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Nottingham biosciences million pound injection

... RegenTec has developed an extensive portfolio of patents and hopes that its injectable technology can reach clinics within three years. Its first product Injectabone will be used as a replacement for bone grafting, which can be beset by problems which include a short supply of host bone, chronic post-ope...

A compound from olive-pomace oil gets 80 percent slowing down of HIV spread

... allowing researchers from Granada to register two patents on behalf of the UGR to produce drugs for treatm...f Granada has already registered almost ten other patents related to this compounds properties. Maslinic acid is also a very active compound in opportunisti...

NIAID supports research into etiology of fungal-induced inflammation in chronic sinusitis

...). Accentia is the exclusive licensee to the Mayo patents covering the use of intranasal antifungals to trea...ed antifungal, amphotericin B. for the life of the patents in the US and EU Accentia has also extended its exclusive option agreement with Mayo for worldwide...

Weill Cornell pharmacologist receives prestigious NIH MERIT Award

...h severe heart attacks. Over fifteen issued U.S. patents and foreign counterparts translate basic laboratory discoveries of Dr. Gross and colleagues into new strategies for the control of NO levels in patients. These include use of NO synthesis blockers to reverse hypotension (1989) and increase responsive...

An electroacoustic path to custom-made gene chips

... synthesis of 15-mers. Kim and his co-workers have patents pending on the process. A working commercial machine is still at least 3-5 years away, says Kim. "It would require better integration of the ejectors, microchannels, and interconnecting ports, miniaturization of the driving electronics and wash/dry...

Research director to be honored at international congress

...ssor Shakesheff and co-workers have filed numerous patents for novel medical systems that promote the regeneration of tissue within patients. Two Nottingham based companies Regentec Ltd and Critical Pharmaceuticals Ltd have been formed to exploit these inventions. ...

Hopkins research professor talks at NJIT about hospital noise and black heritage in technology

...n honorary doctorate from NJIT, West holds 50 U.S. patents and more than 200 foreign patents for microphones and techniques for making polymer electrets. He was inducted into The National Inven...

Toward improved forms of a time-tested cholesterol-fighter

...hese targets in the open literature, although some patents have appeared. ...

NJIT professor obtains patent to uncover trace elements of airborne pollutants

...try (John Wiley, New York, 2003). Mitra holds five patents and has made more than 150 presentations conferences. Mitra received his PhD from Southern Illinois University in 1988. ...

Gene hunters, patent prospectors leave indigenous communities in Pacific feeling besieged, betrayed

...t offences involved the US government, which filed patents on DNA cells taken from the Hagahai tribe in Papua...tes of laws that eliminate or significantly reduce patents on life. While this might contravene existing international patent agreements where nearly anything...

New study suggests special cocoa may lead to sustained improvement in blood vessel function

...ed research publications on cocoa and more than 30 patents held by Mars scientists numbers that 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 na...

Researchers from the CIMA have discovered a possible cause of thrombosis

... Biotech, the biotechnology firm that develops the patents obtained by the CIMA, has signed an agreement with the pharmaceutical firm Ferrer Internacional. This alliance will permit the commercialization, perhaps this year, of the new diagnostic test. Thrombosis is a disease provoked by the appearance of a ...

ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- January 10, 2007

...tent & Trademark Office is reexamining several key patents previously granted for embryonic stem cells. Features on C&EN Online chart the business of stem cells and describe how scientists are working to use these cells as replacements for animal models in toxicological testing and disease research. ARTICL...

Epigenetic drugs, promising for breast cancer treatment

...fficacy simply because they cannot be protected by patents and in consequence huge revenues cannot be expected. If the antitumour efficacy of these epigenetic drugs is eventually demonstrated, they would not only be added to the current anticancer armamentarium, but they will surely be affordable to the vast...

Learning global solutions to local problems

...publications, 20 presentations, nine symposia, two patents and more importantly, a relationship of trust, which is very important in the international arena." de Mejia reported that there have already been plans for numerous joint research projects with faculty from universities in Mexico and U of I resear...

16 outstanding researchers receive Singapore's highest honor in science and technology

...2001. In the course of his research, he has 2 U.S. patents granted and 3 pending and has developed an automated colonoscopy robotic system which resulted in a spin-off company with more than S$2 million in investments. Assistant Professor Phee's current groundbreaking research involves the use of robotic an...

'Failed' experiment yields a biocontrol agent that doesn't trigger antibiotic resistance

...gh the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which patents the discoveries of UW-Madison researchers and licenses technology to industry. Filutowicz believed so strongly in the potential of the basic work done in his lab that he, along with professor of oncology Richard Burgess, started a company called Con...

Developing radiotracers for imaging studies in addiction

...les in leading scientific journals and holds eight patents for radiolabeling procedures. This research is supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research with the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science and by the National Institutes of Health. Imaging techniques such as PET are a di...

An artificial cornea is in sight, thanks to biomimetic hydrogels

...ed by cataracts. The researchers have filed four patents for ocular applications of the hydrogel. ...

Special Science issue examines HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean

...elf, officials have so far refrained from breaking patents and making copies of newer preparations, instead cutting deals with the big pharmaceutical companies. Brazil also has had a model prevention program. In 1992, the World Bank predicted that Brazil would have 1.2 million cases of HIV by the year 200...

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(Date:5/23/2013)... honored more than 165 staff for their creation, ... annual Intellectual Property Commercialization Recognition & Rewards Program ... laboratory named materials scientist Jun Liu Inventor of ... that can store large amounts of energy, ease ... time it takes to charge cell phones, electric ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... the new mechanism by which estrogen suppresses lipid synthesis ... potential new approach toward treating certain liver diseases. ... believe they are changing long-held views in the field. ... the journal Science Signaling . , "The dogma ... been that only receptors located in the nucleus respond ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... cancer patients unnecessarily undergo surgery or harsh treatments ... slow-growing and aggressive forms of the disease. Researchers ... Medical Institutes are developing technology that allows patients ... relatively mild treatments or take drastic measures. , ... an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Case ...
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