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  • USDA Research Leads to Commercial Stinging Insect Trap

    Wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets will spoil any summer barbeque or picnic, but they also pose a serious threat to agriculture field workers, particularly at harvest time. Research by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has led to development of a trap that protects picnickers…

  • Clinical Trial of Heart Failure Drug Underway Soon

    Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, today announced the start of clinical trial of its lead drug candidate, CXL-1020, for the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). The trial will help define proper dosing for the drug. Cardioxyl’s placebo-controlled phase 2-a trial will take place in as many as 20 sites in…

  • Stem Cell Company: Court Order Not Applicable to Our Work

    The chairman of International Stem Cell Corp. (ISCO) in Oceanside, California, says he does not expect the order on Monday of a judge blocking federal funding of embryonic stem cell research to have negative effects on the company’s therapeutic programs. Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a…

  • Study Shows Vision Restored with Biosynthetic Corneas

    A two-year clinical study by biotech company FibroGen, located in San Francisco, California, shows surgical implantation of biosynthetic corneas can restore vision and promote nerve regeneration in patients who had corneal damage and significant vision loss. The findings are published in the 25 August issue of Science Translational Medicine. The biosynthetic corneas were made of…

  • U.K. to Study Economic Value of Intellectual Property

    The U.K. government’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will conduct a research study over the next year to evaluate the role of intellectual property in the nation’s economy. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills Baroness Judith Wilcox announced the project saying, “The research program will improve our understanding of intellectual property and its economic…

  • Patent Awarded for Antimicrobial Polyurethane Resins

    AdvanSource Biomaterials Corp. in Wilmington, Massachusetts, has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on its patent for antimicrobial polyurethane resins and derivative products. The notice indicates that AdvanSource Biomaterials is entitled to this patent under the law. The patent covers a drug-free, antimicrobial technology to eradicate Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus…

  • New Process Produces Iron Without the CO2

    Stuart Licht, a professor of chemistry at George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, D.C., has developed a carbon dioxide-free method of producing iron that uses solar energy and a process of solar conversion. Licht has patented this process, called Solar Thermal Electrochemical Photo (STEP) energy conversion, which offers an alternative to the same basic polluting…

  • Contract Awarded for Microgrid Powered Military Vehicles

    Rapid Electric Vehicles (REV) of Vancouver, Canada received a contract from the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development Engineering Center for four trucks, powered only by electricity, and designed to work with a microgrid, a localized electrical power grid.  The four vehicles will help test a microgrid at Wheeler Air Force Base in Hawaii. The…

  • H1N1 Drug Gets Positive Results in Preclinical Tests

    AVI BioPharma Inc. of Bothell, Washington reported positive results from two preclinical studies evaluating the therapeutic potential of its drug AVI-7100 against a fully virulent pandemic H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. The results showed statistically significant reductions in average viral titer — a quantitative measure of biological activity in a recombinant virus —…

  • U.S. Using More Renewables, but Less Energy Overall

    U.S. Using More Renewables, but Less Energy Overall

    In 2009, Americans burned less energy overall, but still managed to use more energy from renewable sources, according to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California. LLNL computes and charts energy consumption annually, using data provided by the Energy Information Administration in the U.S. Department of Energy (see below). LLNL calculates Americans in 2009 consumed…