BioMed Central welcomes the new National Institutes of Health public access policy
BioMed Central welcomes the announcement of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) new public access policy. The NIH calls on all of i...Not-for-profit publishers call NIH public access rule a missed opportunity
The final National Institutes of Health (NIH) rule on Enhanced Public Access to NIH Research Information is wasteful of federal research dollars and a missed opportunity to take advantage of...Open Access journals get impressive impact factors
Impressive impact factors prove that BioMed Central's Open Access journals are high quality and widely read and cited. Journals published by BioMed Central have again received impact factors that compare well with equivalent subscription titles, it was announced today, with five titles in the top five of their specialty. The high impact factors for these journals affirm that they are respected by...Funding and bureaucracy, not access to journals, are chief obstacles to scientific productivity
The single most important issue obstructing the productivity of biomedical scientists today is the culture of research funding. This finding challenges the belief of some that the lack of "open access" to journal content is a major barrier to scientific productivity. A survey of 883 biomedical scientists ?in Europe and North America - commissioned by the Publishing Research Consortium fo...Access to existing medical treatments could save more lives than spending to improve the treatments
More lives could be saved in the United States by spending less money on making medical treatments better and more on getting existing treatments to the patients who need them, according to a study published by a Virginia Commonwealth University family medicine and public health physician. "For every dollar Congress gives the National Institutes of Health to develop blockbuster treatments,...Multisignal Output Accessory from Agilent Technologies
Description:Agilents G1979A multisignal output accessory lessens the expensive task of validating multiple data systems in laboratories with multiple mass spectrometers. It converts the unprocessed digital MS signals from Agilent 1100 Series LC/MSD quadrupole mass spectrometers into analog format and transmits the analog data directly to a laboratory information management (LIMS) systems for processing. Calc...GR4 Auto Access 100V/50-60Hz from Thermo Scientific
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Description:BlotGel application pool for more info...Governor Doyle Plans To Increase Web Access
MADISON, WI Governor Jim Doyle today announced his "Grow Wisconsin" initiative to drive state economic development. One of the recommendations is to increase broadband and communications access for all residents in the state. Mike Tye, AT&T regional vice present of Law and Government Affairs, commented that AT&T is encouraged by the "Grow Wisconsin" initiative unveiled today by Wisconsin...Research explains why women lack equal access to angel capital
The research, conducted by Jeffrey Sohl, director of the at the University of New Hampshire, examined the equa...Abbott vs. Thailand has implications for innovation and access
story regarding its Kaletra AIDS drug and the conflict with the government of Thailand over patent protection and drug pricing. Some of you may regard this as a relatively isolated tiff between a single drug company and another developing country. Others consider this to be a...More access points for Madison wireless
Now, , which provides wireless Internet service in a 10-block radius of Madison's Capitol Square a...GE partner allows real-time access to patient data
technology that, when combined with an accompanying software application, allows obstetricians to remotely monitor the real-time condition of mothers and fetuses, and obtain other data from its...Controversial deal on public access of the human genome map
, which is a much talked about topic, considering that the mapping of the genes will enable one to have the information to manipulate individual characteristics like the color of the eye or even skin. It will also help say whether a cell will function normall...Health Canada Gave Access To Unapproved Drugs To AIDS/HIV Patients.
In Vancouver Health Canada gives access to the usage of two drugs in a rare medical trail. These drugs were necessary to help prevent men dying of AIDS. // They are anti-retroviral drugs which have been studied individually but there action together is not been reviewed. These drugs are unapproved for the usage in AIDS patient and hence their access is declined by the government. <br...Health Care Disparities cause of inaccessibility to new technology
Researchers feel that health care disparities occurs in the use of new technology for disease treatment between minorities and children’s, which make them not accessible to new technology and treatments in health care//. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital have reported that Health care disparities is found in minority and children’s affected with asthma and they are less like...Scots Do Not Have Access To Proper Dental Care
An investigation conducted by the Scotsman has revealed that as many as 250,000 Scots are unable to access emergency dental care, particularly during weekends. // The Scottish Executive's Health Department had drawn up an emergency care plan which is yet to be implemented by the NHS. As much as £1.5 million has been allocated for this. The situation is reported to particularly bad in the country’...Children In Scotland Denied Access To Dental Care
The free dental services rendered to Scotland children, could soon come to an end, warn Dentists, who are unhappy about the allowances, handed out by ministers. // Dental practices in Scotland yield a considerable amount of additional revenue , provided there are enough number of registered NHS patients. There exists a flaw in the definition of who would be eligible for such extra pay...PINNACLE Introducer Sheath Designed for Vascular Access
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Description:Used to introduce balloon, diagnostic and guiding catheters, or other devices for intervention....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...Access and Somanta Announce Data to be Presented on Angiolix at ASCO Oncology Conference
Pre-clinical Data Suggests Angiolix Can Inhibit Breast CancerGrowth By 75% DALLAS and IRVINE, Calif., June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Bulletin Board: ACCP) and SomantaPharmaceuticals, Inc. (Bulletin Board: SMPM) announced today that ascientific abstract outlining new preclinical efficacy data forSomanta's Angiolix has been selected for publication in t...