29-08-2011

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Chungnam National University announced an agreement to develop new applications, methods, technologies and software tools in the field of glycomics, the study of complex sugars. The university aims to identify and develop biomarkers for diseases such as cancer, ...

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28-03-2011

Seegene and Molzym announced a partnership on the automated Magicplex™ Sepsis, a new multi-pathogen screening test capable of quick and accurate identification of over 90 leading sepsis-causing pathogens. "The Magicplex Sepsis Test will be the new gold standard for performing accurate, rapid ...

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13-09-2010

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a dreaded contagious disease of the lungs and other organs. The causative agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (or M. tuberculosis ), infects roughly a third of the world's population and one-in-ten to one-in-twenty of the infected population becomes sick or infectious at ...

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03-08-2010

New research shows that individuals with mild H1N1 infection may go undetected using standard diagnostic criteria, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and ...

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17-05-2010

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) entered into a strategic alliance with Dong-A Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (Dong-A. As part of the transaction, GSK will acquire a 9.9 percent minority equity shareholding in Dong-A for £73.9m (KRW 142.9bn). The alliance will initially co-promote selected GSK and Dong-A ...

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01-02-2010

Korean scientists announced the completion of the de novo assembly and analysis of the genome of the native Korean bovine, called Hanwoo. The analysis also includes SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms), which shed light on both the genetic differences between cattle races and the systemic ...

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24-11-2009

A team of pioneering South Korean scientists have succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals. This groundbreaking research, which may now allow for the production of environmentally ...

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17-09-2009

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced DNA Link, Inc. has achieved Certified Service Provider status for Agilent microarray platform. Certification is for array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) and microRNA (miRNA) applications, both representing fast growing segments for the ...

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Metabolic engineering could herald the end of fossil fuels in industrial chemical production

28-08-2009

A team of South Korean scientists have succeeded in engineering the bacterium E. coli to produce the industrial chemical putrescine. The research, published in the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering, provides a renewable alternative to the production of this important chemical which is ...

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22-07-2009

Labcyte announced the selection of Chayon Laboratories Inc. as its exclusive Korean distributor. “As we expand in Asia, Chayon will help us reach users in the growing genomics market. We feel that with the Labcyte platforms, Chayon can meet the genomics customers’ needs for miniaturization, ...

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