China Can't Fully Fix Air Quality Problem For Olympics According To URI Researcher
'There is both a local component and a regional component to the pollutants that cause unhealthy air in Beijing, and the severity of their effects are driven by weather fronts and winds,' said Kenneth Rahn, a retired URI professor who...
BUYINS.NET: FLML, GEOI, JADE, LAMR, NOEC, ZGEN Have Also Been Added To Naked Short List Today
(M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- ZGEN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies have been added to the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short threshold list: Flamel Technologies S...
Roche and Allergan Victorious Over Apotex in Acular LS Dispute
Roche Palo Alto and Allergan v.Apotex, No.
2008-1021 (Fed.
2008) In an opinion released Wednesday (pdf file), the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court decision granting summary judgment that Roche's (RHHBY.PK) U.S.
Patent No.
Involvement of the Pyrilamine Transporter, a Putative Organic Cation Transporter, in Blood-Brain Barrier Trans
The purpose of this study is to characterize blood-brain barrier (BBB) transport of oxycodone, a cationic opioid agonist, via the pyrilamine transporter, a putative organic cation transporter, using conditionally immortalized rat brain...
Indevus Receives Approvable Letter from FDA for NEBIDO(R)
Company Announces Revised Operating Plan to Respond to NEBIDO Delay LEXINGTON, Mass., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.today announced that it has received an approvable letter from the U.S.
Food and Drug...
DuPont plans detailed cancer study at W. Va. plant
CHARLESTON, W.Va.---- DuPont is planning a detailed study looking at why workers at a West Virginia plant appear to be getting a rare form of cancer at a higher rate than normal.
The study DuPont hopes to start this summer is designed...
ShengdaTech to Invest $56 million and Build New NPCC Production Facility in Zibo, Shandong Province
TAIAN CITY, Shandong The initial investment in this new location will be approximately $56 million 'This investment is the fulfillment of our stated plan to invest a portion of the proceeds from our recent financing to build a new NPCC...
ShengdaTech Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option for an Additional $15 Million of 6.00% Convertible Sen
TAIAN CITY, Shandong The Senior Notes of ShengdaTech bear interest at 6.0 % per annum payable semiannually.The notes will mature on June 1, 2018 The convertible senior notes and ShengdaTech's common shares issuable upon conversion of the...
The Latest in Drug Delivery & Parenteral Packaging
Single-Use Package A new single-dose tube offers high-barrier properties for sensitive contents.The new metallic Polyfoil tube guarantees a longer shelf life compared with conventional plastic tubes.
Its tamper-evident closures feature...
Composition for measuring glucose having improved substrate specificity
Pharmaceutical Patents Title: United States Patent: 7,381,540 Issued: June 3, 2008 Kitabayashi; Masao (Tsuruga, JP), Aiba; Hiroshi (Tsuruga, JP) Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) Appl.No.: March 30, 2006 The present invention...
Evaluation of the Immune System in Rats and Mice Administered Linear Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate (APFO)
DuPont Haskell Laboratory for Health and Environment Sciences, Newark, DE, 19714 * To whom correspondence should be addressed at DuPont Haskell Laboratory, P.O.Box 50, Elkton Rd, Newark, DE 19714-0050.
Email: scott.e.loveless{at}usa...
Lanolin Allergy: History, Epidemiology, Responsible Allergens, and Management
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Lanolin allergy: crisis or comedy.
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Lanolin and derivatives.
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A brief...
Down-regulation of the carcinogen metabolizing enzyme cytochrome P450 1a1 by vanadium
Vanadium (V5+), a heavy metal contaminant with important toxicological consequences, has received considerable attention as an anticancer agent, although the mechanisms remain unknown.As a first step to investigate these mechanisms, we...
DuPont studies cancer rates among employees
Specific tumor found among seven past, present workers Save| Print | Email | Read comments | Post a comment Email: ' ' <--TO Email REQUIRED!<--FROM Email REQUIRED!
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DuPont plans detailed cancer study at W.Va. plant
By TIM HUBER CHARLESTON, W.Va.(AP) -- DuPont is planning a detailed study looking at why workers at a West Virginia plant appear to be getting a rare form of cancer at a higher rate than normal.
The study DuPont hopes to start this...
DuPont plans detailed cancer study at W.Va. plant
CHARLESTON, W.Va.DuPont is planning a detailed study looking at why workers at a West Virginia plant appear to be getting a rare form of cancer at a higher rate than normal.
The study DuPont hopes to start this summer is designed to...
DuPont plans detailed cancer study at W.Va. plant
CHARLESTON, W.Va.(AP) - DuPont is planning a detailed study looking at why workers at a West Virginia plant appear to be getting a rare form of cancer at a higher rate than normal.
The study DuPont hopes to start this summer is designed...
Fighting classroom germs helps keep kids healthy
-0400 (Reuters Health) By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Frequent use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers and a daily disinfectant wipe-down of classroom surfaces can help reduce school absences due to gastrointestinal illness, a new...
Touch of gold revives discarded HIV drug
Microscopic bits of gold added to a discarded HIV drug revives its ability to halt the virus from invading the immune system, according to a study.The drug compound, known as TAK-779, was found to bind to a specific location on human T...
Gold nanoparticles may improve failed HIV drug's efficacy
Experiments with gold nanoparticles by researchers at North Carolina State University have shown that it may be possible to resurrect a failed HIV drug called TAK779, ruled out as a useful therapy in the early Nineties due to its severe side...
Gold nanoparticles improve failed HIV drug's efficacy
Researchers at North Carolina State University say that lab experiments with gold nanoparticles have shown that it may be possible to resurrect a failed HIV drug called TAK779, ruled out as a useful therapy in the early Nineties due to its...
Selective genome amplification
The invention provides methods and compositions for amplifying selected polynucleotides, especially selected subsets of restriction fragments.Generally, methods of the invention are implemented by ligating adaptors containing at least one...
Liquid concentrate for the preservation of cosmetic and pharmaceutical products
Title: United States Patent: 7,364,746 Inventors: Hahn; Gisela (Alveslohe, DE), Weber; Klaus (Hamburg, DE), Gradtke; Ralf (Tornesch, DE), Beilfuss; Wolfgang (Hamburg, DE) Assignee: Air Liquide Sante (International) (Paris, Cedex, FR) Appl.
Use of pentagastrin to inhibit gastric acid secretion or as a diuretic
Title: United States Patent: 7,365,047 Inventors: Pisegna; Joseph R.(Los Angeles, CA) Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) Appl.
No.: 09/671,764 Filed: September 27, 2000 This invention pertains to the...
Pain-sensitive therapeutic wound dressings
Title: United States Patent: 7,361,634 Inventors: Trotter; Patrick J.(Leeds, GB), Cullen; Breda M.
(Skipton, GB) Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
(Somerville, NJ) Appl.
No.: 10/554,375 Filed: April 27, 2004 PCT Filed: April 27, 2004 PCT No.:...