DuPont gives agricultural pesticide patent rights to Purdue
...is the first patent gift to Purdue, DuPont and its subsidiary companies, such as Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., have previously funded many Purdue research projects. The two compounds one of which was designed to control beetles and the other to control mites were found to be safe and effective against a...Baxter's HomeChoice Pediatric dialysis system receives market clearance from FDA
...re Corporation is the principal domestic operating subsidiary of Baxter International Inc., a global medical products and services company that, through its subsidiaries, provides critical therapies for people with life-threatening conditions. Baxter's products and services in bioscience (biopharmaceuticals, va...NIH grants infrastructure awards for human embryonic stem cell research
...tities to receive the awards include Cellsaurus, a subsidiary of Bresagen, of Athens, Georgia; ES Cell International Pte Ltd, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; the University of California, San Francisco, California; and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation of Madison, Wisconsin. "These awards represent t...DuPont to launch soybeans into space
...sportation. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., a subsidiary of DuPont, is the worlds leading source of customized solutions for farmers, livestock producers, and grain and oilseed processors. With headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Pioneer provides access to advanced plant genetics, crop protection solutions a...Testosterone gel (AndroGel) study demonstrates safety and efficacy up to 42 months
...cals, Inc., a wholly owned, independently operated subsidiary of Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The study showed that sexual motivation and performance significantly improved in men receiving testosterone gel at six months and this was maintained throughout treatment. Fat mass continued to decrease over the cour...UCSF begins distributing the first of its two embryonic stem cell lines
...cell lines; WiCell Research Institute, a nonprofit subsidiary of Wisconsin Alumni Research Association, which holds the patent on the technology used to derive the cells; and the National Institutes of Health, which will fund research conducted by recipients of UCSF's two cell lines. The terms of the agreement ...Researchers elucidate machinery of major anti-cancer target
...luding Schering-Plough, Bristol Myers-Squibb and a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson are now testing drugs that jam FTase to block the function of mutant Ras proteins and other substrates of the enzyme that are important in uncontrolled growth.Almost five years ago, Beese and Casey reported the first detailed str...First soybeans grown in space return to Earth
...sportation. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., a subsidiary of DuPont, is the world's leading source of customized solutions for farmers, livestock producers, and grain and oilseed processors. With headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Pioneer provides access to advanced plant genetics, crop protection solutions...Space Shuttle returns first soybeans grown on Space Station in commercial farming experiment
...t for Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., a DuPont subsidiary with headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, and the industrial sponsor for the experiment. "If we find changes, then we want to know if the positive traits can be inherited genetically by future generations of plants for the benefit of farmers and consum...Fresh evidence on Bhopal disaster
...Union Carbide, still insists that Carbide's Indian subsidiary was wholly responsible for the design and running ... estimated cost, the company's stake in its Indian subsidiary would drop below 53 per cent. To prevent this it would have to "reduce the amount of investment... t...Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center leads group buying PPL'S cloning, stem cell business
...apeutics, Inc., of Blacksburg, Va., a wholly owned subsidiary of PPL Therapeutics Plc of Scotland. PPL is considered one of the world's leading companies in the application of transgenic technology for the production of human proteins for therapeutic applications. In the deal made final today, PPL transfers al...Texas A&M, Ecor Corp. sign deal to produce health-related proteins
...promising, Texas A&M University and proCANE LLC, a subsidiary of ECOR Corp. of Sedona, Ariz., have partnered to continue the research and market the high-value, plant-derived proteins. "We currently have seven patents, either issued or pending, for the process I've developed to use sugarcane as a drug factory ...Clinical study reports findings of combination therapy with DOXIL
...tan, New Jersey in 1990 as the first biotechnology subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Since that time, Ortho Biotech and its worldwide affiliates have earned a global reputation for researching, manufacturing and marketing innovative healthcare products that extend and enhance the quality of patients' lives. Or...Study suggests genetically modifying sunflowers for white mold resistance
...The situation led Pioneer Hi-Bred International a subsidiary of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company to genetically modify one of their varieties of sunflower by inserting a gene isolated from wheat. Much of the damage that white mold inflicts on sunflowers is caused by its production of an organic acid called...First soybeans grown in space similar to Earth-grown crops
...tober aboard the Atlantis. The prior June, DuPont subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., with the Wisc...hnologies. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., a subsidiary of DuPont, is the world's leading source of customized solutions for farmers, livestock producers an...NASA biotechnology activities enhancing quality of life
...tner, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., a DuPont subsidiary with headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. This experiment verified that WCSAR-developed plant growth technologies were capable of producing a major agricultural crop in space. The second objective was to see whether microgravity would alter the product...OHSU researcher publishes first measurements of 'free-base' nicotine in cigarette smoke
... to an April 25 Reuters report, BAT Netherlands, a subsidiary of the tobacco giant British American Tobacco, objected to the disclosure of additives used in cigarettes sold in the Dutch market. A spokesman for the company stated: "... to our understanding this requirement goes beyond what was required by the E...Psoriasis treatment based on Weizmann Institute Research passes phase II clinical trials
...rono that produces this drug in their Israel-based subsidiary Interpharm Laboratories. Interpharm was founded by Serono 25 years ago for the application of Weizmann Institute discoveries for therapy. The drug, called Onercept, or r-hTBP-1, caused significant improvement in the patients' Psoriasis Area and Sever...