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The Burrill Features
 Charles Darwin told us that it is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Biotech 2010—Life Sciences: Adapting for Success, Burrill & Company’s latest annual report on the ... More |
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Suitor sues OSI, adding pressure to its hostile bid.Astellas Pharma's $3.5 billion hostile takeover bid for OSI Pharmaceuticals grew a little more bitter March 2, as Astellas sued OSI to keep it from using a poison pill to fend off ... More |
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Coffee associated with reduced risk of hospitalization for heart rhythm disturbances. Coffee drinkers may be less likely to be hospitalized for heart rhythm disturbances, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. The researchers, who note ... More |
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Hot Papers
 Researchers at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center have figured out how ATP is broken down in cells, providing for the first time a clear picture of the key reaction that allows cells in all living things to function and flourish.... More |
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 Iodine is an essential element for synthesising thyroid hormones. A team of researchers from the Childhood and Environment Project (INMA) has studied the consequences of pregnant women consuming it in their diet and in supplements. The results suggest the need to evaluate their iodine nutritional status before systematically recommending taking it during pregnancy.... More |
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Expert Opinions & Commentaries
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Rising Stars
 In 1997, when search engines were relatively new, Jaime Teevan took an internship at Infoseek the summer before her senior year at Yale. William Chang, the chief technology officer, put ... |
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 Solar power simply won't be able to supply the terawatts of power we need until we identify better materials for solar cells. Silicon, which is used in most photovoltaics, is ... |
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Conferences & Events
CHI's Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference, February 3-5 2010, Moscone North Convention Center, San Francisco, CA John Crowley's Featured Keynote 'When Drug Research is Personal'. His story is the inspiration for the new film 'Extraordinary Measures' ... |
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SABPA Science & Technology Forum VIII: Breakthroughs in Stem Cell Research and Clinical Applications March 13, 2010 at Institute of Americas, UCSD, San Diego The Burrill Consumer Digital Health Meeting March 22, 2010 - March 23, 2010 • The San ... |
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New Products Release
 ANTIGENIX AMERICA offers our Super-X™ Cytokine ELISA kits. The ELISA kit provides pre-coated plates, including wash buffer and developing reagents. Ready to Go - there is no overnight incubation. Plates ... More |
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 Scientists from Hamilton Robotics and Institut National de la Police Scientifique in Lyon, France have published an article in the December issue of Forensic Science International describing the protocols and ... More |
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 Dionex Corporation is pleased to announce the release of two new biocompatible UltiMate ® 3000 pumps for the micro flow range to further improve the portfolio of fully biocompatible LC ... More |
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Sigma(R) Life Science, an innovative brand of Sigma-Aldrich(R) (Nasdaq: SIAL), today extended its portfolio of knockout rat models with the announcement of a new suite of models designed to facilitate ... More |
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When running routine microplate absorbance assays a robust, easy to use microplate reader is needed. The Biochrom Anthos 2010 Microplate Reader is simply designed to meet researchers needs for a ... More |
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Swine Flu
Researchers in Canada have detected a novel oncolytic viral therapy against prostate cancer with use of a virus called the reovirus, according to study results published in Cancer Research, a ... More |
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 Admission to a hospital when most of the beds are already full can be deadly for patients, according to a new University of Michigan Health System study showing high occupancy ... More |
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Recognitions & Appointments
 The nation's champion for babies has received the 2010 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award. Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, who has served as president of the March of Dimes ... More |
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 Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue is the recipient of the Alzheimer's Association's 2010 Humanitarian Award. The award is given each year to a public official who has made a significant ... More |
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 TOA Technologies, a leading provider of SaaS solutions for mobile workforce management, today announced the appointment of Richard Alden, the former CEO of Spanish cable and telecoms operator ON... More |
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Featured Laboratories
 My laboratory focuses on the pathogenic interplay of the HIV-1 and HTLV-I human retroviruses with immune cells. Infection of human hosts with these retroviruses produces contrasting diseases within the CD4 subset of T lymphocytes, specifically the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) with HIV-1 and the Adult T-cell Leukemia (ATL) with ... More |
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Featured Experts
 Elaine Fuchs is a cell biologist, famous for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, and has led the modernization of dermatology. Fuchs also pioneered reverse genetics approaches, which assess protein function first and then assesses its role ... |
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 Prof. Aharon Razin was born in Tel-Aviv in 1935, and grew up in Petah-Tikva. He started his academic studies at the Hebrew University, where he studied physics and mathematics. He completed his M.A. and PhD in biochemistry, and upon completing his studies he specialized at ... |
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Novel Technology
 The lead-free material may make it easier and cheaper to make "stacked" chips with more computing power.A new type of solder can be melted and shaped in three dimensions under the force of a weak magnetic field. Using a magnet ... More |
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 Chemical process can recycle PET bottles at lower temperatures.A plastic bottle tossed in the recycling bin may end up being shredded and reused to make a sweater or a carpet, but it won't be turned into another water bottle. At ... More |
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 Genomics pioneer Leroy Hood says a coming revolution in medicine will bring enormous new opportunities.Leroy Hood has been at the center of a number of paradigm shifts in biology. He helped to invent the first automated DNA sequencing machine in ... More |
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