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True Health to Engage Fans by Joining Facebook and Twitter

In order to offer another platform of communication for their customers and fans, True Health has joined Facebook and Twitter where individuals have access to breaking health news, general wellness discussions, educational videos, special offers and free reports covering a broad range of health concerns. - August 26, 2010 - True Health

Health Resources Goes Social

Joining the social networks Facebook and Twitter, leading nutritional supplement company Health Resources now has the ability to reach their loyal customers and offer a platform where they can discuss nutrition, supplementation, health concerns, breaking health news and more. - August 26, 2010 - Health Resources

Bio-Med QC Offers an Indiana Pharmacy Exclusive

Bio-Med QC has recently designed the most comprehensive and the most effective CSP quality assurance microbiology system available. The Bio-Shield AT system includes added value, on site training and saves you money over the alternative options that provide no microbiology support. Bio-Med QC has... - August 26, 2010 - Bio-Med QC

Nutricap Labs Named to 2010 Inc. 500 | 5,000 List, Recognized as One of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies for a Second Consecutive Year

Nutricap Labs today announced its placement on the 2010 Inc. 500 | 5,000 list. The annual list, compiled by Inc. Magazine, ranks the 5,000 fastest-growing, privately held companies in America based on criteria such as gross dollars of growth, revenue, metro region and industry over a four-year period. - August 25, 2010 - Nutricap Labs

Nutricap Labs President Recognized by Long Island Business News as One of the Area’s Top Business Professionals

President of leading vitamin and supplement manufacturer named to Long Island Business News’ Fifty or so Around 50 Class of 2010 for his leadership, business acumen and philanthropic efforts. - August 23, 2010 - Nutricap Labs

AnaSpec Visits with Noted Alzheimer’s Researcher, Dr. Patrick McGeer

AnaSpec’s general manager, Dr. Anita Hong and technical support specialist, Cecilia Po, visited the highly published and eminent Alzheimer’s researcher, Dr. Patrick McGeer and his associate, Dr. Jian-Ping Guo at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada on Aug. 12, 2010. - August 22, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group

Strand and Narayana Hrudalaya Collaborate in Translational Cancer Research

First-of-its kind project in translational cancer research aimed to produce pioneering discoveries and affordable clinical solutions in cancer care. - August 21, 2010 - Strand Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.

The Porcine microRNAome is Revealed

Results blaze a trail for advancement in pig biology as well the use of pigs as model organism for human biological and biomedical studies - August 20, 2010 - LC Sciences LLC

AnaSpec Introduces SensoLyte® Biotin Quantitation Assay Kit

AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of the FRET based biotin quantitation kit. The SensoLyte® Biotin Quantitation Assay Kit provides a convenient way to estimate the efficiency of biotinylation for biotin-protein conjugates. The kit also can be used in quantitate biotin concentration in a solution. - August 20, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group

CHI’s BioPharma Strategy Series Presents the Inaugural Mitigating Safety Risks in Early Clinical Development Executive Forum November 8-9, 2010, Philadelphia, PA

Presentations Discuss Bridging the Gap Between Pre-Clinical and Clinical Safety to Improve Prediction. - August 20, 2010 - Cambridge Healthtech Institute

New Hope Fertility Center Offers Unique Blastocyst Guarantee

New Hope Fertility Center, a leader in Egg Donation, now offers a unique guarantee designed to dramatically increase successful implantation rates and embryo viability. - August 20, 2010 - New Hope Fertility Center

United Foam Expands Kissimmee, Florida, Fabrication Operations

United Foam’s Kissimmee, Florida, location has added water jet cutting capabilities to its foam fabrication operations. This new capability greatly expands United Foam’s south east operations by increasing manufacturing output, incorporating new materials, servicing new applications and... - August 19, 2010 - UFP Technologies, Inc.

