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Honeybee decision-making ability rivals any department committee

When 10,000 honeybees fly the coop to hunt for a new home, usually a tree cavity, they have a unique method of deciding which site is right: With great efficiency they narrow down the options and minimize their bad decisions. The Seeley group's study, which is pub...

New player in commitment to life as a fat cell

Researchers have discovered a pivotal new player in early events that commit fat cell precursors to becoming full-blown fat, according to a report in the February issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press. Drugs that block some activities of the enzyme, known as xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR), might therefore offer a novel antiobesity therapy designed to fight fat before it eve...

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Angel investors commit $12.7B in first half of `06

The center, which has been conducting r...

Wisconsin spaceport committee moves closer to formation

Mark Hanna, a city alderman, and Judy Schieble, co-director of an educational rocket program, will join s...

Investors commit $3.4 million to Imago

Imago, a provider of atom probe tomography instruments for u...

State commits $500,000 to boost bachelor's degrees

The announcement, made at the , is part of the state'...

Thompson To Chair MDVIP Committee On Preventive Healthcare

MDVIP is a provider of personalized healthcare made up of a network of 82 physicians in 14 states. Member physicians limit their practices...

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Avian Influenza: Government to set up expert committee

The Government in its determination to gear up to meet the avian flu threat, has decided to set up an expert committee to keep a close watch on bird flu cases and also to suggest preventive measures.// Animal Husbandry Secretary P M A Hakeem said "Though we have no cases of bird flu in the country, we want to take precautionary measures and the committee to be formed will include repres...

Aspirin induces Cancer Cells To Commit Suicide

Aspirin has already been hailed as a wonder drug that can take care of everything from Alzheimer's disease to heart attacks. It has now emerged that it can also induce cancer cells to commit suicide.// Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh report in the December 9 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry that aspiration can prove to be deadly for cancer cells in combination...

UK Committee Warns on Food Shortages Due to Flu Epidemic

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has issued a warning that if a bird flu pandemic were to hit Britain, there would be a severe shortage of food. // The Committe has called on ministers to step-up efforts to collaborate on an international level and has asked the Government to prepare alternative plans to combat an epidemic should the need arise. As staff continue to...

Roche Commits More Antiviral Pills To Asia For Bird Flu

At a meeting to assess the bird flu situation in the light of the new cases in Turkey, Roche Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Tamiflu said that it// will allot more antiviral pills to Asia and provide the necessary aid to organizations in this endeavour to fight a possible pandemic. Roche said that it was currently in talks with the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the donation o...

Woman suffering from degenerative disorder committed assisted suicide

Mrs. May Murphy from Glasgow was confirmed to have committed suicide five months ago using a lethal dose of drugs. Mrs. Murphy was 75 years old and was suffering from degenerative disease// which made her life very traumatic and she had painful days. Mrs. Murphy wanted to end her life to escape from her traumatic pain so she went to Dignitas Clinic in Zurich. Mrs. Murphy went to Zurich...

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Statement by Philip Home Chairman of the RECORD Study Steering Committee and Professor of Diabetes Medicine at Newcastle University in England

"The editorials published by the NEJM are disappointing andmisleading in that they disregarded important pieces of data thatare extremely relevant to patients and physicians. Mostsignificantly the editorials ignored data that showed no evidenceof any increase in cardiovascular death or death from anycause."...

Data to be Presented at ASCO 2007 Highlights sanofi-aventis Commitment to Cancer Care and Research

New data on Eloxatin(R), Taxotere(R) and on three investigationalagents (VEGF Trap, S-1 and TroVax(R)) will be presented at the 43rdannual ASCO meeting BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 29, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Sanofi-aventis announced today that a total of 375 abstractsindicative of its oncology commitment have been accepted for the43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical On...

FDA Announces Change of Location Notice for Upcoming Advisory Committee Meeting

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 18, 2007--Due to water damage caused byflooding over the weekend, FDA has been forced to change thelocation for the upcoming Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committeemeeting on April 24, 2007 to discuss new drug application formaraviroc 300 milligram tablets. Originally scheduled to be held atthe FDA, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Advisory CommitteeConference Roo...

Isotechnika's independent data monitoring committee conducts review of phase 2b kidney transplant trial

- Company Set to Host Evening Symposium at ATC - EDMONTON, March 27 /CNW/ - Isotechnika Inc. announced today thatan independent data monitoring committee (DMC) has met and reviewedthe interim data from the Phase 2b kidney transplant (PROMISE)trial. The review included 3 month data from approximately 1/3 ofthe anticipated 332 patients to be enrolled. The DMC hasrecommended that...