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UPM Pharmaceuticals, Inc. utilizes meticulous drug development phases to make sure that its pharmaceutical products are of the highest possible quality.

The Power of DC has become a premier racing event garnering national and international attention and combines two days of intense electric vehicle racing exhilaration starting Saturday June 5, 2010. Go to the power of dc web site to find out more.

Omar Ahmad, a PhD Candidate in Baltimore Maryland, creates BioReplicants, simulated lifeforms with bones, muslces, joints, brains, which move, react, and interact with a player completely on their own.

This free synthesis and purification of peptide libraries webinar examines synthesis of peptide libraries including synthesis of cyclic peptides employing a safety-catch linker, allowing production of diverse libraries for biological screening.

This free crystallisation optimisation and scale-up webinar series is based on an award winning paper presented at the METTLER TOLEDO 16th International Process Development Conference.

Patient’s own fat-derived stem cell cured severe atopic syndrome

Korean-FDA approved RNL’s Astrostem based on patient’s own fat derived stem cells to treat spinal cord injury. Phase I human trial will be done by intravenous infusion of stem cells at Sam Hospital in Anyang, South Korea

A new study found 112 wild bee species which were active during the blueberry blooming period. Many of them visit more flowers per minute and deposit more pollen per visit than honey bees, and they are not affected by Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).

RNL Bio successfully cloned a small breed Pekingese commercially for the first time in the world.

Leading eating disorders experts and distinguished faculty gather for 2009 International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (iaedp) Symposium on March 4-8 at the Westin Long Beach in Long Beach, California.

An estimated 2,500 entomologists and professionals in related disciplines will gather November 16-19 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center for the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA).

New research presented in the fall issue of American Entomologist suggests Formosan subterranean termites damaged New Orleans dikes.

- Five clones from ‘Booger’ were born by world’s first commercial order. - The project completed in only 70 days, boasting the efficacy of the technology. - RNL starts to offer cloning service, world-wide.

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Trevigen's Cultrex® 24 Well Cell Invasion Assay kits quantify the degree to which invasive cells penetrate either basement membrane extract, collagen I, collagen IV, or laminin I, in vitro.

When exposed to oxidative radicals, 8-hydroxy-2’-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG) is formed and can serve as a sensitive indicator of physiological and environmental damage to DNA.

Trevigen launches HT PARP/Apoptosis Assays ideal for measuring the activity of PARP in a high-throughput, 96-well format.

One day the Earth will be snuffed out and man had better start looking to space exploration, planetary colonization and space mining if he wants to survive. One is now presented for mankind's Interplanetary and Interstellar travel future.

Trevigen announces the immediate availability of PathClear" Basement Membrane Extract in the Cultrex® product line. PathClear" BME is expected to be of special interest for research work requiring BME free from viruses, bacteria and mycoplasma.

The Entomological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2007 awards. Professional awards will be presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting in San Diego on December 9, 2007, and student awards will be presented on December 11.

A late-breaking symposium, “Colony Collapse Disorder in Honey Bees: Insight Into Status, Potential Causes, and Preventive Measures,” has been added to the 55th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), to be held in San Diego.

Birthdays of Journal of Economic Entomology and Annals of the ESA to be celebrated at ESA Annual Meeting

The Entomological Society of America (ESA), in cooperation with the American Phytopathological Society (APS), announces the publication of Handbook of Small Grain Insects, the latest in ESA’s Insect Pest Handbooks series.