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Harmful Bacterium Commonly Found in Poultry May Survive Refrigeration and Frozen Storage Combined

Glia appear essential for 'hair cells'responsible for hearing and balance. Traditionally viewed as supportingactors, cells known as glia may be essential for the normal developmentof nerve cells responsible for hearing and balance, according to newUniversity of Utah research. The study is reported in the January 6,2005 issue of Neuron and is co-authored by scientists at the Universityof Was...

First frozen egg baby born in Canada

The McGill University Health Center (MUHC) in Montreal is pleased to announce the first successful birth in Canada resulting from frozen eggs. A team led by Professor Seang Lin Tan, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McGill University and Director of the McGill Reproductive Centre at the MUHC in Montreal confirmed the birth of a healthy baby boy, weighing 3740grams on April 2...

Israeli scientists successfully transplant frozen-thawed ovaries in sheep

New freezing technique raises future hopes for human applications Follow-up tests showed that the ovaries in the two s...

Scientists discover dozens of new species in 'Lost World' of western New Guinea

An expedition to one of Asia's most isolated jungles ?in the mist-shrouded Foja Mountains of western New Guinea ?discovered a virtual ''Lost World" of new species, giant flowers, and rare wildlife that was unafraid of humans. The December 2005 trip by a team of U.S., Indonesian, and Australian scientists led by Conservation International (CI) found dozens of new species including frogs, bu...

US woman gives birth to baby from world's first frozen donor egg bank

(Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 1/2/06) Wendy and Jared Kennedy are thrilled with their New Year baby girl, Avery Lee, born December 31, 2005, at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. They are the first couple to deliver a baby from the first commercial donor egg bank in the world, which has offices in Lexington, Kentucky and Phoenix, Arizona. The technolo...

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Frozen-EZ Yeast Transformation II Kit from Zymo Research

Description:The transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as well as other yeasts, has become a routine procedure in many molecular biology laboratories. The ability to transform whole cells at high efficiencies with plasmid and linear DNAs using lithium based buffers and polyethylene glycol has made routine plasmid transformations and library screening easy and reliable, especially when compared to techni...
Company:Zymo Research

Mouse Frozen Reproductive Tissue Microarray from Zyagen Laboratories

Description:Zyagen tissue microarrays are derived from frozen embedded tissue blocks, which are subjected to rigorous quality control procedures to ensure the highest quality. Tissues of each array are manually assembled in one block, sectioned at a thickness of 7microns and mounted on coated slides. Sections are large (3-5mm in diameter) in comparison to core sections made using Tissue Arrayer. Arrays enabl...
Company:Zyagen Laboratories

Mouse Frozen Mixed Tissue Microarray, Panel -3 from Zyagen Laboratories

Description:Zyagen tissue microarrays are derived from frozen embedded tissue blocks, which are subjected to rigorous quality control procedures to ensure the highest quality. Tissues of each array are manually assembled in one block, sectioned at a thickness of 7microns and mounted on coated slides. Sections are large (3-5mm in diameter) in comparison to core sections made using Tissue Arrayer. Arrays enabl...
Company:Zyagen Laboratories

Mouse Frozen Neuronal Tissue Microarray from Zyagen Laboratories

Description:Zyagen tissue microarrays are derived from frozen embedded tissue blocks, which are subjected to rigorous quality control procedures to ensure the highest quality. Tissues of each array are manually assembled in one block, sectioned at a thickness of 7microns and mounted on coated slides. Sections are large (3-5mm in diameter) in comparison to core sections made using Tissue Arrayer. Arrays enabl...
Company:Zyagen Laboratories

Mouse Frozen Digestive Tissue Microarray from Zyagen Laboratories

Description:Zyagen tissue microarrays are derived from frozen embedded tissue blocks, which are subjected to rigorous quality control procedures to ensure the highest quality. Tissues of each array are manually assembled in one block, sectioned at a thickness of 7microns and mounted on coated slides. Sections are large (3-5mm in diameter) in comparison to core sections made using Tissue Arrayer. Arrays enabl...
Company:Zyagen Laboratories

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Stabilizing RNA in Fresh and Frozen Tissues for RNA Isolation

Tissue Collection: RNA Stabilization Solution for Freshly Dissected Tissue and Cells. Successful RNA isolation requires rapid processing or appropriate storage of the tissue or cell samples. Tissue samples must be quickly dissected...

Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Pure Cell Populations from Frozen UterineTissue Using Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) and cDNA Microarrays

Se-Jin Yoon and Kyung-Ah Lee Infertility Medical Center, CHA General Hospital, Seoul 135-081, Korea Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) is an innovative technique which permits the rapid and reliable procurement of pure cell populations from heterogeneous tissue sections. After LCM, RNA isolated from pure cell populations was amplified to generate a...

What citizens don't ask political candidates

But when you spend time talking with ordinary citizens about problems tha...

Are you a citizen of the "Google Nation?"

The seven-year-old company, whi...