DDC Launches UK Mobile DNA Sample Collection Service

DNA Diagnostics Centre has launched a new service enabling private clients, immigration law specialists, family and child law solicitors to have DNA samples collected by a mobile DNA collection team throughout the United Kingdom. - August 18, 2010 - DNA Diagnostics Centre

New Isolera™ UV-VIS Flash Purification System Delivers Widest Wavelength Range Available to Chemists

The Isolera UV-VIS flash purification system enables detection of organic molecules with spectral absorbance between 200 nm and 800 nm making it the broadest wavelength detection flash system available to chemists. The Isolera UV-VIS will be presented to the public on August 22 at the ACS Fall 2010 National Meeting & Exposition in Boston, Massachusetts. - August 18, 2010 - Biotage

O’Hara Labcoat Tablet Coating Equipment with Containment

O’Hara introduces contained version of its laboratory and pilotscale tablet coating equipment with modifications to accommodate flexible containment system. - August 18, 2010 - O’Hara Technologies

CEO Will Rosellini and MicroTransponder Inc. Named Finalists for the 10th Annual Tech Titans Awards

The MTBC has named CEO Will Rosellini a finalist for the Tech Innovator category and MicroTransponder a finalist for the Emerging Company Horizon category for the 10th Annual Tech Titan Awards in Texas. - August 17, 2010 - MicroTransponder Inc.

Bioo Scientific Chooses Eureka Genomics as Its Next-Generation Sequencing Provider

Bioo Scientific selected Eureka Genomics as its next-generation sequencing service provider. - August 17, 2010 - Bioo Scientific

Greenfield Naturals is Chosen to be Exclusive USA Distributor of Ionized Mineral Water Systems for Water & People of South Korea

Some of the most popular water treatment systems still in use today: 1) Reverse Osmosis, 2) Flash Distillation, 3) Electrodialysis, 4) De-ionization and 5) Ion Exchangers (Soft Water Tanks). The newest rage in the industry is ionized or ionic water produced by electric ionizers, not only do they cost up to $4,000 but they can produce long term health defects in the body, according to Prof. Hyun-Won Kim. - August 16, 2010 - Greenfield Naturals

Win a Packet of 50 Delicardo Foodcards of Your Choice with the Delicardo Treasure Hunt

Simply answer the 5 questions and you can go into the draw to win your very own packet of personalized Delicardo Foodcards. - August 15, 2010 - Enomis GmbH

Clinical Trials in Russia. 2nd Quarter 2010.

The Federal Service on Surveillance in Healthcare and Social Development of the Russian Federation (alias RosZdravNadzor, RZN) approved 178 new clinical trials of all types including local and bioequivalence studies during the second quarter of 2010 demonstrating a 38% increase over the corresponding period of last year. - August 14, 2010 - Synergy Research Group

ARUP Laboratories Presents Recent Research at Two Major Association Meetings

ARUP Laboratories staff has presented some recent research findings at two major meetings during the first two weeks of August. Posters were presented at the AMLI and ACM conferences. - August 12, 2010 - ARUP Laboratories

AnaSpec Introduces Speedy 28-Day Antibody Service

AnaSpec introduces the Speedy 28-day custom polyclonal antibody service. Leveraging proven technology from Eurogentec, AnaSpec's parent company, this protocol uses a proprietary mixture of Freund's free immuno-stimulatory compounds. The first bleed, obtained at the accelerated rate of Day 21 after... - August 11, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group

Health Market Science to Present at CBI's 4th Annual Forum on Tracking State Laws and Aggregate Spend

Presentation will address the "silver lining" in overcoming the challenge of being prepared for Aggregate Spend Regulatory Requirements. - August 11, 2010 - Health Market Science

NSF Funds Innovative Approach to Biomimetic Nanofiber Bone Regeneration

Dr. Hongjun Wang at Stevens Institute of Technology investigates a new bottom-up approach to tissue engineering. - August 06, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology

