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Cutting-edge technology and cancer healthcare: The London Clinic Cancer Centre
Telegraph - 8 Hours ago
When you are measuring your life in months, taking control and examining all of the options available to you can be a matter of life and death. When Sally was told last year that she had recurrent and Add Comment

Frankincense - a cure for cancer?
BBC - 12 Hours ago
The gift given by the wise men to the baby Jesus probably came across the deserts from Oman. The BBC's Jeremy Howells visits the country to ask whether a commodity that was once worth its weight in gold Add Comment

NCKU Team Revealed New Mechanism of Why Tobaccos Cause Cancer, Published in the
Forbes.com - 15 Hours ago
BusinessWire - In the history of humans fighting against cancer, the relationship between tobaccos and cancer has been an important subject for the academic and clinical research. By understanding the Add Comment

CoverGrrlz Rock Fund Raiser Event for Local Cancer Patients
San Francisco Chronicle - 21 Hours ago
at Wedgewood Center at the San Ramon Golf Course, San Ramon, CA The CoverGrrlz will provide great dance fun at the Sandra J. Wing Healing Therapies Foundation's annual fundraiser. This fund raiser is Add Comment

Watchdog says Novartis, Bristol cancer drugs too costly
Reuters UK - 23 Hours ago
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) said on Tuesday it was unable to recommend Afinitor from Novartis as a second-line treatment for kidney cancer, adding there was limited

UK says Novartis, Bristol cancer drugs too costly Financial 24

Watchdog says Novartis, Bristol cancer drugs too costlyÂ Yahoo! UK and Ireland

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Researchers use nanobubbles to burst cancer cells
Computerworld - 4 Hours ago
With nanoparticles and lasers, scientists can blast diseased cells, artery plaque Top Stories Computerworld - Scientists are using nanoparticles and lasers to kill cancer cells by blowing them up from Add Comment

Genetics

Cardiogenesis Corporation to Present at the 5th Annual Stem Cell Summit
Forbes.com - 10 Hours ago
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardiogenesis Corporation (Pink Sheets: CGCP),announced today that Paul J. McCormick, Executive Chairman, is scheduled to present at the 5th Annual Stem

Cardiogenesis Corporation to Present at the 5th Annual Stem Cell MSN Money

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Doctor says stem cell treatment for MS was 'worth a try' despite no evidence it
Telegraph - 15 Hours ago
A General Medical Council (GMC) hearing was earlier told nine men and women, the majority of whom were suffering from the ''progressive and aggressive'' form of the disabling neurological disease, consulted Add Comment

Genes that give butterflies identical wings found
Telegraph - 16 Hours ago
For some 150 years zoologists have puzzled over how two species of passion-vine butterfly - Heliconius erato and Heliconius melpomene - have evolved to look like each other. In the Amazonian lowlands Add Comment

Ecologist warns on foreign genetically-modified seeds
SINA - 19 Hours ago
China may lose control of its food supply if it relies on foreign genetically modified (GM) crops, a think-tank and ecologist warned. Through monopoly status, foreign suppliers can raise seed prices and Add Comment

India Suspends Launching Of Genetically-modified Vegetable Crop On Safety Concerns
RTTNews.com - 4 Hours ago
(RTTNews) - The proposed launching of genetically-modified version of aubergines, known as brinjal in India, the country where the vegetable originated, was suspended by the government considering safety

India halts genetically modified eggplant release KCOY 12

India halts release of GM aubergine Guardian.co.uk

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Genetically Engineered Plants Produce Potent Antimalaria and Anticholera Vaccine
MedImaging.net - 3 Hours ago
Transgenic plants constitute a novel basis for the production of vaccines against major human diseases such as malaria and cholera. Investigators at the University of Central Florida (Orlando, USA) genetically Add Comment

Biotech

Q+A - GM food controversy in India
Reuters India - 8 Hours ago
A decision has been pending since last year on the introduction of a genetically modified type of eggplant, known as Bt Brinjal, and sparked a heated debate over its potential benefits and dangers. Advocates

Q+A - GM food controversy in India (Reuters) Yahoo! News

GM food controversy in India Sharenet

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UPDATE 3-Biogen 4th-qtr profit up, outlook tops estimates
Reuters UK - 4 Hours ago
* Q4 EPS ex-items $1.20; Street view $1.05 * Revenue up 5 pct to $1.1 bln * Global Tysabri sales up 37 pct at $296 million * Shares up 1.8 percent in mid-morning trading. (Adds share reaction, company Add Comment