Stem-cell support from Schwarzenegger could shake Wisconsin leadership

In opposition to the policies of the Bush administration, whose campaign he supports, Schwarzenegger announced on Monday that he will be giving his support to <a href="http://www.voterguide.ss.ca.gov/propositions/prop71-title.htm"...

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Frozen Canadian baby stages miraculous recovery

When she was brought to the hospital, doctors declared her clinically dead, but lo and behold, she was awake and smiling on Monday in a miraculo...

Frozen food invite food poisoning

According to British microbiologists, in the overseas travel, pre-packed sandwiches and cold meat raise the risk of poisoning with a common bacterium. Campylobacter is a major cause of food poisoning in the UK. It causes diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain and even complications like arthritis and Guillain-Barre syndrome, a type of temporary paralysis. The Public Health Laboratory...

Benzene Slick In China Highlights Water Pollution

The plight of an estimated 190 million Chinese, who regularly drink polluted water, is now in sharp focus due to the benzene slick moving down the Songhua river, causing the suspension of drinking water supply to 3.8 million people in Harbin city.// "In China, freshwater is being threatened from population pressure and rapid economic development," the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) s...

AEterna's acquisition of Zentaris being followed up with its new product pipeline and clinical development strategy

AEterna Laboratories Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapeutic treatments in oncology and endocrinology recently acquired the new German based biopharmaceutical company, Zentaris AG. Following this acquisition// the new entity has in the pipeline six clinical stage products and two preclinical stage products, in oncology and one product already appr...

Canada helps in giving birth to world first baby from frozen egg

McGill University Health Center of Canada helped in conceiving and// delivering world’s first baby born from frozen eggs. The 26 year old mother of the baby had her eggs collected from her, frozen by the special process called vitrification, and thawed and fertilized from sperms of her partner through in-vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection. The resultant embryo was...

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Cervical Spinal Compression Plate Acc. To Matzen

Description:The cervical spinal compression plate acc. to Matzen is used for the anterior stabilization of the cervical spine (HWS) with the exception of C0-C2. The implant provides for the immobilization of the fusion length until the bone transplant has consolidated. The plate is fixed anteriorly on the vertebral bodies, if possible along the center line. It has instrument repositor: distraction, which is...
Company:Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG

LASIK Eye Drain (Chayet/Katzen)

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Metzenbaum scissors

Description:SOLOS Endoscopy shares your commitment to provide every patient with the highest quality care available through our ongoing research and development of advanced surgical instruments and diagnostic solutions. At SOLOS, excellence is not an option....
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Special Curved Metzenbaum Scissors

Description:The Featured Products are kept in stock at Mediflex and are offered as 1-piece or modular in regular or extra long lengths. All come equipped with insulation, flush ports, rotating shafts, ratchets (where applicable) and standard stainless steel handles....
Company:Mediflex Surgical Products

MultAcoice™ Small Metzenbaum Curved Scissors

Description:Operate with confidence. Autosuture is advancing the sate of both open and minimally invasive surgery by providing surgical tools that feel right, function right, and facilitate the right outcome every time....
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Infertile Voice Supports Stem Cell Research: RESOLVE Calls for Patient Options in Using Frozen Embryos

New survey shows more than half of infertile couples willing todonate unused embryos for stem cell research BETHESDA, Md., June 20, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- RESOLVE: TheNational Infertility Association issued the following statementtoday, in anticipation of President Bush's veto of federallegislation that would loosen current limitations on stem cellresearch: "President Bush is choosin...

Eurand's Zentase Effective in Treating Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, Studies Show

Zentase Improves Absorption of Fat, Protein and Other Nutrients inPatients with Mild, Moderate or Severe Malabsorption, WhileControlling Symptoms of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency MILAN, Italy and DAYTON, Ohio, June 19, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eurand N.V. today announced results thatwere presented at the recent European Cystic Fibrosis Societymeeting in Antalya, Turkey, held June...

Eurand to Present Zentase Phase III Data

MILAN, Italy, and DAYTON, Ohio, June 08, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Eurand to present data on Zentase atEuropean Cystic Fibrosis Society AnnualMeeting. . -- Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is adeficiency of digestive enzymes normally produced bythe pancreas that can result from a number<...

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals Presents Zenvia Phase III Data in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain at International Congress on Neuropathic Pain

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 8, 2007 - AVANIRPharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVNR) today announced the presentation ofPhase III data, including efficacy, safety and improvements inpatient-centered outcomes in patients with diabetic peripheralneuropathic (DPN) pain treated with the investigational drugZenvia(TM) (dextromethorphan/quinidine (DM/Q)), an NMDA receptorantagonist and sigma-1...

AEterna Zentaris Partner Keryx Presents Phase 1 and Phase 2 Results for Anti-Cancer Compound Perifosine at ASCO Meeting

Results showed an overall CBR of 52% which compares favorably withthe activity of mTOR inhibitors QUEBEC CITY, QC, June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - AEternaZentaris Inc. , a global biopharmaceutical company focused onendocrine therapy and oncology, today announced that its partner,Keryx Biopharmaceuticals presented a poster outlining Phase 1 andPhase 2 results for perifosine, an oral...

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