Colorado BioScience Association Seeks Region’s Top Innovators for Venture Showcase Competition at 2010 BioWest Conference & Expo

The organizers of the annual BioWest Conference & Expo are again looking for the best bioscience start-ups in the region as candidates for this year's $7,500 Dorsey & Whitney Venture Showcase Award. Four companies will be chosen to present at the showcase on Wednesday, September 29, 2010, and will be judged by a panel of venture capitalists. Deadline for entry is Friday, August 20. - August 04, 2010 - Colorado BioScience Association

Accurately and Efficiently Monitor the Performance of HbA1c Assays

The American Diabetes Association, International Diabetes Federation and European Association for the Study of Diabetes consider HbA1c a more reliable indicator of long term diabetic control than blood glucose. - August 04, 2010 - Randox Laboratories

Novus Biologicals Releases Two New Posters to Guide Antibody Research

Novus revealed two new posters at the ISSCR 8th Annual Meeting between June 16 - 19 – a fluorescent labels poster and a stem cell signalling pathway poster. The fluorescent labels poster displays all fluorophores that Novus offers conjugated to their primary antibodies. The stem cell... - August 04, 2010 - Novus Biologicals Europe

Biotage Launches New Isolera™ ELS Detector, Helps Isolate Virtually Any Compound

Biotage introduces the Isolera ELSD-1080 evaporative light-scattering detector for flash purification. Biotage now provides a flash purification solution for nearly every compound type including semi-volatile UV transparent as well as UV absorbing compounds. - August 01, 2010 - Biotage

Major Pharmaceuticals Announces Retirement and Transition Plan for Michael Redd

Major Pharmaceuticals a leading national supplier of generic over the counter pharmaceuticals today announced that Michael Redd will step down as President on August 7, 2010 for personal reasons. Redd will be succeeded by Thomas Larkin, formerly Chief Strategic Officer of The Harvard Drug Group,... - July 31, 2010 - Major Pharmaceuticals

Health Market Science Announces Immediate Availability of Email MasterFile™ for the Healthcare Industry

Health Market Science announced HMS Email MasterFile, an email database of 1.2 million practitioners, offering the highest quality, most comprehensive email database in the healthcare industry. - July 31, 2010 - Health Market Science

Clinical Pharmacology Study Group (CPSG) Announces Open Enrollment for Psoriatic Arthritis

The Clinical Pharmacology Study Group (CPSG) is currently participating in several clinical trials for psoriatic arthritis in its Worcester, MA facility. Subjects who enroll in a clinical trial are carefully selected from a list of inclusion and exclusion criteria designed to ensure safety for the... - July 31, 2010 - Clinical Pharmacology Study Group

Clinical Pharmacology Study Group (CPSG) Announces Open Enrollment for Diabetic Neuropathy

The Clinical Pharmacology Study Group (CPSG) is currently participating in several clinical trials for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in its Worcester, MA facility. Diabetic neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes in which nerves are damaged as a result of high blood sugar levels. Symptoms... - July 31, 2010 - Clinical Pharmacology Study Group

NSF Funds Building a Creativity Collective: Using the Crowd to Solve Societal Problems

Stevens Professors Nickerson and Sakamoto are funded by the National Science Foundation to research crowdsourcing and the creative collective. - July 30, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Honors 11 Outstanding Scientists

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology last week named 10 scientists the winners of the nonprofit’s annual awards. Another winner was announced earlier this year. The recipients, who will give talks at the society’s annual meeting April 9-13 in Washington, D.C., are... - July 30, 2010 - American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Biotage Introduces Highly-Selective ExploraSep 96-Well Screening Plates Based on Molecularly Imprinted Polymers

Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, announced the introduction of ExploraSep 96-well screening plates to identify optimum scavengers. The 4 different screening plates deliver 128 selective resins based on high-performance,... - July 29, 2010 - Biotage

curasan AG Scouts for Sales Partners for ATR®

Supporting wound healing and tissue regeneration through the extraction of autologous platelet-mediator-concentrate (PMC) – high patient compatibility using autologous blood – No need for centrifuges and external laboratories. - July 29, 2010 - curasan AG

