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Women at a health clinic in Haiti (State.gov) Research by global health investigators and cancer specialists suggests that aspirin should be evaluated for its ability to prevent development of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women. The findings by a team from New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, with colleagues . . . → Read More: Aspirin Could Help Prevent Cervical Cancer in Women with HIV  One comment - (Comments are closed)  New products  biomedical, cancer, HIV, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, university Simcyp Ltd. in Sheffield, U.K., a consortium of pharmaceutical and biotech companies and research universities, has created a virtual lab mouse for use in cancer and toxicological research. Simcyp is a spin-off enterprise from Sheffield University that develops modeling and simulation tools for lab testing. Lab mice are used frequently in the development of new . . . → Read More: Consortium Develops Virtual Mouse for Lab Testing 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations, New products biomedical, biotechnology, cancer, chemistry, computer science, engineering, Europe, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, preclinical, software, U.K., university April Armstrong (University of California, Davis) Dermatologists in the University of California at Davis Health System that use videoconferencing technology, have found live interactive consultations can improve clinical outcomes for patients from beneficial changes in medical diagnosis and disease management that otherwise might not occur. Their findings appear in the current issue of . . . → Read More: Benefits Found for Telemedicine in Diagnosis, Disease Mgmt 2 comments - (Comments are closed) New products biomedical, computer science, medical device, university National Science Foundation’s new report on global research and development (R&D) trends, Science and Engineering Indicators 2012, shows in the last decade, U.S. leadership in research and development has come under severe challenge from China and other countries in Asia. The report from NSF’s policy-making body, the National Science Board, shows between 1999 and 2009, . . . → Read More: Report: Asia Closing Gap in U.S. R&D Leadership 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Business conditions, Hiring/layoffs, Intellectual property Asia, China, economics, engineering, Europe, investment, life sciences, manufacturing, NSF, patent, physical sciences, statistics Matthew Disney (Scripps Research Institute) Researchers at Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida have identified a compound that can help repair defects in ribonucleic acid (RNA), a genetic material similar to DNA used in protein synthesis. The team’s findings appear online in the journal ACS Chemical Biology (paid subscription required). The researchers, led . . . → Read More: Compound That Repairs RNA Defects Identified One comment - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations, New products biomedical, chemistry, Europe, genomics, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, university New research from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore shows that serious injuries to pedestrians listening to headphones have tripled in the past six years. The team led by pediatrics professor Richard Lichenstein published its findings online in the journal Injury Prevention (paid subscription required). Lichenstein and his colleagues extracted cases involving headphone . . . → Read More: Headphone-Wearing Pedestrian Injuries Triple Since 2004 Jonathan Dordick (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Bioengineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and University of California at Berkeley, have been awarded a grant from National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how chemicals in drugs and the environment affect human stem cells. The four-year grant of more than $2 million will . . . → Read More: NIH Funds Study of Chemical Effects on Adult Stem Cells Comments are closed Finance, Regulations biomedical, chemistry, grant, life sciences, NIH, pharmaceuticals, university (National Science Foundation) The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany and Applied DNA Sciences Inc. in Stony Brook, New York will collaborate on nanotechnology-based solutions to prevent counterfeiting of computer chips. The partnership will focus on new methods for depositing DNA on nanoelectronics wafers and computer chips . . . → Read More: University, Company Partner to Combat Counterfeit Chips One comment - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations computer science, engineering, life sciences, nanotechnology, physical sciences, semiconductors, university Jatropha fruit (NASA.gov) SG Biofuels Inc., a bioenergy crop company in San Diego, has completed a $17 million financing round to expand its R&D and commercialization programs. The series B funding — the second round of financing after start-up — was lead by life sciences venture capital company Thomas, McNerney & Partners, with . . . → Read More: Biofuels Developer Secures $17M Investment Round Comments are closed Finance agriculture, biofuels, biotechnology, energy, equity, genomics, investment, life sciences, venture capital (USDA.gov) The German chemical company BASF says it will move much of its plant science R&D work to the U.S. to take advantage of a more favorable regulatory climate than in Europe. The company expects to relocate its facilities in Limburgerhof, Germany and elsewhere in Europe to a new site in Research Triangle . . . → Read More: BASF to Move Plant Biotech Work to U.S. from Germany 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Hiring/layoffs, Regulations agriculture, biotechnology, economics, Europe, life sciences |
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