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UCSD discovery may help extend life of natural pesticide

A team led by biologists at the University of California, San Diego has discovered a molecule in roundworms that makes them susceptible to Bacillus thuringiensis toxin, or Bt toxin--a pesticide produced by bacteria and widely used by organic farmers and in genetically engineered crops to ward off insect pests. Their findings should facilitate the design and use of Bt toxins to prevent ins...

Affymetrix and bioMerieux Extend Their Agreement on GeneChip(R) Technology to Breast Cancer Diagnostics

Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) and bioMerieux announced today that Affymetrix has granted bioMerieux long-term and comprehensive access to its GeneChip(R) technology to develop and market in vitro diagnostic tests for breast cancer, as well as an option to expand the agreement into other cancer areas. The agreement, made under the Powered by Affymetrix(TM) program, gives bioMerieux non-exc...

Researchers extend mouse lifespan by protecting against free radicals

Scientists at the University of Washington and their colleagues at other research centers have found a way to significantly extend the lifespan of mice while reducing the impact of the aging process. Their study, which will be published online by the journal Science on May 5, lends more credence to the free-radical theory of aging. The theory suggests that very reactive chemicals, called "...

Caloric restriction won't dramatically extend life span in humans: UCLA research

Severely restricting calories over decades may add a few years to a human life span, but will not enable humans to live to 125 and beyond, as many have speculated, evolutionary biologists report. "Our message is that suffering years of misery to remain super-skinny is not going to have a big payoff in terms of a longer life," said UCLA evolutionary biologist John Phelan. "I once heard some...

HIV Therapy Greatly Extends Life of Key T Cells, Scientists Find

Interleukin-2 (IL-2), an immune-boosting drug used experimentally in HIV therapy, greatly increases the lifespan of certain subsets of immune system T cells in some HIV-positive people who respond to this therapy, discovered researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the NIH. A report desc...

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Standard Beacon 2000 U.S. Extended Warranty (1 year) from Invitrogen

Description:The Beacon 2000 Fluorescence Polarization System is an ideal tool for basic research and assay development. Standard Beacon 2000 System: The Standard Beacon 2000 System uses a quartz-halogen lamp that yields a usable wavelength range of 360-700 nm. It accommodates all applications and fluorophores within this spectrum....
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Extended data analysis using DeCyder EDA

DeCyder EDA • extended data analysis • workspace • base set • differential expression analysis • principal components analysis • pattern analysis • discriminant analysis • Ettan DIGE DeCyder™ Extended Data Analysis (EDA) Software was used to perform advanced statistics on samples fr...

Detection of N-in-1 Experiments: Extending the Range of N Using the API 3000 LC/MS/MS System

A significant...

Techware to extend broadband wireless network to Butler

The company, which started the build out in Germantown, said it will begin to deliver broadband service that is capable of providing speeds up to 14 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega...

UW gets $5M to extend entrepreneurship

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Creativity, innovation extend to municipalities

Century." At that time, many who attended thought it was a novel idea but did not put that much faith in it. My argument was that the horse-and-buggy taxes that focused on gasoline, cigarettes, and liquor were...

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Liver key to extending life

According to an anti-ageing research, the liver is a neglected key. Professor David Le Couteu, a geriatrician, of the Concord Hospital, felt that there are many wonderful things about getting older, with a background in clinical pharmacology and toxicology.//Your mortgage is paid off, your children have moved out, you're not embarrassed about who you are, and you have the benefit of wisdom and re...

Regular exercise linked to extended menstrual cycles

According to a new study, moderate exercise may extend the time a woman has between her menstrual periods. The research supports one theory on why regular physical activity has been linked to a lower breast cancer risk. //Some evidence suggests that hormonal changes brought on by exercise may help lower the chances of breast cancer developing. However, the authors of the new study poin...

Even mid-life diet change can extend life

A study on diet and life in the journal Science dealt only with laboratory fruit flies, but researchers said some of the same effects may apply to mammals, perhaps even humans.// In the study, British researchers compared the effects of different calorie-restricted diets on the mortality of fruit flies. They found that fruit flies on restricted diets lived about 90 days, twice as long...

