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Adding Radiation Therapy To Chemotherapy Improves Survival In Patients With High-risk Breast Cancer

For patients with high-risk breast cancer treated with radical mastectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy, the addition of radiation therapy leads to better survival outcomes with few long-term toxic effects, according to a 20-year follow-up of a randomized trial, which appears in the January 19 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The British Columbia randomized radiation the...

Another Look Finds Promising Proteomics Test is Not Biologically Plausible

In a new study, researchers present a “cautionary tale?about what may go wrong when using the fledgling science of proteomics to devise a diagnostic test for cancer. In the February 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center detail why an experimental test intended to identify early ovarian cancer from a...

Elephants imitate truck noises, other animals

Elephants learn to imitate sounds that are not typical of their species, the first known example after humans of vocal learning in a non-primate terrestrial mammal. The discovery, reported in today's Nature, further supports the idea that vocal learning is important for maintaining individual social relationships among animals that separate and reunite over time, like dolphins and whales, some bi...

Deficiency of growth hormone and IGF-1 reduces cancer and kidney disease, but creates other problems

Deficiencies of growth hormone and similar compounds may reduce cancer and kidney disease late in life, but also may lead to cartilage degeneration and impaired memory and learning ability, according to research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and four other institutions. The researchers used a rat model to explore the effects of growth hormone and another compound, IGF-1...

NJIT Presidential Award winner takes stem cell research another step

Treena Arinzeh, a young professor who last year won a Presidential Award, the nation's highest scientific honor, is bringing the promise of stem cell research one step closer to reality. Arinzeh, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at NJIT, is researching the use of stem cells to induce bone repair. Her research will help diabetics whose impaired bones will not properly heal...

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Bacillus stearothermophilus Glycerokinase from Roche Applied Science

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dextran bibliography (includes references for dextrans from Molecular Probes and from other sources) from Molecular Probes (Invitrogen)

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BioTherm Taq DNA Polymerase from eEnzyme LLC

Description:BioTherm DNA polymerase is a thermostable DNA polymerase purified from the Thermus aquaticus strain in accordance with the procedures developed by Kaledin (1,2,3) for the isolation of thermostable enzymes processing DNA polymerase activity from thermophilic bacteria. Amplification of DNA fragments (100 bp to 10kb) can be achieved with this enzyme. The enzyme has both 5'-3' polymerase- and 5'-3' e...
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EasySep Biotin Selection Kit, Other from StemCell Technologies, Inc.

Description:This kit is designed to select cells labeled with biotinylated antibodies. Kit includes reagents for labeling 3 x 10 cells and EasySep magnet....
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EasySep PE Selection Kit, Other from StemCell Technologies, Inc.

Description:This kit is designed to select cells labeled with phycoerythrin- (PE-) conjugated antibodies. Kit includes reagents for labeling 3 x 10 cells and EasySep magnet....
Company:StemCell Technologies, Inc.

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Wisconsin tries to woo another stem cell company

The company, spun out of the in Athens in 2003, has received funding commi...

Improve your networking skills by learning from other professionals

Without effective and proper networking techniques, you may not be maximizing your time while attending events or when reaching out to other professionals. While people have their own networking style that works for them, it may not work for others. You need to do what works best for you and your personality. At the same time, it never hurts to learn new ideas about networking from other...

IBM takes one direction, Milwaukee entrepreneurs the other

I spent the morning with Milwaukee entrepreneurs at eForum 2005, where one of the hot topics was the shift from selling services to selling products. The thinking was that it's easier to grow per-employee revenue selling products. Later that day, IBM announced that its year over year earnings were doing...

Using THERMAL DESORPTION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY for the identification of fragrance and other components in cosmetic products

Because of the solid or viscous nature of these formul...

Milwaukee takes another step in electronic patient data exchange

Metropolitan Milwaukee healthcare providers took an initial step toward providing emergency room physicians with specific patient information with the formal establishment...

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Another ray of hope for Arthritis Sufferers

Arthritis causes inflammation of a joint or joints and the surrounding tissues and affects millions of people all over the world. Anti-arthritic drugs can cause side effects and surgery can be expensive, however there is hope from a natural product liquid glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates. Some excellent results with an approach based on a combination of the two supplements have been reported...

