Scientists Track Impact of DNA Damage in the Developing Brain
St. Jude technique yields clues about brain cells targeted by faulty single-strand DNA repair and offers new hints about the roots of neurological disease
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Switching off a key DNA repair system in the developing nervous system is...
Mylan Reiterates and Stands Behind Its 48-Year Commitment and Track Record of Quality
PITTSBURGH, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL ) released the following response to a news article published earlier today:
"An article published today about an issue related to a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) was based on improperly obtained documen...
Swine Flu Vaccine on Track for Fall: CDC
New U.S. outbreak likely in coming months; children and young adults still primary targets,,
FRIDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials said Friday that development of a vaccine for the H1N1 swine flu is on track, with the first doses possibly ready by the fall.
Initi...
Electronic System Helps Track Diabetes Care
Patients benefit from shared information with doctors, Canadian study shows
WEDNESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- A personalized electronic health tracking system can improve diabetes patients' care and clinical outcomes, Canadian researchers say.
Their study included 511 diabetes p...
CDC's National Center for Environmental Health Works with Thomson Reuters to Help Identify and Track Illnesses Related to Harmful Algal Blooms
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters is working with the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health to support development of the CDC's Harmful Algal Bloom-related Illness Surveillance System (HABISS).
This unique system collects data o...
Epeius Biotechnologies' Rexin-G Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
SAN MARINO, Calif., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Epeius Biotechnologies ( www.epeiusbiotech.com ) announced today that its lead product, Rexin-G, has been granted Fast
Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as a second-line treatment for advanced or metastatic pancre...
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Shire Receives Fast Track Designation for velaglucerase alfa for Gaucher Disease
LEXINGTON, Massachusetts, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plc
(LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY ), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company,
announces it has received Fast
Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) for velaglucerase alfa, its enzyme replacement t...
Agennix Receives Fast Track Designation From FDA for Talactoferrin in Combination With Sunitinib for Renal Cell Carcinoma
HOUSTON, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Agennix announced today that talactoferrin alfa (talactoferrin) has been granted Fast
Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first-line treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in combination with sunitinib (Sutent(R) - Pfizer). ...
National Hemovigilance Pilot Program Launches to Track Adverse Events Associated with Blood Transfusion
Goal is to Enhance Patient Safety and Reduce Health Care Costs
BETHESDA, Md., May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Beginning today, nine hospitals will join in a pilot program, contributing data on adverse events associated with blood transfusions. By analyzing the data collected, it w...
Wyeth Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for its 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Infants and Toddlers
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ), today announced that the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast
Track designation
to the Company's investigational 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
for infant...
InterMune Announces Receipt of Fast Track Designation for Pirfenidone From FDA
- Conference call scheduled to discuss Shionogi Phase 3 results on pirfenidone -
BRISBANE, Calif., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InterMune, Inc.
(Nasdaq: ITMN ) today announced that its program for the development of
pirfenidone for the treatment of idiopathi...
Repligen Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for RG1068 for Pancreatic Imaging
WALTHAM, Mass., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Repligen Corporation
(Nasdaq: RGEN ) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) has granted Fast
Track designation to the development program for
RG1068, synthetic human secretin, to improve the assessment of pancreatic
...
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PocketBilling©
Description:... A charge capture solution for physicians. Use your handheld to
track hospital and ambulatory charges....
Company:PocketMed
Pyxis Bar Code Labeler
Description:...ronment by automatically bar code printing and labeling down to the unit dose level. The automated process and reliable bar codes help clinical staff
track the location and handling of all items, including vials, ampules, syringes, IV bags, ointments, creams, eye preparations and more. This saves valuable...
Company:CardinalHealth
AeroScout T2 Tag: Advanced Wi-Fi Asset Tracking Tag
Description:...ireless LAN communications standard. By attaching tags to mobile assets or people, AeroScout enables the wireless network infrastructure to locate and
track many different assets for the purpose of improving efficiency, productivity and revenues. The AeroScout T2 Tag can be programmed via a wireless interf...
Company:AeroScout
VerdaSee Asset Location-ID
Description:...apital equipment, minimize lost or stolen assets, and increase the productivity of their employees, organizations are seeking ways to quickly find and
track their valuable assets and ensure those assets remain in the facility. That means that finding the motorized wheelchair, portable pacemaker, or other e...
