Final results demonstrate Aranesp dosed every two weeks is comparable to Epoetin alfa dosed weekly
...5) Amgen Inc., (NASDAQ: AMGN) the world's largest biotechnology company, today announced that final results of a Phase 3 randomized, head-to-head study demonstrated that 200 mcg of Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) administered every two weeks is as effective as 40,000 U of Epoetin alfa dosed once a week in boosting hem...Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine gets $4 million to make 'smart nanoparticles'
...roducts." The BRTT Program supports biomedical and biotechnology research intended to lead to job creation and improvements in the health of Ohioans. Awarded projects are collaborations among Ohio higher education institutions, non-profit research organizations and Ohio companies in the areas of human genetics and...Researcher gets NSF grant to create mutant maize lines
...opmental or physiological processes, as well as to biotechnology industry scientists seeking to create maize plants with enhanced properties for agriculture or industry, Brutnell says. "This is going to be the only resource of its kind, a sequence-indexed library that allows researchers to do a database search for...LUCA technologies confirms real-time methane generation
...th. Luca scientists, employing the tools of modern biotechnology and genomics, have now shown that living methane generating, microbial consortia are present and actively forming methane within some of these hydrocarbon substrates. In addition to demonstrating that methane formation by these microbes can be stimul...National Academies news: Conference on genomics revolution set for November 2005
...pic was selected because advances in the fields of biotechnology and genomics over the last decade offer a wide range of opportunities for collaboration among scientific disciplines. To help overcome differences in terminology used by researchers in various fields, the conference will include "tutorials" given by ...GroPep announces Japanese approval of biopharmaceutical that uses its cell culture products
Adelaide biotechnology company, Gro Pep , announced today that abiopharmaceutical product with a key manufacturing ingredient supplied by Gro Pep has received regulatory approval in Japan. The product is the sixth biopharmaceutical made with Gro Pep 's Cell Culture Prod...Researchers find promising cancer-fighting power of synthetic cell-signaling molecule
... coordinated with Slainte Bioceuticals, a start-up biotechnology company in metro Atlanta that is helping to bring this potential drug to market. "Even if Enigmols are effective in humans, the greatest success is likely to come from the right combination of drugs that interact in a synergistic way," Merrill noted....Researchers peer inside embryonic/fetal hearts to discover causes of congenital heart disease
...s therapeutic devices and is partnering with local biotechnology companies to develop novel approaches that optimize both software and the catheters used for interventional procedures. At Children's, researchers are studying tissue engineering for ways to regulate how heart muscle cells grow and mature, hoping th...Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner receives 2005 UCSD/Merck Life Science Achievement Award
...interest in recent years from basic scientists and biotechnology companies working on a wide range of problems dealing with cell regulation. The symposium, entitled RNA: Beyond the Central Dogma, is in many ways a tribute to the discoveries and visionary ideas in RNA biology and other fields that Brenner has been ...Modular Genetics, Inc., strikes deal with Monsanto
...Modular Genetics Inc. (MGI), a Woburn, Mass.-based biotechnology company. MGI recently struck a three-year collaborative deal with St. Louis-based agribusiness giant Monsanto to apply MGI's technology to agriculture. The patented technology, known as a protein optimization platform, assembles and screens protei...Monaco formalises its EUREKA membership in Paris
...egion. Key activities include light manufacturing, biotechnology and marine R&D. It became a full member of EUREKA in January 2005, together with San Marino, following an announcement at the EUREKA Ministerial Conference in Paris in June 2004. Despite its small size, Monaco is keen to co-operate internationally a...Harnessing microbes, one by one, to build a better nanoworld
...l microbes will have implications for conventional biotechnology as well. For example, chemical modifications to the electrode traps might make it easier for scientists to retrieve specified cells from a complex mixture. The work by Hamers' group was funded by the National Science Foundation. The Wisconsin Alumni ...Consortium to create comprehensive tools for uncovering the functions of human, mouse genes
...ssociated methods," said Dave Julien, president of biotechnology at Sigma-Aldrich. "The TRC is consistent with our goal of enabling progress in biomedical research." Separately, Sigma said that it plans to commercially distribute clones, purified DNA and viral stocks from TRC RNAi libraries, facilitating their us...Anti cancer virotherapy well tolerated in first human administration, research finds
...gy is licensed to Australian Stock Exchange listed biotechnology company, Psiron Limited (ASX:PSX). Professor Shafren has previously tested this virotherapy on cancer tumours in mice and this is the first testing in humans. Two patients only were approved to receive this virotherapy. Professor Shafren reported to...Urgent measures needed to retain our lead in pharmaceuticals
...ments for hereditary illnesses in the near future, biotechnology firms are now educating the public and patients about what they can realistically expect from the science." Amplifying this, Dr. Adam Hedgecoe, University of Sussex finds that "Learning the lessons of previous controversies such as GMOs, discussion o...Top experts and scientists at BioFinland 05 Congress
...t innovations and developments within chemical and biotechnology as well as laboratory analytics. Reduced registration fee until February 28. For more information on the BioFinland 05 Congress and the speakers: www.biofinland.fi...Gene therapy converts dead bone graft to new, living tissue
... also founder and president of the Rochester-based biotechnology company LAGeT, a company Schwarz spun off from his university research. The firm seeks to commercialize Schwarz's research findings on light-activated gene therapy and has licensed the technology from the university. Also taking part from the Univer...Methodist, UH system joining forces for biomedical research, clinical care
... and fitness, communication disorders, imaging and biotechnology training programs. The University of Houston conducts more than $90 million a year in sponsored research, placing it third among the state's comprehensive research universities. Current funding for health-related research and development activities i...Biotech science thriving but the business needs intensive care
...on. The European Commission sees life sciences and biotechnology as the next wave of the knowledge-based economy. By 2020 Europe will be the world's top knowledge economy says the architect of the Lisbon Agenda, Jose Mariana Gago, speaker at a major conference on the Evolution of the Life Science Industries later ......ave become leading researchers in academia and the biotechnology industry. A scientific education Born in New York City in 1925, Yanofsky was one of the early graduates of the Bronx High School of Science. In 1942, he entered the City College of New York for an education interrupted by service in the Army in Wor...