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- NSF awards $7.5M grant to University of Oklahoma for plant genomics (EurekAlert!)
- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:08:09 GMT - ( University of Oklahoma ) A decade ago, a group of University of Oklahoma researchers were sequencing the first human chromosome as part of the human genome project. Today, the OU Advanced Center for Genome Technology is contributing to an international effort to sequence the tomato genome with a $7.5 million grant awarded by the National Science Foundation for plant genomics.
- BJAC designs UNCW's New Center for Marine Sciences Biotechnology Research Facility (Contract Magazine)
- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:34:36 GMT - BJAC’s Charlotte office has been commissioned to complete the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) Center for Marine Sciences Biotechnology Research Facility.
- Final Glance: Biotechnology companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:50:02 GMT - NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top biotechnology companies were mixed at the close of trading: Amgen fell $.68 or 1.2 percent, to $55.38. Biogen Idec rose $.53 or 1.2 percent, to $46.38. Celgene rose $.36 or .7 percent, to $54.91. Gilead Sciences fell $.13 or .3 percent, to $46.39.
- Midday Glance: Biotechnology companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:01:44 GMT - NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top biotechnology companies are mixed at noon: Amgen fell $.77 or 1.4 percent, to $55.29. Biogen Idec rose $.11 or .2 percent, to $45.96. Celgene rose $.35 or .6 percent, to $54.90. Gilead Sciences fell $.39 or .8 percent, to $46.13.
- Beyond Genomics, Biologists And Engineers Decode The Next Frontier (Medical News Today)
- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:30:31 GMT - A team of Princeton biologists and engineers has dramatically improved the speed and accuracy of measuring an enigmatic set of proteins that influences almost every aspect of how cells and tissues function. The new method offers a long-sought tool for studying stem cells, cancer and other problems of fundamental importance to biology and medicine.
- Early Glance: Biotechnology companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31:41 GMT - NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top biotechnology companies are down at 10 a.m.: Amgen fell $.46 or .8 percent, to $55.60. Biogen Idec fell $.19 or .4 percent, to $45.66. Celgene unchanged at $54.55. Gilead Sciences fell $.34 or .7 percent, to $46.18.
- Moved into Permanent Home, SRI's CADRE Boosts Proteomics Work into Rx, Dx for Infectious Diseases (GenomeWeb News)
- Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:50:08 GMT - SRI International has moved its Center for Advanced Drug Research to its new permanent home as it eyes bulking up its proteomics operations.
- Start-up Convey Computer Sees Acceleration in Bioinformatics as a Good Fit for 'Hybrid-Core' System (GenomeWeb News)
- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:20 GMT - Convey Computer , a provider of "hybrid-core" computing systems that integrate multi-core x86 processors with field-programmable gate arrays, is targeting the life sciences as one of the first markets for its HC-1 system.
- DNA molecules in moss open door to new biotechnology (Science Daily)
- Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:20:56 GMT - Plasmids, which are DNA molecules capable of independent replication in cells, have played an important role in gene technology. Researchers have now demonstrated that plasmid-based methods, which had been limited to single-cell organisms such as bacteria and yeasts, can be extended to mosses, opening the door to applications of a number of powerful techniques in plant research.
- Early Glance: Biotechnology companies (INO News)
- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:43:58 GMT - (AP:NEW YORK) Shares of some top biotechnology companies are down at 10 a.m.: Amgen fell $.46 or .8 percent, to $55.60. Biogen Idec fell $.19 or .4 percent, to $45.66.
- Cloned horses latest move for controversial field
- Friday Mar 31, 2006 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The company that cloned the first horse to be sold commercially said on Thursday it plans to market 22 similar animals before 2008, marking another step forward for the controversial technology.
- Biologists Take Big Step to Keep Park's Little Cutthroats From Being Devoured
- Tuesday Nov 8, 2005 - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - An unusual fishing season just ended on Yellowstone Lake. The take included 36,000 lake trout caught, killed and sunk to the bottom of the lake. And the fishers are not finished.
