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NYUCI experts present latest research findings about hematologic cancers at 53rd ASH meeting

Experts from the NYU Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated cancer center at NYU Langone Medical Center, presented their latest research findings about hematologic cancers at the 53rd ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition held December 10-13, 2011 in San Diego, California.

14 Dec 2011

AiC: Health Research receives U.S. Army grant for neuroimaging studies of human performance

The Arlington Innovation Center: Health Research (AiC: Health Research), of Virginia Tech's National Capital Region, has been awarded a $1.5 million cooperative research and development agreement from the U.S. Army for neuroimaging studies of human performance.

14 Oct 2011

First successful quantification of membrane lipids in a living cell

Could controlling cell-membrane fat play a key role in turning off disease? Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago think so, and a biosensor they've created that measures membrane lipid levels may open up new pathways to disease treatment.

10 Oct 2011

GSA, NAM select 16 reporters for MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows Program

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and New America Media (NAM) have selected 16 reporters for the MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows Program, now in its second year.

30 Sep 2011

Mayo Clinic, SK biopharmaceuticals collaborate to discover new ALS drugs

South Korean biotech SK biopharmaceuticals announced yesterday that they signed an agreement to collaborate with the Mayo Clinic for the discovery of new drugs targeting Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

20 Sep 2011

Techulon signs distribution agreement with BioConcept for Glycofect

Techulon Inc., the leader in low-toxicity gene delivery has signed a distribution agreement with BioConcept of Allschwil, Switzerland.

19 Sep 2011

AAO-HNSF's 2011 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO to convene in San Francisco

The 2011 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF), the largest meeting of ear, nose, and throat doctors in the world, will convene September 11-14, 2011, in San Francisco, CA.

29 Aug 2011

Nature Biotechnology publishes BGI, GT Life Sciences' study on CHO K1 genome

BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, and GT Life Sciences, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company that utilizes a proven metabolic modeling and experimental platform to drive the discovery and design of new products and processes for the life sciences field, announced today that their collaborative study on the genomic sequence of the Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) K1 cell line was published July 31, 2011 online in Nature Biotechnology.

1 Aug 2011

Lonza, Cellectis reach milestone in development of newly bioengineered cell line

Cellectis bioresearch, the genome customization specialist and a commercial subsidiary of Cellectis, and Lonza, a world leader in biotechnology production, announce today that they have reached a significant milestone in the development of a newly bioengineered cell line.

21 Jul 2011

Researchers develop way to uncover evolution of human cancer cells

A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco has developed a way to uncover the evolution of human cancer cells, determining the order in which mutations emerge in them as they wend their way from a normal, healthy state into invasive, malignant masses.

30 Jun 2011

China Health first quarter gross revenues increase 52% to $6.759 million

China Health Labs & Diagnostics Ltd. is pleased to announce the financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

29 Jun 2011

PCF funds 14 new Creativity Awards for advanced prostate cancer research

The Prostate Cancer Foundation today announced that it has funded 14 new Creativity Awards for advanced prostate cancer research. These two-year awards are designed to support innovative research ideas that have the potential to achieve breakthroughs for improved prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment.

2 Jun 2011

CrystalGenomics begins enrollment in CG100649 Phase 2b osteoarthritis study

CrystalGenomics, Inc. and CG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company with 3 clinical stage candidates, has announced that the first patient has been enrolled for a Phase 2b clinical study of CG100649, CrystalGenomics' clinical stage novel NSAID candidate, in patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis.

1 Jun 2011

Transarterial embolization an effective alternative to endoscopy for acute peptic ulcer bleeding

Researchers from China report that in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding in whom endoscopy failed to control the bleeding, transarterial embolization is a safe procedure which reduces the need for surgery without increasing overall mortality and is associated with few complications.

24 May 2011

ProBioGen, Life Technologies' new cell line development kits now available for biologic drug production

Life Technologies Corporation and ProBioGen AG today announced the availability of Gibco Freedom Cell Line Development Kits, a new line of royalty-free products that integrate cells, reagents, culture media and protocols to bring simplicity and flexibility, eliminating up to two months in the earliest stages of new biological drug development.

17 May 2011

Miltenyi Biotec enters partnership with TeutoCell to develop novel cell culture techniques

Miltenyi Biotec, the only company to offer a seamless experimental integration path from sample preparation through cell separation, culture, and analysis for primary cells, today entered into a strategic alliance with TeutoCell, a provider of cutting edge cell culture technology.

12 May 2011

Symphogen to present second-generation Sympress platform at ESACT conference

Symphogen, a private biopharmaceutical company developing superior antibody therapeutics to treat cancer, infectious and autoimmune diseases, announced today that second-generation enhancements to the company's SYMPRESS manufacturing and quality control platform will be presented in an oral presentation entitled "Recombinant antibody mixtures; optimization of cell line generation and single-batch manufacturing processes" by Dr. Søren K. Rasmussen, Principal Scientist, Symphogen at the upcoming European Society for Animal Cell Technology conference in Vienna on May 17, 2011.

11 May 2011

China Health Labs & Diagnostics begins trading on OTCQX International

China Health Labs & Diagnostics Ltd., is pleased to announce that effective March 10, 2011 its shares began trading on the OTC Market's premier tier, OTCQX International, under the symbol CHLBF.

10 Mar 2011

Protein serum amyloid A could be a potential diagnostic biomarker for lung cancer

Scientists are reporting discovery of a protein in the blood of lung cancer patients that could be used in a test for the disease - difficult to diagnose in its earliest and most treatable stages - and to develop drugs that stop lung cancer from spreading. Their study appears in ACS's Journal of Proteome Research.

3 Mar 2011

Ten states change their laws to require that mental health records be sent to NICS

In December 2005, Seung-Hui Cho was found to present "an imminent danger to himself as a result of mental illness" by a special judge. This should have barred him from owning a gun under federal law, 18 U.S.C. section 922(g), but, because his mental health records were never sent to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System, in March 2007 Cho was able to purchase the guns he used the following month to shoot and kill 32 people at Virginia Tech.

29 Jan 2011