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Retrovirus struck ancestors of chimpanzees and gorillas millions of years ago, but did not affect ancestral humans

The ancestors of chimpanzees and gorillas were infected with a deadly retrovirus about three to four million years ago, but there is no evidence it infected ancestors of modern-day humans, according to research by genome scientists. The virus struck after humans had split off the evolutionary tree from primates, researchers said. The infection may have played a role in the evolution of such great...

UCLA scientists strengthen case for life more than 3.8 billion years ago

Ten years ago, an international team of scientists reported evidence, in a controversial cover story in the journal Nature, that life on Earth began more than 3.8 billion years ago--400 million years earlier than previously thought. A UCLA professor who was not part of that team and two of the original authors will report in late July that the evidence is stronger than ever. Craig E. Mann...

New Scripps Oceanography project to study sediments and ecosystem restoration in Venice lagoon

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, in conjunction with Italy's Venice Water Authority, Consorzio Venezia Nuova and Thetis SPA, has launched a multifaceted scientific program aimed at providing fundamental information about the effects of sediment translocation in Venice lagoon, a vital facet of the historic city of Venice, Italy. The new effort,...

Breath of the dragon: ERS-2 and Envisat reveal impact of economic growth on China's air quality

China's spectacular economic growth during the last decade has brought many benefits - and some challenges. Global atmospheric mapping of nitrogen dioxide pollution performed by ERS-2's GOME and Envisat's SCIAMACHY reveals the world's largest amount of NO2 hanging above Beijing and northeast China, as reported in Nature this week. As part of ESA's Dragon Programme, European and Chinese res...

Scientist uses dragonflies to better understand flight

If mastering flight is your goal, you can't do better than to emulate a dragonfly. With four wings instead of the standard two and an unusual pitching stroke that allows the bug to hover and even shift into reverse, the slender, elegant insect is a marvel of engineering. Z. Jane Wang, professor of theoretical and applied mechanics at Cornell University, presented her research on flying sys...

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Mouse Anti-Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1 (1-36) amide) Monoclonal Antibody, Unconjugated, Clone 9F8 from AntibodyShop A/S

Description:Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1 (1-36) amide)...
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Buckets for 2 racks of 5 tubes, type Stago/Hitachi from Thermo Scientific

Description:Buckets for 2 racks of 5 tubes, type Stago/Hitachi...
Company:Thermo Scientific

Anti-GLP-1 (7-36) (Glucagon-like peptide-1), C-terminus amide-reactive Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from CHEMICON

Description:Glucagon-like peptide-1(7-36) amide (GLP-1), C-terminal reactive. Cross-reacts fully with GLP-1(1-36) amide but shows <0.1% cross reactivity with the unamidated forms GLP-1(7-37) and GLP-1(1-37) or other related peptides such as hGLP-2, glucagon, hGIP and VIP.SPECIES REACTIVITIES: Most mammalian species. GLP-1 is identical in all mammalian species studied except guinea pig and presumably its S...
Company:CHEMICON

Paragon CZE 2000 Capillary Electrophoresis System from Beckman Coulter

Description:The Paragon CZE 2000 Capillary Electrophoresis System uses revolutionary technology to automate clinical serum protein electrophoresis (SPE), urine protein electrophoresis and immunofixation/subtraction electrophoresis (IFE/s) for fast and accurate analysis. The system is truly automated, requiring almost no sample preparation and no staining to process patient samples. The Paragon CZE 2000 provi...
Company:Beckman Coulter

Calcium Flux Antagonist Chip, 4-Sipper (coated) from Caliper Life Sciences

Description:Caliper offers a wide array of standard LabChip products designed to be used in combination with our AMS 90 and LabChip 3000 microfluidic platforms....
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Japanese institute installs Imago system

The device, the LEAP 3000 Metrology System, is made by Imago Scientific Instruments of Madison. LEAP stands for local electrode atom probe. It is used...

Screening for potential beta 2-adrenergic receptor antagonists using CypHer5E and IN Cell Analyzer 1000

5, a pH sensitive dye, has shown utility in β2-adrenergic receptor agonist screening (1). CypHer5 has been used to obtain dose-response and rank-order potency data for both agonist and antagonist treatment of β2-adrenergic receptor expressing cells (2). For live-cell receptor internalization studies,...

Screening for β2-adrenergic receptor agonists using the pH-sensitive dye,CypHer5, and the IN Cell Analyzer 3000

High-throughput screening for potential targets is a major requirement in drug development and a key application is in the area of receptor activation, particularly G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) (1). <P >It is estimated that there are still 100–200 orphan GPCRs of potential therapeutic value requiring identification of...

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Breast Cancer risk for women on dopamine antagonists

A study, by researchers of the Harvard Medical School, of more than 100,000 women, indicates that women who use dopamine antagonists, i.e. anti-psychotics, for either psychiatric// illnesses or other conditions, may have an increased risk of breast cancer. The study involved about 52,000 women who were taking dopamine antagonists and 55,000 women who were not. The two groups were compa...

Baltimore is America's Fittest City; Chicago the Fattest

Baltimore has been named America's fittest city by Men's Fitness magazine, and Chicago America's fattest. According to the ranking accorded by the Men's Fitness magazine,// the top fittest cities behind Baltimore were Honolulu, Virginia Beach, Va., Tucson, and Milwaukee. The top fattest cities behind Chicago were Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston, the magazine said. La...

