Bionity.COM Newsletter No. 28/2010, 07/21/2010

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Sterile Shallow Well Plates
Porvair Sciences Ltd. has announced a new sterile 96-well Shallow Polypropylene Plate that offers a capacity of just 150µL per well reducing reagent costs and round well bottoms to ensure good mixing...

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CERTOMAT® CTplus - the ideal shaker for mammalian cell suspensions
The first specialized CO₂ incubation shaker
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Discover SP-D - Pressurized Microwave Digestion System
Complete digests in 10 minutes, including cool down!
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MixMate: Efficient and versatile mixing on a microliter scale
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Biotech News

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Latest News from Biotechnology and Pharma from 07/14/2010 to 07/20/2010

The brain of the fly - a high-speed computer
Neurobiologists use state-of-the-art methods to decode the basics of motion detection
07/20/2010 - What would be the point of holding a soccer world championship if we couldn't distinguish the ball from its background? Simply unthinkable! But then again, wouldn't it be fantastic if your favourite t...
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Tecan sells sample management business to US firm NEXUS Biosystems
Tecan is focusing its growth strategy on its Life Sciences core business
07/20/2010 - The Tecan Group and NEXUS Biosystems, Inc., based in Poway, have signed an agreement concerning the sale of REMP AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tecan, as well as other related assets. Under this agr...
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SGE Analytical Science: eVol Wins prestigious R&D100 Technology Innovation Award
07/20/2010 - eVol®, the world’s first automated analytical syringe created and manufactured by SGE Analytical Science, has been selected as a 2010 R&D100 Award winner. eVol® is a unique laboratory tool that remov...
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Galapagos and University of Bristol enter drug discovery collaboration in chronic pain
07/20/2010 - Galapagos NV and the University of Bristol announced a new drug discovery collaboration aimed at developing treatments for chronic pain associated with diabetes (diabetic neuropathic pain). Galapagos...
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New discovery brings hope to treatment of incurable blood cancer
07/20/2010 - Multiple myeloma is one of the most common blood cancers, and at present considered to be incurable. In a new study from Uppsala University, researchers now present a conceptually new model for the de...
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Unlocking the secrets of cellular energy holds promise for obesity, diabetes and cancer
Researchers discover role for epigenetics in cellular energy regulation
07/19/2010 - A breakthrough on how cells regulate their energy is promising for clinical gains into diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cancer. Researchers at McGill University and University of Pennsylvania ha...
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ThromboGenics Announces Publication of Positive Microplasmin Phase II Data
07/19/2010 - ThromboGenics NV announces that positive microplasmin Phase II trial results, evaluating the product for the nonsurgical treatment of vitreomacular adhesion, have been published in the journal Retina...
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Human Genome Sciences and Lonza enter commercial manufacturing agreement for BENLYSTA
07/19/2010 - Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGS) and Lonza announced an agreement for the future commercial supply of BENLYSTA® (belimumab), which is currently under regulatory review in the United States and Europ...
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Capital for fluorescent mini-antibodies
07/19/2010 - High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital are investing about EUR 400k in Chromotek GmbH. The investment is intended to fund research and development work aimed at ensuring successful market entry for...
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Jasmine as valium substitute: researchers discover unexpected effect of scents
Effect is comparable to potent psychotropic drugs
07/19/2010 - Instead of a sleeping pill or a mood enhancer, a nose full of jasmine from Gardenia jasminoides could also help: in collaboration with Dr. Olga Sergeeva and Prof. Helmut Hass from the Heinrich Heine U...
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UF scientists discover clues to inflammatory disease
07/16/2010 - Immune system cells called macrophages spring into action to surround and destroy threats such as viruses or cancer cells. But sometimes the would-be protective response leads to persistent inflammati...
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Evotec Strengthens Discovery Alliance Business through Acquisition of DeveloGen
07/16/2010 - Evotec AG announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire DeveloGen, a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery of novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of metabolic and ...
