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Microscopic view of the hepatitis C virus (VA.gov) BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Durham, North Carolina and Presidio Pharmaceuticals Inc. in San Francisco agreed to a merger of the biopharmaceutical companies. The deal in which BioCryst acquires Presidio is an all-stock transaction valued at $101 million. The merger will combine two clinical stage drug . . . → Read More: Drug Developer BioCryst to Acquire Presidio Pharmaceuticals  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Finance  biomedical, clinical trials, equity, investment, life sciences, pharmaceuticals Physicists at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and University of Rochester in New York built a microscale accelerometer, a motion sensing device that measures acceleration forces. The team led by Cal Tech applied physics professor Oskar Painter published its findings online this week in the journal Nature Photonics (paid subscription required). The forces measured . . . → Read More: Highly Sensitive Microscale Laser Accelerometer Developed Comments are closed New products computer science, engineering, nanotechnology, physical sciences, physics, semiconductors, university (U.S. Department of Energy) Engineers at University of Pittsburgh are studying new, more economical ways of extracting crude oil from older wells using carbon dioxide (CO2). The work of principal investigators Eric Beckman and Robert Enick is funded by a 1.3 million grant from the National Energy Technology Laboratory, part of the U.S. . . . → Read More: Study Aims for Improved Oil Extraction Methods Using CO2 One comment - (Comments are closed) Finance, New products chemistry, energy, engineering, grant, physical sciences, university (USPTO.gov) The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded a patent last week for the use of RNA interference to inhibit expression of a target gene in animal cells. Patent 8,283,329 was awarded on 9 October to eight inventors — including Andrew Fire and Craig Mello, winners of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology . . . → Read More: Patent Awarded for RNA Process of Inhibiting Gene Expression Matteo Pasquali (Rice University) Rice University in Houston and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland will collaborate in research on nanoscale carbon particles interacting with other materials at the molecular and atomic levels. The five-year, $2.7 million cooperative research agreement is funded by NIST and expected to benefit the . . . → Read More: Rice, NIST to Partner on Nanoscale Carbon Materials Research 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations chemistry, engineering, grant, manufacturing, materials science, nanotechnology, physical sciences, university Miscanthus (Oak Ridge National Lab) Pennsylvania State University in University Park will lead a consortium of institutions, national labs, and companies to develop biofuel production and supply chain demonstration projects in the U.S. Northeast. The $10 million, five-year project is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. The . . . → Read More: Consortium to Develop Northeast U.S. Biofuels Supply Chains 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations agriculture, biofuels, economics, engineering, life sciences, manufacturing, physical sciences, university (MBDA.gov) Johns Hopkins University medical center in Baltimore reports a computerized checklist system helped prescribe appropriate preventive treatments and reduce the number of blood clots in hospitalized trauma patients. The findings from the project are described in this month’s issue of the journal Archives of Surgery (paid subscription required). The hospital installed a . . . → Read More: Checklist System Helps Cut Hospital Blood Clot Cases Comments are closed Regulations biomedical, computer science, engineering, health care, medical device, software, university Ricardo Feldman (University of Maryland) Researchers at University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, National Institutes of Health, and the company SAIC reprogrammed adult stem cells to develop a test for Gaucher disease and related inherited conditions. The team’s findings appear online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of . . . → Read More: Reprogrammed Stem Cells Help Test for Inherited Diseases 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Joint ventures/collaborations, New products biomedical, genomics, life sciences, medical device, NIH, stem cells, university Anne Wojcicki (23andMe Inc.) Researchers at the genetic testing company 23andMe in Mountain View, California devised a mathematical model that shows the relative value of personal family history and genetic tests in assessing risk of contracting various conditions and disorders. The results of their research appear in the journal PLOS Genetics. The study . . . → Read More: Model Computes Genetic Test, Family History Predictive Value One comment - (Comments are closed) New products biomedical, genomics, life sciences, mathematics, medical device, software (Genome.gov) Assay Depot, a cloud-based network of scientific services, and Rare Genomics Institute, a network and crowdfunding platform for genetic diseases, started a challenge competition for research proposals leading to diagnostics and treatments for rare diseases. The challenge will award prizes of $10,000 in cash and donated research services valued at up to . . . → Read More: Cloud Services Create Rare Disease Solutions Challenge 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Finance, Joint ventures/collaborations biomedical, challenge, genomics, life sciences |
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