Macrochem acquires option to license pexiganan
...- MacroChem Corporation (OTCBB: MACM - News) today announced that it has signed an exclusive option to acquire exclusive worldwide license rights for drug uses of pexiganan, a novel, small peptide anti-infective for topical treatment of patients with mild diabetic foot infection (DFI), from Genaera Corporation...Wiley extends publishing partnership with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
...ican Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) today announced the renewal and extension of their agreement for publication of the Institutes flagship journals, AIChE Journal, Environmental Progress, and Process Safety Progress. The renewed agreement extends the AIChE-Wiley publishing partnership through 2017. T...Germany's embryo protection law is 'killing embryos rather than protecting them'
...y of ART for infertile couples. In 2003, Germany announced that it would be cutting its generous reimbursement of fertility treatment by 50% and in that year there was a sudden surge in the number of procedures from 84,819 in 2002 to 102,426 as couples rushed to take advantage of the existing funding arrange...Researchers identify genetic mutation that may alter tumor cell proliferation
...slational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced finding a novel recurring mutation of the gene AKT1 in breast, colorectal and ovarian cancers. The altered form of AKT1 appears to cause tumor cell proliferation and may play a role in making cells resistant to certain types of therapies. The finding...The Cancer Genome Atlas awards funds for technology development
...nome Research Institute (NHGRI), both part of NIH, announced the TCGA pilot in December 2005 to test the feasibility of a large-scale, systematic approach to identifying the changes that occur in the genomes of cancer cells. The goal is to generate genomic information that the research community can use to dev...Biovest announces interim blinded data of fast-tracked pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of BiovaxID
...f Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABPI), announced on June 27, 2007 blinded interim data from the start of its fast-tracked pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of BiovaxID for Non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL) from September 2000 through June 2006. This interim blinded data is the most recent data that has bee...World Wildlife Fund warns against iron dumping experiment near the Galapagos Islands
WASHINGTONWorld Wildlife Fund today announced its opposition to a plan by Planktos, Inc. (OTCBB: PLKT) to dump iron dust in the open ocean west of the Galapagos Islands. The experiment seeks to induce phytoplankton blooms in the hopes that the microscopic marine plants will absorb carbon dioxide...$125 million bioenergy initiative powered by Midwest ag industry, MSU research
...vors in Michigan State Universitys history, it was announced today. MSU will partner with the University of W... things start to happen. The three DOE BRCs were announced today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. They are established and operated to accelerate...UC Davis is partner in new $125 million federal bioenergy research center
...ergy research center, the U.S. Departmentof Energy announced this morning. The funds will establish and suppo...heBerkeley Lab. The energy department today also announced two other nationalbioenergy research centers: the DOE BioEnergy Research Center, led bythe Oak Ridge...University of Arizona launches major scientific research initiative at Biosphere 2
The University of Arizona today announced a major new scientific initiative to tackle the grand challenges facing science and society, including global climate change, the fate of water and how energy travels through Earth's ecosystems. The University will lease the 34.5-acre (14 hectare)...Energy department selects 3 Bioenergy Research Centers for $375 million in federal funding
...t of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman today announced that DOE will invest up to $375 million in three new Bioenergy Research Centers that will be located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Madison, Wisconsin; and near Berkeley, California. The Centers are intended to accelerate basic research in the development...New Naval S&T Strategy to be detailed at partnership conference
...tial opportunities. In addition, RADM Landay has announced a $1 million CNR Challenge for innovative science and technology ideas brought to ONR during the conference. The CNR Challenge gives registered conference attendees the opportunity to schedule face-to-face meetings with decision-makers from ONR to as...Stem cell licensing deal positions Toronto as world leader in technology
Toronto, ON -- A $20-million deal announced today to license Canadian stem cell technology in ... Australian markets. The HUCPVC breakthrough was announced in 2005 when the Davies research group at the University of Toronto discovered these stem cells in a...New amfAR research grants to optimize HIV treatment
...owena Johnston, amfARs vice president of research, announced today. Among those projects is a study exploring the potential benefits of maraviroc, a new antiretroviral drug expected to be approved by the FDA soon. Maraviroc works by blocking the cell surface protein CCR5 and thus preventing the virus from en...Gene therapy study shows safety and statistically significant improvement in Parkinson's disease
... Neurologix, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NRGX) today announced the publication in the June 23 issue of the journal The Lancet of positive results from the first ever gene therapy trial for Parkinsons disease and the first report of direct gene transfer into a patients own brain cells for any adult neurodegenerat...MU maps course for improving pre-college science education
...Garden. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced today that it will award a $750,000 grant to the MU School of Medicine to develop these concepts and tools and teach students fundamental concepts of human health, biology and medical sciences. HHMI will support the MU program as part of a national...AAAS decries latest stem cell veto
...nes that had been created when the president first announced U.S. policy in 2001. "Our concern is that this action has the potential to delay development of important new therapies by cutting off a promising avenue of research," said Alan I. Leshner, the chief executive officer of AAAS and executive publisher ...Human genetic 'deserts' are teeming with significant life
...Although the finished sequence of the human genome announced in 2003 was a great achievement, it left a number of questions unanswered. Before the information contained in the sequence can be used to its best effect, the identity and precise location of all the protein-encoding and non protein-encoding genes...How the Biotech Revolution Is Changing the Way We Fight Disease
...ding scientists from the National Cancer Institute announced the beginning of the cancer genome atlas project, a large-scale endeavor to map every gene implicated in cancer and the first step toward development of new therapies for treating this still baffling disease. This spin-off of the human genome project...Researchers discover 'acquired' DNA key to certain bacterial infection
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Researchers announced this week the discovery of a mechanism by which Mycobacterium avium a bacterium which can result in serious lung infections and is prevalent in emphysema and AIDS patients among others infects tissue cells or macrophages and thus compromises the bo...