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Anita Borg Institute Announces 2012 Women of Vision Award Winners
MarketWatch (press release)
PALO ALTO, CA, Feb 28, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology announced today the winners of this year's Anita Borg Women of Vision Awards. Jennifer Chayes, Distinguished Scientist and Managing Director of ...
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Organovo Named to MIT Technology Review's 2012 TR50 List of the World's Most ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Organovo, Inc. (otcqb:ONVO) has been included in the 2012 TR50, Technology Review's annual list of the world's most innovative technology companies, for three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting technology.
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Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Reports 2011 Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Feb. 28, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (UTD:PBIO) ("PBI" or the "Company") today announced operating highlights and financial results for the year ended December 31, 2011. Total revenue for the 2011 fourth ...
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AVI BioPharma Announces FDA Approval to Proceed With a Modified Dosing of AVI...
MarketWatch (press release)
BOTHELL, WA, Feb 28, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- AVI BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVII) , a developer of RNA-based therapeutics, today announced that it has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with a single oligomer, ...
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The 27th Colloque Medecine et Recherche of the Fondation Ipsen in the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PARIS, Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- In the mid 1980s, Stanley Prusiner startled the scientific world by claiming that transmissible neurodegenerative diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob in humans and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE; ...
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ShangPharma to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Financial Results on ...
Sacramento Bee
By ShangPharma Corporation SHANGHAI, Feb. 28, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- ShangPharma Corporation (NYSE: SHP) ("ShangPharma" or the "Company"), a leading China-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development outsourcing company, ...
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Proteonomix (PROT) Updates Status of Clinical Trial
MarketWatch (press release)
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ, Feb 28, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- PROTEONOMIX, INC. (OBB:PROT) , a biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics based upon the use of human cells and their derivatives, announced today progress regarding human trials ...
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Arch Scientists to Lead Anti Corrosion Project for Auto Industry
MarketWatch (press release)
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Feb 28, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Arch Biopartners Inc. ("Arch" or the "Company") (cnsx:ACH) (OTN:FOIFF) today announced that AUTO21 and its contributing partners have approved funding totaling $518400 for Arch scientists to ...
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Organovo, Inc. to Webcast, Live, at RetailInvestorConferences.com on March 1st
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Organovo, Inc., (otcqb:ONVO) the San Diego-based regenerative medicine company focused on using its breakthrough NovoGen 3D human tissue printing technology to create tissue on demand for research and ...
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Florida Tech Offers New Master's Degree in Information Technology With a ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Feb 28, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- The increasing number of cyber threats is driving a growing demand for knowledgeable cybersecurity professionals. Florida Tech's new MSIT in Cybersecurity is designed for working professionals who want to gain ...
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Baxter Initiates Phase III Adult Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Chronic Cardiac ...
MarketWatch (press release)
DEERFIELD, Ill., Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) announced today that it has initiated a phase III pivotal clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of adult autologous (an individual's own) CD34+ stem ...
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Digital Thermometers for iPads for Food Inspection and K-12 Education
Bradenton Herald
By Aginova Inc. FREEHOLD, NJ, Feb. 28, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- Aginova Inc., a sensor technology company, announced today it is launching several temperature probes for food inspection, for K-12 education and for cooking, especially grilling and BBQ.
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Southern California College Students Obtain Elusive Prerequisite Courses ...
Sacramento Bee
By Integrated Science Program WHITTIER, Calif., Feb. 28, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Integrated Science Program (ISP) offers courses that allow college students seeking advancement in health care professions to complete their science prerequisites in ...
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IntelliCyt Launches New MultiCyt(TM) Screening Kits for Biologics Discovery
MarketWatch (press release)
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, Feb 28, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- IntelliCyt Corporation, a leading life science technology provider of innovative high-throughput cell-based screening solutions, has launched a unique suite of screening kits to address the ...
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How cells make the most of limited resources
Science Daily (press release)
ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2012) — The bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which causes atypical pneumonia, is helping scientists uncover how cells make the most of limited resources. By measuring all the proteins this bacterium produces, scientists at the ...
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Opinion: Chandler link helps Apple expand world
AZ Central.com
by Southeast Valley editorial board - Feb. 28, 2012 09:48 AM Apple's electronics are fun to use and have made reading books, listening to music, and connecting with friends and family more convenient. But who are the brains behind the programs used to ...
