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VICC introduces nation's first personalized cancer decision support tool

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has launched the nation's first personalized cancer decision support tool, "My Cancer Genome," to help physicians and researchers track the latest developments in personalized cancer medicine and connect with clinical research trials for their patients.

3 Mar 2011

Groundbreaking discovery in lymphoma research

BC Cancer Agency scientists have discovered that a single gene, CIITA, is implicated in almost 40 per cent of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphomas and 15 per cent of all Hodgkin lymphoma cases.

3 Mar 2011

ASU receives W. M. Keck $1 million grant to build next-generation 3D imaging microscope

The W. M. Keck Foundation has awarded Arizona State University a $1 million grant to the team of scientists led by Deirdre Meldrum, Ph.D., at the Biodesign Institute.

2 Mar 2011

IAVI, THSTI collaborate to establish HIV Vaccine Design Program in India

The Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute, an autonomous institute of the Indian government's Department of Biotechnology, and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative announced today an agreement to jointly establish, operate and fund an HIV Vaccine Design Program in India.

2 Mar 2011

VaxInnate receives $196 million BARDA contract to develop novel flu vaccines

VaxInnate Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, worth up to $196 million to fund the development of recombinant seasonal and pandemic flu vaccines.

1 Mar 2011

HHS awards two contracts to accelerate flu vaccine availability

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded two contracts today to help make vaccine available more quickly for seasonal flu outbreaks and pandemics. The contracts for advanced development of new types of vaccine and new ways to make flu vaccine known as next-generation recombinant influenza vaccine total $215 million.

28 Feb 2011

Agilent Technologies acquires Lab901

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced it has acquired Lab901, a leading electrophoresis equipment and consumables company based in Edinburgh, U.K. The company's automated electrophoresis products are used for DNA, RNA and protein analysis. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

28 Feb 2011

OrbusNeich's Sapphire II coronary dilatation catheter is now available in the market

OrbusNeich today announced that the next-generation Sapphire II coronary dilatation catheter is now commercially available, following CE Mark approval.

28 Feb 2011

ACT Biotech files SPA with FDA for telatinib combination Phase 3 trial for stomach cancer

ACT Biotech, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of highly targeted, oral therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, announced today that it has filed a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) related to a randomized Phase 3 trial of telatinib in combination with chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced stomach cancer.

28 Feb 2011

LodgeNet Interactive annual 2010 revenue decreases to $452.2 million

LodgeNet Interactive Corporation today reported annual 2010 revenue of $452.2 million compared to $484.5 million in 2009. Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $(17.4) million or $(0.71) per share (basic and diluted) for 2010 compared to $(13.3) million or $(0.59) per share (basic and diluted) for 2009.

25 Feb 2011

Eigen ei-Nav|Artemis system for prostate biopsy installed at Smilow Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Center

As a world leader in the advancement of the detection and treatment of prostate cancer, the Smilow Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center is the first medical facility in the Northeast to install ei-Nav|Artemis™, an innovative image guidance and navigation system for prostate biopsy that is manufactured by Eigen.

25 Feb 2011

Warner Chilcott fourth quarter revenue increases 1% to $694.4 million

Warner Chilcott plc today announced its results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. As discussed more fully below, our financial position and results of operations in the quarter ended December 31, 2010 as compared to the prior year quarter were significantly impacted by several important transactions in 2009 and 2010.

25 Feb 2011

More than one way to silence gene activity

There's more than one way to silence gene activity, according to a Michigan State University researcher.

25 Feb 2011

Next-generation sequencing provides important clues to traceback foodborne illness outbreak

FDA scientists successfully used a new genome sequencing test to retrospectively examine a 2009-10 foodborne illness outbreak to help trace the source of the infection.

25 Feb 2011

Covaris, Caliper enter co-marketing agreement to leverage next generation sequencing

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. and Covaris Inc., Woburn, Mass., today announced a co-marketing agreement which will leverage Covaris' acoustic DNA shearing platforms and Caliper's automation and microfluidics technologies to develop automated workflows for next generation sequencing experiments.

24 Feb 2011

BRI and Eureka Genomics form strategic alliance to advance cancer treatments

Baylor Research Institute (BRI), the research arm of Baylor Health Care System, and bioinformatics pioneer Eureka Genomics (EG) have formed a strategic alliance to achieve a better understanding of the causes of colorectal cancer, potentially leading to advancements in the disease's prevention, management and treatment.

24 Feb 2011

Accelrys releases Pipeline Pilot NGS Collection at Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference

Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL), the leading scientific informatics software and services company, today announced at the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference its entrance in the rapidly growing next generation sequencing (NGS) market with the release of the NGS Collection for Pipeline Pilot.

24 Feb 2011

Xenogenics retains Emmes to assist with development, execution of its capital formation strategy

Xenogenics Corporation, a majority owned subsidiary of MultiCell Technologies, Inc., is pleased to announce it has retained the Emmes Group to assist with the development and execution of its capital formation strategy to help finance expanded human clinical trials of its Ideal BioStent.

24 Feb 2011

Covance Genomics Lab, Ingenuity enter research collaboration for NGS data analysis

Ingenuity Systems, a leading provider of information and analytics solutions for life science researchers, today announced a research collaboration with Covance Genomics Laboratory for next-generation sequencing data analysis.

24 Feb 2011

CST, Astellas Pharma enter commercialization partnership for cancer diagnostic, therapeutic products

Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. of Danvers, MA announced today a joint commercialization partnership with Astellas Pharma, Inc. of Tokyo, Japan focused on the delivery of personalized cancer therapeutics and diagnostics.

From Cell Signaling Technology 24 Feb 2011

Next Generation News and Research

VICC introduces nation's first personalized cancer decision support tool

Groundbreaking discovery in lymphoma research

ASU receives W. M. Keck $1 million grant to build next-generation 3D imaging microscope

IAVI, THSTI collaborate to establish HIV Vaccine Design Program in India

VaxInnate receives $196 million BARDA contract to develop novel flu vaccines

HHS awards two contracts to accelerate flu vaccine availability

Agilent Technologies acquires Lab901

OrbusNeich's Sapphire II coronary dilatation catheter is now available in the market

ACT Biotech files SPA with FDA for telatinib combination Phase 3 trial for stomach cancer

LodgeNet Interactive annual 2010 revenue decreases to $452.2 million

Eigen ei-Nav|Artemis system for prostate biopsy installed at Smilow Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Center

Warner Chilcott fourth quarter revenue increases 1% to $694.4 million

More than one way to silence gene activity

Next-generation sequencing provides important clues to traceback foodborne illness outbreak

Covaris, Caliper enter co-marketing agreement to leverage next generation sequencing

BRI and Eureka Genomics form strategic alliance to advance cancer treatments

Accelrys releases Pipeline Pilot NGS Collection at Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference

Xenogenics retains Emmes to assist with development, execution of its capital formation strategy

Covance Genomics Lab, Ingenuity enter research collaboration for NGS data analysis

CST, Astellas Pharma enter commercialization partnership for cancer diagnostic, therapeutic products

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