Biotage Introduces Highly-Selective AFFINILUTE MIP

Biotage announced the introduction of high-performance, AFFINILUTE MIP (Molecularly Imprinted Polymers) columns for analytical sample preparation. Highly selective extractions with AFFINILUTE MIPs are considerably simplified resulting in faster, more robust and lower cost sample preparation. - July 29, 2010 - Biotage

Biotage Introduces SLE+ High-Performance Supported Liquid Extraction Sample Preparation Columns

Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, announced the introduction of ISOLUTE SLE+ High-Performance Supported Liquid Extraction sample preparation columns. The announcement occurred during the 58th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry... - July 29, 2010 - Biotage

International Stem Cell Corporation Planning European Subsidiary

International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCO) announced that it had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with ARG Vermogensverwaltung AG ('ARG'), a German Investment Fund, to create a new European subsidiary ('ISCO Europe') to be funded with up to $10 million of capital derived from ARG... - July 28, 2010 - International Stem Cell Corporation

Glissandra™ Skincare Announces the Boutique Retail Launch of Its Innovative Anti-Aging Skincare Products at Toronto’s PIR Cosmetics

Glissandra™ Skincare is pleased to announce the boutique retail launch of its innovative anti-aging skincare products at PIR Cosmetics, widely recognized in the beauty industry as Canada's leading retailer of hard-to-find, niche cosmetics brands. Glissandra products target the leading cause of aging: mitochondrial decay. - July 28, 2010 - Glissandra Skincare

Pardee Grant Will Further Pancreatic Cancer Research

Seventy-five percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first 12 months of their diagnosis. In a collaborative project, George Prendergast, Ph.D., Professor, President & CEO at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR) and Iraimoudi Ayene, Ph.D., Associate Professor at LIMR, received a one-year $125,000 grant from the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation to conduct the research project entitled Novel Immunochemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment. - July 28, 2010 - Lankenau Institute for Medical Research

ALPCO Diagnostics Launches First Commercially Available Sclerostin ELISA in the U.S.

ALPCO Diagnostics recently launched an ELISA specific for measuring human sclerostin in serum and plasma. Sclerostin inhibits osteoblast activity via antagonism of the wnt signaling pathway and plays a key role in the regulation of bone formation. Reports show that sclerostin expression and/or... - July 27, 2010 - ALPCO

Bioo Scientific Releases the ExoMir™ Kit to Facilitate RNA Analysis in Cell-Free Fluids

Bioo Scientific’s new ExoMir™ kit simplifies the fractionation of and RNA extraction from exosomes and other microparticles in cell-free fluids. - July 26, 2010 - Bioo Scientific

Stevens Hosts 2010 Metro Area NEMS/MEMS Workshop

Nanomanufacturing Workshop hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology on Monday, July 26th in Hoboken, New Jersey. - July 24, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology

Health Decisions Appoints New CTO to Streamline Its HD360° Trial Management Platform

CRO hires Bryan Minihan to boost data integration and flow, providing sponsors and sites with a one-stop web portal for near real-time study information. - July 24, 2010 - Health Decisions

European Algae Oil Omega-3 Access Increases with Source-Omega’s Products and Services

Source-Omega's Pure One™ brand moves towards private label offering and licensing in a growing market with green economic outlook. Estimated at $400M, the total European omega-3 market is now doubling every 10 years. - July 22, 2010 - Source-Omega

$1.85 Million Grant Explores New Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Affecting more than 1.3 million people in the United States alone, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a debilitating disease that causes pain, swelling, and stiffness in the joints. Dr. Laura Mandik-Nayak, Assistant Professor at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR), received a five-year,... - July 21, 2010 - Lankenau Institute for Medical Research

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