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Watson Pharmaceuticals and Arrow Group Receive FTC Second Request

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI ), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has received a request for additional information from the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") in connection with Watson's...

The Ensign Group Reports Second Quarter 2009 Earnings of $0.39 per Share; Reaffirms 2009 EPS Guidance

MISSION VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Ensign Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENSG ), the parent company of the Ensign(TM) group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services and assisted living companies, today reported record results for the second quarter of f...

Emdeon Closes The Sentinel Group Acquisition, Implements First Customer in Less than 30 Days

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Emdeon, a leader in revenue and payment cycle management solutions, today announced the implementation of its first major customer following the recent acquisition of The Sentinel Group. The Sentinel Group, a recognized leader in healthcare fraud ...

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group to Announce 2009 Second Quarter Earnings on Monday, August 17, 2009

NANJING, China, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (NYSE: SCR ), a leading manufacturer and supplier of branded generic and innovative anti-cancer pharmaceuticals in China, announced today that it intends to release its 2009 second quarter results on Monday, August 17, ...

St. Joseph Health System-Sonoma County Partners With Aegis Health Group to Bring Health-Management Program to Area Employers

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Joseph Health System-Sonoma County, which includes Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, a 279-bed acute-care facility on California's northern coast, and its 80-bed sister facility, Petaluma Valley Hospital, selected Aegis Health Group to design...

Madzone Marketing LLC Taps TransMedia Group to Provide Publicity Lift to Knife and Forklift(TM)

BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- MadZone Marketing LLC, "the shopping asylum for wacky products," has retained the international PR firm, TransMedia Group, to publicize its wackiest of all offerings, the Knife and Forklift(TM), designed to enable dieters to exercise while eating ( ...

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Group in Medical Technology

Debiopharm Group and Mercury Therapeutics, Inc. Sign an Exclusive License Agreement for the Development and Commercialisation of Debio 0930

LAUSANNE, Switzerland and WOBURN, Massachusetts, August 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Debiopharm Group (Debiopharm), a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical group of companies with a focus on the development of prescription drugs that target unmet medical needs, and Mercury Therapeutics, Inc. (Mercury), a ...

Commonwealth Fund Case Study Points to 'Continuous Innovation' at Group Health Cooperative

SEATTLE, June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Commonwealth Fund case study notes that Group Health Cooperative is structured with incentives aligned "to launch innovations and organize services in ways that make the most sense operationally and clinically." The case study -- along oth...

Top Medical Research Centers Form Velos Advisory Group for Service-Oriented Architecture

- Objectives Include Interoperability, Collaboration, Clinical Research Advancement - SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, one of the nation's leading centers for cancer care and research, has been instrumental in establishing a Velos A...

New Federal Stem Cell Rules Would Hinder Existing Research, Consumer Group Warns

NIH Should Fix Standards to Allow Use of Current Stem Cell Lines SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- -- Regulations governing stem cell research proposed by the Obama Administration -- unless modified before final implementation on July 1 -- prohibit federal fund...

Encorium Group Provides Update to LOI with Respect to the Sale of its U.S. Business

WAYNE, Pa., May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Encorium Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENCO ), a full service multinational contract research organization (CRO) that provides design, development, and management capabilities for clinical trials and patient registries to many of the world's leading pharmace...

The Villa Group Informs on Mexico Travel Plans in Wake of Swine Flu Outbreak

SAN DIEGO, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Villa Group is closely monitoring the recent swine flu outbreak in Mexico and has taken all appropriate steps to ensure the safety and health of all resort guests and employees. None of the Villa Group resort properties (located in Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Val...

