Eleven Veterinary Students Win Top Awards at Morris Animal Foundation's Annual Research Competition
DENVER, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Eleven innovative veterinary students from around the world were honored for research projects that improved the lives of companion animals and wildlife. The students, whose projects were funded through Morris Animal Foundation's (MAF) Veterina...Blue Dye Halts Worsening Paralysis in Animal Study
Discovery could lead to new treatments for people with spine injuries TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- The food additive that makes M&Ms and Gatorade blue may help prevent the secondary damage that occurs after a spinal cord injury, a new study suggests. Researchers say that...Eliminating Cell Receptor Prevents Infections in Animal Study
PHILADELPHIA, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New research from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia sheds light on the role of cell receptors in acting as gatekeepers for infectious viruses. By using mice genetically engineered to lack a particular receptor in heart and pancreas c...Eating Animal Fat May Lead to Pancreatic Cancer
Added risk is tied to red meat and dairy products, study finds,, FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Fat from red meat and dairy products can increase your risk for pancreatic cancer, researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute report. Pancreatic cancer, which is usually fat...New Vaccine from Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health is First for Canine Influenza Virus
Vaccine Against Canine Flu Granted Conditional License by USDA ROSELAND, N.J., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, the global leader in veterinary biologicals, today announced the availability of the first vaccine against canine influenza virus (CIV), which was gra...China Animal Welfare Law Under Review While 36,000 Dogs Culled
BEIJING, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Chinese state media announced that the dog cull in Hanzhong city, Shaanxi Province has reached a death toll of 36,000. Claiming rabies outbreak, the city has sent out dog-beating squads to kill any animal spotted on the street, stray or owned. ...EUCODIS Bioscience Achieves Development Milestone in Second Collaboration With Lohmann Animal Health
VIENNA, Austria, and CUXHAVEN, Germany, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- EUCODIS Bioscience, a company developing, manufacturing, and marketing enzymes and other proteins for the chemical industry, announced today that it has achieved an important milestone in the development of an undisclosed protein ...Neuralstem's Human Stem Cells Integrate into Nervous System of Rats with Animal Model of ALS
Make Synaptic Contact with Host Motor Neurons ROCKVILLE, Md., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Transplanted human neural stem cells (hNSCs) developed by Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: CUR) made synaptic contacts with the motor neurons of rats with ALS-like symptoms, a paper published i...Cloned Human Embryos Successfully Reprogrammed Using Human - But Not Animal - Eggs
New study questions ability of human-animal hybrids to generate stem cells WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: ACTC) and its collaborators reported today that human oocytes (or 'eggs') have the capacity to extensively reprogram...Grapes May Aid a Bunch of Heart Risk Factors, U-M Animal Study Finds
Research shows that grape intake lowered blood pressure and signs of heart muscle damage, and improved heart function in lab rats ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Could eating grapes help fight high blood pressure related to a salty diet? And could grapes calm other facto...InNexus Lead Candidate DXL625 Outperforms Rituxan in Additional Animal Studies
- Biotech Begins to Demonstrate Strategy to Expand NHL Marketplace with Novel Antibody and Speedy DXL Screening Preclinical Development Program - BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InNexus Biotechnology Inc. (TSX VENTURE: IXS; OTC Bulletin Board: IXSBF; http://www.i...Allergens, Animal Epithelium/Dander/Feather Mix Profile
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Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Epidermals & Animal Proteins,Sheep Epithelium/Wool
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Epidermals & Animal Proteins, Rat Epithelia
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Epidermals & Animal Proteins, Pig (Swine) Epithelium
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Epidermals & Animal Proteins, Parakeet Feathers (Budgerigar)
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...New stem cell research could reduce number of animal experiments
Researchers from the University of Bath are embarking on a project to use stem cell technology that could reduce the number of animal experiments used to study conditions such as motor neurone disease. Dr Vasanta Subramanian, from the University's Department of Biology & Biochemistry, will be d...Research network wins approximately £5.7 million to target human and animal diseases in Africa
Deadly diseases including plague, Ebola and Rift Valley Fever are being targeted as part of a new multi-million pound international partnership involving African researchers and the London International Development Centre (LIDC). The Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SAC...FAO/IAEA Symposium to address animal production and health
Vienna, 4 April 2009 | An international symposium to be held in Vienna next week will focus on the use of nuclear technologies to enhance animal nutrition and reproduction strategies and to detect and control animal-origin diseases that can be transmitted to humans, such as swine and avian in...Countries unite to reduce animal use in product toxicity testing worldwide
Representatives from four international agencies, including the director of the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP), today signed a memorandum of cooperation that could reduce the number of animals required for consumer product safety testing worldwide. The agreement between the United States, ...Tiny super-plant can clean up animal waste and be used for ethanol production
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that a tiny aquatic plant can be used to clean up animal waste at industrial hog farms and potentially be part of the answer for the global energy crisis. Their research shows that growing duckweed on hog wastewater can produce five to six ...Reducing animal experiments through top-class research
The haematologist Professor Christopher Baum and his colleagues Dr. Ute Modlich and Sabine Kn have been awarded the 2009 Ursula M. Hndel Animal Welfare Prize. The prize was awarded to this research team from the Hannover Medical School (Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, MHH) in recognition of thei...Sundia's Animal Facility Passed Client and Government Inspection
SHANGHAI, June 16 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sundia MediTech Company, a Shanghai-based integrated pharmaceutical contract research company, announced today that its animal facility in Shanghai has passed the audit from a major European Pharmaceutical Company. The Sundia management and staff are pra...Vaxart Begins Animal Testing of H1N1 Flu Vaccine Candidate
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Vaxart, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of oral vaccines, announced today that the company has created a candidate vaccine for H1N1 influenza (swine flu). On Saturday, May 23, Vaxart began testing for immune responses in animals, just ...Aedesta Animal Organ/Tissue Perfusion from Lifeblood Medical, Inc.
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Description:... from Mo Bio). Provides consistent lysis across the entire plate length (max capacity is 192 individual wells). Can be used for soil, microorganisms, animal tissue, plants, seeds, bones, and feces....[14C] Methylated Protein Molecular Weight Markers from GE Healthcare, formerly Amersham Biosciences
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Description:...senchymal cells, epithelial cells, hematopoietic cells and neuronal cells. Similar to other TGF-beta family proteins, BMPs are highly conserved across animal species. This DuoSet ELISA Development kit contains the basic components required for the development of sandwich ELISAs to measure natural and recom...Cytotoxicity Fluorometric (green / red) Assay Kit, LIVE/DEAD® from Molecular Probes (Invitrogen)
Description:... LIVE/DEAD® Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity Kit *for animal cells* *2000 assays*...