Valensa Selects Parry Organic Spirulina as Ingredient of Choice for Premium Product Development
... Zeaxanthin - Parry Organic Spirulina had 23% more Zeaxanthin Phycocyanin - Parry Organic Spirulina had equal levels of C-phycocyanin and crude phycocyanin; however, Parry Organic Spirulina has the potential to reach higher phycocyanin levels on a consistent basis Chlorophyll - Parry O...Sedatives Increase Suicide Risk Among Elderly
...inked with a greater likelihood of suicides in older people. "Sedative treatment was associated with an almost 14-fold increase of suicide risk in the crude analysis and remained an independent risk factor for suicide even after adjustment for the presence of mental disorders," wrote Anders Carlsten, of Go...Individualized treatment for heart failure is rarely available outside hospital
... resources required to offer this tailored treatment outside a hospital setting are generally not available. Current services provide, at best, only a crude attempt to deliver long-term, personalised healthcare, but telemonitoring provides a strategy which could radically change this situation." Profess...FDA's Hydroxycut Recall Highlights the Need for Stem Cell Innovations' ACTIVTox Human Liver Testing
... potent chemicals ever identified are plant products," said Kelly. "Particularly with the complex manufacturing challenges associated with the use of crude plant extracts, cell-based testing can give an extra measure of comfort to both the consumer and the producer. Considering the cost of developing, ma...Emerging Markets for Diagnostic Imaging Systems Hurt by Economic Crisis
...rket will be severely limited in 2009. In Russia, the impact of economic uncertainty has been compounded by political unrest. "Reduced prices for crude oil -- Russia's chief export -- led to less health care funding and curbed spending," says Ravindra Sharma, Senior Analyst at MRG. "Although diagnost...Obesity Takes Years Off Your Life
...an emphatic reaffirmation of the fundamental issue: Overweight and obesity take years from life," Katz said. "We know that, in many ways, BMI is a crude measure of the health risks associated with obesity, since not all excess body fat is created equal," he said. "Weight gained around the middle tends ...High blood pressure linked to earlier death among African-American breast cancer patients
...earch has long collaborated with UCSF on breast cancer research. The study found that African-American breast cancer patients had a higher overall crude mortality, or death from all causes, than whites during the study period: 39.7 percent versus 33.3 percent respectively over a mean follow-up of nine ...ForteBio Launches New Biosensor for Kinetic Analysis and Screening of Human IgG Antibodies
...-shelf, capture-based kinetics of human IgGs or other Fc-containing proteins without the need to biotinylate. It is also designed for use in buffer or crude supernatants, and can be regenerated and reused for increased cost-efficiency." The new AHC biosensor leverages the Octet platform's proprietary...Stemedica Medical Team Cautions Patients About Stem Cell Therapy & Comments on PLoS Medicine Article
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...introducing this inactivated form of the infectious agents into farm animals, which then proved to be immune to the disease. Pasteur also isolated a crude preparation of the infectious agent for rabies . In a brave piece of rapid medicine development, he probably saved the life of a person who had been ...Fowl soil additive breaks down crude oil
It is an unlikely application, but researchers in China have discovered that chicken manure can be used to biodegrade crude oil in contaminated soil. Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution the team explains how bacteria in chicken manure break down 50% more crude oil t...NIST chemists get scoop on crude 'oil' from pig manure
After a close examination of crude oil made from pig manure, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are certain about a number of things. Most obviously, "This stuff smells worse than manure," says NIST chemist Tom Bruno. But a job's a job, so the NIST team has...American Chemical Society's Weekly Presspac -- June 17, 2009
... Research . Richard Gordon, T. V. Ramachandra, Durga Madhab Mahapatra, and Karthick Band note that some geologists believe that much of the world's crude oil originated in diatoms, which produce an oily substance in their bodies. Barely one-third of a strand of hair in diameter, diatoms flourish in enor...Mars mission could ease Earth's energy supply crisis
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...mical & Engineering News , ACS' weekly newsmagazine. C&EN senior editor Steve Ritter explains that metals are limited natural resources, just like crude oil and fresh water. He described copper, zinc, platinum, and certain other metals as "endangered species," which could be depleted by the end of this...Plastic that grows on trees, part two
...earchers hope to turn plants into a renewable, nonpolluting replacement for crude oil. To achieve this, scientists have to learn how to convert plant biomass...els" such as gasoline and diesel, essentially the same fuels processed from crude oil. In previous work, PNNL researchers used a chemical and a solvent known...One sponge-like material, three different applications
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...itumen, a heavy black viscous material. Currently, oil sands represent about 40 percent of Canada's oil production. Approximately 20 percent of U.S. crude oil and refined products come from Canada, and a substantial portion of this amount comes from tar sands. Oil sands are mined and processed to gene...BioEnergy International, LLC Announces Norman R. Augustine to Join Advisory Board
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Description:...er pass through the sample, which makes the dotLab System ideal for the detection of proteins in complex biological samples such as serum, plasma, and crude cell lysates. Axela's dotLab System was designed with the bench researcher in mind. Monitoring biomolecular interactions and developing immun...EvoQuest Custom Peptide Services from Invitrogen
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Description:...oduced from appropriate vectors. Sufficient reagents are provided for purification of up to 1 mg target protein under native or denaturing conditions. crude samples are incubated with S-protein Agarose, which specifically retains STag fusion proteins. After unbound proteins are washed away, the target prot...