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Group in Medical Products

Streptococcus pyogenes, Group A Antibody (Streptozyme) with Reflex to Titer

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' client...
Company:ARUP Laboratories

Streptococcus Group B by PCR

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' client...
Company:ARUP Laboratories

Rapid Streptococcus Group A Panel

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' client...
Company:ARUP Laboratories

Norovirus Group 1 & 2 Detection by RT-PCR

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' client...
Company:ARUP Laboratories

Chlamydia Group Antibody, Screen

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' client...
Company:ARUP Laboratories

Legionella Antibody (Indirect) Test Kits Group 1

Description: Inverness Medical Professional Diagnostics is a leading provider of immunofluorescence assays, with an extensive IFA and DFA test menu that includes kits for autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases and STDs as well as miscellaneous conjugates and components. Our Impact IFA Test Systems give you a ...
Company:Inverness Medical Innovations

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Group in Medical Definition

American Dietetic Association

... students, clinical and community dietetics professionals, consultants and food service managers. ADA was founded in 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio , by a group of women led by Lenna F. Cooper and ADA's first president, Lulu C. Graves , who were dedicated to helping the government conserve food and improve p...

Artecoll

... upper lips and in the nasolabial folds. A similar group of patients received injections of ordinary collag...onth follow up, the researchers found the Artecoll group showed 86.7 percent better augmentation of loose skin than the group which received only collagen. Adverse reactions to...

Breath-holding spells

...rospective Study of Children with Cyanotic and Pallid Breath Holding Spells. Pediatrics February 2001 External links An online Support group for Parents of Breath Holders has been started at http://groups.msn.com/BreathHoldingSpellsSupportGroup/ ...

Biotextile

... and parts of artificial hearts. They were first created 30 years ago by a professor in NC State’s College of Textiles. Medical textiles are a broader group wich also include bandages, wound dressings, hospital linnen, preventive clothing etc. Antiseptic biotextiles are textiles used in fighting against cu...

Canadian Health Libraries Association

...was held in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. The Canadian group of the MLA met there (it was its second meeting, h...ical schools under the aegis of the ACMC. The ACMC group had been officially formed in 1967 and first met i...raries that had been founded in 1961. The second group which was active in 1975 was the Health Sciences S...

Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition

...ic strengthening, such as in long-term potentiation (Carlson et al. 2002). A note on DSE While working with the cerebellum, Kreitzer's group also discovered that depolarization of Purkinje cells could also cause a temporary reduction in excitatory input into these cells from both climbing f...

Group in Medical Dictionary

Support group

In a support group , members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic. The help may take the form of providing and... Specialists in multi-platform, client/server, and file server databas...

Glaucoma

... Glaucoma refers to a group of diseases that affect the optic nerve and involves a loss of retinal g... is also more likely to develop in persons who are ... Glaucoma is a group of disorders leading to progressive damage to the optic nerve, and is chara...

Zygote

...The term is also used more loosely to refer to the group of cells formed by the first few cell division... time were ... Zygote reconstruction strategies: group I— zygote reconstructed by placing PNs ... .....gy, genetics of zygote , and ... Zygote Media group Endorses New 3D Software Technology for Consumer M...

Zinc

... Zinc is a metallic chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is a first-row transition metal in group 12 of the periodic table. Zinc is chemically similar to magnesium because its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2. Zin...

Yeast infection

...? ... What Is a Yeast Infection ? A yeast infection , also known as candidiasis (pronounced: ... Candidiasis is an infection caused by a group of microscopic fungi or yeast . ... Rarely, the yeast infection may spread throughout the body. ... Vaginal yeast infections , also called...

Yeast Infections

...ial vaginosis and trichomoniasis, can cause vaginal symptoms similar to those of a yeast infection . Candidiasis is an infection caused by a group of microscopic fungi or yeast . ... Yeast infections are more common after menopause. ... If you have recurrent yeast infections , do not ...

Group in Biological News

U Alberta researcher in same group as Darwin and Hawking

EdmontonJohn Vederas, a University of Alberta professor in the department of chemistry, has been named to the Royal Society, the national academy of science of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. The ceremony takes place the week of July 6 in London. Included in the Royal Society's members...

Explorations Group Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire Specialty Lighting Company

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Explorations Group Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EXGI), announced today that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Daniel R. Smith & Associates, Inc. ("DRSA"), a South Florida-based specialty lighting company for a total ...