Another injectable contraceptive Pill approved by FDA

Lunelle-a monthly injectable contraceptive pill has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration in USA. It is more than 99 percent effective when women get the shot once every month according to the company release marketing the pill. Lunelle is an alternative to another injectable contraceptive called Depo-Provera that lasts three months. It works Like many other birt...

Endangered species may be successfully cloned in another animal's womb

Scientists for the first time have found a way for the survival of endangered animal species of the world. In a major breakthrough a Massachusetts scientists who engineered the feat has managed to clone cells from an endangered animal (Asian Gaur) and successfully impregnated an Iowa cow with the clone. The scientific journal Cloning has reported in its upcoming edition that...

Acupuncture May Help Chemotherapy Side Effects

Oriental medical practice of Acupuncture along with commonly used medications may help ease the distressing and disabling side effects of chemotherapy for breast cancer patients, if researchers at National Institute of Health (NIH) are to be believed. According to Dr. Joannieshen MD, MPH, research associate at NIH, electro-acupuncture was more effective in controlling vomiting than...

Spouses and other partners lower blood pressure says new research

The May issue of Psychosomatic medicine reports that spending a little quality time with one's spouse and other partners seems to have a calming influence on a person's blood pressure. In a study that used portable monitors to track people's blood pressure, it turned out that the participants' pressure was lowest when they were with their partners, regardless of what they were doing....

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Caro/Avalos LASIK Flap Smoother

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GORE SMOOTHER Crucial Tool

Description:The drilling and rasping necessary in cruciate ligament reconstruction procedures frequently leaves debris and roughness on the bone surface. This condition, if not rectified with a smoothing device, can damage the cruciate replacement. The GORE SMOOTHER Crucial Tool is designed to facilitate cruciate ligament reconstruction procedures. The tool functions as both a trial graft and a smoothing, me...
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Cryotherm Shoulder Wrap

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Cryotherm Back Wrap

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Cryotherm Wrist Wrap

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GTC Biotherapeutics to Webcast Corporate Presentation at the C.E. Unterberg, Towbin Emerging Growth Life Opportunities Conference

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 5, 2007 - GTCBiotherapeutics, Inc. ("GTC", Nasdaq: GTCB) announced today thatGeoffrey Cox, Ph.D., GTC's Chairman and CEO, is scheduled topresent on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. during the C.E.Unterberg, Towbin Emerging Growth Life Opportunities Conference.The conference is being held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, NewYork, New York from July...

YM BioSciences Announces Preclinical Data Confirming Nimotuzumab Binds to the EGF Receptor and Potentiates Radiotherapy

MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 09, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - YMBioSciences Inc. , an oncology company that identifies, developsand commercializes differentiated products for patients worldwide,today announced that a study presented by investigators from KinkiUniversity School of Medicine and Kyoto University at the 11thmeeting of The Japanese Association for Molecular Target Therapy ofCancer...

Pharmacyclics Announces Interim Results From Two Ongoing Phase 2 Trials Supporting Potential of Xcytrin Plus Chemotherapy to Treat Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

WAILEA, Hawaii and SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 27, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. today announcedpreliminary results from two open-label, multi-center Phase 2clinical trials supporting the potential use of Xcytrin(R)(motexafin gadolinium) Injection, the company's lead productcandidate, in combination with Alimta(R) (pemetrexed) and incombination with Taxotere(R) (docetaxel...

Pieris Progresses Development of its Proprietary Biotherapeutics Platform: Successful Demonstration of Dual Targeting With Duocalin(R) Technology

FREISING-WEIHENSTEPHAN, Germany, June 21, 2007 /PRNewswire/ --Pieris AG, a bio-pharmaceutical company developing Anticalins(R), anovel class of targeted human protein therapeutics, announced todaythat its proprietary Duocalin(R) technology has successfullydemonstrated dual targeting potential. Commenting on this development, Dr Andreas Hohlbaum, Director ofScience and Preclinical D...

July Issue of Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Highlights Study of Factive Tablets for Five-Day Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 12, 2007 - Results from thesuccessful clinical trial of Oscient Pharmaceuticals' (Nasdaq:OSCI) FACTIVE(R) (gemifloxacin mesylate) tablets for the five-daytreatment of community-acquired pneumonia of mild to moderateseverity (CAP) have been published in the July issue of thepeer-reviewed Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, currentlyavailable in advance...

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