystalline lens in the visual correction of aphakia....
Company:Alcon Laboratories

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Monitoring Options Expand for Therapeutic Agents and Drugs of Abuse

In keeping with the recent proliferation of rapid, easy-to-use diagnostic tests, many assays and collection products have entered the marketplace to help clinicians assess dosage appropriateness of therapeutic drugs and to screen for the presence of drugs of abuse. Some of these products require laboratory support while many simple test kits are suitable for point of care use by medical profe...

PromegaExpress Expands Easy Access to Products with New Cabinet

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2007 - ThePromegaExpress(TM) on-site stocking program just added a newlysized ambient cabinet to its line of on-site appliances. Thislatest addition serves as great option to meet individual labinventory requirements for smaller areas when space is at a premiumbut immediate access to life science tools is a necessity. Themid-sized cabinet can also be...

Othera Pharmaceuticals Announces Upcoming Presentation Based Upon Expanded Understanding of Lead Compound Mechanism of Action

EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 19, 2007 - Othera Pharmaceuticals,Inc. today announced that Dr. Shaker Mousa, Professor ofPharmacology and Executive Vice President and Chairman of thePharmaceutical Research Institute at Albany College of Pharmacy,will present new preclinical data detailing the observedantithrombotic effect of Othera's lead compound, OT-551, andrelated Othera compounds. Thi...