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BIOLOGY News, May 29, 2012


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Hamilton Thorne Announces 2012 First Quarter Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
BEVERLY, MA and TORONTO, May 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Hamilton Thorne Ltd. (CVE:CA:HTL) , a leading provider of precision laser devices and advanced image analysis systems for the fertility, stem cell and developmental biology research ...
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The Ancient Sexual Revolution that May Have Spurred Human Monogamy
TIME
By Maia Szalavitz | @maiasz | May 29, 2012 | + Monogamous, romantic love — or, more prosaically, pair-bonding — may have evolved in a sexual revolution that could have laid down the roots of the modern family, according to an intriguing new ...
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TIME
Agios Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Jefferies 2012 Global Healthcare ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Agios Pharmaceuticals, the leading biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel drugs in the fields of cancer metabolism and rare metabolic genetic diseases, today announced ...
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Researchers Restore Neuron Function to Brains Damaged by Huntington's Disease
MarketWatch (press release)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Researchers from South Korea, Sweden, and the United States have collaborated on a project to restore neuron function to parts of the brain damaged by Huntington's disease (HD) by ...
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Syndax Pharmaceuticals to Present Updated Overall Survival Data With ...
MarketWatch (press release)
WALTHAM, Mass., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a late-stage oncology company, announced today that updated results from ENCORE 301, a randomized, placebo-controlled phase 2 study of exemestane with and without ...
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Heart Damage Repaired By Reprogramming Resident Fibroblasts into Functioning ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- LoneStar Heart Inc., today announced the advancement of a new therapeutic strategy aimed at genetic reprogramming of cardiac fibroblasts into functioning heart muscle cells to treat damage ...
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Biostem US, Corporation Appoints Philip A. Lowry, MD as Chairman of Its ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CLEARWATER, FL, May 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Biostem US, Corporation, (otcqb:HAIR) (pinksheets:HAIR) (Biostem, the Company), a fully reporting public company in the stem cell regenerative medicine sciences sector, today announced that Philip ...
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Recently Published Independent Research Study Detects Gene Variation In Non ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN DIEGO, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM) , a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today reported on a recently released publication in which the Sequenom MassARRAY® System (for ...
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Neighbor notes for May 29, 2012
The Advocate
RHODES COLLEGE GRADUATION: Haley Marie Johnson, of Clinton, graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in music and a bachelor of science degree in biology from Rhodes College on May 12 in Memphis, Tenn. She is the daughter of Frederick ...
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AVEO Oncology to Present at the Jefferies 2012 Global Healthcare Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- AVEO Oncology (NASDAQ:AVEO) today announced that David Johnston, chief financial officer, is scheduled to present at the Jefferies 2012 Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 3:00 pm ...
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ShangPharma Corporation Issues Statement in Response to Name Confusion
MarketWatch (press release)
SHANGHAI, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ShangPharma Corporation (NYSE:SHP) ("ShangPharma" or the "Company"), a leading China-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development outsourcing company, today issued a statement to ...
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Neuron Function Restored in Brains Damaged by Huntington's Disease
Science Daily (press release)
ScienceDaily (May 29, 2012) — Researchers from South Korea, Sweden, and the United States have collaborated on a project to restore neuron function to parts of the brain damaged by Huntington's disease (HD) by successfully transplanting HD-induced ...
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UCI researcher receives $4.8M state medical grant
OC Metro
by Caitlin AdamsPublished: May 29, 2012 11:05 AM UC Irvine immunologist Thomas Lane has been selected by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to receive $4.8 million in state grants. The funding will be used finance a new line of ...
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Agendia Announces Nine Studies in Breast and Colon Cancer for Presentation at ...
Sacramento Bee
By Agendia AMSTERDAM and IRVINE, Calif., May 29, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Agendia, an innovative molecular cancer diagnostics company and leader in personalized medicine, announced today that it will present nine posters on genomic research studies in ...
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Bananas Are as Beneficial as Sports Drinks, Study Suggests
Science Daily (press release)
ScienceDaily (May 29, 2012) — Bananas have long been a favorite source of energy for endurance and recreational athletes. Bananas are a rich source of potassium and other nutrients, and are easy for cyclists, runners or hikers to carry.
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Cancerous tumors deliver pro-metastatic information in secreted vesicles
EurekAlert (press release)
NEW YORK (May 29, 2012) -- Cancer researchers have known for well over a century that different tumor types spread only to specific, preferred organs. But no one has been able to determine the mechanisms of organ specific metastasis, the so-called ...
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Beetle Flight: Flapping Protective Wings Increase Lift
Science Daily (press release)
ScienceDaily (May 29, 2012) — The forewings of beetles, the elytra, are hardened structures which protect the insect's flying wings and body. The function of the forewings in flight has been questioned, which is what prompted researchers at Lund ...
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Invasive snails hitched a ride to Pacific waters on scientists' vessel
Victoria Times Colonist
By Randy Boswell, Postmedia News May 29, 2012 3:02 AM A team of US and Australian scientists may have inadvertently introduced to the waters off Vancouver Island an alien invader that biologists typically battle to protect the integrity of ecosystems.
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AP Predictably Leaves Harvard's Violation of Federal Guidelines Out of ...
NewsBusters (blog)
By Tom Blumer | May 29, 2012 | 00:05 At the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, Jesse Washington's Friday evening coverage ("Who's an American Indian? Warren case stirs query") of the nuances involved in claiming Native American Indian ...
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Girl, 6, becomes National Spelling Bee's youngest ever
NewsOK.com
By JOSEPH WHITE | Published: May 29, 2012 Leave a comment McLEAN, Va. — The youngest person ever to qualify for the National Spelling Bee was running around in a stream with a friend, hunting for rocks. Suddenly, she came charging up the bank and ...
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GFPs Measure Intracellular Heat
Photonics.com
BARCELONA, Spain, May 29, 2012 — A noninvasive method that measures internal cell temperatures using green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) could help scientists to learn more about cellular processes and to distinguish healthy cells from cancerous ones.
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Photonics.com
Summit Old Guard to Hear Presentation on The Pinelands
TheAlternativePress.com (press release) (blog)
May 29, 2012 Summit Old Guard to Hear Presentation on The Pinelands The above topic is the subject of a talk to be given at the Monday, June 4 meeting of the Summit Old Guard by Professor William E. Dunscombe, Associate Professor of Biology and ...
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Saskatchewan police can accept lab changes
Regina Leader-Post
By Will Chabun, Leader-Post May 29, 2012 2:05 AM Because the nature of police forensic labs has been changing for decades, the president of the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police said the coming closure of the lab in Regina should make no ...
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5 Nigerian lads win platinum at Science Olympiad
P.M. News
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Global Gathering Features Leading Authorities on Cassava Research
CisionWire (press release)
LOUIS, MO, May 29, 2012—An impressive lineup of the leaders in cassava research and development from around the globe will present during the second scientific conference of The Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21), June 18 – 22, ...
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Word On the Street: May 2012
Beachside Resident
Cape Canaveral Summer Camp for kids ages 5-10 starts May 29 and continues through August. Camp runs Monday through Friday from 9 am to 3 pm at the Cape Canaveral Youth Center (7920 Orange Ave.). Before and after care available.
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