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Continuing in its commitment to rapidly expand its antibody offerings, AnaSpec, a leading provider of integrated proteomics solutions, added ten (10) new antibodies to its growing collection of catalog antibodies.

Millions of cardiomyopathy patients have been told their future lies in drugs or a transplant as they await an otherwise certain death. This is no longer true as Theravitae’s VesCell therapy is giving some 68 percent of them a new life.

This week AnaSpec introduced the SensoLyteTM 520 TACE Assay Kit, offering fluorescence detection at the industry’s longest wavelengths.

Light Labs is proud to announce a partnership with Sci-Cool. Light Labs will now carry the full line of Sci-Cool Laboratory Freezers and Laboratory Refrigerators.

Starvation, resulting from the diversion of maize and sugar for the production of biofuels, could cost numerous lives across the world, warned the food envoy of United Nations on June 14, 2007.

One of the world’s largest providers of catalog peptides, AnaSpec introduced its CEF Control Peptide Pool. Previously available only individually, this group of peptides is now available pooled.

Indian IT company Patni Computer Systems (Mumbai) has acquired US regulatory consultancy Taratec Development for $27.2 million in cash, including contingency payments.

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Performance Combined With Natural Fuels Botaneco Launch Canadian Biotech SemBioSys Enters Skincare Market with Dedicated Business Unit

Continuing in its commitment to rapidly expand its antibody offerings, AnaSpec, a leading provider of integrated proteomics solutions, added twenty-eight (28) new antibodies to its growing collection of catalog antibodies.

Imagine that a tiny portion of lyophilizate collagen, weighing very little, can provide a soldier, Himalayan climber or even an astronaut, sportspeople, convalescents, people allergic to animal protein with a protein full value for many days.

Medical/surgical glues, sealants, hemostats and other products are covered in a worldwide market report from MedMarket Diligence, LLC.

New Technology By Stet Corporation Will Turn Waste Into All Natural Fertilizers and Insecticides

Today AnaSpec, one of the world’s largest providers of custom and catalog peptides, introduced thirty-six (36) new peptides for drug discovery research.

From June 3 to June 5, 2007, Dubai organized the Retail City 2007 and registered the participation of over 3500 professionals from retail industry.

One of the world’s largest providers of unusual amino acids, today AnaSpec announced the release of its 2007-2009 Combinatorial Chemistry catalog.

SUMMARY: A doctor contributes to an emerging trend of having more than one adult stem cell therapy. His first treatment injected stem cells directly into the heart muscle and now he is having more injected into his coronary arteries by catheter.

Medical Science Liaison teams are continuing to establish themselves in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry. A new Medical Science Liaison Salary Survey Report shows current compensation trends to acquire and retain field-medical professionals.

Premier Research (Berkshire, UK) has appointed Chris Nowell as vice-president, clinical trial management for its international division. Mr Nowell will also be responsible for training clinical project management and clinical monitoring functions

China and India have joined the World Health Organisation’s clinical trial registry platform. Both countries have a rapidly expanding clinical trial research sector

Revenues from Biotechnology industry in India hit US$ 2 Billion mark during 2006-07, double form just US$ 1 Billion in 2004-05, as per the information disclosed at the Bio event held in Bangalore on June 7, 2007

Skila, A Sela2 Company, announces the release of its next generation Global Key Opinion Leader (KOL) Management Solution, iAdvocate 2.0 – with workflows designed based on the best practices of leading global pharmaceutical organizations.

The US FDA is reviewing ongoing trials involving adeno-associated virus vectors (AAVs) as a precaution following the death of a patient during a trial of Targeted Genetics’ injectable anti-arthritis drug, tgAAC94.

In a move that would take it out of public ownership, PRA International (Reston, Virginia) has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by affiliates of private equity firm Genstar Capital (San Francisco) for some $790 million.

A firm, which has recently launched in North America, were called in to provide their drinking water expertise following a major flooding disaster in England.

PREMIER Biosoft International today announced the world wide release of version 7 of Beacon Designer with support for Scorpions® assays, making it the only product to include comprehensive support for all the popular qPCR chemistries.

Covance (Madison, Wisconsin) has begun offering pharmacokinetic studies using B-Clear, described as the only in-vitro method to predict in-vivo liver disposition. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Novel patient-relevant brain tumour cancer research study being carried out in Dublin, Ireland looking at patient samples at the molecular level to identify which specific patients respond to a new group of drugs called Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors.

Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report. “Multiple Sclerosis: Worldwide Market Outlook to 2011” predicts a growth of $6 million by 2011.

Reporting on results gathered from its antibody and assay kit departments, AnaSpec has released data that supports the efficacy of its MOG(35-55) peptide.

The lysine-rich amino terminal tail of the core histones undergo posttranslational modifications such as acetylation and methylation. Addition of acetyl group or 1 to 3 methyl groups occur at position specific lysines.

Continuing in its commitment to rapidly expand its antibody offerings, AnaSpec, a leading provider of integrated proteomics solutions, added twelve (12) new antibodies to its growing collection of catalog antibodies.

Today AnaSpec, one of the world’s largest providers of custom and catalog peptides, introduced fourteen (14) new peptides for drug discovery research.

Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report which forecasts that growth in the pharmaceutical market in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) will be slow, but steady.

Today AnaSpec, one of the world’s largest providers of custom and catalog peptides, introduced ten (10) new peptides for drug discovery research.

This week AnaSpec, one of the world’s largest providers of custom and catalog peptides, introduced eleven (11) new peptides for drug discovery research.

Cathelicidins are cationic peptides that have broad-range antimicrobial activity. These peptides belong to the family of anti-microbial peptides which form part of the host’s important innate immunity mechanism.

Light Labs asks researchers several questions about their tissue culture flasks.

Strategically raised against the hinge regions of MMP-1 and MMP-13, the epitopes do not overlap the catalytic domain and will not influence the activity of the MMP ferment in experiments.

National reproductive diagnostic laboratory positions for continued growth

The Indian government, through Public Private Partnership, has thought of to invest Rs. 1,000 Crore in agri-biotech sector. However, the plan still has to take a physical shape.

At the 2007 annual conference of the American Peptide Society, AnaSpec presented a technical poster that described the facile synthesis of a hydrocarbon-stapled peptide.

Designing and producing food by shaping molecules and atoms is the future of the food industry worldwide. It is estimated that the nanotechnology and nano-bio-info convergence will influence over 40% of the food industries up to 2020

Biotechnology industry has been showing positive growth over the past few years. The industry grew from US$ 800 Million in 2003-04 to US$ 1.45 Billion during 2005-06, and reached US$ 2 Billion in 2006-07.

A new, free white paper, detailing critical industrial sterilization and contamination control programs and compliance challenges in the pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing industries is now available for download.

Asia's influence on the global biotech industry is gathering movement. Owing to this government of each Asian country has invested in biotechnology, the science of the future.

Collaboration to Produce Prototype Diagnostic Device to design a fully-manufacturable, prototype, point-of-care medical diagnostic device suitable for detecting kidney and cardiac biomarkers.

India's total contract research revenues amount to just USD 75 million, but is expected to grow at 23.6% CAGR, hitting USD 175 million by end 2010

The two major problems for biotech drugs are their mode of delivery and relative instability. The majority of delivery methods for biological drugs involve injection, which is not necessarily ideal for most indications.

Leveraging one of the world’s largest collections of amyloid peptides, AnaSpec has introduced its latest development in novel solutions for amyloid-related research - the new SensoLyte™ 520 Beta-Secretase Assay Kit.