System to measure carbon dioxide flux from soil patented
...ion (SRS) unit in Research Triangle Park, NC, have patented a system for measuring the carbon dioxide emitted from forest soils and the woody tissue of trees. John Butnor, Chris Maier, and Kurt Johnson from the SRS Biological Foundations of Southern Forest Productivity and Sustainability unit developed the Au...University of Pittsburgh Medical Center acquires biotechnology firm Rheogene Inc.
...n expression. RheoGene's proprietary system uses a patented small-molecule mediator that can turn genes "on" or "off" as well as adjust the level of gene activity. In addition, the company is developing other pharmaceutical discovery agents used in research. "The acquisition of the RheoGene technology furth...UN report: Accelerate global agreement to oversee exploitation of South Pole 'extremophiles'
...year, an extract from an Antarctic green algae was patented in Germany for use in cosmetic skin treatment; In 1997, a patent was granted by the Russian patent office for the production of biologically active substances with antitumour properties extracted from a strain of Antarctic black yeast; An applicati...... Gaithersburg, Maryland, and the plasmids used are patented by various companies, all of whom will be entitled to payment if their property is used to make a commercial product. Wood says he doesn't know how the experimental vaccine can possibly be put into production quickly when there are complicated paten...Vegetables that prevent may ultimately cure some cancers
... tumor growth," he said. "The hope now is that the patented chemicals can be developed into useful drugs for clinical trials and then be used for cancer treatment. "It looks promising in cancer cells and animals at this time. We need future studies in humans to see if it is beneficial with people as well," ...The common cold as cancer fighter? SLU prof's lifetime work moving into clinical trials
...pected to move soon into clinical trials. Now this patented technology has been issued and exclusively licensed to a company, Introgen Therapeutics, which made the announcement this morning. Introgen and VirRx, a biotechnology company founded by Wold and with a primary interest in cancer gene therapy, are col...Leading U.S. gun manufacturer joins NJIT to develop personalized handgun
...s. The new firearm will combine the developed and patented Dynamic Grip Recognition technology owned by NJIT with the patented handgun Electronic Firing System owned by Metal Storm Ltd. Taurus International Manufacturing, In...War on termites heats up with worlds largest test site
...r an entire house in just 2 minutes. The plant is patented and the University is currently in negotiation with an industry partner to commercialise the technology....Elusive cancer killer's deep-sea hideout discovered after a nearly 20-year hunt
... http://www.at-sea.org HARBOR BRANCH has already patented nearly a hundred potential pharmaceuticals from the tens of thousands of the organisms the Biomedical Marine Research group has collected since the '80s at sites around the globe. Several of these are in various stages of development as potential com...Multiphoton microscope observes cell membrane action
...on grant to Baumgart. Multiphoton microscopy is a patented process developed at Cornell by Webb, who also is the Eckert Professor in Engineering and director of DRBIO, and by Winfried Denk, who now is a director at Germany's Max-Planck-Institut fr Medizinische Forschung Biomedizinische Optik. The title of t...DNA production patent awarded to two UH-related engineers
... and biochemical devices. Willson said the newly patented technique permits the production of purified DNA without the need for nucleases or proteases that can contaminate product and complicate cleanup in conventional separations. The patent was acquired with the assistance of Technology Licensing, which...Researchers identify botox receptor
...e fragment composed of the syt II protein is being patented by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, a non-profit agency that manages intellectual property for UW-Madison. Currently, Dong and others are working to identify receptors for the other types of botulinum neurotoxin fatal to humans....Study calls for cheaper antitoxins for plant poisoning in less-developed countries
...ing. Although digoxin-specific antibodies were not patented on ethical grounds when developed in 1975, they are now unavailable in Sri Lanka because of their cost."...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 2003
...olling assisted, biaxially textured substrates), a patented technology and winner of an R&D 100 Award, will be required if high-temperature superconducting transformers are to be a big player in the upgraded electric grid of tomorrow. [Contact: Ron Walli, 865-576-0226; wallira@ornl.gov ]...UCSD scientists develop novel way to screen molecules
...n Burkart's laboratory who initially developed and patented the technique, said that since scientific laboratories often rely on laser light to detect molecules, it made sense to them to design a way to detect molecules using the most ubiquitous laser on the planet--the CD player. "The CD is by far the most c...First company founded on UCF biotechnology formed
...hlorogen has an exclusive license for a technology patented by Daniell that precisely inserts a foreign gene o...ply of proteins for therapeutic uses. Chlorogen's patented technology enables the plant to produce up to 1,000 times more introduced protein than other availab...U.S. Army awards veterinary college researcher $1 million grant to develop vaccine
...n its surface. Inzana, who recently developed and patented a vaccine for swine pleuropneumonia by mutating the DNA required for capsule synthesis by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, and selecting for a non-capsulated vaccine strain, plans to apply his expertise in bacterial carbohydrate antigens to the new v...UC Riverside is part of new initiative to share patented research on agriculture
...cilitate access to each other's current and future patented agricultural technologies. A paper outlining the new initiative appears in the July 11, 2003, issue of Science and is coauthored by the chancellors or presidents of the universities or foundations. Named PIPRA or the Public-Sector Intellectual...Universities to share technologies to fight hunger in developing countries; improve domestic crops
...to allow access to each other's current and future patented agricultural technologies and is exploring ways to...n access to multiple technologies, which are often patented or otherwise protected by intellectual property rights. Ownership of these rights is currently frag......d ion trap mass spectrometer that is based on ORNL patented technology. The product can be used for applications from on-line screening for toxins in municipal watersheds to detecting hazardous substances at airport checkpoints. MicroTrapMS will enhance real-time capabilities of field engineers to sweep many ...