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Promedior Adds Howard J. Weisman to Board of Directors

Promedior, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel biologic therapeutics for the treatment of fibrosis, announced today that Howard J. Weisman has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Weisman is an accomplished entrepreneur and pharmaceutical company executive who brings a diversity of experience leading th...

GVK BIO and US FDA Announce Drug Repositioning Collaboration - License to GVK BIO SAR Database GOSTAR

GVK Biosciences (GVK BIO) today announced that it has licensed its popular SAR, PK and Toxicity Database (GOSTAR) to the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). The Material Transfer Agreement forms the basis of collaboration in Drug Repositioning, wherein the initial focus will be to identify alternative therapeutic indications of marketed compounds...

Leading Pipette Distributor Pipette.com Now Stocks Transfer Pipettes: Simport’s Dropette and Heathrow Scientific Disposable Plastic Transfer Pipettes

Pipette.com, major leader in the liquid handling industry, is now stocking transfer pipettes. This newly available stock of pipettes will increase the already wide selection of pipette inventory offered by Pipette.com. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 Adding to their already extensive supply of high quality pipettes, Pipette.com is now stocked with Simport’s Dropette® and Heathrow Scie...

Intercept Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock

NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  (NASDAQ: ICPT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel bile acid therapeutics to treat chronic liver diseases, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 1,730,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $33.01...

Former Genzyme Exec Talks About His New Role as U-M Innovation Evangelist

Richard Douglas has long-standing ties to the University of Michigan. He went there for his undergrad degree in honors chemistry before getting his PhD at UC Berkeley and a job with the Boston-based life sciences company Genzyme, where he eventually...

New Probe Lets Researchers Watch As Body Makes ‘Rotten Egg’ Gas

Watch the video "Chemical Lights Up Rotten Egg Gas In Body's Cells" Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Researchers from Southern Methodist University in Dallas have devised a chemical probe that allows for the visualization of an important process in the human body, the generation of hydrogen sulfide. Best known for its role in producing the “rotten egg” smell associated wi...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Grants Help K-12 Educators Bring Science to Life and Help Students Explore Their Interests in the Sciences and Science-Based Careers

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced more than $500,000 in new grants to more than a dozen educational institutions and organizations working to enhance the teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in K-12 schools and colleges in New Jersey. As a global biopharmaceutical leader, Br...

Waters Honors Flavor Research and Education Center at University of Minnesota

Center Recognized by Waters Centers of Innovation Program for Research into Food and Flavor Chemistry At a ceremony at the University of Minnesota, Waters welcomed the Flavor Research and Education Center within the Food Science and Nutrition Department at the University of Minnesota into its Centers of Innovation Program. The Flavor Research and Education Center under the direction of Prof. Devi...

OMICS to Co-Publish Open Access Journals with AstonJournals

Henderson, NV, June 18, 2013 --(PR.com)-- OMICS Group Inc. (omicsonline.org) is pleased to announce the signing of co-partnership agreement. This latest arrangement establishes OMICS as co-Publisher with the AstonJournals, The announcement marks another step in the expansion of OMICS’s publishing partnerships with leading Publishers. The co-publishing agreement was signed between Dr. Srinu...

Pro Player Health Alliance Creates Unbeatable Team to Take Offense Against Sleep Apnea

David Gergen, President of Pro Player Health Alliance has partnered with Nichole Woods, NFL legends and the top doctors in North America to battle sleep apnea. Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) June 18, 2013 David Gergen created a company that travels the country to promote awareness of the disorder, educate the public on treatments/effects of untreated sleep apnea and direct patients to the most qualified doc...

Premier Anti-Aging Company Ageology Expands Network with New Associate Dr. Galen Eversole

CHICAGO, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ageology, www.ageology.com, a premier anti-aging medicine company, today announced that Dr. Galen Eversole has joined the Ageology network.  Helping patients regain and maintain optimum health and address the challenges associated with normal signs of aging is the purpose that unites Ageology and Eversole. The addition of Galen and his practice to t...

Tatalou Science Announces Summer Deal: Buy-One-Get-One-Free on Weight Loss and Brain Clarity Health Products

Nathalie Chevreau of Tatalou Science announces summer buy-one-get-one-free deal on Brain Clarity and Bene-Fiit products in a new blog post on Tatalou Science’s website. Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) June 18, 2013 Registered Dietitian Nathalie Chevreau, PhD, R.D., announced today on her blog that her company, Tatalou Science, has launched a summer deal offering buy-one-get-one-free on Tatalou’s...

