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Decades-old FDA approved hypertension drug may delay onset and reduce severity of MS

People suffering from multiple sclerosis may benefit if patent-pending research conducted at Purdue University shows that a decades-old drug approved by the FDA to treat hypertension also delays the onset and reduces the severity of MS symptoms.

16 Mar 2011

Sonova expects sales of around CHF 1,600 million for the current business year 2010/11

Sonova Holding AG, the world's leading provider of hearing systems, is announcing today that the Group is expecting sales of around CHF 1,600 million and an EBITA margin of 20-21% for 2010/11, barring any unforeseen events.

16 Mar 2011

U-M purchases Fluxion's IonFlux system to study nanoscale membrane disruption

Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. announced today that the University of Michigan Department of Chemistry has purchased the IonFlux 16 automated patch clamp instrument.

From Fluxion Biosciences 16 Mar 2011

First ever light-activated, non-surgical treatment for HPV and pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix

A new non-surgical, tissue-preserving therapeutic procedure is being developed to more effectively remove HPV infection and treat precursors of cervical cancer.

16 Mar 2011

Ventana, CST enter license agreement for personalized cancer diagnostics

Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. of Danvers, MA, announced today that it has granted Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a worldwide non-exclusive license to CST patent rights and proprietary antibody reagents relating to the detection of epidermal growth factor receptor mutations for the field of tissue-based in vitro diagnostic testing.

From Cell Signaling Technology 16 Mar 2011

Biomagnetics Diagnostics initiates miniaturization process for optical biosensor platform

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, and other innovative technologies, today announced it has begun the process of miniaturizing the optical biosensor platform developed in cooperation with Los Alamos National Laboratory.

16 Mar 2011

Experimental vaccine against human norovirus generates strong, safe immune response in mice

Scientists have shown that an experimental vaccine against the human norovirus - the bug behind about 90 percent of highly contagious nonbacterial illnesses that cause diarrhea and vomiting - can generate a strong immune response in mice without appearing to cause the animals any harm.

16 Mar 2011

Advances in imaging ability to discover heart defects in newborns

The Medical Imaging Laboratory in Trondheim is making advances in imaging methods for both ultrasound and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. One benefit will be an enhanced ability to discover heart defects in newborns.

16 Mar 2011

Genomatix launches service model for NGS data analysis

The growing amount of data created by today's high throughput DNA sequencing technology presents a major challenge to scientists around the globe. How to handle the staggering amount of data, and, more importantly, how to answer the biological questions that initiated the experiment?

16 Mar 2011

Backscattering interferometry can precisely measure membrane protein interactions

A new laser technique has demonstrated that it can measure the interactions between proteins tangled in a cell's membrane and a variety of other biological molecules. These extremely difficult measurements can aid the process of drug discovery.

16 Mar 2011

New self-monitoring blood glucose sensor uses tear fluid as sample

People with diabetes could be helped by a new type of self-monitoring blood glucose sensor being developed by Arizona State University engineers and clinicians at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

16 Mar 2011

TrustHCS enters partnership with RemitDATA to utilize TITAN in physician services practice

TrustHCS, an HIM, compliance and revenue cycle consultancy firm for healthcare providers, announces its partnership with RemitDATA to utilize TITAN in their physician services practice.

16 Mar 2011

SYSPRO, Avalara enter strategic partnership

SYSPRO, the leading provider of visionary, pragmatic ERP software, today announced a strategic partnership with Avalara, a leading provider of fully automated, up-to-date sales and use tax compliance solutions. SYSPRO will now offer AvaTax for SYSPRO, a solution that leverages off the open SYSPRO technology architecture to deliver a totally integrated service that speeds up and simplifies the exacting taxation requirements of SMB manufacturers and distributors.

16 Mar 2011

Anti-cancer drug loaded microcarriers successfully guided to targeted area in the liver

Soon, drug delivery that precisely targets cancerous cells without exposing the healthy surrounding tissue to the medication's toxic effects will no longer be an oncologist's dream but a medical reality, thanks to the work of Professor Sylvain Martel, Director of the Nanorobotics Laboratory at Polytechnique Montr-al.

16 Mar 2011

Global settlement agreement reached in Tuschl patents litigation

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, today announced the signing of a global settlement agreement among Alnylam, Max Planck Society ("Max Planck"), the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research ("Whitehead") and the University of Massachusetts ("UMass") resolving their ongoing litigation regarding the Tuschl patents.

16 Mar 2011

Millennium, SGEN expand ADC collaboration

Seattle Genetics, Inc. announced today that Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, has paid an undisclosed fee to exercise an option to designate a second antigen target under the parties' existing antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) collaboration.

16 Mar 2011

Corindus begins CorPath Percutaneous Robotic-Enhanced Coronary Intervention Study trial

Corindus Vascular Robotics, a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today that the clinical trial of its CorPath PRECISE has begun.

16 Mar 2011

FDA clears Intralytix phage-based EcoShield food safety product

Intralytix, Inc. announced today that it has received regulatory clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its phage-based EcoShield food safety product, effective against E. coli O157:H7.

16 Mar 2011

Human growth, height, size: Reasons to be small

Almost everybody these days thinks that it is best to be tall, meaning much taller than the average traditional height of Asian populations, and even taller than the current average height of populations in high-income countries. It is also often believed – though people might be shy to admit this – that tall people are intrinsically superior to short people. The expressions 'look up to' and 'look down on' are significant.

15 Mar 2011

Medicago receives $3.8M as second milestone payment from U.S. DARPA for cGMP vaccine facility

Medicago USA Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Medicago Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced it has received the second milestone payment of US$3.8 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ("DARPA").

15 Mar 2011

Technology News and Research

Decades-old FDA approved hypertension drug may delay onset and reduce severity of MS

Sonova expects sales of around CHF 1,600 million for the current business year 2010/11

U-M purchases Fluxion's IonFlux system to study nanoscale membrane disruption

First ever light-activated, non-surgical treatment for HPV and pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix

Ventana, CST enter license agreement for personalized cancer diagnostics

Biomagnetics Diagnostics initiates miniaturization process for optical biosensor platform

Experimental vaccine against human norovirus generates strong, safe immune response in mice

Advances in imaging ability to discover heart defects in newborns

Genomatix launches service model for NGS data analysis

Backscattering interferometry can precisely measure membrane protein interactions

New self-monitoring blood glucose sensor uses tear fluid as sample

TrustHCS enters partnership with RemitDATA to utilize TITAN in physician services practice

SYSPRO, Avalara enter strategic partnership

Anti-cancer drug loaded microcarriers successfully guided to targeted area in the liver

Global settlement agreement reached in Tuschl patents litigation

Millennium, SGEN expand ADC collaboration

Corindus begins CorPath Percutaneous Robotic-Enhanced Coronary Intervention Study trial

FDA clears Intralytix phage-based EcoShield food safety product

Human growth, height, size: Reasons to be small

Medicago receives $3.8M as second milestone payment from U.S. DARPA for cGMP vaccine facility

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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