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New X-ray technique distinguishes between that which previously looked the same
A new method forms the basis for the widespread use of an X-ray technique which distinguishing types of tissue that normally appear the same in conventional X-ray images
07/27/2010 - Traditional X-ray images can clearly distinguish between bones and soft tissue, with muscles, cartilage, tendons and soft-tissue tumours all look virtually identical. The phase-contrast technique deve...
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Researchers discover how key enzyme repairs sun-damaged DNA
07/27/2010 - Researchers have long known that humans lack a key enzyme -- one possessed by most of the animal kingdom and even plants -- that reverses severe sun damage.
For the first time, researchers have wit...
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NovImmune enters exclusive antibody licensing agreement with Genentech
07/27/2010 - NovImmune announced that it successfully entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Genentech Inc. a member of the Roche Group for a proprietary anti-IL-17 fully human monoclonal antibody, an...
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Cerenis and Novasep awarded €10.7 million funding from the French Government for the development CER-001, an HDL mimetic
07/27/2010 - Cerenis Therapeutics SA and Groupe Novasep announced that they have received French Government funding through OSEO to finance the development of CER-001, a Cerenis HDL mimetic.
CER-001 represents ...
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Genticel’s therapeutic vaccine ProCervix receives clearance to start a Phase I clinical trial
07/27/2010 - Genticel announced that it has obtained approval to start a Phase 1 clinical trial with its candidate therapeutic HPV vaccine on adult women already infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). The clini...
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Capsule that can target prostate cancer
07/26/2010 - A new approach for sensing and detecting cancer cells using a hydrogel capsule could lead to a more accurate prognosis of prostate cancer.
Itaru Hamachi and his team at Kyoto University, Japan, hav...
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First Memmert Branch Office in China
07/26/2010 - On the occasion of the analytica Shanghai in September, the official introduction of the team around General Manager Xin Yin Mu will take place, an engineer with many years of sales experience, gather...
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E Keppra (levetiracetam) receives regulatory approval in Japan
Otsuka Pharmaceutical and UCB Japan to co-promote E Keppra
07/26/2010 - Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and UCB announced that UCB Japan has received manufacturing and marketing approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for E Keppra® (250 mg ...
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Gene linked to aging also linked to Alzheimer's
SIRT1 gene appears to control production of the devastating protein fragments
07/26/2010 - MIT biologists report that they have discovered the first link between the amyloid plaques that form in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and a gene previously implicated in the aging process, SIRT1....
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Antibiotics for the prevention of malaria
Antibiotic treatment during the liver stage of malaria generates strong protective immunity
07/26/2010 - If mice are administered an antibiotic for three days and are simultaneously infected with malaria, no parasites appear in the blood and the life-threatening disease is averted. In addition, the anima...
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Algeta concludes agreements for the manufacture and supply of Alpharadin for future commercial sale
Triggers EUR 5 million milestone payment from Bayer Schering Pharma
07/23/2010 - Algeta ASA has announced it has concluded two agreements for the manufacture and supply of Alpharadin for future commercial sale. Alpharadin (radium-223) is a novel, targeted alpha-pharmaceutical in c...
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Süd-Chemie to build Germany´s largest plant for the biotechnological production of biofuels from straw
Sustainable project to be subsidised by Bavarian State Government and BMBF
07/23/2010 - Süd-Chemie AG is to build Germany´s largest plant to date for the production of climate-friendly, second-generation bioethanol, so-called cellulose ethanol, based on biotechnological processes...
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Philips and Dako join forces in digital pathology
07/23/2010 - Royal Philips Electronics and Dako announced that they have signed an agreement to integrate a selection of Dako's image analysis applications into Philips' future digital pathology solutions...
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Neovacs achieves key clinical milestones
07/23/2010 - Neovacs announced the achievement of important milestones in its clinical development programs.
Consent to proceed to higher dose in the Phase I/II study of IFNalpha Kinoid in lupus patients...
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IDT is awarded further funding for gene silencing research
Unique U1 adapters silence RNAi refractory genes
07/23/2010 - Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) recently received a Phase II SIBR grant, which will fund the ongoing ‘Gene Silencing with U1 Adapter Oligonucleotides’ research project. As a new class of synthetic n...
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Wood's 'noble rot' fungus genetically decoded
07/22/2010 - An international team including Empa researcher Francis Schwarze has sequenced the genome of the common split gill mushroom, Schizophyllum commune, a widely distributed fungus which grows on and decom...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Fermentas
07/22/2010 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Fermentas International Inc. With Fermentas' broad range of high-quality molecular and cellular biology research too...
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Epigenomics: Licensee ARUP Laboratories Launches Septin9 Colorectal Cancer Blood Test in the United States
07/22/2010 - Epigenomics AG reports that its licensee ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A., today has announced the launched of a laboratory-developed test for the blood-based detection of colorectal ca...
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Novel Inhibitors of MurA, an Antibacterial Target Enzyme
07/22/2010 - The occurrence of infectious diseases has been increased dramatically during the past 20 years, due to antibiotic resistance, global warming and globalization (intense travelling). Primarily, the resi...
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Frank Heffter appointed new Director of Corporate Investor Relations of Celesio
07/22/2010 - Celesio has named Frank Heffter, currently the Director of Corporate Investor Relations of OC Oerlikon, Pfäffikon (Switzerland), as its new Corporate Investor Relations Director.
Frank Heffter, 43,...
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What protects farm children from hay fever: The protective substance slumbers in cowshed dust
07/21/2010 - Researchers from Bochum have isolated the substance in cowshed dust that possibly protects farm children from developing allergies and allergic asthma, namely the plant sugar molecule arabinogalactan....
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MediGene sells full European rights for Eligard® to Astellas for EUR 25 million and ongoing royalties
07/21/2010 - MediGene AG announces the sale of full European marketing and distribution rights to Eligard® (leuprolide acetate, for the treatment of hormone-dependent prostate cancer) to Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd...
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An overview on the 200 most important pharma blockbusters helps to estimate which are the most relevant therapeutic areas and indications. High quality data was sourced from annual reviews of 2009
07/21/2010 - "Which are the world's 13 leading products for diabetes? How big is the market for asthma drugs based on the best selling products in this field? What was the revenue for Roche's Avastin in 2009?" Ans...
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Novasep and instrAction enter a worldwide strategic alliance for non-chiral chromatography
07/21/2010 - Novasep and instrAction announced that they have entered a strategic alliance. The alliance will offer customers in the life science industry a combination of instrAction’s proprietary API-selective s...
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Pantec Biosolutions Closes CHF 20 Million Financing
07/21/2010 - Pantec Biosolutions AG announced the closing of a CHF 20 million investment achieved by two financing rounds. The StemCell Holding AG, an Austrian investment company in the life sciences sector, acted...
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