Toward improved forms of a time-tested cholesterol-fighter
...Semple noted. In addition, no other pharmaceutical companies have reported on new compounds for these targets in the open literature, although some patents have appeared. ...AEA, UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering to partner on CIRCA 07
...7 is a tremendous opportunity for our 2,500 member companies representing all segments of the high-tech industry. AeA recognizes that manufacturability and commercialization of nanotechnology are among the greatest challenges facing widespread implementation and commercial viability. AeA's strategic relationsh...Simulated populations used to probe gene mapping
...ulations that grow more realistic each year. While companies are using these tools to slash the costs of producing everything from airliners to antibiotics, researchers in Houston are using them to refine their search for the genetic causes of disease. In a new study published today in the journal PLoS Genet...Gene hunters, patent prospectors leave indigenous communities in Pacific feeling besieged, betrayed
...ell transplantation episode illustrates that "some companies are willing to take advantage of this lack of capacity and absence of regulation," she says. Maori and Human-Cow Hybrids Another experiment, this time in New Zealand in 2002, involved genetically engineering dairy cows with human cells. Scien...Nanotechnology oversight requires thinking outside the box
...and determine what kinds of nanoscale products and companies can prosper in the future." "Ultimately," suggests David Rejeski, director of the Wilson Center's Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, "existing regulatory approaches likely will prove to be suboptimal. Novel problems require novel solutions, and ...New technologies coming too fast for Indian farmers
...laboration between Monsanto Co. and several Indian companies rose to 62 percent from 12 percent.Stone's research reveals that the increase resulted not from traditional farming methods of testing seed for efficacy, but from a pattern of "social learning" farmers relying on word of mouth to choose seeds. "Ver...New UA / private partnership appraises climate and environmental risks by address
...e can have much the same information the insurance companies have when they assess the risks of a property."...UN, industry, others partner to create world standards for e-scrap recycling, harvesting components
... institutions, along with recycling / refurbishing companies as charter members of the initiative, officially l...tEP initiative will point the way for governments, companies and consumers alike to reverse this growing international problem." "Collectively, the role of co...New study suggests special cocoa may lead to sustained improvement in blood vessel function
...t dwarf the combined research efforts of all other companies in this promising area of health science. Scientists at Mars, Incorporated developed a patented process called Cocoapro that helps retain more of the naturally occurring flavanols in cocoa. Cocoapro cocoa is the best understood and most studied coc...Natural antibiotics yield secrets to atom-level imaging technique
...n Canada, Japan, India and the U.S. pharmaceutical companies Genaera Corporation and Eli Lilly and Company. Ramamoorthy was awarded support from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, through an NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award. A leader in this area of research, he...GenePOPS -- Sequencing Human History: The Genetics and Commerce of Personal Ancestry
...ot, Americans increasingly turn to genetic testing companies to discover their roots. Some merely confirm what ...omedical and anthropological research? Why do some companies offer these tests directly to consumers? What are the benefits and consequences of knowing one's anc...Researchers begin 'Project 3000,' a recipe for hope through genetic research
...sting the standard of care for LCA. Many insurance companies are currently unfamiliar with the value of genetic...the value of such testing to doctors and insurance companies across the country. Partnering with the Carver Nonprofit Genetic Testing Laboratory is the Center...Nanotech leaders explore paths from research lab to marketplace
...es in 30 countries, as well as major international companies such as Intel, Motorola and IBM. Nobel Laureates to attend are John Polanyi, a professor at the University of Toronto, won a Nobel Prize in 1986 for research in chemistry, and physicist Nicolaas Bloembergen, who won the prize in 1981 for work in la...Tools to measure and restore connectivity in agricultural landscapes
...: Lending institutions, consumers, and trading companies are demanding better social and environmental performance of food and fiber producers. These economic signals are stimulating adoption of "best management practices," including integrated pest management, low-tillage production, natural habitat prote...Sequencing human history -- The genetics and commerce of personal ancestry
...ot, Americans increasingly turn to genetic testing companies to discover their roots. Some merely confirm what ...omedical and anthropological research? Why do some companies offer these tests directly to consumers? What are the benefits and consequences of knowing ones ance...Neuroscientists explain inner workings of critical pain pathway
...ding of how opioids work on calcium channels, drug companies could develop effective new painkillers." Lipscombe, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience, is an expert in N-type calcium channels, critical players in the pain pathway. At the synapse the point of connection between nerve cells N-type c...New study may show how to forestall a fatal, virus-caused immune-system meltdown
...helpful, since theres really no incentive for drug companies to go out and develop new antiviral compounds for viruses that may or may not ever make it out of places like West Africa. This could be of critical importance to the people who live there, and for us if one of these diseases makes it across to her...Individuals with genetic conditions twice as likely to report health insurance denial
...not send specific test results to health insurance companies if asked not to. At the federal level, the Ameri...tinued eligibility. HIPAA also prohibits insurance companies from treating genetic information as a "pre-existing condition in the absence of the diagnosis of th...Free public events at the 2007 AAAS Annual Meeting
...CSF) bring together job candidates with recruiting companies at a free Biotech Industry Career Fair from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., UCSF Mission Bay Community Center, Robertson Auditorium, 1675 Owen Street. Attendees can learn how to present their credentials effectively by attending a free seminar on 13 Febru......ogether leading experts from American and European companies with up to 30 junior biotech managers. The cours...y as well as exposing participating scientists and companies to new research and business opportunities, giving them a better understanding of the technology mar...