Company:VerdaSee Solutions, Inc.
VerdaSee Intellishelf
Description:... The ability to
track the movement of controlled substances, critical supplies, or other assets can be done. VerdaSee's "intellishelvess" are designed to perform this funct...
Company:VerdaSee Solutions, Inc.
iRISystem
Description:... Mobile Aspects provides hospitals with a suite of RFID products to
track all their supplies, drugs, assets, and patients. Our RFID systems remove all manual compliance from operations, back items and people accurately. iRIS...
Company:Mobile Aspects
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Walking
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Vector
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Temperature measurement
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track (surface) temperature measurement ... Infared object temperature measurement in harsh environments. • Remote measurement of machine operatio...
Shin splints
...abilitation ... In particular the tibialis posterior which is associated with shin splints . ... ... from shin splints the entire ... of
track I started the season suffering again from shin splints . ... had a coach that knew very little about shin splints . ... shin splints als...
Shin splint
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Scientists track impact of DNA damage in the developing brain
Switching off a key DNA repair system in the developing nervous system is linked to smaller brain size as well as problems in brain structures vital to movement, memory and emotion, according to new research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists.
The work, published in the Aug...
Scientists track chemical changes in cells as they endure extreme conditions
One of nature's most gripping feats of survival is now better understood. For the first time, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory observed the chemical changes in individual cells that enable them to survive conditions that should kill them.
The...
Geographic profiling applied to track hunting patterns of white sharks in South Africa
VIRGINIA KEY, Fla. -- Predation is one of the most fundamental and fascinating interactions in nature, and sharks are some of the fiercest predators on Earth. However, their hunting pattern is difficult to study because it is rarely observed in the wild. As a result, shark predatory behavior has r...
ORNL, St. Jude track neurons to predict and prevent disease
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are looking at how developing nerve cells may hold a key to predicting and preventing diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
St. Jude scientists have linked m...
ESA's water mission on track for launch
Following word from Eurockot that launch of the Earth Explorer SMOS satellite can take place between July and October this year, ESA, CNES and the prime contractor Thales Alenia Space are now making detailed preparations for the last crucial steps before ESA's water mission is placed in orbit.
...
UNH researchers track lobster migrations to improve population estimates
DURHAM, N.H. Jason Goldstein checks his lobster traps in New Hampshire's Great Bay Estuary once a week, but not for tasty crustaceans to sell. Instead, the University of New Hampshire Ph.D. candidate is fitting these lobsters with transmitters and tracking their migrations year-round.
Goldst...
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PHARMORX Security Introduces New Technology Solutions for Counterfeiting, Grey Market Diversion, Track & Trace
Serialization and Authentication Technology & Services Provider, Offers Traceability Down to the Unit Level to Secure Products and Protect Brands and Consumers
Southborough, MA (PRWEB) March 16, 2009 -- PHARMORX Security™, a privately held, serialization, au...
Multisol France on Track to Sell 250 Tons of International Fuel Technology, Inc. Fuel Additive Formulations
Multisol France realizes recurring revenue from the sale of International Fuel Technology, Inc. fuel additive formulations and is on
track to sell over 250 tons of it during the first year of its distribution agreement with IFT.
St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) February 4, 2009 --...
Family Medicine Cabinet: Free, New On-Line Tool Helps Track Your Medication Safety
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes to the health of their
children and even parents, many moms feel it's their responsibility to be as
educated as possible about health and medicine. With the many different
medicines out there, it is hard to keep
track of who in the family is taking
wh...
ANA598 Receives Fast Track Designation From the FDA for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDS ) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast
track designation to ANA598 for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. ANA598 is Anadys' investigation...
BioMS Medical's lead drug, dirucotide (MBP8298) for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, receives fast track designation from FDA
Toronto Stock Exchange Symbol: MS
EDMONTON, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - BioMS Medical Corp. (TSX:
MS), a leading developer in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), today
announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States
has granted fast
track designation for...
FDA Grants Fast Track Designation for OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals' Lead Product Candidate OGX-011
BOTHELL, WA and VANCOUVER, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - OncoGenex
Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: OGXI ) announced today that OGX-011, also known as
custirsen sodium, received Fast
Track designation from the U.S. Food & Drug
Administration (FDA) in combination with docetaxel for progressive
meta...
