Biotech Business Week articles from September 2008

Biotech Business Week archives from September 2008

Research on aneurysm described by scientists at University of Calgary.(Report)
September 1, 2008... According to recent research published in the Journal of Neurosurgery, "Delayed cerebral ischemia is a major cause of morbidity and death following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and requires timely intervention for a successful outcome to...

Reports summarize angiotensins research from Aristotle University.(Report)
September 1, 2008... "In contrast to previous studies, recent data questioned the ability of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) blockers to delay progression of diabetic nephropathy. This study evaluated the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme...

Research on angiotensins detailed by scientists at University of Calgary.
September 1, 2008... According to recent research from Calgary, Canada, " Data suggest that atrial pacing, statins, angiotensin-converting enzyme-inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blocking drugs prevent atrial tachycardia/atrial fibrillation (AT/AF) in some...

Studies from J.L. Rosenstock and co-researchers update current data on angiotensins.
September 1, 2008... " The effect of continuing or discontinuing chronic angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) therapy prior to coronary angiography on the incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is not clear....

Studies from University of Oxford provide new data on ankylosing spondylitis.
September 1, 2008... In this recent report, researchers in Oxford, the United Kingdom conducted a study "To investigate the association of CD14 and Toll-like receptor (TLR4) with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). A promoter variant in CD14 and 2 coding polymorphisms in...

ArthroCare Receives Expected NASDAQ Notice Regarding Delayed Filing of Form 10-Q; Company to Request Hearing Regarding Stock Listing.(Report)
September 1, 2008... ArthroCare Corp. (NASDAQ: ARTC) announced that, as expected, it received a NASDAQ Staff Determination Letter on August 13, 2008, stating that the Company is not in compliance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14), and that its common stock...

Candela Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 Results.(Financial report)
September 1, 2008... Candela Corporation (NASDAQ:CLZR) reported results for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended June 28, 2008. Revenues of $37.8 million in the fourth quarter decreased 3.1 percent from $39.0 million in the comparable prior-year period....

Sirona Files Shelf Registration Statement on Behalf of Shareholder.
September 1, 2008... Sirona Dental Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq: SIRO), a leading global manufacturer of technologically advanced, high quality dental equipment, announced that it filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (see also...

New research on alopecia from K.D. Kaufman and co-authors summarized.(Clinical report)
September 8, 2008... "Relatively little is known about the progression of androgenetic alopecia (AGA; male pattern hair loss) in untreated men. We evaluated the long-term (5-year) progression of AGA in men treated with placebo in a controlled clinical trial...

Scientists at Lee University target Alzheimer disease.(Report)
September 8, 2008... "The lipid membrane has been shown to mediate the fibrillogenesis and toxicity of Alzheimer's disease (AD) amyloid-P (A beta) peptide. Electrostatic interactions between A beta 40 and the phospholipid headgroup have been found to control the...

Studies from J. Boretto et al have provided new data on anatomy.(Clinical report)
September 8, 2008... According to recent research published in the Journal of Hand Surgery - European Volume, "A prospective study was performed in 19 patients with trigger thumbs to define the anatomy of the A1 pulley of the thumb in this condition and to evaluate...

Research results from University Hospital update knowledge of ankylosing spondylitis.
September 8, 2008... According to recent research from Netherlands, "There is a lack of knowledge on factors that reliably can predict radiological changes in patients with AS. We have investigated whether urinary C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I...

Reports summarize asthma study results from Oxford Outcomes Ltd.(Report)
September 8, 2008... " Patients with moderate to severe allergic asthma have persistent poorly controlled asthma despite inhaled or systemic corticosteroid therapy. New therapies are becoming more widely available to treat such patients, but their value needs to be...

New microbiology and biotechnology study findings reported from A.N. Jakobsen and co-authors.
September 8, 2008... "Aurantiochytrium sp. strain T66 was grown in batch bioreactor cultures in a defined glutamate- and glycerol-containing growth medium. Exponentially growing cells had a lipid content of 13% (w/w) of dry weight," scientists writing in the...

New microbiology and biotechnology study findings reported from L. Chen and co-authors.(Report)
September 8, 2008... According to recent research from Shanghai, People's Republic of China, "A transcriptional activator for actinorhodin biosynthesis, AtrA, was previously characterized in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), and an orthologue of atrA, named aveI, is...

Recent findings in microbiology and biotechnology described by T. Watanabe and colleagues.
September 8, 2008... "Inorganic phosphate is an essential nutrient. In general, microorganisms take up phosphorus when the extracellular phosphorus concentration is low, but not when it is high," investigators in Japan report (see also Microbiology and...