Explorations Group Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire Specialty Lighting Company

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Explorations Group Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EXGI), announced today that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Daniel R. Smith & Associates, Inc. ("DRSA"), a South Florida-based specialty lighting company for a total ...

Explorations Group Acquires Hawk Biometric Technologies, Inc.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Explorations Group Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EXGI), announced today that it has acquired Florida-based Hawk Biometric Technologies, Inc., a developer of patented biometric systems for the automotive, real estate and maritime industries. Hawk Biometric's ...

BIO-key's(R) Law Enforcement Group Awarded $700,000 in New Contracts

40% of Third Quarter Orders Driven by New User Agencies WALL, N.J., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety, announced today that its Law Enforcement group ha...

Recurrence of group B strep high in subsequent pregnancies, say UT Houston obstetricians

A new study by researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston could help experts better decide whether to continue the current practice of retesting women during their second pregnancies for a common bacterial infection if they had tested positive for the infection previously. ...

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Group in Biological Technology

Microparts interest group workshop

Recent advances in modern manufacturing techniques has made it possible to manufacture small and complex components to extremely high accuracies. In direct response to the extreme demands of quality assurance for the measurement of size, form and position of microsystem parts, extensive research i...

Encorium Group Completes Sale of its U.S. Business to Pierrel Research USA; Announces Management Changes

WAYNE, Pa., July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Encorium Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENCO ), a full service multinational clinical research organization (CRO) that provides design, development, and management capabilities for clinical trials and patient registries to many of the world's leading ph...

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Notice of Annual General Meeting

NANJING, China, July 14 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (NYSE: SCR ) ("Simcere" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer and supplier of branded generic and innovative pharmaceuticals in China, today announced that the annual general meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting")...

Stem Cell Cord Blood 'Banking' Is Huge Global Business for Hospitals, Says CEO of Bio-Matrix Scientific Group Inc.

SAN DIEGO, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- David Koos, Chairman and CEO of San Diego-based Bio-Matrix Scientific Group Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BMSN), today said that he believes that stem cell cord blood banking is a "huge business opportunity for hospitals worldwide." The Bio-Matrix CEO stat...

Encorium Group Updates Expected Timeframe with Respect to the Sale of its U.S. Business

WAYNE, Pa., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Encorium Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENCO ) , a full service multinational contract research organization (CRO) that provides design, development, and management capabilities for clinical trials and patient registries to many of the world's leading pharmace...

New England Journal of Medicine Study Highlights Need for Rapid, PCR-based Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Testing at Time of Admission for Labor and Delivery

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD ) today noted that a new article, Evaluation of Universal Antenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus, published in the June 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that rapid, PCR-based testing at...

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Group in Biological Products

Mouse Anti-Salmonella 0 - 12 A B D group Monoclonal Antibody, Unconjugated, Clone 10D9H from ABR-Affinity BioReagents

Description: Immunogen: Heat inactivated bacterial cells of Salmonella enteriditis,paratyphi and typhimurium Storage: 4 C...
Company:ABR-Affinity BioReagents

ProPrep BAC 960 from Biotech Support Group

Description: Sequencing Quality 96 Well BAC Prep; Ideal for mini-prep BAC template preparation from 1.5ml 2xYT cultures; Provides high-quality DNA suitable for automated fluorescent sequencing for small to large insert DNA; Utilizes ProPrep strategy which minimizes shearing and improves yield; Adapts easily to ...
Company:Biotech Support Group

ProPrep BAC 960 from Biotech Support Group

Description: Sequencing Quality 96 Well BAC Prep; Ideal for mini-prep BAC template preparation from 1.5ml 2xYT cultures; Provides high-quality DNA suitable for automated fluorescent sequencing for small to large insert DNA; Utilizes ProPrep strategy which minimizes shearing and improves yield; Adapts easily to ...
Company:Biotech Support Group

