International HapMap consortium expands mapping effort
The International HapMap Consortium, boosted by an additional $3.3 million in public-private support, today announced plans to create an even more powerful map of human genetic variation than originally envisioned. The map will accelerate the discovery of genes related to common diseases, such as asthma, cancer, diabetes and heart disease. When the project was launched in October 2002, th...AIDS Public Awareness Campaign Expands Following Report Of Rapidly Progressive HIV
State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., today announced the expansion of New York State's HIV/AIDS Public Awareness and Education campaign to help combat the potential spread of HIV and further protect New Yorkers from the virus that causes AIDS. Dr. Novello said, "In light of recent reports of a drug-resistant, rapidly progressive strain of HIV in New York Ci...Gene expands malaria's invasion options
The malaria parasite uses different pathways to invade red blood cells, evading the body's immune system and complicating efforts to create effective vaccines against the disease. A research team led by Australia's Alan F. Cowman, an international research scholar with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has identified a gene that the parasite uses to switch back and...New study expands understanding of the role of RNA editing in gene control
For many years, scientists thought gene activity was relatively straightforward: Genes were transcribed into messenger RNA, which was processed and translated into the proteins of the body. Certainly, there were many factors governing the transcription process, but gene control happened at the level of the DNA. In the past few years, however, evidence for a more nuanced understanding of th...MWG Biotech expands siMAX?siRNA portfolio with new scales, lengths and design tools
University of Utah researchers showed that a fruit fly gene is crucial for determining when juveniles begin to mature into adults, and how the transformation initially proceeds. Understanding this process in humans may help explain how adorable children become surly teenagers. When the DHR4 gene is disabled, fruit flies prematurely begin metamorphosis ?maturation from an immature larva to...WARF expands license agreement with Advanced Cell Technology
The agr...Verizon expands broadband service in Wisconsin
According to Verizon, customers will be able to upload fi...Bandwidth provider expands in Milwaukee
The company, which serves Midwestern enterprise and carrier customers, expects the expansion to occur by Jan. 31 of this year. US Signal's network...Wisconsin's biodiesel network expands
The state grant, presented this week to Quality Roasting, Inc. of Valders, will help the company more than double its capacity to produce soybean oil, and complement biodiesel production work being done at area refineries l...Quad/Graphics expands reach in western states
Quad, which offers printing products and services for commercial clients, purchased Craftsman Press West, a privately held commercial printer specializing in regionally distributed ma...The Cleveland Clinic Expands Its Services across the World via the Net
The Cleveland Clinic, is a very reputed hospital in the US it has launched its online service at the Arab Health 2006. // The online service extends the Clinic's services to the physicians and the patients across the Middle East. Middle-East has many a number of excellent doctors but often patients go in for other doctors for a second opinion. To avoid this situation the Cleve...Ranbaxy Expands By Acquiring A Generic Company In Belgium
Indian pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., announced on Thursday about its overseas expansion of acquiring a generics company, Ethimed NV of Belgium. // This is the fourth acquisition announced by the company in a week. The earlier ones included the takeover of Romania's Terapia for $324 million, GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Italian generic business and the purchase of the rights...Insulin and Growth Hormone, Expands Life Span?
Life-span facts have always been shrouded in ambiguity, though studies have hinted at the connection between reduction in calories and longevity. // Now, a novel report has suggested that growth hormone, as well as insulin has a bearing on the influences of calorie restriction and does contribute to extending life. Dr. Andrezej Bartke from Southern Illinois University in Springfield...Health Insurance Company Expands Product Range
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, India’s No. 1 private life insurer, has further expanded its health insurance portfolio, this time to cover over 1,000 surgical// procedures and hospitalization. With the launch of the new product, Hospital Care, the company moves into the realm of offering products that go beyond covering critical illnesses, and further strengthens its position as a signi...Bird Flu Outbreak Expands in Vietnam
A new bird flu outbreak has expanded in central Vietnam after it was first detected on a farm in Nghe a province more than a week ago, the government said Sunday. Nearly 1,300 ducks were found dead late last week in three household farms in Hung Nguyen district, 300 km south of Hanoi, and tests showed they were positive to H5N1, according to a report by the Department of Animal Health...PromegaExpress Expands Easy Access to Products with New Cabinet
MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2007 - ThePromegaExpress(TM) on-site stocking program just added a newlysized ambient cabinet to its line of on-site appliances. Thislatest addition serves as great option to meet individual labinventory requirements for smaller areas when space is at a premiumbut immediate access to life science tools is a necessity. Themid-sized cabinet can also be...