Salmon go veggie to save wild fish stocks
Salmon, like humans, require omega-3 fatty acids in their diet to function healthily. But as the fish farming industry expands, feeding salmon and other aquatic species with pellets containing fishmeal and oil derived from processing wild-caught marine fish is unsustainable in the long term. This is due to rising demands for these commodities for aquafeeds and other purposes in the face of finite...H5N1 vaccine could be basis for life-saving stockpile
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have announced that a vaccine they developed a few years ago against one antigenic variant of the avian influenza virus H5N1 may protect humans against future variants of the virus. Vaccines based on this model might therefore be suitable for stockpiling for use during a pandemic (worldwide epidemic) until a new vaccine could be developed specif...Tweedle coat fashions stocky flies
University of California, San Diego biologists have discovered that disruptions in genes they call Tweedles make fruit flies short and stout like Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Alice in Wonderland. They report in this week's issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that a defective TweedleD protein in the outer coat of fly larvae makes them appear compressed....NovaBlue Glycerol Stock from Novagen
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going from a one percent decline to a very robust eight percent growth for the first half. Not far behind was the <a href="http://www.nasdaq...Madison's PunchStock acquired by Getty Images
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition reportedly is part of a business strateg...Midwest life science stocks sizzle in a tepid first quarter
The major life scie...Sonic Foundry completes $11.25M stock offer
The company announced on Dec. 21 the offering of common stock at $3.75 per share, marketed to institutional investors following a shelf-registration statement previously file...Sonic Foundry sets $3.75 stock price
Proceeds from the offering, which is expected to close on Dec. 27, 2006, will be used to support research and development and capital spending related to the company's search technology...Bird Flu Threat Prompts Stockpiling Of Food And Medicine In America
It has been urged by the Federal Government to stockpile medicines and food owing to the possibility of potential bird flu pandemic in America.// A pandemic is said to occur when a new strain of the influenza virus gets transmitted from one person to the other, thereby causing serious human illness. Warning has already been issued regarding the mutation of the H5N1 virus into a more p...Wake Up Call: U.N Takes Stock to Curb Fake Medicines Racket
The Counterfeit Medicines Racket is growing at alarming proportions. The United Nations has risen to the occasion, driving a // world wide initiative , by way of a task force team that would strive to put an end to the sale of counterfeit drugs. A three day meeting is underway in Rome, starting today, February 16th, where all the key players - Pharamaceutical companies, Regulatory bodies and gro...Stockings Effective In Reducing The Effects Of Deep Vein Thrombosis
A latest study shows elastic compression stockings can reduce complications after a blood clot in the leg ,though they tend to be very uncomfortable .// Some of the common complications with deep vein thrombosis, or a blood clot, in the leg include swelling, skin discoloration, numbness, chronic pain, hardening of the skin, and leg sores. It has been suggested that elastic stockings coul...Risk of deep vein thrombosis less in people who were flight stockings when flying
Graduated compression stockings that are worn during long hours of flying can significantly reduce the risk// of deep vein thrombosis. Researchers of the study had compared nine studies of nearly 2500 passengers who had flown long distance in airlines. The researchers had carried out the research where they had advised all the participants of the study to walk or exercise regularly, dr...Health and Human Services stockpiles 20 million bird flu Vaccines
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to stock vaccines and anti-viral drugs for 20 million people has come under strong criticism for the past some days by Infectious Diseases // Society of America and other critics who say that the stocks are not enough and HHS should stock at least 100 million vaccine stocks in order to effectively prevent flu pandemic. HHS earlier ann...BioPro® Uni Knee, Total Resurfacing Preserves Bone Stock
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