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OHSU research shows vitamin C counteracts some negative impacts of smoking on unborn babies

Research conducted in monkeys at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, suggests high doses of vitamin C may have potential to counteract some negative impacts of smoking in unborn babies. The research may benefit thousands of babies born to mothers who continue to smoke throughout pregnancy despite physician warnings. The research is published in the...

Health of Acehnese reefs in the wake of the tsunami shows human impacts more harmful

According to research reported this week in Current Biology, tsunami damage to coral reefs closest to the epicenter of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake was occasionally spectacular, but surprisingly limited, particularly when compared to damage from chronic human misuse in the region. Less than 100 days after the tsunami of December 26, 2004, a team of ecologists from James Cook Univer...

Superconducting magnet attracts molecular research

One of the newest - and unequivocally the coolest - pieces of real estate on the Brandeis University campus is a facility containing a state-of-the-art superconducting magnet for use in researching biological macromolecules such as DNA, RNA, enzymes and other proteins. The installation of the gleaming 800 MHz German-made Bruker magnet was recently completed in a specially built facility o...

Anthrax inhibitor counteracts toxin, may lead to new therapeutics

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Toronto have designed a nanoscale assembly of molecules that successfully counteracts and inhibits anthrax toxin in animal and laboratory experiments. The novel approach used to neutralize anthrax toxin could be applied in designing potent therapeutics for a variety of pathogens and toxins, according to the researchers. <...

New 'implanted contacts' designed to fix nearsightedness

UT Southwestern Medical Center ophthalmologists will be the first in the area to insert a new type of implanted lens to fix nearsightedness. , who is inserting the new implantable collamer lens, or ICL, today for the first time at UT So...

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The Protein Kinase Factsbooks (2 Volume Set) from Promega

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SLE of Eau Claire lands $2.2 million in federal contracts

In a long-planned departure from its traditional focus, high-end computer chip company Silicon Logic Engineering has contracted with the U.S. Army for development of two different products. SLE, based in Eau Claire, announced today that it has secured $2.2 million in federal contracts for fiscal year 2005. The company has been working with the Armys Research, Development and Engineering...

Quantitative Analysis of GFP in Plant Extracts Using the VersaFluor Fluorometer System

CSIRO Tropical Agriculture, Brisbane, Queensland The Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) from Aequorea victoria is a useful reporter gene in higher organisms, including plants and animals. The fluorescence emitted is easy to det...

Research consortium aims to bring security and defense contracts to Wisconsin

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Shades of gray: Business impacts of an aging workforce

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Doyle signs bill that impacts electronic medical records

Senate Bill 650 creates an exception to current law pertaining to the confidentiality of treatment records, allowing physicians easier access to mental health records wh...

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Advances in Treatment of Cataracts

Cataracts occur when the eye's lens becomes cloudy and obstructs the passage of light to the retina. These obstructions can lead to vision loss. //Cataract is a major cause of blindness in India. Modern corrective surgery requires implantation of artificial lenses, however these implants often leave patients dependent on eyeglasses. But now, a recent study at Harvard Medical School has sh...

Prevention of cataracts

A new study provides further evidence that nutrient antioxidants play a role in the prevention of cataracts. Researchers from Tufts University studied more than 575 women ages 53 to 77 from the Nurses' Health Study. The women did not have diabetes nor did they have previously diagnosed cataracts. During a 15-year period, the women answered questionnaires about their food intake.// The...

WHO acts to reduce the maternal death toll

According to a WHO report more than half a million women in developing countries dies of childbirth each year. WHO and the Partnership for Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health //are intensifying support to countries around the world to ensure that a woman does not die while giving birth to her child. The report indicates that the needs are wide-ranging - from training skilled birth atte...

Sleep disorders can have anomalistic sexual acts

Researchers at the University of California, observe abnormal behavior during sleep, such as walking, eating and even violence in many people. But a series of case reports shows that sleep disorders// can also involve unconscious, sometimes aggressive, sexual behavior. In a study of 10 patients with "atypical sexual behavior during sleep," researchers found that the patients' actions w...

Personality Impacts Arthritis

The personality of a patient can have a major impact on how susceptible they are to long-term problems from rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research. The published study explains doctors need to pay attention to factors// not related to the disease when they screen at-risk patients. There is no doubt being diagnosed with a chronic, disabling disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis...

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Refresh Contacts

Description:Refresh Contacts provides moisturizing relief from dryness and irritation associated with lens wear....
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Prechopper straight for soft cataracts

Description:Specially designed wider jaws to help split soft nucleus, cross action, round handle, maximum opening 2.8 mm....
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Prechopper angled for soft cataracts

Description:Specially designed wider jaws to help split soft nucleus, cross action, round handle, maximum opening 2.8 mm....
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Prechopper curved for soft cataracts

Description:Specially designed wider jaws to help split soft nucleus, cross action, round handle, maximum opening 2.8 mm....
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Ascensia Win Glucofacts Diabetes Management Software

Description:Use the Ascensia WinGlucofacts software to download results from the Ascensia BREEZE, Ascensia DEX 2, or the Ascensia ELITE XL blood glucose monitoring system. The software helps users manage their diabetes through automatic calculation of averages and historical data....
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Savient Pharmaceuticals Announces Acceptance of Two Gout-Related Abstracts for Poster Presentation at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) 2007 Annual Congress

EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 6, 2007 - SavientPharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVNT) announced today that twoabstracts exploring Phase 2 Puricase(R) (PEG-uricase) data andquality of life in treatment-failure gout patients will bepresented at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) 2007Annual Congress taking place June 13 - 16th in Barcelona, Spain.Puricase is a PEGylated...

OXiGENE Abstracts Published in ASCO Program

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 1, 2007 - OXiGENE, Inc.(NASDAQ: OXGN, XSSE: OXGN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceuticalcompany developing novel therapeutics to treat cancer and eyediseases, announced today the publication of two abstracts in the2007 Annual Meeting program distributed this afternoon at theAnnual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)in Chicago, IL.<p...

Six Abstracts Featuring Exelixis Compounds Accepted At ASCO Conference

- Phase I data from XL880, Phase II data from XL999 studiesscheduled for presentation during oral, poster sessions - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, May 30, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Exelixis, Inc. announced today that data from clinical trials ofthe company's investigational compounds XL880 and XL999 will bepresented at the 2007 American Society of Clinical Oncology AnnualMeeting (ASCO), which...

Genta Incorporated to Present Multiple Abstracts at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., May 25, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Genta Incorporated announced that several abstracts featuring itsoncology products, Genasense(R) (oblimersen sodium) Injection, andGanite(R) (gallium nitrate injection), will be presented at the43rd annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology(ASCO) in Chicago, June 1-5, 2007. The abstracts include thefollowing:...

Pharmacyclics Announces Presentations and Published Abstracts on Xcytrin at The 2007 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Pharmacyclics, Inc. announced today multiple presentations and apublished abstract regarding Xcytrin(R) (motexafin gadolinium)Injection, including an oral presentation of Phase 3 SMART (Studyof Neurologic Progression with Motexafin Gadolinium And RadiationTherapy) trial data. The presentations and publications are part ofthe procee...

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