Category: New products
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Baking Soda Improves Oil Output from Algae
Sodium bicarbonate, the familiar baking soda found in households worldwide, can increase the production of oil precursors from algae, according to researchers at Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman. However, for baking soda to work with algae, it must be added a precisely the right time, and pinning down that time was a big part…
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New Blood Test Indicates Heart Failure Potential
Researchers at University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have developed a new investigative blood test that can help predict the risk of heart failure and cardiovascular death earlier than previously possible. The test is particularly useful in older people who do not have symptoms of heart failure. The new test measures troponin T,…
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Pre-Clinical Data Support Cancer Stem Cell Drug
Geron Corporation in Menlo Park, California said today two studies with preclinical data demonstrate that the company’s telomerase inhibitor drug imetelstat (GRN163L) targets cancer stem cells from multiple myeloma, pancreatic, and breast cancers. Imetelstat is currently in Phase 2 clinical trials. The company says imetelstat targets cancer stem cells, found in many types of cancer,…
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Researchers Discover Workings of Anti-Parasitic Drug
Scientists have determined the way an anti-parasitic drug kills the Brugia malayi worms (illustrated right) brought on by the filarial diseases river blindness and elephantiasis, a discovery that took decades of research. The diseases afflict about 140 million people worldwide, doing much of their damage in equatorial Africa. Charles Mackenzie, a professor of veterinary pathology…
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Fuels Developer Claims Large-Scale Hydrogen from Algae
OriginOil Inc. in Los Angeles, California, a developer of a technology to transform algae into renewable fuels, says it has used solar energy to produce hydrogen from algae at a level comparable to conventional photovoltaic solar panels. The company used its Hydrogen Harvester device to generate the hydrogen. The device, according to the company, achieved…
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Phase 3 Results Boost Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug
Results from a Phase 3 clinical trial show the drug tasocitinib made by Pfizer Inc. in New York, New York met two out of three end-points for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Tasocitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for treating RA that targets the intracellular signaling pathways operating as hubs in the inflammatory cytokine network.…
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Graphene-Based Material Developed with Teflon Properties
Scientists from University of Manchester in the U.K. and elsewhere have created a new material which could replace or compete with Teflon in thousands of everyday applications. The team, including Manchester’s Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov who won the 2010 Nobel Prize for their research on graphene –- the world’s thinnest material — has now…
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New Processes Reduce Cotton Pests Without Pesticide
Researchers at University of Arizona in Tucson discovered a new strategy for controlling cotton pests that combines the planting of pest-resistant cotton and releasing large numbers of sterile moths. The scientists say this approach has virtually eliminated the pink bollworm, one of world’s most destructive cotton pests, without spraying insecticides. Caterpillars of the pink bollworm…
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Dengue Vaccine in Phase 3 Clinical Trial
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis, says that its dengue vaccine is in the final stage of clinical development — its first phase 3 clinical study in Australia. Phase 3 trials involve large groups of patients to confirm a drug’s effectiveness, monitor side effects, and compare it to commonly used…
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University Pigs Out on Spectroscopy
McGill University engineering researchers in Montreal, Quebec have developed a new meat inspection technology based on spectroscopy that analyzes light waves. Their research was conducted with Agriculture Canada and the nation’s pork industry. The spectroscopy process involves the analysis of the wave lengths of visible and invisible light produced by matter. By measuring the wave…