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Supercomputers to focus brains on AIDS dilemma

More than two decades after it burst onto the scene, HIV/AIDS has claimed more than twenty million lives and continues to devastate societies around the world, particularly in Africa and other developing countries. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, after years of effort AIDS researchers succeeded in developing a class of drugs that proved to be highly effective against AIDS. By blocking the acti...

Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management

A new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Harvard School of Public Health finds that promoting cleaner, more efficient technologies for producing charcoal in Africa can save millions of lives and have significant climate change and development benefits. The African continent, as well as many developing nations in Asia and Latin America, is dependent on b...

Scientists focus on 'dwarf eye'

Genetic finding may have implications for farsightedness and nearsightedness, too.Working with an Amish-Mennonite family tree, Johns Hopkins researchers at the Wilmer Eye Institute have discovered what appears to be the first human gene mutation that causes extreme farsightedness. The researchers report that nanophthalmos, Greek for "dwarf eye," is a rare, potentially blinding disorder cau...

NIH renews network focused on how genes influence drug responses

Findings will pave the way for individually tailored therapiesContinuing its strong support for studies on how genes affect responses to medications, the National Institutes of Health anticipates spending more than $150 million over five years to renew its Pharmacogenetics Research Network (PGRN). The research of this nationwide network of scientists will eventually help doctors tailor drug presc...

WCS says avian flu prevention should focus on farms, markets

Wildlife health experts from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) warn that efforts to control the spread of avian flu across Asia and beyond must focus on better management practices on farms and in markets. WCS is currently working with Mongolian agencies on the ground in Mongolia's Kovsgol province, collecting samples from wild birds that have recently contracted the...

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Finnpipette Focus Multichannel 8 channel 5-50l from Thermo Scientific

Description:The improved design and new mechanical solutions of Finnpipette Focus Multichannel Plus improves accuracy and precision.In these low volume multichannel pipettes, the super blow-out function ensures accurate delivery of microsized drops....
Company:Thermo Scientific

Finnpipette Focus Single Channel Long Tip Cone 30-300l from Thermo Scientific

Description:The new Finnpipette Focus Long has a long, slender tip cone for pipetting from test tubes, bottles, flasks and other narrow and long necked vessels. Finnpipette Focus Long ensures that whatever volume you select, it will be aspirated and dispensed with the highest accuracy and precision....
Company:Thermo Scientific

microPET Focus 220 from CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc.

Description:microPET 220 utilizes utilizies CTI Molecular Imaging's proprietary Focus™ detector technology leading to superior resolution, sensitivty, and a large imaging volume that enables the user the flexibility to image multiple mice or large primateswithout compromising iamge quality. microPET is a dedicated small animal PET (Positron Emission Tomography) imaging device. microPET provides re...
Company:CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc.

microPET Focus 120 from CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc.

Description:microPET 120 utilizies CTI Molecular Imaging's proprietary Focus™ detector technology, while precisily retaining the same imaging volume as the R4. The microPET Focus 120 offers the highest sensitivity of any commerically avaiable PET scanner. Focus scanners also possess the highest spatial resolution of any scinitallor based PETsystems. The combination of high resolution and senistivity...
Company:CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc.

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Telecom issues are among focus of upcoming western Wisconsin conference

It will be part of the , which will build upon discussions at a December 2004 kickoff luncheo...

Third Wave continues molecular diagnostic focus with new CEO

MADISON , is transitioning to the position of executive chairman in order to focus on the assessment and development of next-generation technologies. In addition, the company announced that <a href="ht...

DEMO 2003 Closes with Focus on Collaboration and Communication

Scottsdale, AZ - DEMO 2003 continued to buzz with innovation and excitement on its closing day, focusing on a myriad of new technologies that included timely next-generation systems designed to protect and defend the national IT infrastructure as well as collaboration tools and evolving email services. In addition to an array of new product demonstrations, technology leaders discussed the possibi...

Industry Veterans take a look back from 2025: Bio-Technology, and Bio-Informatics are the focus

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Panelists at the Demo 2003 conference offered insights into the next technology innovations by answering Producer, Chris Shipley's question, "If we look back in the year 2025 what will see as the big innovations?" Mitch Kapor, Chairman of the Open Source Applications Foundation, and founder of Lotus, began the discussion by stating, "I would be hanging out in the Bio...

