American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007
...aminated food, and airborne pollutants, instrument companies are working to design portable, inexpensive, user-friendly devices that can do the work of those laboratory mainstays, Reisch writes. An executive of one major instrument maker, quoted in the article, predicts that such instruments will be available ...Swarming starlings help probe plasma, crowds and stock market
...market connections and mutual dependencies between companies that had no obvious connection yet seem to share similar movements in share price. ...OHSU turns mouse into factory for human liver cells
...r cells do," he said. Another obstacle for drug companies is the human liver cell market is filled with poor...must be used immediately. "There are a number of companies that take these leftover livers, process them and ship the cells to people who need them for testing...Carnegie Mellon's Peter Adams receives EPA research grant
...g over the horizon. As recently as May, U.S. power companies announced intentions to build as many as 150 new generating plants fueled by coal, adding to the 645 units that produce about half the nations electricity. But these coal-fired electric plants collectively account for 67 percent of all the sulfur dio......nal row crops. These findings should be a boost to companies hoping to establish themselves in this emerging field. Two researchers working at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University set out to compare the capital and operating costs of generating fuel from starch and cellulose-cont...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 1, 2007
...h-throughput screening methods that pharmaceutical companies use to find potential drug candidates within libraries of compounds. If successful, such assays may in the short term reduce the animal toxicity tests that are necessary and in the long term replace animal tests entirely, the article states. It po...Link identified between Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma
...ls to treat Alzheimer's patients by pharmaceutical companies Elan in Dublin and Wyeth in the US. However, the UK researchers have shown that when combined with two other novel Alzheimer's treatments, the effects on glaucoma are even stronger. "We are trying a new approach which has never been tried before, n...Scientists move closer to bio-engineered bladders
... just as they would in the body. Pharmaceutical companies should soon be able to use the research models to test therapies for the bladder, but the longer term aim for this research is to help patients who have lost bladder function or have had all or part of their bladder removed because of cancer. Rese...Does EPA have an adequate strategy to oversee nanotechnologies?
...eeded information through a proposed program where companies voluntarily submit details about the nature of the nanomaterials they are using to manufacture products and about their steps to ensure safety? What incentives, if any, exist for firms to take part in this new EPA program" And how appropriate is the ...MIT model could predict cells' response to drugs
...vidual molecule. Lauffenburger envisions that drug companies could use this kind of model to test the effects of drugs that inhibit some step in a particular pathway....Nanowaste needs attention of EPA, industry and investors
...the Superfund statute. According to the report, companies must recognize that as a result of CERCLA, RCRA an...ation to the private sector, particularly to small companies and start-ups, about how RCRA and CERCLA could apply to nanomaterials. Today, with hundreds of nan...20 Kentucky firms share $1.9 million from state to match federal SBIR-STTR awards
... businesses. State matching funds are awarded to companies that win grants in Phases 1 and 2 of the federal S...our innovative small businesses, and the number of companies expressing an interest in this program proves that, said Governor Fletcher. These grants will be use...FDA Nanotechnology Task Force takes positive step forward
...to answer safety-related questions, and to provide companies with clear guidance so there can be reasonable and safe pathways to market for the many potential applications of nanotechnology under FDAs jurisdiction. Equally important, the report signals FDAs commitment to a transparent public process for deve...FDA sees nanotech challenges in every product category it regulates
... does not include nanotech consumer products which companies do not identify as such, or the hundreds of nano raw materials, intermediate components, and industrial equipment items currently used by manufacturers. In light of this fast-rising commercialization, FDA needs to make certain that it has the tools...Contributing membership in the biomarkers consortium surges to 30 companies and nonprofits
...bership in The Biomarkers Consortium now totals 30 companies and non-profit trade associations and advocacy groups, it was announced today. To date, these organizations have committed an aggregate of nearly $2 million to fund the first year of the central activities of the consortium which is managed be the F...N.C. A&T food scientist develops process for allergen-free peanuts
...fice of Outreach and Technology Transfer said food companies are showing a strong interest in licensing the process, which does not degrade the taste or quality of treated peanuts, and might even render them easier to process for use as a food ingredient. Immunoassays showed 100 percent inactivation of pean...MIT IDs link between brain tumor proteins
...already been approved to treat other cancers. Drug companies are also working on c-Met inhibitors, and Huang estimated that some might be available in five to 10 years....New research seeks to enhance alternative fuel integration in public vehicle fleets
...l also be looking to work with regional technology companies seeking to test, validate and launch alternative energy products. Additionally, the RIT-County partnership will study the potential expansion of the E85 vehicle fleet, explore additional types of flex-fuel vehicles that meet County work requirement...Researchers probe risks, benefits of folic acid fortification
...a did not become mandatory until 1998, large food companies began voluntary fortification in 1996, first in the United States and later in Canada. Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate, a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth. After intestinal absorption, folic acid is converted to methyltetrahy...Study shows cane sugar, corn sweeteners have similar effects on appetite
...lories seem to make little or no difference. Some companies have made a sincere effort to put sucrose back in soda, said Dr. Adam Drewnowski, director of the Nutritional Sciences Program at the University of Washington and the senior author of the study. But there is no direct link between the type of sweeten...