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Grid bridges 4,800 miles for molecular repositories

In a bid to facilitate collaboration among other biomolecular researchers, the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has become the first institution outside the United Kingdom to join the Biological Simulation Grid Consortium of Great Britain. The BioSimGrid was organized to support research at the universities of Oxford, Southampton, Bristol, Birkbeck, Nottingham a...

Otherworldly bacteria discovered two miles down

Researchers have discovered an isolated, self-sustaining, bacterial community living under extreme conditions almost two miles deep beneath the surface in a South African gold mine. It is the first microbial community demonstrated to be exclusively dependent on geologically produced sulfur and hydrogen and one of the few ecosystems found on Earth that does not depend on energy from the Sun in any...

Cloned mice created from fully differentiated cells, a milestone in cloning research

New research dismisses the notion that adult stem cells are necessary for successful animal cloning, proving instead that cells that have completely evolved to a specific type not only can be used for cloning purposes, but they may be a better and more efficient starting point. As proof, researchers report they created two mouse pups from a type of blood cell that itself is incapable of dividing...
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Third Wave Achieves Milestone, Delivers 200,000 SNP Assays to RIKEN In Japan

MADISON, Wis. -- Since the beginning of 2003, Third Wave has been supplying its Invader SNP assays to Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, group directo...
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Cancer Research: Yet Another Milestone

Chih-Jian Lih, a research associate, and his colleagues working in the laboratory of Dr. Stanley N. Cohen, at Stanford University, have identified a gene that controls// the sensitivity of human cancer cells to chemotherapy. This finding is a milestone in the path of research striving towards increased effectiveness of chemotherapy. Their paper will be published online in advance of i...

Tooth-Whitening Products Work for Brightening Smiles in Short Term

If you're tempted to pick up one of those tooth-whitening products at the drugstore or dentist’s office, rest assured: a new review of existing research suggests there's a good chance they’re effective. // "All the products seem to work," said Dr. Hana Hasson, clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan and lead author of the review. "They were dependable in terms of eff...

Year 2010 Envisioned to be Milestone Year for Malaria Vaccine

Maputo – Trials for the malaria vaccine are underway in Mozambique, certainly not a farfetched goal of realizing the malaria vaccine in the market by 2010. The production// of the vaccine is estimated at about $60-million. The country's deputy health minister, Aida Libombo, while addressing a gathering of health officials said 'We think the first malaria vaccine will be available by 2...

Irish Dentists Wipe The Smiles Off Their Patients

As Ireland still struggles with the chaos created by striking nurses, dentists have thrown in their bit of fuel, into the fire. // Over a million medical card holders stand to lose access to free oral healthcare, in the wake of the Irish Dental Association (IDA) voting for a withdrawal of support for the Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS). According to the IDA, the DTSS...

Eurand and GSK Reach Development Milestone

Eurand N.V., a global specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that Eurand, Inc. and its collaboration partner, GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK), reached a significant milestone in the development of an orally disintegrating tablet formulation of an undisclosed compound. GSK has started a registration bioequivalence study for the new formulation and will make a milestone paymen...

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Dall-Miles™ Recon and Trauma Cable System

Description:In 1985, the worlds first multi-filament orthopaedic cable, Dall-Miles™, was introduced by Howmedica Osteonics as a means of providing superior fixation over monofilament wire for trochanteric reattachment procedures. Today, with more than 100 published clinical papers demonstrating clinical successes, the Dall-Miles™ Cable System continues to set the clinical standard in cable fixati...
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MIV Therapeutics Announces Renowned Researcher to Detail Milestone Pre-Clinical Results at Prominent International Conference EuroPCR 2007

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2007 - MIV Therapeutics(OTCBB:MIVT) (FWB:MIV), a leading developer of next generationbiocompatible coatings and advanced drug delivery systems forCardiovascular stents and other implantable medical devices, ispleased to announce that results from an animal trial comparing itsproprietary polymer free Hydroxyapatite-coated drug-elutingcardiovascular stent to...

Micromet Achieves Milestone in BiTE Research Collaboration with MedImmune

CARLSBAD, Calif., April 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/Micromet, Inc. today announced the achievement of a milestone inits research collaboration with MedImmune, Inc. for the developmentof new BiTE(R) molecules targeting carcinoembryonal antigen (CEA),a validated tumor- associated antigen frequently expressed onvarious human carcinomas. Preclinical data recently presented atthe 2007 Annu...

Schering-Plough Addresses Major Milestones and Challenges in Treatment of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

Highlights key data at the 42nd annual meeting of the EuropeanAssociation for the Study of the Liver (EASL) KENILWORTH, N.J., April 11, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Schering-Plough Corporation reaffirms its commitment to advancingthe science and treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)infection with several key data presentations at the EuropeanAssociation for the Study of the Liver...
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