Chicago :FDA imposes Ban on Biomedical Tissue Services

Chicago : Friday turned out to be unlucky for Biomedical Tissue Services Ltd a company that is concerned with human tissues collection from cadavers. // The Food and Drug Administration administered a ban after finding apparent flaws in the donor policies that might pose a threat to transplant patients, making them vulnerable to disease. Though, none of the patients have been diagnosed...

Chicago: Dad, I need you desperately, Please come back

Ana Esparza' suffered a liver failure in 2001. Her mother was an illegal alien without any health insurance, so the local hospitals denied this poor girl the transplant, she so desperately needed. Later the immigrant community rose to the occasion and bailed her out.// The girl underwent a successful liver transplant later that year in Miami, Florida, but the organ’s condition deteriora...

Couples To Swap Kidneys In Chicago

Paulette Chandler and Francisco Torres are involved in a unique kidney swap operation. Chandler's husband needs a kidney transplant, but their blood types do not match. The same is the case with Torres and his wife.// However, Chandler's blood matches with Torres and his wife's with Chandler's husband. Hence they have decided to swap the kidneys in an operation that is to be performed to...

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34670x Bagolini's Striated Lenses Pair

Description:Bagolini's striated lenses consists of 2 circular lenses in a metal frame with tabs for use by the examiner....
Company:Richmond Products, Inc.

Hexagonal Revolving Tower Case

Description:A pre-assembled, hexagonal, revolving tower display with two round 19.75" in diameter adjustable shelves. Enjoy 3.5 square feet of elegant shelf space for your products....
Company:Tecno Display

Imagopaque®

Description:IMAGOPAQUE is a non-ionic monomeric contrast medium for intravascular and body cavity procedures in adults and children. After a decade of clinical experience and use in over 3.5 million examinations, IMAGOPAQUE has proven to be a valuable part of the team effort in hundreds of radiology departments.Results from large multicentre monitoring trials1-3 confirm that IMAGOPAQUE is a well-tolerated, e...
Company:Amersham Health

Paragon CRT 100 (paflufocon D)

Description:These are rigid gas permeable contact lenses used for corneal refractive therapy, a process that temporarily corrects nearsightedness (myopia). The patient wears the lenses overnight while sleeping and removes them upon wakening. During the day, nearsightedness is corrected or greatly reduced. The Paragon CRT and Quadra RG contact lenses apply slight pressure to the center of the cornea,...
Company:Paragon Vision Sciences

Paragon CRT (paflufocon B)

Description:These are rigid gas permeable contact lenses used for corneal refractive therapy, a process that temporarily corrects nearsightedness (myopia). The patient wears the lenses overnight while sleeping and removes them upon wakening. During the day, nearsightedness is corrected or greatly reduced The Paragon CRT and Quadra RG contact lenses apply slight pressure to the center of the cornea, causi...
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Tranzyme Pharma Presents Initial Phase IIa Data for its Novel Ghrelin Agonist, TZP-101, in Patients with Diabetic Gastroparesis

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. & SHERBROOKE, Quebec--(BUSINESSWIRE)--Jun 26, 2007 - Tranzyme Pharma, a leading biopharmaceuticalcompany developing small molecule drugs for the treatment ofgastrointestinal and metabolic diseases, today announced positiveresults for its novel ghrelin agonist, TZP-101, in acceleratinggastric emptying in diabetic patients with gastroparesis. The datafrom a pi...

Elixir Pharmaceuticals Presents Preclinical Data Highlighting Its Ghrelin Antagonist Program at the American Diabetes Association's Annual Meeting

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 25, 2007 - ElixirPharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced the presentation of two setsof preclinical data demonstrating that ghrelin antagonism may be apotential method for future treatment of a range of metabolicdisorders. These data demonstrated a variety of beneficialmetabolic effects, notably decreasing body weight, improvements inblood glucose and i...

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Poster Presentations Highlighting Mechanism of Action and Clinical Activity of Sulonex(TM) (sulodexide oral gelcap) at the Upcoming American Diabetes Association 67th Scientific Sessions in Chicago, Illinois

NEW YORK, June 22, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KeryxBiopharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that abstracts related toSulonex(TM) (sulodexide oral gelcap) have been selected forpublication or presentation during the poster sessions scheduled totake place at the upcoming American Diabetes Association (ADA) 67thAnnual Scientific Sessions and exposition at the McCormick PlaceLakeside Cen...

Orexigen Therapeutics to Present Data on Contrave Impact on Visceral Fat and Insulin Resistance at American Diabetes Association 67th Scientific Sessions in Chicago June 23

SAN DIEGO, June 21, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Orexigen(TM)Therapeutics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on thetreatment of central nervous system disorders with an initial focuson obesity, today announced that the Company will present dataabout its lead obesity product candidate Contrave(TM) and itseffect on markers of cardiovascular disease (visceral fat, serumcholestero...

Indevus Announces Presentation of Pagoclone Data at 47th Annual New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit Meeting

Open-label Extension of Phase II Study Demonstrates SignificantAdditional Improvement for Patients on Pagoclone LEXINGTON, Mass., June 12, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that results from theCompany's Phase II EXPRESS trial for pagoclone in persistentdevelopmental stuttering will be presented today at the 47th annualmeeting of the New Clinical...

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