LUCA technologies confirms real-time methane generation
Luca Technologies LLC today announced that its researchers have confirmed the presence of a resident, methane-generating community of microorganisms ("microbial consortium") in substrate samples taken from the 110,000 acre Monument Butte oilfield located in North Eastern Utah. This site represents the latest in a series of active "GeobioreactorsTM" that Luca Technologies has identified since its...Oldest cranial, dental and postcranial fossils of early modern European humans confirmed
The human fossil evidence from the Mladec Caves in Moravia, Czech Republic, excavated more than 100 years ago, has been proven for the first time, through modern radiocarbon dating, to be the oldest cranial, dental and postcranial assemblage of early modern humans in Europe. A team of researchers from the Natural History Museum in Vienna, from the University of Vienna in Austria and from t...NCI Researchers Confirm the Effectiveness of Immunotherapy Approach to Treating Melanoma
A team of researchers, led by Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, have found that patients with advanced melanoma who had not responded to previous therapies experienced a significant reduction in the size of their cancers as a result of receiving a new immunotherapy. This immunotherapy consisted of a combination of chemotherapy...Confirmation of human protein interaction data by human expression data
As the brain develops, neurons reach out helter-skelter forming new connections, only a small number of which take hold. How the brain chooses which connections to keep and which to prune back appears to be governed by which branches have the most electrical activity—a finding that could help to explain how early experiences guide brain development. The work, published in the April 21 issu...Scientists at Galileo Pharmaceuticals confirm inflammatory response linked to glucose levels
A team of scientists has discovered three molecules –?from a search of 58,000 compounds –?that appear to inhibit a key perpetrator of Alzheimer's disease. Ken Kosik, co...Madison firm provides $200K in capital to tech companies
MDC said it has closed on loans in that amount to C5-6 Technologies, Inc., a biofuels spin off of , and to <a...Massachusetts firm to buy UW spinoff Bone Care for $600 million
Bone Care and Genzyme, a 24-year-old company with annual revenues of more than $2 billion and almost 7,000 employees w...Two Milwaukee finance IT firms agree to exchange check images
Fiserv is an IT service provider claiming 4,000 financial clients. E...British, Wisconsin firms explore life-science opportunities together
"We're looking for companies with complimentary products or complimentary technologies," said Frank Phillips, vice consul for the <a href="http://www.brit...Confirming gene silencing mechanism by pGFP/GFP22 siRNA co-transfection
In addition to the specificity andefficiency of an siRNA sequencefor a target gene, which are ofhigh importance in post-transcriptionalgene silencing (PTGS), thedelivery of siRNA into cells is crucial.An efficient method to optimizetransfection and gene silenci...Multi billion-dollar suit filed against cell phone firm for causing brain tumours
In the United States of America, a lawyer- Peter Angelos, who won millions of dollars as compensation from the tobacco industry in Maryland, has announced that he is dragging Vodafone to court in a billion dollar suit. He is claiming compensation to cell phone users who are said to have developed brain tumours after using the instruments made by Verizon wireless. This case has raised eyeb...Old theory of adaptation confirmed by new study
The adaptation theory that came up in 1971 argued that people react to good and bad events in their life, but they eventually return to a stable level of well-being. Researchers from Michigan State University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, France and England confirmed this theory based on a study conducted to evaluate the effects of marital transitions on life satisfaction....First Human Bird-Flu Death Confirmed In China
China has officially confirmed its first human death from bird flu - a 24-year-old farmer from the eastern province of Anhui. The woman became sick after an outbreak of bird flu among poultry in her village in Zongyang county and died Nov 10, // the health ministry said, according to a report Thursday by the state-run Xinhua news agency. It is likely, however, that the woman'...Drug Firm Offers to Donate Smallpox Vaccine
There is no treatment for smallpox, which kills about 30% of its victims and leaves others covered in sores. But giving a vaccine within days of exposure can protect against illness. A French drug company offered to donate up to 90 million doses of decades-old smallpox vaccine and the United States said it would accept the supplies if they are still effective against the deadly disease. /...SARS research confirms link to animals
Chinese scientists compared the genetic makeup of viral particles isolated from humans with SARS with a virus found in wild animals recently captured //and being held in a retail food market. The animals were found to have a corona virus that was 99.8 percent genetically identical to a virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in humans. Their findings sugges...Pathfinder Chlamydia Culture Confirmation Test
Description:The Pathfinder Chlamydia Culture Confirmation provides clear and reliable staining of intracellular inclusions (elementary bodies and reticulate bodies) in tissue culture. The monoclonal antibody used in this kit is directed against the Chlamydia lipopolysaccharide....BD Affirm VPIII Microbial Identification Test
Description:The Affirm VPIII tests RNA probe technology offers a dependable, rapid means toward early identification and treatment of patients suffering from these pathogens....Sanochemia Fluorognost HIV-1 IFA Confirmation Assay
Description:Donor Screening, Supplemental Confirmatory (Western Blot): The assay uses immortalized human T-cells which express HIV-1 antigens on their surface. The cells are fixed to the surface of an IFA glass slide. Fixed, uninfected T-cells are provided as a control. When a serum or plasma sample with HIV- I antibodies comes in contact with the HIV-1 antigens on the slide, antigen/antibody binding takes p...Murad® Firm and Tone Serum For Cellulite and Stretch Mark Management
Description:Minimizes imperfections and reduces the visible appearance of cellulite and stretch marks. This formula refines uneven skin texture and improves skin firmness and elasticity to leave you with skin you'll be proud to show off....6-Acetylmorphine Confirmation/Quantitation, Urine
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' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...MediQuest Concludes Confirmatory Phase III Study of Raynaud’s Therapy
BOTHELL, WA – June 25 – MediQuest Therapeutics,Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developingtherapies for inflammatory and infectious diseases, today announcedthe completion of its confirmatory phase III study of Vascana– a topical formulation designed to treat Raynaud’sDisease. The study met its primary end point and demonstrated statistica...