Purification and Characterization of beta-Lactoglobulin Genetic Variants A and B Using Preparative Electrophoresis and Isoelectric Focusing

K. H. Valkonen*, N. Marttinen*, H.-L. Malinen*, V.-P. Jaakola** and T. Alatossava* * Biotechnology Laboratory, REDEC of Kajaani, University of Oulu, FIN-88600 Sotkamo, Finland ** Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyvskyl, PL 35, FIN-40351 Jyvskyl, Finland...

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Focus on DNA transcription

Biological chemists at the University of north Carolina at Chapel Hill, state about the discovery of how living organisms convert genetic instructions into action. The UNC scientists have found a previously unknown chemical site on a key enzyme that regulates production of the genetic messenger known as RNA. When the chemical site is occupied, it markedly speeds up the// proces...

Focused Treatment For Childhood Cancer

A poorly understood type of childhood brain cancer has a unique molecule signature that may point to which therapies could best fight it.// Armed with targeted molecular treatments, doctors may be able to fight the disease without risking the side effects of prolonged and powerful radiation and chemotherapy at an early age. The latest research is a collaborative effort looking at a typ...

DNA transcription to be focused

Biological chemists at the University of north Carolina at Chapel Hill, state about the discovery of how living organisms convert genetic instructions into action. The UNC scientists have found a previously unknown chemical site on a key enzyme that regulates production of the genetic messenger known as RNA.// When the chemical site is occupied, it markedly speeds up the process by...

Focussed treatment for Hodgkin's disease

An significant focussed technique of radiation therapy promises a better result for people with Hodgkin's disease. These days a full cure is likely for most of those who develop// Hodgkin's disease. But their recovery may be impaired by short and long-term complications of conventional radiation treatment. The problem lies with radiation damaging healthy tissue, if applied in...

World Heart Day To Focus On Ideal Body Weight And Shape To Reduce Risk Of Heart Disease

Obesity is certainly one of the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality. Time and again, many studies have established significant relationship between body shape // and heart disease. With the World Heart Day fast approaching may be it is time, people to reshape themselves. The theme of World Heart Day (September 25th) is...

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Focus Lens Drops

Description:Specially formulated to lubricate and moisten lenses to help relieve irritation and dryness....
Company:CIBA Vision

Focus Dailies Toric

Description:Focus Dailies Toric are the first daily disposable lens for astigmatism...
Company:CIBA Vision

Focus Toric Monthly lenses

Description:Focus Toric Monthly lenses. All the advantages of Focus Monthly lenses, now available for patients with astigmatism. Recommended for daily wear. Also approved for extended wear (1-7 days)....
Company:CIBA Vision

Focus Progressives

Description:A soft contact lens that lets presbyopes see clearly and comfortably at all distances , without the hassles of bifocals or reading glasses. Recommended for daily wear. Also approved for extended wear(1-7 days)....
Company:CIBA Vision

Focus Dailies Progressives

Description:The first daily disposable lens for presbyopia....
Company:CIBA Vision

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Annual Meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Focuses on the Challenges of Care and Research in Multiple Sclerosis

WASHINGTON, June 01, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- The annual meeting ofthe Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC), the largestmeeting devoted to the comprehensive care and science of multiplesclerosis (MS), is underway in the nation's capital today. Multiplesclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system that affects400,000 people in the United States, challenges patients, carepartne...

New Data Focuses on Abuse of Stimulant Medication

New Data Suggests Less Abuse-Related Effects For OROS(r)Methylphenidate Two New Studies Highlight Potential Benefit of Unique OROS(r)Formulation SAN DIEGO, CA, May 22, 2007 - Stimulant drug abuse remains anongoing concern for parents and physicians who prescribemedications to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD). Data presented on Tuesday at the 160th Annual...

Abbott Researchers Focus on New Cutting-Edge Approaches in the Fight Against Cancer

Scientists to Present Data on Innovative Oncology Compounds at theAmerican Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting ABBOTT PARK, Ill., April 13, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fordecades, scientists have looked for new therapies that targetcancer. Researchers now know that cancer cells have several uniquecharacteristics -- they require new blood vessels to deliver oxygenand nutrient...