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New studies on cancer prevention presented at 101st AACR Annual Meeting 2010

Interest in cancer prevention is increasing as scientists continue to learn new information and confirm what was already suspected.

22 Apr 2010

GUMC researchers awarded grant to discover and develop new smoking cessation drugs

A Georgetown University Medical Center research team has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to discover and develop new smoking cessation drugs based on an unconventional theory about nicotine addiction. Kenneth Kellar, PhD, a professor of pharmacology at GUMC is principal investigator of the five year grant totaling $4.6 million.

22 Apr 2010

Death protein ubiquitin binds to and activates RIG-I: UT Southwestern researchers

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have determined how a protein that normally latches onto molecules inside cells and marks them for destruction also gives life to the body's immune response against viruses.

22 Apr 2010

Research findings may help personalize use of statins, scientists say

Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have discovered why statins -- popular drugs that lower cholesterol and appear to protect against colorectal cancer development -- work for some people, but not for all.

22 Apr 2010

Green tea catechins may protect against glaucoma and other common eye diseases: Scientists

Scientists have confirmed that the healthful substances found in green tea - renowned for their powerful antioxidant and disease-fighting properties - do penetrate into tissues of the eye. Their new report, the first documenting how the lens, retina, and other eye tissues absorb these substances, raises the possibility that green tea may protect against glaucoma and other common eye diseases.

22 Apr 2010

Sartorius Group's first-quarter consolidated sales revenue increases by 3.0% to 150.4 million euros

At today's Annual Shareholders' Meeting of the Sartorius technology group, CEO and Executive Board Chairman Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg presented the consolidated results for the first three months of 2010. The Biotechnology Division, which operates under the name Sartorius Stedim Biotech and contributes a good two-thirds to consolidated sales, started off the year 2010 by reporting growth and further profitability gains again.

From Sartorius 22 Apr 2010

Genmab introduces new pre-clinical antibody program and novel bispecific antibody technology

Genmab A/S will announce today at its Annual General Meeting a new pre-clinical antibody program, HuMax-cMet,as well as a novel next generation bispecific antibody technology.

22 Apr 2010

Clinical Xpert suite of mobile clinical workflow solutions available to clinicians

Thomson Reuters announced today that it will support the iPhone platform for its Clinical Xpert suite of mobile clinical workflow solutions.

22 Apr 2010

Affymetrix reports first-quarter total revenue of $80.2M

Affymetrix, Inc., today reported its operating results for the first quarter of 2010. Total revenue for the quarter was $80.2 million, as compared to total revenue of $78.6 million in the first quarter of 2009.

22 Apr 2010

Celldex Therapeutics presents CDX-1127 antibody program at AACR Annual Meeting

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that CDX-1127, a preclinical therapeutic antibody program for oncology indications, is the subject of a poster presentation at the 2010 American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting in Washington DC.

22 Apr 2010

CDI's iCell Cardiomyocytes named to MIT Technology Review's Annual 10 Emerging Technologies List

Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) today announced that CDI's development and commercialization of human cardiomyocytes for drug discovery and toxicity testing, based on the work of CDI co-founder and chief scientific officer, James A. Thomson, Ph.D., on induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSCs) technology, have been named to the MIT Technology Review's Annual 10 Emerging Technologies List.

21 Apr 2010

LabCorp's first-quarter revenues increase by 3.3% to $1,193.6 million

Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings today announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.

21 Apr 2010

Abbott's first-quarter worldwide pharmaceutical sales increases by 12.9%

Abbott today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

21 Apr 2010

Biomagnetics Diagnostics receives commitment for clinical validation testing in India for malaria, TB diagnosis

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, today announced it has received important commitments from two leading research laboratories in India for clinical validation testing for malaria and tuberculosis (TB) detection and diagnosis.

21 Apr 2010

Covidien's second-quarter medical devices sales up 11%

Covidien plc today reported results for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 (January - March 2010).

21 Apr 2010

Initial results of gallium-containing compound to treat serious infection presented at AACR 2010

Genta Incorporated today announced the presentation of initial results from the first human use of a gallium-containing compound to treat serious infection. In a patient with cystic fibrosis and a highly resistant lung infection, who has been treated over a 2-year period, high concentrations of gallium were achieved in sputum.

21 Apr 2010

Concateno bestowed Queen's Award for Enterprise

Concateno (>Europe's leading drug and alcohol test provider, has been awarded the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise (http://www.queensawards.org.uk/business/business.html ) in recognition of its outstanding innovation and commercial performance.

21 Apr 2010

Study identifies the source of inherent noise in HIV gene expression

New research identifies a molecular mechanism that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) appears to utilize for generating random fluctuations called "noise" in its gene expression.

21 Apr 2010

New sensor wristband monitors various body functions

A small blood lab that fits into the pocket of a jacket can quickly analyze the risk of blood clots in legs prior to a long distance flight; a sensor wristband for measuring electric smog can warn pacemaker patients of life-threatening exposure: "Smart plastics" can turn such tools into reality.

21 Apr 2010

miRNAs may generate new insights on cancer and possible future treatments

Scientists are methodically unlocking the biological processes that lead to cancer, and recent discoveries with microRNAs (miRNAs) are revolutionizing their understanding and leading to clinical trials of potentially effective treatments.

21 Apr 2010

Laboratory News and Research

New studies on cancer prevention presented at 101st AACR Annual Meeting 2010

GUMC researchers awarded grant to discover and develop new smoking cessation drugs

Death protein ubiquitin binds to and activates RIG-I: UT Southwestern researchers

Research findings may help personalize use of statins, scientists say

Green tea catechins may protect against glaucoma and other common eye diseases: Scientists

Sartorius Group's first-quarter consolidated sales revenue increases by 3.0% to 150.4 million euros

Genmab introduces new pre-clinical antibody program and novel bispecific antibody technology

Clinical Xpert suite of mobile clinical workflow solutions available to clinicians

Affymetrix reports first-quarter total revenue of $80.2M

Celldex Therapeutics presents CDX-1127 antibody program at AACR Annual Meeting

CDI's iCell Cardiomyocytes named to MIT Technology Review's Annual 10 Emerging Technologies List

LabCorp's first-quarter revenues increase by 3.3% to $1,193.6 million

Abbott's first-quarter worldwide pharmaceutical sales increases by 12.9%

Biomagnetics Diagnostics receives commitment for clinical validation testing in India for malaria, TB diagnosis

Covidien's second-quarter medical devices sales up 11%

Initial results of gallium-containing compound to treat serious infection presented at AACR 2010

Concateno bestowed Queen's Award for Enterprise

Study identifies the source of inherent noise in HIV gene expression

New sensor wristband monitors various body functions

miRNAs may generate new insights on cancer and possible future treatments

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