Google Loses Search Share to Yahoo; Bing Makes No Gain
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more images Today the search share market witness an interesting turmoil with Yahoo’s search gaining shares in U.S search market. According to the reports from research firm ComScore, Yahoo’s share in the search market hiked from 16.7% to 17.1%. ComScore shows the new measure Explict Core Search to filter search linked to slide shows and [...]
Hewlett-Packard buying privately held cyber security firm Fortify Software
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HP buying cyber security firm Fortify Software PALO ALTO, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard Co. says it is buying Fortify Software to beef up its cyber security offerings. The company did not disclose financial terms of the buyout Tuesday. Fortify is a privately held company based in San Mateo, Calif. It helps businesses identify and fix security [...]
Ex-Israeli soldier says Facebook photos posing with blindfolded Palestinians thoughtless
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more images more images Israeli says Facebook photo with Arabs thoughtless JERUSALEM — A former Israeli soldier who posted photos on Facebook of herself in uniform smiling beside bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners says her actions were thoughtless. Eden Aberjil told Israel’s Army Radio on Tuesday that she did not think through her decision to [...]
Adult stem cells associate with poor prognosis of cancer: Research
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Adult stem cells that are vital for airway repair in the lung but that persist in areas where pre-cancerous lesions are found are associated with a poor prognosis in patients who develop cancer, even those with early stage disease, researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have found.These adult stem cells are found in repairing [...]
Scientists map epigenetic changes during blood cell differentiation
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Having charted the occurrence of a common chemical change that takes place while stem cells decide their fates and progress from precursor to progeny, a Johns Hopkins-led team of scientists has produced the first-ever epigenetic landscape map for tissue differentiation. (2010-08-17)
Lung stem cells vital to lung repair associated with poor cancer prognosis when found in tumor
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Adult stem cells that are vital for airway repair in the lung but that persist in areas where pre-cancerous lesions are found are associated with a poor prognosis in patients who develop cancer, even those with early stage disease, researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have found. (2010-08-17)
Video: Summary of Recent Developments in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine from Kenneth Aldrich, Chairman of International Stem Cell Corporation
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Greetings. This is Ken Aldrich, I am Chairman of International Stem Cell Corporation and thought I would share with you briefly some of the thoughts that I’ve had recently about developments in the stem cell and regenerative medicine area. One of the things that I have noticed from a lot of emails that we get, [...]
Belated Info on Election of New CIRM Chair, $120 Million Grant Round and Costly CIRM Study
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With only one business day remaining before its meeting this week, the California stem cell agency released details of its plan for an expensive study of its activities along with procedures for election of a new chairman. The late-coming information disclosed that the proposed Institute of Medicine study of CIRM would cost $615,000. Previously, CIRM [...]
CIRM Hiring of Former Geron Exec Raises Conflict of Interest Questions
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The California stem cell agency has hired a former executive of Geron Corp. to serve as a consultant on a $50 million clinical trial award round in which Geron is expected to be an applicant. He is Laurence Elias, who worked for Geron from March 2006 until October 2009 as vice president for oncology clinical [...]
Bacteria shown to "smell" ammonia
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A new study provides the first evidence that bacteria respond to odors, which according to one of the researchers may be the earliest evolutionary example of olfaction.
Are there too many stem cell journals?
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Are there too many stem cell research journals? This question has been posed by Drs. Paul Sanberg and Cesar Borlongan of the Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair at the University of South Florida. Their article appears in the current issue of Stem Cell Reviews and Reports.
New gadget for water purification: a "nano tea bag"
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Scientists in South Africa have come up with a novel way of purifying water on a small scale using a sachet rather like a tea bag, but instead of imparting flavor to the water, the bag absorbs toxins, filters out and kills bacteria, and cleans the water.
Lilly Alzheimer Failure Threatens Prospects for Similar Pfizer, J&J Drugs
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Pfizer Inc. , Johnson & Johnson , and a half dozen competitors are committed to a research strategy for Alzheimer’s disease that has resulted in a string of study failures, the most recent involving Eli Lilly & Co.
Exact Sciences files to sell equity or debt – BusinessWeek
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Exact Sciences files to sell equity or debtBusinessWeekBiotechnology company Exact Sciences Corp. said on Tuesday that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell up to $150 million in … and more »
Government of Canada Supports Nanotechnology Firms’ Growth in Edmonton
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NINT-led nanotechnology cluster supports local firms in developing world-class technology
Amarin names Colin Stewart president, CEO – BusinessWeek
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Amarin names Colin Stewart president, CEOBusinessWeekBiotechnology company Amarin Corp. said Tuesday it named Colin W. Stewart as president and CEO. He was also named to the company's board of directors. … and more »
Childhood Adversity Worsens Effects Of Stress, Adding To Current Hardships
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Can lead to serious disease in adulthoodChildren who experience trauma may enter a cycle of negative emotions — anxiety and depression — that could contribute to health problems later and precipitate an early death, a leading health psychologist said Saturday."A child who experienced a death of a parent, witnessed severe marital problems between parents or [...]
Clemson to host nanotechnology conference
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Clemson University is hosting Nano2010, an international conference of scientists whose research will help us understand how nanotechnology will affect our world.
High definition diagnostic ultrasonics on the nanoscale
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Scientists and Engineers at The University of Nottingham have built the world’s smallest ultrasonic transducers capable of generating and detecting ultrasound. These revolutionary transducers which are orders of magnitude smaller than current systems – are so tiny that up to 500 of the smallest ones could be placed across the width of one human hair.
Breakthrough gene therapy prevents retinal degeneration
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( Tufts University, Health Sciences ) In one of only two studies of its kind, a study from researchers at Tufts University demonstrates that non-viral gene therapy can delay the onset of some forms of eye disease and preserve vision. The team developed nanoparticles to deliver therapeutic genes to the retina and found that treated [...]



August 18th, 2010