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GEN co-sponsored roundtable discussion on Gulf Oil Spill

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News announced that on Thursday, October 28th, they co-sponsored a roundtable discussion on new ways to use biological solutions to assist in environment cleanup after manmade or natural disasters.

2 Nov 2010

IRS awards RXi Pharmaceuticals four Therapeutic Discovery Project grants

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a recognized leader in RNAi-based therapeutic discovery and development, today announced that it was awarded four Therapeutic Discovery Project (TDP) grants, totaling $977,917, by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

2 Nov 2010

Impax third quarter net income increases from $6.7 million to $75.2 million

Impax Laboratories, Inc. today reported adjusted net revenue in the third quarter of 2010, excluding the effect of a change in accounting for revenue received under the Company's Strategic Alliance Agreement with Teva, increased $42.6 million to $107.6 million compared to the prior year period, driven by sales of generic Adderall XR for which there were no sales in the third quarter of 2009, as well as increased sales of the Company's fenofibrate products.

2 Nov 2010

Repligen 2011 second quarter total revenue increases 35% to $7,307,000

Repligen Corporation today reported results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, ended September 30, 2010.

2 Nov 2010

Huron acquires Click Commerce to expand research technology footprint

Huron Consulting Group Inc. a leading provider of business consulting services, today announced the acquisition of Click Commerce, Inc., a provider of software-based solutions and professional services to leading academic medical centers and research institutions.

2 Nov 2010

First Edition: November 2, 2010

Today's headlines highlights news stories that include speculation about what will become of the health reform law after the election.

2 Nov 2010

Scientists investigate link between nature and reduction in stress levels

Scientists at the University of Essex are embarking on a new project to build on their existing research into the benefits of enjoying the great outdoors.

2 Nov 2010

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols features standard and cutting-edge imaging laboratory techniques

Imaging has rapidly become a defining tool of the current era in biological research. But finding the right method and optimizing it for data collection can be a daunting process, even for an established imaging laboratory. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols is one of the world's leading sources for detailed technical instruction for implementation of imaging methods, and the November issue features articles detailing standard and cutting-edge laboratory techniques.

2 Nov 2010

Full-term babies are born with key collection of networks already formed in their brains: Study

Full-term babies are born with a key collection of networks already formed in their brains, according to new research that challenges some previous theories about the brain's activity and how the brain develops. The study is published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

2 Nov 2010

Isogenica enters collaborative agreement with University of Cambridge Professor

Isogenica Ltd today announced that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with Professor Sir Tom Blundell of the University of Cambridge.

2 Nov 2010

Lactic acid levels in brain linked to aging process

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown that they may be able to monitor the aging process in the brain, by using MRI technique to measure the brain lactic acid levels. Their findings suggest that the lactate levels increase in advance of other aging symptoms, and therefore could be used as an indicator of aging and age-related diseases of the CNS.

2 Nov 2010

Molecular imaging technique pinpoints changes that take place in injured brain

Results from a study published in the November issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) show that powerful imaging techniques positron emission tomography (PET) fused with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are helping researchers better understand the long-term functional and structural changes that take place after traumatic brain injury (TBI).

2 Nov 2010

Study explains statistical link between low aerobic exercise capacity and common diseases

Everybody knows that if you're physically fit, you're less likely to get a wide range of diseases. What most people don't know is that some people are "naturally" in better shape than others, and this variation in conditioning makes it difficult to test for disease risk and drug effectiveness in animal models.

2 Nov 2010

Liver-related mortality ranks #4 for people between ages of 45 and 64

Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rank mortality related to chronic liver disease and cirrhosis as the 12th most common cause of death in adults in the U.S. Using a modified definition that includes diseases such as viral hepatitis, liver cancer and obesity-related fatty liver disease, Mayo Clinic-led researchers have found that liver-related mortality is as high as fourth for some age groups, and eighth overall.

2 Nov 2010

Autism Consortium begins new therapeutic initiative on Translational Medicine

The Autism Consortium, an innovative Boston area collaboration of researchers, clinicians, funders and families dedicated to catalyzing research and enhancing clinical care for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), announced that it will begin a new initiative on Translational Medicine and Autism Therapeutics. The new focus was introduced at the Consortium's fifth annual symposium held October 26th, 2010, at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

2 Nov 2010

CareChex releases new study on University Hospital Care in the U.S.

CareChex, a division of The Delta Group specializing in rating the quality of hospital and physician care, today released a new study, An Assessment of the Quality of University Hospital Care in the U.S., that investigates whether or not university hospitals outperform other hospitals on objective measures of quality.

2 Nov 2010

Elekta presents solutions for ultimate precision in cancer care at ASTRO Meeting

Elekta presented solutions for ultimate precision in cancer care at an Investor Meeting in conjunction with the 52nd annual American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Meeting, in San Diego. Elekta also discussed the market drivers in established and emerging markets, and explained its strategy for sustainable profitable growth.

From Elekta 2 Nov 2010

ArcticDx develops test to determine inherited risk for AMD

Established in 2007 and based in Toronto, ArcticDx has developed a test, Macula Risk-, the first of its kind and specifically designed to determine one's inherited risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common form of acquired blindness in the developed world, affecting over 10% of individuals. ArcticDx will use the PBDF investment to undertake studies in support of a planned filing for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Macula Risk.

2 Nov 2010

New algebraic model of DNA hybridization to measure cellular behavior

Researchers at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences have developed a novel algebraic model of DNA "hybridization," a process central to most biotechnology devices that monitor changes in cell's gene expression or characterize a cell's genome.

2 Nov 2010

WHO names Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit as 'collaborating center'

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health today announced that its Department of International Health and International Injury Research Unit have been designated a "collaborating center" by the World Health Organization. The new WHO Collaborating Center for Injuries, Violence and Accident Prevention is only the third collaborating center in the United States to focus on injury prevention and joins a network of more than 800 WHO Collaborating Centers in more than 80 countries.

2 Nov 2010