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ArmyOfBun
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Gadgets and Ideas to Revolutionize Healthcare
The TEDMED conference gave 400 people a glimpse at the future of healthcare last week, bringing together an eclectic group of innovators, from photographers to stem cell experts, each with a different point to make.Here are some of the...
 
Xconomy
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Dyax Shares Rocket as FDA Clears Treatment for Rare Inflammatory Disease
Dyax got some good news late today that sent shares booming. The Cambridge, MA-based company (NASDAQ: DYAX) said it has...
 
Xconomy
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Santarus Shares Boom on FDA Approval of Over-the-Counter Heartburn Drug
San Diego-based Santarus (NASDAQ: SNTS) got some good news late today. The company’s partner, the Schering-Plough unit of...
 
Glenn Batuyong
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Scientists Create Artificial Meat
Hugh Pickens writes "The Telegraph reports that scientists have created the first artificial meat by extracting cells from the muscle of a live pig and putting them in a broth of other animal products where the cells then multiplied to create muscle...
 
Aromasutra
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Karnival Jom Heboh TV3 2009 bersama SUTRA
Temui kami di KARNIVAL JOM HEBOH TV3.Kami akan berada di sana untuk menemui anda. Kepada anda yang berminat untuk mendapatkan...
 
Xconomy
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Tech Executive Pay Raises Way Down, New Study Says
Technology executive pay raises in 2009 have taken their biggest nosedive of the past decade, according to a new compensation...
 
Jasmin H
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Searching Facebook More Intimately
Cuil indexes your Facebook network and produces results based on your social connections.
 
Jasmin H
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Personalized, Real-Time Web Content
A new version of Netvibes focuses on real-time data from around the Internet.
 
Geoffrey Allan Plauche
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Scientists Create Artificial Meat
Hugh Pickens writes "The Telegraph reports that scientists have created the first artificial meat by extracting cells from the muscle of a live pig and putting them in a broth of other animal products where the cells then multiplied to create muscle...
 
Tony Faustino
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Brand 'Biologics' Retain Edge in Bills - WSJ.com
The pharmaceutical industry is powerful, but the biotech industry is more powerful" on Capitol Hill, said Sen. Brown. He noted that many states are developing biotech industries, and "every medical center has an interest in this field."...
 
The Dean
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$PGCX: The Dean Thinks 3 is the Magic Number
This morning, $PGCX has climbed as high as $0.95 for a potential profit of 51% for The Dean’s Honors Class who learned...
 
Xconomy
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Ekos, Enduring Tough Year for Devices, Sticks With Goal to Break Even Next Year
Ekos is on a quest to change the way doctors think about how to best dissolve blood clots. Like a lot of bold visions, this...
 
Jasmin H
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Carbon Capture with Nanotubes
Startup Porifera is developing membranes to separate greenhouse gases from smokestacks.
 
Renata
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Extracao de DNA
Semana passada, num dos laboratorios de biologia, eu extraih o meu primeiro DNA. Foi lindo!Muito interessante!! Eu nao pensei...
 
Redondo
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英国科学家声称发现生物钟细胞
illusiwind在日志中提到了BBC的一篇报道:英国曼彻斯特大学的科学家声称发现了生物钟细胞。...
 
pawan
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Advanced Learning Methodologies In Artificial Neural Networks
An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is an information processing network that takes advantage of the way biological nervous...
 
Sciphu
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Embryonic Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine
The New Scientist surveys current efforts to build regenerative therapies based on the pluripotency of embryonic stem cells: "Tissue grown from human embryonic stem cells, the most prized, and most controversial, cells ever grown in a lab, could at last...
 
Jasmin H
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Blog – Robotic Kitchen Assistants
Tired of cooking this Thanksgiving? These robots could help out.
 
Jasmin H
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Blog – Solving the Puzzle of Triangular Snowflakes
Snowflakes ought to be hexagonal. So why are triangular ones so often observed?
 
Jasmin H
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Blog – Quantum Measurement Could Reveal Ion Flow Through Cell Membranes
A unique type of nanodiamond could measure the flow of ions through an ion channel with unprecedented accuracy
 
GraceCheng
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Why Agriculture And Food ETFs Make Sense In This Market
No matter how bad the economy gets, nor how stupid the government’s policies, everyone needs to eat.Except for air...
 
Xconomy
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Illumina OKs $100M Share Buyback
San Diego-based Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) said today that its board has authorized a program to buy back $100 million of stock....
 
Jasmin H
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Nasty iPhone Worm Hints at the Future
As smart phones become smarter, malicious code will find a friendlier home.
 
