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CHICAGO, June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights Features: Market Vectors Biotech ETF (AMEX:BBH-Free Report), iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (Nasdaq:IBB-Free Report), Regeneron (Nasdaq:REGN-Free Report), Celgene (Nasdaq:CELG-Free Report) and First Trust Amex Biotechnology Index Fund (AMEX:FBT-Free Report). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101027/ZIRLOGO) 3 Biotech ETFs Crushing the Market Biotechnology ETFs are among the fasting...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. and GAITHERSBURG, Md., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and AstraZeneca (AZN), with its biologics research and development arm MedImmune, today announced that they will present data from a Phase 2 study evaluating brodalumab, a human monoclonal antibody targeting the IL-17 receptor, being investigated for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis at the 2013 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual Meeting in Madrid, June 12-15, 2013. "The...
Developed with Harvard University, TaqMan® hPSC Scorecard(TM) Panel provides a benchmark against which researchers can evaluate pluripotency and potential of cell lines CARLSBAD, Calif., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today launched the TaqMan® hPSC Scorecard(TM) Panel, a first-of-its-kind characterization assay that establishes a standardized benchmark against which researchers can now evaluate pluripotency and trilineage differentiation...
In the latest issue of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine, a research team reports a new method which involves the creation of a highly stable and sensitive liver stem cell model. Durham, NC (PRWEB) June 11, 2013 The path to bringing a new drug to market is, simply put, a rocky one. Not only is it estimated to take over 12 years at an average price tag running anywhere between US $800 million and US $2 billion, but more often than not the new drug never makes it through the process. But...
Rarity of Spanish winemaking masterpiece, Zubiola 2007 Pago De San Gabriel makes its way into the U.S. market by Classe Wines LLC. Vienna, VA (PRWEB) June 11, 2013 Classe Wines is rolling out its special reserves of limited edition of Zubiola 2007 Lote #1. This beautiful country is located on the Iberian Peninsula neighboring France and Andorra on the North and Portugal to the west. Spanish coastlines touch the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The combination of geographic...
Department of Homeland Security study conclusively demonstrates that the Tetracore Ricin BioThreat Alert® Lateral Flow Assay is a robust assay that can be used to rapidly screen for the presence of Ricin in an environmental sample. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tetracore Inc., a biotechnology company, announces the successful completion of an extensive study of its Ricin BioThreat Alert Lateral Flow Assay (LFA) and BioThreat Alert LFA Reader by the...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and IPSWICH, Mass., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its commitment to life science research and scientific education, New England Biolabs (NEB) is pleased to offer free molecular biology reagents to the high school teams participating in the 2013 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition. The iGEM competition encourages innovation in synthetic biology by soliciting novel and exciting project ideas from high school students, college...
Partnership Advances Pharmacogenomics for Improved Patient Care SEATTLE, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Molecular Testing Corporation (Natural Molecular, NMTC), a privately-owned company providing groundbreaking clinical diagnostic molecular testing and services in the medical genomics field, announced today the launch of their laboratory developed comprehensive Personalized Medicine Panel. This cardiac panel, commercialized by Natural Molecular, is comprised of 42 targets and...
FMC Corporation announced today that it will launch a new anaerobic bioremediation product at the Second International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies from June 10 to June 13 in Jacksonville, Florida. The symposium is organized and presented by Battelle. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) June 10, 2013 FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) announced today that it will launch a new anaerobic bioremediation product at the Second International Symposium on Bioremediation...
Learn about the Biotechnology Master of Professional Studies, now offered at The Universities at Shady Grove Rockville, MD (PRWEB) June 10, 2013 As Maryland continues to add STEM jobs, UMBC is expanding its program offerings at the Universities at Shady Grove to meet the growing need for trained biotechnology professionals, particularly in Montgomery County. Starting in Fall 2013, UMBC is offering its Master of Professional Studies (MPS) Biotechnology program at the Universities at Shady...
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Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1979 under the title Journal of Applied Biochemistry and published by Academic Press. It assumed its present title in 1986 and publication was taken over by Portland Press in 1993. It is now published bimonthly by Wiley-Blackwell (since 2011). It is the official journal of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The journal publishes scholarly Articles and Reviews relating to...
Cell is a peer-reviewed scientific journal founded by Benjamin Lewin in January 1974 with the sponsorship of MIT Press. Lewin bought the rights to the journal in 1986 and published it under his own publishing arm Cell Press. Cell Press was sold to Elsevier in 1999, which currently publishes Cell twice monthly. Cell Press publishes several biomedical journals, including Cell, Neuron, Immunity, Molecular Cell, Developmental Cell, Cancer Cell, Current Biology, Structure, Chemistry &...
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is the causal agent of crown gall disease (the formation of tumours) in over 140 species of dicot. It is rod shaped. Symptoms are caused by the insertion of a small segment of DNA into the plant cell. It is an alphaproteobacterium of the family Rhizobiaceae which includes the nitrogen fixing legume symbionts. They are pathogenic and provide no benefit to the plant. It also affects a wide variety of plants. In an economical sense it affects walnuts, grape vines,...