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Bracket Joins ePRO Consortium, a Program of the Critical Path Institute
MarketWatch (press release)
WAYNE, Pa., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Bracket, a division of United BioSource Corporation (UBC), announced today a new collaboration that will seek to improve the quality of patient reported outcomes, a crucial element in the drug ...
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Lucy Lawless (Xena) and Other Greenpeace Activists Arrested for Arctic ...
PlanetSave.com
By Zachary Shahan On February 28, 2012 As reported the other day, actress Lucy Lawless (Xena) joined Greenpeace and climbed an oil rig in New Zealand that was supposed to be headed to the Arctic. Lucy was arrested yesterday for this civil disobedience, ...
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Syria crops sheltered in Arctic doomsday vault
The Olympian
By KARL RITTER | AP • Published February 28, 2012 STOCKHOLM – Chick peas, fava beans and other seeds from a facility in Syria are among the 25000 new samples being deposited this week in an Arctic seed vault built to protect food crops from wars and ...
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Independent Review of Planted Forest Investment Opportunities
MarketWatch (press release)
BRUSSELS, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Analysis of the most attractive forest resources and timberland investment opportunities in all major timber producing countries across the world, was published today in the new edition of Global Tree ...
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New Biology Links Beliefs, Meditations, Spiritual Rituals and Introspection to ...
eYugoslavia.com
By Vasilije Gallak on Feb 28, 2012 in Featured, Health News, Spain Dr. Carol Francis, Clinical Psychologist, presents 12 different tools that have been linked to increased physical health and emotional happiness. During this four day conference (March ...
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ScienceOnline2012 – interview with Meg Lowman
Scientific American (blog)
By Bora Zivkovic | February 28, 2012 | Every year I ask some of the attendees of the ScienceOnline conferences to tell me (and my readers) more about themselves, their careers, current projects and their views on the use of the Web in science, ...
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Scientific American (blog)
Optogenetic tool elucidated: Opening of the ion channel with light
Science Daily (press release)
ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2012) — Controlling nerve cells with the aid of light: this is made possible by optogenetics. It enables, for example, the investigation of neurobiological processes with unprecedented spatial and temporal precision.
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Silverstein: The Vermont Yankee debate: A window into our democracy
vtdigger.org
by Opinion | February 28, 2012 Editor's note: This op-ed is by Gerry Silverstein of South Burlington, who taught at the University of Vermont from 1985-2007. The late Charles Kuralt wrote a much beloved essay entitled “Town Meeting Day” that depicted ...
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Wiley-Blackwell adds 44 titles to journal publishing program in 2012
EurekAlert (press release)
Hoboken, NJ, February 28, 2012 – In 2012 Wiley-Blackwell, the Scientific, Technical, Medical, and Scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., will begin publishing 44 titles new to its journal program, including 16 new launches and 40 ...
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Amniox Medical(TM) Brings Revolutionary Amniotic Membrane Technology to the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MARIETTA, Ga., Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Amniox Medical, Inc., a leader in Amnion regenerative tissue therapies, will introduce their NEOX(TM) Grafts at the 2012 Annual Scientific Conference of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons ...
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Coronado Biosciences Announces Phase 1 Clinical Trial Results for TSO in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb 28, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Coronado Biosciences, Inc., (UTD:CNDO) , a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel immunotherapy agents for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer, ...
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CCID Consulting: Smart Energy Fuels China's Energy Conservation and Emission ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BEIJING, Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Smart energy is recognized as an important approach to achieve energy conservation and emission reduction as well as accelerate the industrial upgrade in China, for it is real-time, secure, cost-effective and ...
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Nature Conservancy Scientist Michael Beck Awarded 2012 Pew Fellowship in ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Michael Beck, Ph.D., lead scientist of the Global Marine Team at The Nature Conservancy, has been awarded a 2012 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation. His project seeks to promote 'green ...
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Maple Leaf Foods Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
"We are very pleased with our results for the year and we remain on track to deliver our earnings and margin growth for 2012 through 2015," said Michael H. McCain, President and CEO. "We realized strong earnings growth for the year in our protein ...
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For the Treatment of Crohn's Disease, Current and Emerging Therapies Have No ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that surveyed US gastroenterologists and managed care organization (MCO) ...
