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PURE's Mission is to Search for Biomarkers for Various Diseases

At the Ruhr University Bochum, the European Protein Research Institute PURE (Protein Research Unit Ruhr within Europe) is being set up with more than 37 million Euros state funding. PURE's mission is to search for pr...

16 Dec 2009

WaferGen Biosystem Launches Human MicroRNA Panel for Service for Gene-Expression Profiling Using SmartChip

WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced that it will be launching the Human MicroRNA Panel for its innovative service for ge...

From Takara Bio USA, Inc. 16 Dec 2009

Nanotherapeutics Acquires in Bankruptcy Proceedings Two Late Stage Clinical Programs

Nanotherapeutics, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, announced that it has acquired in bankruptcy proceedings two late stage clinical programs: Ramoplanin from Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corporation and PRX-3140 from EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Ramoplanin - an oral antibiotic for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) - is entering Phase 3 trials.

From Nanotherapeutics Inc. 16 Dec 2009

Avisio Subsidiary Diagnostic Nano Technology Corp Begins Testing Technology on Detection of H1N1 Virus

Diagnostic Nano Technology Corporation (DNA), a subsidiary of Avisio, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AVIC), announced today that with the early laboratory success of its Instant Detect Technology in the detection of certain viruses t...

16 Dec 2009

New Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine Cooperative Agreement Between Universities

"Improving the quality of life of people the world over - that´s what drives me in all my work," says Professor Samuel Stupp, who visited Göteborg last week to sign a new cooperative agreement between the University of Gothenburg and America's renowned Northwestern University of Chicago.

16 Dec 2009

Platypus Technologies Awarded Phase I SBIR Grant from NIH

Platypus Technologies, developer of develops innovative products for the analytical and life sciences that utilize recent advances in nanotechnology and materials science, announces that it has been awarded a Phase I Sma...

16 Dec 2009

GSK and NanoBio Signs Exclusive Over-the-Counter Licensing Agreement for Nanoemulsion Treatment

GlaxoSmithKline and Ann Arbor-based NanoBio Corporation announced today that they have signed an exclusive over-the-counter licensing agreement for NanoBio's unique nanoemulsion treatment for cold sores in the United States and Canada.

16 Dec 2009

Optical Approach Measures Molecular Kinetics in Living Cells

Our cells' molecules form an intricate network of interactions. Today's techniques, however, can only be used to measure individual molecular reactions outside the cells. Since molecular concentrations are much higher in...

16 Dec 2009

Synthetic Platelets Show Promise in Halting Internal and External Bleeding

Blood loss is a major cause of death from roadside bombs to freeway crashes. Traumatic injury, the leading cause of death for people age 4 to 44, often overwhelms the body's natural blood-clotting process. In an ...

16 Dec 2009

Researchers Found Cells Move in Intriguing Ways

Our cells are more like us than we may think. They're sensitive to their environment, poking and prodding deliberately at their surroundings with hand-like feelers and chemical signals as they decide whether and where to move.

16 Dec 2009