Biogen Idec Guides Above Estimates - Zibb.com
Zibb - 10 Hours ago
Company: Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB) Biogen Idec Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) said it expects 2010 earnings to be above $4.55 per share. The current consensus earnings estimate is $4.44 per share for the year ending

MS experts join Biogen Idec R&D team Mass High Tech

Biogen Idec Q4 Profit Surges, Tops Estimate; Guides FY10 EPS Above View RTTNews.com

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Incyte Shares Rocketing Higher, Up 1.6% (INCY) - Zibb.com
Zibb - 7 Hours ago
Company: Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (INCY) Incyte (NASDAQ:INCY) is one of today's best performing stocks, up 1.6% to $10.12. The S&P is currently trading 1% higher to 1,068 and the Dow Jones Industrial Add Comment

India drops GM food plans
Telegraph - 11 Hours ago
The environment minister had been expected to announce the go-ahead for GM aubergine, known in India as Bt brinjal, after a government committee of scientific experts announced its backing. Since then Add Comment

Lightning Round: Nike, Visa, Gilead Sciences and More
CNBC - 11 Hours ago
Cramer makes the call on viewers' favorite stocks. Add Comment

Pharmaceutical Industry

Ligon Discovery and Lycera Collaborate to Develop First-in-Class Drugs for Immune
Forbes.com - 4 Hours ago
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Ligon Discovery announced today that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Lycera Corporation to apply its Small Molecule Microarray (SMM) screening Add Comment

FDA wants to reduce reliance on medical scans
Los Angeles Times - 3 Hours ago
ext Size WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will work with doctors and manufacturers to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from medical scans, a problem that has been growing Add Comment

AngioChem Inc.-Company Report - new market report released
PR inside - 4 Hours ago
Refer to a friend 2010-02-09 19:50:13 - AngioChem Inc.-Company Report - a new market research report on companiesandmarkets.com AngioChem Inc.-Company Report is a private Company Report that provides

Altea Therapeutics-Company Report - new market report released PR inside

AM-Pharma B.V.-Company Report - new market report released PR inside

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Federal Diary: FTC probes CVS Caremark practices
Washington Post - 7 Hours ago
In a series of letters last year, a bipartisan group of congressional members outlined a number of allegations against CVS Caremark. The group urged the FTC to investigate the company, which was formed

FTC probing CVS Caremark Washington Post

FTC probing CVS Caremark's prescription drug practices Washington Post

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Vanda Pharmaceuticals to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 20...
Zibb - 3 Hours ago
...to Report 2009 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results and Host Conference Call on February 4...will announce its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December...management Add Comment

BiomedReports: News and FDA Updates for China Jo-Jo Drugstores (O...
Zibb - 7 Hours ago
Companies: Cord Blood America Inc (CBAI), Genta Inc. (GETA) BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community Add Comment

Biological sciences

Thousands of dinosaur footprints reported found in China
USA Today - 4 Hours ago
Chinese archaeologists say they have discovered more than 3,000 fossilized dinosaur footprintsÂ Â in the eastern province of Shandong, the Xinhua news agency reports. The 100-million-year-old footprints,

Thousands of Dinosaur Tracks Discovered in China Discovery Channel

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Dominant ion species in VHF SiH4/H2 plasma
physica status solidi (c) - 3 Hours ago
(frequency 60 MHz) were estimated from the sheath potential and the electron temperature measured with the Langmuir probe. As the concentration of SiH4/H2 was increased, the transition of dominant ion Add Comment

AIKS chides dropping of 190 plants from Biological Diversity Act
NewKerala.com - 7 Hours ago
New Delhi, Feb 9 : The All India Kisan Sabha today strongly condemned the clandestine move to drop 190 plants from the protection of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. The move by the Ministry of Environment Add Comment

Establishing, maintaining and modifying DNA methylation patterns in plants and animals
Nature Reviews Genetics - 11 Hours ago
Nature Reviews Genetics. doi:10.1038/nrg2719 Authors: Julie A. Law & Steven E. Jacobsen Add Comment

The first meiosis of resynthesized Brassica napus, a genome blender
New Phytologist - 15 Hours ago
Polyploidy promotes the restructuring of merged genomes within initial generations of resynthesized Brassica napus, possibly caused by homoeologous recombination at meiosis. However, little is known about Add Comment



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