Extended Therapy for Blood Clots

An oral drug given after a standard six-month treatment could help prevent future blood clots in patients, according to new research.// Venous thromboembolism (VTE) affects approximately 2 million Americans each year. VTE includes deep vein thrombosis (blood clots common in the thigh and back) and pulmonary embolism (blood clots common in the lung). Despite progress in diagnosis and tr...

Friendship can extend lifespan

More than family bonds, its friendship that can keep people have a long life//. An Australian research study have pointed out that the benefits of having friends do affect the health and emotional well being of people so much so that life expectancy can get significantly increased. The researchers had surveyed about 1500 people about their social contacts, in person or over...

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Extended Offset Wheelchair Electric Table

Description:Uniquely designed, the wheelchair table has dual purposes. Not only does it add a modern look to any office, it is also a heavy-duty table that will support multiple instruments, and/or easily accommodate wheelchair patients....
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Flextend Model 4086

Description:The Guidant Flextend lead is a steroid-eluting, transvenous pace/sense lead with an extendable/retractable active-fixation helix. The extendable/retractable helix design offers various lead placement possibilities for permanent implantation in the atrium and/or ventricle....
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Flextend Model 4087

Description:The Guidant Flextend lead is a steroid-eluting, transvenous pace/sense lead with an extendable/retractable active-fixation helix. The extendable/retractable helix design offers various lead placement possibilities for permanent implantation in the atrium and/or ventricle....
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Flextend Model 4088

Description:The Guidant Flextend lead is a steroid-eluting, transvenous pace/sense lead with an extendable/retractable active-fixation helix. The extendable/retractable helix design offers various lead placement possibilities for permanent implantation in the atrium and/or ventricle....
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Flextend

Description:The Guidant Flextend lead is a steroid-eluting, transvenous pace/sense lead with an extendable/retractable active-fixation helix. The extendable/retractable helix design offers various lead placement possibilities for permanent implantation in the atrium and/or ventricle....
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New Study Shows That Extending Prophylaxis With Clexane / Lovenox (enoxaparin Sodium Injection) to 5 Weeks is More Effective Than 10 Days for Reducing the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in Acutely ill Medical Patients With Reduced Mobility

EXCLAIM is the First International Study to Show That ExtendedThromboprophylaxis Reduces VTE Risk in Acutely-ill Medical PatientsWith a Statistically Significant 44% PARIS, July 8, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Sanofi-aventisannounced today the results of the EXCLAIM (EXtended CLinicalprophylaxis in Acutely Ill Medical patients) study, which showedthe benefit of extended prophylaxi...

Critical Therapeutics Announces the Publication of Data for ZyfloCR (Zileuton) Extended-Release Tablets in the Journal of Asthma

LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 12, 2007 - CriticalTherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRTX) today announced the publicationof data from a pivotal Phase III clinical trial of ZYFLO CR(TM)(zileuton) extended-release tablets in the June 2007 issue of theJournal of Asthma. ZYFLO CR was approved by the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) on May 30, 2007. Critical Therapeutics,together with it...

Nexavar Significantly Extends Overall Survival by 44% in Liver Cancer Patients

- First Agent Ever to Demonstrate Significant Survival Benefit inLiver Cancer - CHICAGO, June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BayerHealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.today announced that Nexavar(R) (sorafenib) tablets significantlyextended overall survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC), or primary liver cancer versus those taking placebo by 4...

MabThera Significantly Extends Survival And Cures More Patients With Aggressive Lymphoma Than Chemotherapy Alone

Seven year follow up of pivotal trial confirms that more patientsare alive today due to MabThera BASEL, Switzerland, June 4, 2007-A follow-up analysis trackingthe outcome of patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma(NHL) who were treated with the innovative cancer therapy MabThera(rituximab) over seven years ago has revealed exciting results(1). This analysis of the original...

New Research Confirms the Benefit of Extended-Release Dipyridamole Plus ASA for Preventing Recurrent Stroke in Low- and High-Risk Patients

Aggrenox® (Asasantin® Retard) considered by many asfirst-line in secondary stroke prevention INGELHEIM, Germany, 31 May 2007 - New data presented today at the16th European Stroke Conference in Glasgow confirm that therapywith dipyridamole plus ASA (extended-release dipyridamole plus ASAis marketed as Aggrenox® or Asasantin® Retard) is superiorto ASA* alone in...

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