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Gel Loading Dye (Bromophenol Blue/Glycerol) from Mo Bio Laboratories, Inc.
Description:... Makes gels easy to load and
track during electrophoresis. 10X concentrate of Bromophenol Blue, Xylene Cyanol, glycerol solution in TE...
Company:Mo Bio Laboratories, Inc.
nano25 from Hudson Control Group, Inc.
Description:...ith 10% CV at 25nL
Non-contact dispensing into microplates and slides
96-, 384- and 1536-well dispensing
Source liquid level detection
In-line
track compatibility for unparalleled high throughput and ease of set up
Fully compatible with robot loading systems or can be used manually
Controlled v...
Company:Hudson Control Group, Inc.
Gel Loading Dye (Bromophenol Blue/Glycerol) from Mo Bio Laboratories, Inc.
Description:... Makes gels easy to load and
track during electrophoresis. 10X concentrate of Bromophenol Blue, glycerol solution....
Company:Mo Bio Laboratories, Inc.
Gel Loading Dye (Bromophenol Blue, Xylene Cyanol/Glycerol) from Mo Bio Laboratories, Inc.
Description:... Makes gels easy to load and
track during electrophoresis. 10X concentrate of Bromophenol Blue, Xylene Cyanol, glycerol solution in TE...
Company:Mo Bio Laboratories, Inc.
ProteinChip System, Series 4000 from Ciphergen
Description:...tory. (PP) The Series 4000 was specifically designed to enable the Pattern
track process of biomarker discovery to assay. The process begins with novel biom...marker assays are designed and implemented in the final step of the Pattern
track process. (PP) Validating markers up-front saves valuable time and effort co...
Company:Ciphergen
TC-512 Thermal Cycler from Barloworld Scientific Ltd
Description:...system allows blocks to be interchanged in a matter of seconds without the need of any tools (60 x 0.5ml 96 x 0.2 ml, 384 well, Insitu Block). Proven
track record: Having more than 13 years experience in thermal cycler design ensures that the Techne TC-512 encompasses reliability with all the specificatio...
Company:Barloworld Scientific Ltd
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Apoptosis
...L. Vaux and colleagues, the anti-apoptotic and tumorigenic (tumor-causing) role of bcl-2 had been identified [18] . Researchers had been hot in the
track of oncogenes (genes that played a prominent role in causing cancer), and now more and more of the pieces were falling into place.
Horvitz would re...
Bioinformatics
...s via the computer simulation of simple (artificial) life forms.
Other applications
Morphometrics is used to analyze pictures of embryos to
track and to predict the fate of cell clusters during morphogenesis .
Software tools
The computational biology tool best-known among biologists is p...
Bioinformatics
...s via the computer simulation of simple (artificial) life forms.
Other applications
Morphometrics is used to analyze pictures of embryos to
track and to predict the fate of cell clusters during morphogenesis .
Software tools
The computational biology tool best-known among biologists is p...
Cryptozoology
... "the study of hidden animals". Huevelmans' monumental 1955 book, On The
track of Unknown Animals is often seen as the disipline's genesis, but Huevelma...g Physical Phenomena, Visible Ink Press, 1993.
Bernard Heuvelmans, On The
track Of Unknown Animals, Hill and Wang, 1958
External links
Cryptozoo...
Insulin
...olonged hypoglycemia can result in brain damage or death.
On July 23 , 2004 , news reports claim that a former spouse of a prominent international
track athlete said that, among other drugs, the ex-spouse had used insulin as a way of 'energizing' the body. The intended implication would seem to be that...
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Virus
...ware, adware, and spyware programs that do not have... Symantec provides computer protection, arming the consumer against cyber criminals. - -
track viruses , exploits, risks and other online threats with Internet Threat Meter. ... Viruses & Risks. Secure Your Email. Browse the Web Safely. S...
Sequencer
... a vast selection of high quality musical instruments, sound gear and more. Order Sequencer today. The Sequencer disk program offers up to 16
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Repulsion
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Plantigrade
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Nodes of Ranvier
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Lytic cycle
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