Viraffinity 500 from Biotech Support Group

Description: Solid phase reagent for Virus isolation and purification; Easy & unique water insoluble Elastomeric Polyelectrolyte; Compatible with detergents and chaotropes; Engineered to capture & recover non-envelop viruses while preserving infectivity; Involves no ultracentrifugation. Automation compatible....
Company:Biotech Support Group

Viraffinity 15 from Biotech Support Group

Description: Solid phase reagent for Virus isolation and purification; Easy & unique water insoluble Elastomeric Polyelectrolyte; Compatible with detergents and chaotropes; Engineered to capture & recover non-envelop viruses while preserving infectivity; Involves no ultracentrifugation. Automation compatible....
Company:Biotech Support Group

Viraffinity 100 from Biotech Support Group

Description: Solid phase reagent for Virus isolation and purification; Easy & unique water insoluble Elastomeric Polyelectrolyte; Compatible with detergents and chaotropes; Engineered to capture & recover non-envelop viruses while preserving infectivity; Involves no ultracentrifugation. Automation compatible....
Company:Biotech Support Group

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Group in Biological Definition

Coenzyme A

...ters . A molecule of coenzyme A carrying an acetyl group is also referred to as acetyl-CoA . Acetyl-CoA ...ynthesis. Furthermore, it contributes the acetyl group to acetylcholine ; the addition of the acetyl group to choline a reaction that is catalysed by chol...

Affinity chromatography

... 3 Batch verses column 4 Affinity Chromatography Protocols General Procedure Usually the starting point is an undefined heterogeneous group of molecules in solution, such as a cell lysate, growth medium or blood serum. The molecule of interest will have a well known and defined property wh...

Alcohol

...ied to any organic compound in which a hydroxyl group ( - O H ) is bound to a carbon atom, which in...links Structure The functional group of an alcohol is a hydroxyl group bonded to an sp 3 hybridized carbon. It can the...

Alga

...re is considerable diversity in chloroplasts among the group, some members presumably having acquired theirs from other sources. The Apicomplexa , a group of closely related parasites, also have plastids though not actual chloroplasts, which appear to have a common origin with those of the dinoflagella...

Alpha helix

... amino acid side-chains are arranged at the outside of the helix. The N-H group of amino acid (n) can establish a hydrogen bond with the C=O group of amino acid (n+4). Short polypeptides usually are not able to adopt t...

Amine

...ere the nitrogen is bonded to a carbon atom in the group (groups symbolized by R below). However, if any...the above reactions can also be some other leaving group forming a corresponding acid or anion. Because...lly possible, the nitrogen in the amine functional group will usually not be a chiral center. The ...

Group in Biological Dictionary

Phosphate group

A phosphate , an inorganic chemical, is a salt of phosphoric acid. ... the group donates the two hydrogen atoms and ionizes as a phosphate group with a ... Hypophosphatemia is an electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood. The con...

Linkage group

Genetic linkage occurs when particular genetic loci or alleles for genes are inherited jointly. Genetic loci on the same chromosome are physically connected and tend to stay together during meiosis, and are thus genetically linked. This is called autosomal linkage .... linkage grou...

Zygote

... used to describe the first stage of a new unique organism when it consists of just a single cell. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the group of cells formed by the first few cell divisions, although... 3D computer modeling company. zygote ( ) n. The cell formed by the union of...

Xeroderma pigmentosum

..., forums, prevention, and prognosis. Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a group of rare inherited skin disorders ... The earliest signs of xeroderma pig... include excessive freckling and ... Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a group of rare inherited skin disorders ... Xeroderma pigmentosum affects the ...

X chromosome

...nline encyclopedia article on X chromosome (genetics), ...the sex chromosomes , designated XX in females and XY in males. The loci of the blood group ... used the X chromosome , particularly for investigating ... of the X chromosome for addressing the ... genetics, as this is the area to w...

Vertebrates

...e Hyperoartia, or lampreys, and the Gnathostomata, or jawed vertebrates . Terrestrial vertebrates have a worldwide distribution. ... The largest group of terrestrial vertebrates is Tetrapoda (see the section " ... Home page for vertebrate paleontology at the U.S. Geological Survey ... Ver...