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Solutions that reduce death of marine life reeled in by International Smart Gear Competition

As the world prepared to observe Earth Day, World Wildlife Fund and its partners in the International Smart Gear Competition announced three new winning solutions to prevent the accidental maiming and killing of marine mammals, juvenile fish, and sea turtles that become ensnared by fishing nets and longlines--a problem known as bycatch--while also improving the efficiency of commercial fishing.</...

'Smart drug' targets deadly brain cancer

A study led by Mayo Clinic researchers and conducted by the North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) reports that a new "smart" drug treatment for an incurable form of recurrent brain cancer slowed tumor growth in more than one-third of the 65 adult patients who tried it. The same research team also developed a screening technique to help predict which patients will respond best to this treat...

MIT engineers an anti-cancer smart bomb

Imagine a cancer drug that can burrow into a tumor, seal the exits and detonate a lethal dose of anti-cancer toxins, all while leaving healthy cells unscathed. The dual-chamber, double-acting, drug-packing "nanocell" proved effective and safe, with prolonged survival, against two distinct forms of cancers--melanoma and L...

'Smart' nanoprobes light up disease

Researchers from Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) have developed a "smart" beacon hundreds of times smaller than a human cell that is programmed to light up only when activated by specific proteases. Altered expression of particular proteases is a common hallmark of cancer, atherosclerosis, and many other diseases. In the September issue of th...

Genetic testing still smart choice, despite uncertainties

Screening embryos for genetic diseases during in vitro fertilization offers couples the best chance for a healthy child, but a genetic glitch could potentially cause doctors to misdiagnose a small fraction of them, University of Florida researchers say. Citing concerns about the accuracy of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, the method many practitioners use to pick the healthiest embryos...

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Smarter Fermentation System Controller for One Vessel from Major Science

Description:One controller two vessel system suitable for early stage of fermentation, and small scale, Application : cultivation of microorganisms and human or animal cells...
Company:Major Science

SmartScan Solo from ABgene

Description:A compact, high-speed single tube reader unit designed for benchtop 2D barcode reading. The unit can be used with all of ABgene's 2D barcoded tubes, including the 2ml CryoCode tube....
Company:ABgene

Smart Scan 96 from ABgene

Description:A camera based compact unit for high speed scanning of 2D barcoded tubes in a cluster rack. This reader has been designed to read both 96 and 48 tube rack configurations and be compatible with commonly used software applications in the lab....
Company:ABgene

SmartSpec 3000 Spectrophotometer from Bio-Rad

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Company:Bio-Rad

2 ml SmartScan Racks from ABgene

Description:2 ml SmartScan Racks...
Company:ABgene

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Are siRNA Pools Smart?

Screening with small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) is an important method for identifying genes involved in biological pathways. This article analyzes the effectiveness of two strategies--transfection of individual siRNAs and transfection of pools of siRNAs--for large-scale screeni...

Treo 700w solves my smart phone woes

. I lay much of the responsibility for the poor design at the door of Cingular and its ODM partner, HTC. Windows Mobile 5 is what it is - a platform - and in its raw fo...

"Smart" lenses hold commercial potential

Researchers at the are investigating a liquid lens design that automatically adapts to environme...

PDS debuts managed smartphone service

"We've had IT managers tell us it's just too hard to deliver the right devices and keep them working, especially as more employees are allowed to have...

Promega spins off RFID 'smart appliance' company

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Smart Plastic As Surigical Thread

By inserting a “memory” into a plastic material, researchers say they have created a surgical thread that can ties itself into a knot. The same substance may also be used for medial implants such as stents or bone screws. The material, made of thermoplastic polymers that an be absorbed by the body, an be engineered// to assume s string-like shape at room temperature and then transform...

Music Makes you Smarter

Mothers around the world will be pleased with a new study suggesting music lessons help improve a child's memory skills. The study, conducted by researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, indicates children with musical training have significantly better verbal memory than their peers without training. Researchers put 135 boys between ages 6 and 15 through a series of memory tes...

An Anti-cancer Smart Bomb delivered using a Nanocell

A nanocell that can work like a smart bomb for cancer treatment is to be reported in Nature by MIT. The nanocell will work by penetrating into the tumor, seal the opening and then deliver the lethal dose of anti-cancer toxins like a ‘stealth bimb’.// This will leave the healthy cells unharmed. The experiments currently done on mice cancer like melanoma and lung cancer have the po...

Smart drugs for alcohol hangovers not effective

Party alcohol hangovers cannot be cured by taking medications reports a study published in British Medical Journal. Researchers have found from review of eight // clinical trials that complementary and allopathic medicines have no cure in reducing hangovers which occur after alcohol consumption. Some of the common hangover symptoms are headache, nausea, vomiting, red eye, tremor, thirst, diarrhea...

Need For Smarter Ways To Identify Fake Drugs & Internet Counterfeiting: WHO

The WHO has warned that it is high time for the medicine industry to embrace product-tracking technologies such as radio frequency identification tags that would help identify fake medicines. // Alarmingly, such substandard counterfeit medicines that are deliberately mislabeled to cheat customers have been found to contain even poisonous substances, unfit for human use. These medicine...

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Smart Refractor RT-5100

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Company:NIDEK, Inc.

OSV II Smart Valve

Description:OSV II Smart ValveTM, Hakim, H-V Lumbar Valve system is the intelligent choice for meeting the complex demands of hydrocephalus shunting. Automatic pressure response causes the valve to adjust automatically to the conditions present, eliminating the need for pressure range changes or reprogramming....
Company:Integra LifeSciences Corporation

SmartPLUG™

Description:The SmartPLUG from Medennium is an innovative device used to occlude the "punctum" or tear duct, and conserve the eye's natural tears. SmartPLUG is designed to fit a range of punctum sizes. Made of a flexible thermosensitive acrylic material, SmartPLUG adjusts to the exact shape and size of the punctum....
Company:Medennium, Inc.

WaveMap™ & SmartWire™ Pressure System

Description:The WaveMap provides immediate clinical decision making information with automatic calculation of pressure gradients and FFR measurements.SmartWire Pressure Guide Wire - The intelligent choice in pressure guide wires!...
Company:Volcano Therapeutics, Inc.

Smartmap Pressure Instrument

Description:Small size means convenient set up in any cath lab. System so versatile it can be mounted on I.V. pole or bedside, or bagged in sterile field....
Company:Volcano Therapeutics, Inc.

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Arisaph Pharmaceuticals Announces Results of its Potent Smart DPP-4 Inhibitor, ARI-2243, at the ADA

- ARI-2243 is an highly potent DPP-4 inhibitor, possessing Ki of 27pM BOSTON, June 25, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Arisaph Pharmaceuticals,Inc., a privately held drug discovery biopharmaceutical company,announced today the results of its potent, smart DPP-4 inhibitor,ARI-2243, presented at the 67th session of the American DiabetesAssociation meeting in Chicago, Illinois. The results showed that...