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REPORT: Antiquated Family Policies Hurt LGBT Families of Color
ThinkProgress
By Guest Blogger on Feb 28, 2012 at 1:16 pm Today, a coalition of public policy and family advocacy organizations released “LGBT Families of Color: Facts at a Glance,” which sheds light on the disparate impact of outdated laws and family policies on ...
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ThinkProgress
KD member gets national awards
Red and Black
By ALEX LAUGHLIN on February 28, 2012 It's a great honor for someone to win a national award in her sorority — and this year, Ashlee Nicole Sharer won two. Sharer, a juniorbiological sciences major from Jesup, is a member of Panhellenic sorority ...
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Red and Black
Popular Northeast Florida Eco/Shrimping Tour returns
Beaches Leader
Marine Biologist and Tour Guide Andrea Margiotta shows passengers a butterfly ray during an Amelia River Cruises Eco/Shrimping Tour. Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:00 pm | Updated: 9:25 am, Tue Feb 28,2012. FERNANDINA BEACH – Amelia River ...
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Modeling microRNAs
Bio-IT World
By Fiona Wylie February 28, 2012 | MicroRNAs (miRNAs) work by modifying gene expression at the post-translational level across a range of species, from plants to worms to humans. Discovered only in 1993, it is now clear that miRNAs, while not coding ...
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5 percent of Japanese tsunami debris could reach North America
Chicago Sun-Times
By AUDREY McAVOY AP February 28, 2012 7:42AM FILE - This file photo taken Tuesday Feb. 21, 2012 shows clothing lying in heaps at the site of a neighborhood destroyed by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Rikuzentakata, Japan.
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Elsevier Abandons Anti-Open Access Bill
Scientist
By Bob Grant | February 28, 2012 Publishing company Elsevier has backpedalled on its support of the Research Works Act (RWA), a bill that proposes to stop federal agencies from requiring that their grantees deposit federally funded research findings in ...
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Scientist
Designing a new future
Regina Leader-Post
By Kerry Benjoe, Leader-Post February 28, 2012 11:40 AM Rob Avis of Verge Permaculture poses, illuminated by an image that demonstrates an agricultural design concept, during a workshop held at the University of Regina's College Ave. building in Regina ...
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RST IS GRANTED CHINESE PATENT FOR ITS DEMRON HIGH-PERFORMANCE, MULTI-HAZARD ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
MIAMI - FEBRUARY 28, 2012 - Radiation Shield Technologies (RST) has been granted a Chinese patent for Demron®, the world's first and only fabric that provides total multi-hazard protection against nuclear,biological, chemical, bomb and ballistic ...
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Fighting Heart Disease with Fish Oil
About - News & Issues
By Cathy Wong, About.com Guide February 28, 2012 An omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil, DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) may help lower your risk for heart disease (the leading cause of death in the US). Studies show that DHA can help reduce a number of ...
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Chart Industries Reports 2011 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results
MarketWatch (press release)
CLEVELAND, Feb 28, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Chart Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLS) , a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment used in the production, storage and end-use of hydrocarbon and industrial gases, ...
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The Beacon : Benefits support student injured in a car accident
By Phat Nguyen
Phat Nguyen, News Editor February 282012. Filed under News. Sophomore biology major Natalie Smirne and a friend were driving home from a concert in New York on route 84. A routine drive turned for the worse when a deer ran across ...
The Beacon
De Camilli honored for work with brain synapses - News - Yale ...
By news@yale.edu (Yale News)
February 282012. Pietro De Camilli, the Eugene Higgins Professor of CellBiology and Neurobiology, was named the recipient of the Sir Bernard Katz Award by the Exocytosis and Endocytosis subgroup of the Biophysical Society Feb.
YaleNews Articles
Uncommon Descent | The real Charles Darwin: Not what you heard ...
By News
February 282012, Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News · No Comments. From George Grinnell, “The Rise and Fall of Darwin's First Theory of Transmutation,” Journal of the History of Biology, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Autumn, 1974), pp.
Uncommon Descent
The Beacon : Benefits support student injured in a car accident
Phat Nguyen, News Editor February 28, 2012. Filed under News. Sophomore biology major Natalie Smirne and a friend were driving home from a concert in ...
www.thewilkesbeacon.com/.../benefits-support-student-injured.
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