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Columbia fourth quarter total net revenues increase 74% to $14.9 million

Columbia Laboratories, Inc. today reported financial results for the three- and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2010.

10 Mar 2011

Idera reports $6.0 million net loss for fourth quarter 2010

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010.

10 Mar 2011

New book on issues related to female circumcision

According to a new book by Professor Aud Talle, most Somalis who live in Norway have changed their attitude towards female circumcision and are now against the practice.

10 Mar 2011

FRSQ, NSFC announce funds for genomic research on male infertility

The Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec, Génome Québec and the National Natural Science Foundation of China are pleased to announce the funding of a first project as part of their joint program for research on genomics and diseases, which was launched in July 2010.

10 Mar 2011

New collaborative programme can improve mother and infant nutrition

The University of York is launching a £1 million collaborative programme aimed at encouraging improved nutrition for mothers and infants.

10 Mar 2011

Survey reports education and health care are the top two American spending priorities

In its 27th survey of American spending priorities since 1973 conducted as part of its General Social Survey, NORC at the University of Chicago Wednesday released a report on its most recent findings.

10 Mar 2011

Despite aspirin therapy, specific inflammatory pathways may influence risk of colorectal cancer

The reduced risk of colorectal cancer associated with taking aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be confined to individuals already at risk because of elevations in a particular inflammatory factor in the blood.

10 Mar 2011

ISCO achieves major milestone in stem cell banking program

International Stem Cell Corporation, announced today the achievement of a major milestone in its efforts to establish a bank of immune-matched parthenogenetic stem cells in the United States by receiving the statutory approvals required to move forward with the next phase of its stem cell banking program.

10 Mar 2011

Research: CREBBP mutation may help cancer resist steroid treatment, fuel ALL's return

Despite dramatically improved survival rates for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, relapse remains a leading cause of death from the disease. Work led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators identified mutations in a gene named CREBBP that may help the cancer resist steroid treatment and fuel ALL's return.

10 Mar 2011

Diabetes people can benefit from noninvasive polarimetric glucose monitor

People with diabetes, who currently monitor their glucose with painful and inconvenient blood tests or implanted probes, could in the future get the same results quickly and non-invasively by safely shining a light into their eye, according to results of a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology.

10 Mar 2011

Pepscan signs Research and License Agreement with Crucell to devlop novel vaccines

Pepscan Therapeutics, the Dutch biotechnology firm focusing on protein mimicry technology, today announces that it has signed a Research and License Agreement with Crucell Holland B.V. the Dutch developer of vaccines and antibodies.

10 Mar 2011

U.S. researchers who collaborate with international scientists more likely to receive greater recognition

U.S. researchers who collaborate with international scientists are more likely to have their work cited than peers who do not utilize overseas expertise, according to a new study released this week by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.

10 Mar 2011

Ecological farming methods can boost food production in developing countries, U.N. report says

If developing nations shift to using ecological agriculture methods, which rely more on organic and sustainable practices rather than the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, they "can double food production within a decade," according to a study by Olivier De Schutter, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to food, released on Tuesday, Reuters reports.

10 Mar 2011

Caltech students receive Lemelson-MIT Prize for innovative disease diagnostic technology works

California Institute of Technology graduate student Guoan Zheng is the recipient of the 2011 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Caltech Student Prize.

10 Mar 2011

Study links altruism and motor control

A polite act shows respect. But a new study of a common etiquette-holding a door for someone-suggests that courtesy may have a more practical, though unconscious, shared motivation: to reduce the work for those involved.

10 Mar 2011

Santarus commences SAN-300 Phase I clinical study to treat inflammatory diseases

Santarus, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has initiated a Phase I clinical study with SAN-300, its anti-VLA-1 antibody.

10 Mar 2011

First Lady Obama, Sec. Clinton mark International Women's Day

First Lady Michelle Obama joined Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to mark International Women's Day on Tuesday by honoring recent gains in addressing global women's issues while reflecting on the scope of the task of achieving gender equity in the future, the Associated Press reports.

10 Mar 2011

George Hoag Family Foundation awards grant to Cedars-Sinai's COACH for Kids program

Thanks to a grant from the George Hoag Family Foundation, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's COACH for Kids and Their Families- program will be able to expand healthcare services to more homeless children living in transitional shelters in Greater Los Angeles.

10 Mar 2011

House Foreign Affairs Committee hears testimony on security, human rights, health in Democratic Republic of Congo

At a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on Tuesday, Ben Affleck, the actor, writer and director, and "other witnesses urged the Obama administration to immediately appoint a special envoy" for the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is due for a national election in November, CNN reports.

10 Mar 2011

Solazyme executes JDA and LOI with DOW to advance algal technology

Solazyme, Inc., a leading renewable oils and bioproducts company, announced today the execution of both a joint development agreement and a letter of intent with The Dow Chemical Company to advance the development of Solazyme's algal oils for use in next generation, bio-based dielectric insulating fluids key to transformers and other electrical applications.

10 Mar 2011

Research News and Research

Columbia fourth quarter total net revenues increase 74% to $14.9 million

Idera reports $6.0 million net loss for fourth quarter 2010

New book on issues related to female circumcision

FRSQ, NSFC announce funds for genomic research on male infertility

New collaborative programme can improve mother and infant nutrition

Survey reports education and health care are the top two American spending priorities

Despite aspirin therapy, specific inflammatory pathways may influence risk of colorectal cancer

ISCO achieves major milestone in stem cell banking program

Research: CREBBP mutation may help cancer resist steroid treatment, fuel ALL's return

Diabetes people can benefit from noninvasive polarimetric glucose monitor

Pepscan signs Research and License Agreement with Crucell to devlop novel vaccines

U.S. researchers who collaborate with international scientists more likely to receive greater recognition

Ecological farming methods can boost food production in developing countries, U.N. report says

Caltech students receive Lemelson-MIT Prize for innovative disease diagnostic technology works

Study links altruism and motor control

Santarus commences SAN-300 Phase I clinical study to treat inflammatory diseases

First Lady Obama, Sec. Clinton mark International Women's Day

George Hoag Family Foundation awards grant to Cedars-Sinai's COACH for Kids program

House Foreign Affairs Committee hears testimony on security, human rights, health in Democratic Republic of Congo

Solazyme executes JDA and LOI with DOW to advance algal technology

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