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RUCDR Infinite Biologics creates new Genomics Technology Center

RUCDR Infinite Biologics, the world's largest university-based biorepository, has completed an $11.8 million renovation project to create a new Genomics Technology Center, comprising 12,500 square feet of laboratory, office, and storage space on the...

New Temperature Control Products Announced by Oven Industries Inc.

Oven Industries Inc. announces a new temperature control products with ramp/soak capabilities. User-friendly and PC programmable, the unit easily connects to a computer through the electrically isolated RS232 communications port. Mechanicsburg, PA (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Oven Industries Inc. announces a new temperature control products with ramp/soak capabilities. The 5R6-900 temperature controller...

USDA says has detected virus in Iowa hog population

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories has detected porcine epidemic diarrhea (PEDV), a virus associated with outbreaks of diarrhea and vomiting, in the Iowa hog population, a USDA spokesman said on Friday.

FOPO nets $13.4mm for [Discovery Laboratories]

[Discovery Laboratories Inc.] (respiratory therapeutics) has netted $13.4mm through the follow-on public offering of 9.5mm common shares at $1.50. The company will use the funds to commercialize FDA-approved {Surfaxin} to prevent respiratory distress...

Google buys a quantum computer

Google and NASA are forming a laboratory to study artificial intelligence by means of computers that use the unusual properties of quantum physics. Their quantum computer, which performs complex calculations thousands of times faster than existing s...

Impax Labs launches Generic Version of Zomig

Impax Laboratories Inc. said Friday it is now selling a generic version of the migraine drug Zomig. Impax is now selling a low-cost generic version of Zomig tablets and orally disintegrating Zomig tablets in two strengths. Zomig, or zolmitriptan, is...

New Downloadable Success Story: “How To Outfit a Dynamic Lab in Flux”

Brea, CA (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 IAC Industries wants to share with you the success story of DisperSol Technologies, a start up laboratory needing to set up and furnish a research lab knowing that the company would be moving to a larger facility with...

Impax Laboratories Launches Authorized Generic of Zomig (zolmitriptan) Tablets and Orally Disintegrating Tablets in the U.S.

Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPXL) today announced that its generics division, Global Pharmaceuticals, commenced shipment of authorized generic Zomig® (zolmitriptan) tablets and orally disintegrating tablets, 2.5 mg and 5 mg, in the U.S., as part of a Distribution, License, Development and Supply Agreement with AstraZeneca UK Limited (AstraZeneca)....

Forest to Present Aclidinium Bromide and Roflumilast Clinical Data at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference

Forest Laboratories, Inc (NYSE: FRX) today announced that they will present data related to aclidinium bromide and roflumilast at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference on May 17-22 in Philadelphia, PA. Seven posters, two poster discussion sessions and one late breaking abstract will be presented for aclidinium bromide. Roflumilast re...

WHO Reports Coronavirus Sickens Two Saudi Healthcare Workers

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced it received confirmation from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health that two healthcare workers in their country have become infected with the novel coronavirus (nCoV). The two new diagnoses occurred after exposure to patients with confirmed nCoV. The Ministry said the first patient...

Computational Analysis in Clinical and Preclinical Decision-Making, new webinar hosted by Xtalks

Xtalks presents an exciting live webinar on Wednesday May 29, 2013 at 11:00am EDT on applying computational analysis of complex genomics data sets to clinical and preclinical decision-making. Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 The paradigm of ‘one drug, one target’ has evolved to understanding complex biological systems that can help predict the adverse and therapeutic effects of a drug. Ke...

Natus Medical to Hold 2013 First Quarter Financial Results Conference Call on May 20

Natus Medical Incorporated (Nasdaq:BABY) today announced that the Company intends to release its 2013 first quarter financial results before the market opens on Monday, May 20, 2013. Natus management will host an investment-community conference call the same day beginning at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (5:00 a.m. Pacific Time) to discuss those results and to an...

Roche creates new award for antibody-based cancer therapy research

The Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED) Discovery Oncology unit of Roche, based in Penzberg, Germany, is inviting European researchers to submit abstracts describing their scientific work in the field of tumour-selective membrane targets for...

BioDuro Opens Second China CRO Lab, This One in Shanghai

BioDuro has opened a new laboratory in Shanghai, complementing its existing facility in Beijing. BioDuro is a China pre-clinical CRO, established in 2005, that serves an international and domestic clientele. It was bought by PPD® in 2009 for $77...

Time-lapse technique may boost success rate of IVF

“IVF advance triples couples' chances of having a baby”, The Daily Telegraph reports. The innovation in question is actually based on an old imaging technique called time-lapse photography, where a camera is set to record a series of images at regular intervals. This technology is now available for monitoring the development of IVF embryos before they are transferred into the womb. The resea...

Voices Against Brain Cancer Commends Mother for the Way She Honors Her Daughter’s Death

Voices Against Brain Cancer, an organization dedicated to brain cancer research and advocacy, commends Micki Klein for the organization she created in honor of her daughter. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 On May 17, Voices Against Brain Cancer, an organization dedicated to brain cancer research and advocacy praises Micki Klein for creating the organization Riah’s Rainbow, in honor of her dau...

New Downloadable Success Story: “How To Outfit a Dynamic Lab in Flux”

IAC Industries shares the success story of DisperSol Technologies, a start up laboratory needing to set up and furnish a research lab knowing that the company would be moving to a larger facility within a year’s time. How does a company make choices in lab furnishing with the knowledge that the laboratory is temporary? Brea, CA (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 IAC Industries wants to share with you the suc...

RURO Introduces ezColony 4.1 – The Versatile Transgenic Animal Colony Management Software

RURO Inc. is pleased to announce the release of ezColony version 4.1, a versatile refinement to the smart management solution. Frederick, MD (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 RURO Inc. is pleased to announce the release of ezColony version 4.1, a versatile refinement to the smart management solution. ezColony, a world-class premier software solution, improves its advanced methodical management for transgenic...

UCSF researchers create first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells

Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, UC San Francisco researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells, in the laboratory. The researchers showed that, in mice, the tissue can be used to foster the devel...

Nationwide Labs Launches New Site, Products

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Nationwide Laboratory Services (NLS) this week launched a new company website. Customers can use the website as a portal to launch all NLS applications, including “Integrity," which is the new suite of company products that will replace E3.

Brain Dopamine Transporter Levels Increased By Long-term ADHD Treatment

Long-term treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with certain stimulant medications may alter the density of the dopamine transporter, according to research published in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Gene-Jack Wang and col...

Women's reproductive ability may be related to immune system status

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Illinois anthropology professor Kathryn Clancy and her research team at the Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology showed that a woman's reproductive function may be tied to her immune system's status.

Whistleblower Found Fraud Endemic At Ranbaxy For More Than Decade

The fraud activities recently acknowledged by Ranbaxy Laboratories apparently were deep-seated in the company's operations for more than a decade, according to an in-depth report featuring the whistleblower who exposed the activity.

Cole-Parmer Offers Enhanced Selection of Centrifuges

Multiple new options and advanced features deliver convenience and efficiency Vernon Hills, Ill. (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 A new selection of laboratory centrifuges, including benchtop and portable models, from Cole-Parmer is designed to meet the dynamic needs of lab professionals. The enhanced line includes: The new Cole-Parmer® MS-3400 Centrifuges are clinical centrifuges that are true workhors...

Roche, QB3 partner to launch startups

Roche (SIX:ROG; OTCQX:RHHBY) partnered with the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) to launch the Collaborative Startups program to identify, fund and support early life science startups in the San Francisco Bay Area. QB3 will ide...