- A Special Drug Just for You, at the End of a Long Pipeline
- Tuesday Nov 8, 2005 - A new drug for acne, Aczone, was approved in July, but with a catch. The Food and Drug Administration said it would require that patients first be tested for an enzyme deficiency that could put them at risk of developing anemia from the drug.
- U.S. companies to launch corn-based socks in Japan
- Tuesday Nov 8, 2005 - TOKYO (Reuters) - The Chicago White Sox may have won baseball's World Series, but the corn socks are coming to Japan. Biodegradable socks, made from corn-derived fiber and manufactured by U.S. hosiery makers, should make their worldwide debut on Japanese store shelves sometime next year, industry officials said on Tuesday.
- New "chip" could provide quick bird flu test
- Tuesday Nov 8, 2005 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new "chip" can test for 11 different influenza strains, including avian flu, in less than a quarter of the time it now takes to diagnose flu in patients, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
- Prince Charles urges environment moves
- Tuesday Nov 8, 2005 - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, toured a landmark San Francisco building renovated to showcase organic foods on Monday and followed the visit by telling California business leaders that urgent action is needed to address environmental challenges.
- Past pandemics that ravaged Europe
- Monday Nov 7, 2005 - In 430BC, during the Peloponnesian war against their great rival Sparta, the people of Athens were hit by a deadly disease that has defied diagnosis to this day.
- U. makes a healing 'bio-paper'
- Saturday Nov 5, 2005 - (Deseret Morning News) An emerging branch of medicine called "organ printing" takes a patient's own healthy cells and uses a printer, cell-based "bio-ink" and "bio-paper" to create tissue to repair a damaged organ.
- Americans split over buying cloned meat: poll
- Friday, Nov 4, 2005 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two-thirds of U.S. consumers said they would either buy or consider buying meat and milk made from cloned animals if the U.S. government declared cloning safe, according to the results of a public opinion poll released on Friday.
- EU authorizes GMO maize type by legal rubberstamp
- Monday, August 8, 2005 - The European Union authorized imports of a genetically modified (GMO) maize on Monday, the third GMO product to win approval since the EU ended its unofficial biotech ban last year, officials said.
- Cloning Man’s Best Friend
- Friday, August 6, 2005 - Hwang Woo-suk, the stem-cell pioneer who led the team that cloned the world’s first dog, explains why they did it and why they believe Snuppy could benefit all of mankind.
- Ghana stops importation of GM Foods
- Thursday, July 28, 2005 - Ghana has taken a strong stance against the importation and cultivation of Genetically Modified (GM) foods in Ghana.
- GM potato uses frog gene to resist pathogens
- Thursday, July 28, 2005 - A chemical that South American frogs excrete from their skin could protect potatoes and other crops from a range of diseases, according to biotechnologists in Canada.
- Skin Cancer Breakthrough in an Egg
- Sunday, July 24, 2005 - CHICKEN eggs containing a drug that can target and treat skin cancer have been produced by Scottish scientists.
- Pakistan, India And US Biotechnology Ties
- Monday, July 11, 2005 - All three countries Pakistan, India and USA are building closer science ties with each other in a range of fields spanning crops biotechnology to overcome its agriculture issues. Pakistan stands to gain tremendously from the tripartite planning meeting on agricultural biotechnology held at Lahore at the end of May 2005.
- ARS to be part of new team improving Cassava
- Friday, July 11, 2005 - Cassava, one of the most important food crops in Africa, is about to undergo an extreme makeover in a multimillion-dollar project that will include an Agricultural Research Service scientist as part of the interdisciplinary team.
- Biotech acreage on the rise across U.S.
- Saturday, July 09, 2005 - As part of the latest NASS acreage survey, farmers’ use of biotechnology-derived crops was detailed. The numbers aren’t growing by leaps and bounds lately, but they are growing.