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Stratophase doubles manufacturing capacity and increases applications development with move to larger facility
07/16/2010 - Stratophase has doubled its sensor chip manufacturing capability and moved to a larger site. Three times larger than the old building, Stratophase’s new facility has been fitted with offices, meeting ...
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Penn State to lead new international Center Of Excellence for malaria research
07/16/2010 - A researcher in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will lead a seven-year, $14.5 million project to fight malaria in Southeast Asia. Liwang Cui, professor of entomology, is the principal i...
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Merck KGaA Completes Millipore Acquisition and Launches New Merck Millipore Division
Merck Chemicals now comprises two new divisions: Merck Millipore and Performance Materials
07/16/2010 - Merck KGaA announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Millipore Corporation, a leading Life Science company based in Billerica, Massachusetts, USA, for an aggregate purchase price inclu...
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Encap Drug Delivery Receives Patent Approval for DuoCap Capsule System
07/15/2010 - Encap Drug Delivery has received confirmation that their DuoCap™, capsule delivery system has been granted patents for US and Europe.
DuoCap™ is a single oral dosage unit that comprises a capsule-i...
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Double-Teaming a Whole-Genome Hunt-7/12/10
Scientists combine new and classic approaches to discover rare disease gene
07/15/2010 - By inspecting the sequence of all 3 billion "letters” that make up the genome of a single person affected with a rare, inherited disorder, a Johns Hopkins and Duke University team ferreted out the sin...
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Amorfix A(4) Assay Provides New Insights Into Alzheimer's Disease Pre-clinical Development Mouse Models
Amorfix Quantifies Rate of Accumulation of Amyloid in Seven Mouse Models of AD
07/15/2010 - Amorfix Life Sciences has used its A(4) test to compare the rate of accumulation of aggregated Abeta in the brain tissue of various mouse models of AD. Amorfix presented this new data at the Internati...
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Intana Announces Agreement to Provide Proprietary Spectroscopy Technology
07/15/2010 - Intana Bioscience GmbH announced that it has entered an agreement with Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V., Beerse, Belgium. Under the agr...
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Biovista Announces the Appointment of Clifford H. Farrah to its Advisory Board
07/15/2010 - Biovista announced the appointment of Mr. Clifford H. Farrah, President and Chairman of The Beacon Group, to its Advisory Board.
"We are very excited to have Cliff join our Advisory Board," said Ar...
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Generex Oncology Granted United States Patent for AE37 Peptide Vaccine
07/14/2010 - Generex Biotechnology Corporation announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Antigen Express, Inc., has been granted a United States patent on AE37, its lead immunotherapeutic vaccine. While Antigen...
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IDT signs contract to supply Research Councils UK with custom oligonucleotides
07/14/2010 - Integrated DNA Technologies has signed a three year contract with Research Councils UK (RCUK) for the supply of synthetic oligonucleotides. RCUK coordinates the UK’s seven research councils, enhancing...
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GVK Biosciences receives AAALAC Accreditation for its Animal Facility
07/14/2010 - GVK Biosciences Private Limited (GVK BIO) announced that it received full accreditation from the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) International for i...
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KAEL-GemVax reports significant interim progress in UK TeloVac Phase III study of anti-telomerase vaccine in pancreatic cancer
07/14/2010 - KAEL-GemVax announced, through its subsidiary GemVax A.S, encouraging interim progress from the UK-based Phase III TeloVac study of its anti-telomerase therapeutic cancer vaccine GV1001 in pancreatic ...
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IOTA NanoSolutions strengthens its Board through appointment of Dr Julian Gilbert as Non-Executive Director
07/14/2010 - The Board of IOTA NanoSolutions announced the appointment of Dr Julian Gilbert as Non-Executive Director of the company.
Dr. Gilbert brings over 20 years of commercial and technical experience in t...
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CellGro^® Cell Processing Tools - from lab to clinic
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BRAND General Catalog 800!
BRAND develops, manufactures and supplies measuring and dispensing instruments as well as plasticware for use in laboratories in industry, research and education - especially in chemistry, medicine pharmacy and biotechnology. BRAND is now introducing the new General Catalog 800...

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