Jasmin H
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Origami Solar Cells
Silicon sheets self-assemble into spheres to capture more light.
 
Chuck
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Genotyping With Fluidigm
With a title like Director of Molecular Biology you might think that it would be hard for a non-technical person to carry on a...
8 days ago AgWired | Topics: Agribusiness, Audio, Biotech, Fluidigm
 
Tony Faustino
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Why Drugmakers Don't Twitter - BusinessWeek
The pharmaceutical industry spent $4 billion on direct-to-consumer advertising in 2008, but only 4% of that amount flowed to the Web—a tiny percentage compared with other huge advertisers, such as auto companies. Drug companies did test the waters...
 
PDriscoll
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Commercial success in tissue engineering, cell therapy and transplantation
Tissue engineering involves taking either autologous, allogeneic or xenogeneic cells and redirecting those cells to carry out...
 
LauraBW
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Charlotte-Area Media Discuss PR Best Practices
Business Wire Charlotte hosted a Meet the Media luncheon for more than 50 local communications professionals on November 12th...
 
pawan
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Bio-Artificial Liver
The liver is the largest gland in our body and performs a variety of tasks that impact all parts of the body, a spongy mass of...
 
Tony Faustino
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Some doctors say no more free lunches
Great article on how pharma industry continues to lose access to physicians
 
Joel Alenchery
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Anti-Smoking Vaccine Is Nearing the Market
eldavojohn writes "Almost 6 years ago we discussed a vaccine to help people quit smoking as it entered human clinical trials. Now it looks like the finishing touches have been put on a deal that will go into effect once phase III testing of the drug now...
 
Xconomy
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Under the Radar Deals: 10 (+1) New England October Financings You Never Heard About
The big picture is great. But at Xconomy, we also like the smaller details, which often fill in or round out the big...
 
PDriscoll
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Tissue Engineering, Cell Therapy and Transplantation: Products, Technologies & Market Opportunities, Worldwide, 2009-2018
Publishing a new report in December 2009:  Tissue Engineering, Cell Therapy and Transplantation: Tissue Engineering,...
 
Xconomy
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Ironwood Files to Go Public, Seeks to Raise as Much as $172.5M
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is gearing up for the possibility of an IPO. The Cambridge, MA-based developer of a new treatment for...
 
Xconomy
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Biogen Idec Accused Again of Excessive CEO Pay, Lousy Performance, By Big Shareholder
[Update: 1:55 pm Eastern, 11/20/09] After a bitter standoff earlier this year with billionaire investor Carl Icahn over alleged...
 
Xconomy
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Dendreon FDA Deadline Set For May 1
Seattle-based Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN), the developer of what it hopes will be the first FDA-approved treatment to actively...
 
Jasmin H
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Self-Policing Cloud Computing
IBM security tool searches for and destroys malicious code in the cloud.
 
pawan
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Nanobots: The Artificial Blood
In future "vasculoid" (vascular-like machine) would replace human blood with some 500 trillion nanorobots distributed...
 
Hanly
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Intel Says Brain Implants Could Control Computers By 2020
Lucas123 writes "Scientists at Intel are working on developing sensors that would be implanted in a person's head in order to harness brain waves that could then be used to control computers, televisions, cell phones and other electronic equipment....
 
Jasmin H
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Google Gives a First Look at the Chrome OS
The company unveils the technical details of its operating system.
 
Xconomy
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Beyond Anecdotes: Measuring Global Health Impact in Washington State
The threat of global infectious disease was already a significant humanitarian concern when Ken Stuart set up his independent...
 
Xconomy
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Genzyme Halts Development of New Kidney Drug; A “Very Significant” Bust, Analyst Says
Another day, another piece of bad news from Genzyme. The Cambridge, MA-based biotech giant (NASDAQ: GENZ) said today it is...
 
Jasmin H
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Who’s Talking About Me?
Web experts are designing technologies that can collect scattered bits of online conversation.
14 days ago Tech Scrape | Topics: Facebook, Technology..., Twitter, google
 
Jasmin H
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Bendable Magnetic Interface
A sensing surface developed by Microsoft researchers offers new ways to use computers.
 
jersey
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And Now for Something Completely Different: North Carolina-based Talecris to Add 259 Biomanufacturing Jobs
Talecris Biotherapeutics announced that it will add 259 jobs as part of a $269 million expansion of its manufacturing facility...
15 days ago BioJobBlog | Topics: BioJobBuzz, BioJobBuzz, Carolina, North
 
Jasmin H
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New Hope for Neuron Protection
A drug developed to treat Lou Gehrig's disease undergoes clinical trials.