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UCSF scientists receive CIRM grants to advance degenerative muscle disease research

Three UCSF scientists have received grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to advance their investigations of treatment strategies for degenerative muscle diseases, such as muscular dystrophy, and heart disease, and to determine why human embryonic stem cells are susceptible to forming tumors.

10 May 2011

Acceleron presents RAP-661 preclinical data in osteopenic mice at international meeting

Acceleron Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing protein therapeutics for cancer and orphan diseases, presented preclinical data highlighting the significant anabolic bone effects in normal and osteopenic mice of RAP-661.

10 May 2011

USPTO grants patent to Rosetta's human hsa-miR-497 for use in diagnostic tests

Rosetta Genomics today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 7,943,745, which is related to human hsa-miR-497 and its variants and covers the composition of matter.

10 May 2011

Three Ontario projects set to further knowledge and discovery in biomonitoring, drug development

As part of the Genome Canada Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition, which as a whole awarded over $58 million to 16 projects across the country, the researchers in Ontario will be focusing on biomonitoring, understanding gene function with the aim of identifying genes or proteins for drug targets, and the creation of synthetic antibodies to target cancers and other diseases.

9 May 2011

Intrexon to deploy Novici's GRAMMR technology in concert with UltraVector platform

Intrexon Corporation, a next generation synthetic biology company, today announced an agreement with Novici Biotech LLC in which Intrexon has licensed certain non-exclusive rights to the use of Novici's patented GRAMMR® technology for high-resolution genetic reassortment ("gene shuffling").

9 May 2011

Illumina announces price reduction in whole human genome sequencing projects

Illumina, Inc. today announced that it is significantly reducing the price for sequencing whole human genomes through the Illumina Genome Network.

From Illumina, Inc. 9 May 2011

CSEW fails to protect public health by refusing to take part in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease study

The creation of a post-mortem tissue archive for a study of the human form of mad cow disease failed because of a "misguided" refusal by coroners to participate.

9 May 2011

ArtVentive Medical Group performs animal studies treating target vessels with EOS device

ArtVentive Medical Group, Inc. announced today that the Company performed regulatory animal studies treating target vessels with its occlusion system - device. The procedures had a 100% success rate in terms of safety and effectiveness.

9 May 2011

FDA clears Affymetrix's new gene profiling reagents for use in microarray instrument system

Affymetrix, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the addition of new gene expression reagents as accessories to its GeneChip Microarray Instrument System for in vitro diagnostic use, making Affymetrix the first in the industry to provide a comprehensive microarray-based clinical toolkit for diagnostic test development, signature discovery for companion diagnostics, and translational initiatives. Affymetrix Gene Profiling Reagents offer unparalleled convenience by simplifying assay workflow, decreasing hands-on time, and reducing quality control testing compared to research-use-only-produced products.

9 May 2011

Researchers use computer screens to detect how human brain performs visual search

In the wild, mammals survive because they can see and evade predators lurking in the shadowy bushes. That ability translates to the human world. Transportation Security Administration screeners can pick out dangerous objects in an image of our messy and stuffed suitcases. We get out of the house every morning because we find our car keys on that cluttered shelf next to the door.

9 May 2011

New international project to create more mutant genes, address shortage of Cre resources

Local scientists are now part of an International team compiling an enormous bank of resources for research into the functions of all known genes. The development of these biological resources will eventually allow scientists to know how the human genome behaves in health and disease.

9 May 2011

Researchers analyze gene expression profiles to understand molecular mechanisms behind various diseases

Over the past decades, researchers seeking to understand molecular mechanisms underlying various diseases, notably cancer, have taken advantage of DNA microarrays to interrogate tissues specimen of patients for the expression status of thousands of genes at once.

9 May 2011

Scientists to identify host bacteria that colonize different hybrids

Literature tells us that "no man is an island entire unto itself," but science reveals that we are in fact a walking, talking colony of microscopic creatures.

7 May 2011

Breast cancer cells utilize tissue stem cell EMT for tumor metastasis

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, after isolating normal stem cells that form the developing placenta, have given them the same properties of stem cells associated with an aggressive type of breast cancer.

7 May 2011

Cancer researchers help unlock cellular-level function of telomerase enzyme

Cancer researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center are helping unlock the cellular-level function of the telomerase enzyme, which is linked to the disease's growth.

7 May 2011

Study confirms prognostic role of CTC in metastatic breast cancer

French researchers have reported the strongest proof yet that evidence of 'circulating tumor cells' found in samples of a patient's blood is strongly linked to poor outcomes such as a short time to disease progression.

7 May 2011

New book explores the hidden world of viruses

"Carl Zimmer is one of the best science writers we have today. A Planet of Viruses is an important primer on the viruses living within and around all of us-sometimes funny, other times shocking, and always accessible. Whether discussing the common cold and flu, little-known viruses that attack bacteria or protect oceans, or the world's viral future as seen through our encounters with HIV or SARS, Zimmer's writing is lively, knowledgeable, and graced with poetic touches."-Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

7 May 2011

Medical Science News

UCSF scientists receive CIRM grants to advance degenerative muscle disease research

Acceleron presents RAP-661 preclinical data in osteopenic mice at international meeting

USPTO grants patent to Rosetta's human hsa-miR-497 for use in diagnostic tests

Three Ontario projects set to further knowledge and discovery in biomonitoring, drug development

Intrexon to deploy Novici's GRAMMR technology in concert with UltraVector platform

Illumina announces price reduction in whole human genome sequencing projects

CSEW fails to protect public health by refusing to take part in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease study

ArtVentive Medical Group performs animal studies treating target vessels with EOS device

FDA clears Affymetrix's new gene profiling reagents for use in microarray instrument system

Researchers use computer screens to detect how human brain performs visual search

New international project to create more mutant genes, address shortage of Cre resources

Researchers analyze gene expression profiles to understand molecular mechanisms behind various diseases

Scientists to identify host bacteria that colonize different hybrids

Breast cancer cells utilize tissue stem cell EMT for tumor metastasis

Cancer researchers help unlock cellular-level function of telomerase enzyme

Study confirms prognostic role of CTC in metastatic breast cancer

New book explores the hidden world of viruses

Latest research on HIV immunity can help develop vaccine

Researchers find temperature-sensing protein in immune cells

Researchers establish new method to patch damaged heart with tissue-engineering platform

Advancing benzodiazepine detection

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Leveraging the Radian ASAP in standard casework

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