PathoGenetix Hires Technology Development VP for Resolution Microbial Genotyping System

PathoGenetix has hired John A. Luckey, Ph.D., M.B.A., as Vice President of Engineering, to lead product development and system integration for the RESOLUTION™ Microbial Genotyping System. The RESOLUTION System, which provides bacterial serotype and strain type information from complex mixtures in five hours, is currently in alpha testing, with beta testing of systems expected to commence in Q4 2...

Robert M. Wah, M.D., Elected President-Elect of AMA

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - June 18, 2013) -  Robert M. Wah, M.D., a reproductive endocrinologist and ob-gyn in the Washington, D.C. area, has been elected president-elect of the American Medical Association, the nation's largest physician organization. Dr. Wah will serve as president-elect for one year and be sworn in as AMA president in June 2014. "I greatly appreciate the trust my colleagues...

Artificial Sweetener Has Potential To Be Parkinson's Treatment

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) say an artificial sweetener could be a potential treatment for Parkinson's disease. According to findings reported in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, mannitol, a common component of sugar-free gum and candy, helps prevent clumps of the protein a-synuclein from forming in the brain, which is a pro...

4 Tricks to Improve Memory for Women

Nathalie Chevreau of Tatalou Science offers tips for women to improve memory. Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) June 17, 2013 Registered Dietitian and Founder of Tatalou Science Nathalie Chevreau, PhD, R.D., published an article today on Tatalou.com outlining her four ways to improve memory. The article, titled “4 Daily Tricks to Improve Memory,” includes the benefits of reading books, getting exe...

Southern Research Institute Names Arthur J. Tipton, Ph.D. President and CEO

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Southern Research Institute today announced that Arthur J. Tipton, Ph.D., has been selected by its Board of Directors to serve as president and CEO of Southern Research effective July 8, 2013.   (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130617/DC33167 ) Tipton replaces John A. "Jack" Secrist, III, Ph.D., who served as preside...

PsychoGenics and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. Expand Their Drug Discovery Partnership

PsychoGenics Inc. and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that they have expanded the scope of their CNS drug discovery partnership and extended the agreement for another two years. The expanded agreement builds on the success of the partnership that has given rise to several CNS discovery programs. Sunovion and PsychoGenics will continue to a...

Magritek announces first sales of Spinsolve Benchtop NMR system

Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, introduced the Spinsolve™ compact NMR spectrometer at Pittcon 2013 in Philadelphia, USA. This benchtop instrument brings fast, high-resolution NMR spectroscopy to the chemistry bench and the chemistry classroom. Initial sales have been made to university groups and companies in Australia, Europe and the USA. For chemistry...

Medicinal Chemistry & Computer Aided Drug Designing, October 15-17, 2013, Las Vegas, USA

OMICS Group�is delighted to invite you to attend the�2nd�International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry & Computer Aided Drug Designing,�which is to be held on�October 15-17, 2013�at�Las Vegas, USA. The�2nd�Intern...

Implications of Bt traits on mycotoxin contamination in maize: overview and recent experimental results in southern United States - Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (ACS Publications)

AbstractMycotoxin contamination levels in maize kernels are controlled by a complex set of factors including insect pressure, fungal inoculum potential and environmental conditions that are difficult to predict. Methods are becoming available to control mycotoxin-producing fungi in pre-harvest crops, including Bt expression, biocontrol and host plant resistance. Initial reports in the US and other...

'Chemical architects' build materials with potential applications in drug delivery and gas storage

(University of Pittsburgh) Home remodelers understand the concept of improving original foundations with more modern elements. Using this same approach -- but with chemistry -- researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have designed a family of mat...

A pentagonal cyanostar macrocycle with cyanostilbene CH donors binds anions and forms dialkylphosphate [3]rotaxanes

Macrocycles are key compounds in supramolecular chemistry, yet their efficient preparation is an ever present challenge. Now, it has been shown that a C5-symmetric macrocycle, termed ‘cyanostar’, can be formed in high yields on multigram scales i...

IU chemists produce star-shaped macromolecule that grabs large anions

(Indiana University) Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have created a symmetrical, five-sided macrocycle that is easy to synthesize and has characteristics that may help expand the molecular tool box available to researchers in biology, chem...

Cost Of Water Purification Could Be Cut In Developing Countries Using Papaya-Clay Combo

An inexpensive new material made of clay and papaya seeds removes harmful metals from water and could lower the cost of providing clean water to millions of people in the developing world, scientists are reporting. Their study on this "hybrid clay" a...