Reports summarize microbiology and biotechnology research from Pohang University of Science and Technology.
September 8, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, "In the present study, the diversity of methanogenic populations was monitored for 25 days, together with the process data for an anaerobic batch...

Research conducted at I. Sumeri and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about microbiology and biotechnology.
September 8, 2008... "The aim of the present study was to design an in vitro model system to evaluate the probiotic potential of food. A single bioreactor system-gastrointestinal tract simulator (GITS) was chosen for process simulation on account of its...

Research from Pennsylvania State University yields new findings on microbiology and biotechnology.(Report)
September 8, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Increased interest in sustainable agriculture and bio-based industries requires that we find more energy-efficient methods for treating cellulose-containing wastewaters. We examined the...

Researchers from Dalian University of Technology report recent findings in microbiology and biotechnology.(Report)
September 8, 2008... According to a study from People's Republic of China, "In this study, a non-woven rotating biological contactor reactor was operated for the start-up of completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON) process. In this perfectly...

Study findings on microbiology and biotechnology are outlined in reports from University of Tokyo.
September 8, 2008... "A new highly scalable microbial fuel cell (MFC) design, consisting of a series of cassette electrodes (CE), was examined for increasing power production from organic matter in wastewater. Each CE chamber was composed of a box-shaped flat...

Integrated Project Management Named to "Inc. 5000" for Second Year.
September 8, 2008... Integrated Project Management Company, Inc. (IPM) announced it was named to Inc. magazine's annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies nationwide for a second consecutive year. The firm provides onsite project management...

Proteome Systems Raises $2.5 Million Through Private Placement.
September 8, 2008... Proteome Systems Ltd (ASX:PXL) announced the successful closing of a private placement totalling $2.5 million AUD. The Company will issue 23,809,524 shares at A$0.105 per share. Participants in the placement include OppenheimerFunds and other...

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference.(Conference news)
September 8, 2008... Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced that it will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference, being held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. The company will present on...

Study results from AstraZeneca update understanding of acid reflux disease.
September 15, 2008... In this recent report, researchers in Sweden conducted a study "To evaluate the reliability, responsiveness, and validity of a four-graded symptom severity scale (none, mild, moderate, severe) and an eight-graded frequency scale (number of days...

New acute bronchitis study findings have been published by H. Matthys and colleagues.(Report)
September 15, 2008... According to a study from Freiburg, Germany, "Acute bronchitis commonly associated with cough is predominantly caused by viral infections. The burden on health-care systems and society is enormous." "A randomised, placebo-controlled,...

Data on acute lymphoblastic leukemia detailed by researchers at University Hospital.
September 15, 2008... According to recent research from Kiel, Germany, "Response to initial glucocorticoid (GC) treatment is a strong prognostic factor in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Patients with a poor prednisone response (PPR) have a poor...

New addiction medicine research from Brandeis University discussed.
September 15, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "In 2002 buprenorphine (Suboxone or Subutex) was approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration for office-based treatment of opioid addiction. The goal of office-based pharmacotherapy is...

New addiction medicine study results reported from I.G. Jacobson et al.(Report)(Survey)
September 15, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Context High rates of alcohol misuse after deployment have been reported among personnel returning from past conflicts, yet investigations of alcohol misuse after return from the current...

CardioNet, Inc. to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners 2008 Healthcare Conference.(Conference news)
September 15, 2008... CardioNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAT) announced that Arie Cohen, President and CEO will be presenting at the Thomas Weisel Partners 2008 Healthcare Conference on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Eastern Time, at The Four Seasons Hotel, Boston,...

Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. Reorganizes Outstanding and Reduces Authorized Shares.
September 15, 2008... Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: LLBO), a developer of innovative medical technology, announced that it has reorganized its common stock by a reverse split of one share for each one hundred and fifty (1/150) of issued and...

International Diplomatic Contingent Visits Medtronic.
September 15, 2008... This morning, more than 50 members of the Foreign Diplomatic Corps, including 36 Ambassadors from around the world, participated in a business networking event at Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), the world's leading medical device technology...

Orthofix International Announces First Annual Investor Day.
September 15, 2008... Orthofix International N.V. (NASDAQ: OFIX) (the Company) announced that it will hold its First Annual Investor Day on Monday, September 8th at Le Parker Meridien in New York City (see also Orthofix International N.V.). The event will begin...

Synovis Life Technologies to Present at the Seventh Annual Sidoti & Company West Coast Institutional Investor Forum on Monday, September 8.
September 15, 2008... Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNO), a diversified medical device company, will present at the Seventh Annual Sidoti & Company West Coast Institutional Investor Forum on Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, at 8:30 a.m. PT (10:30 a.m. CT; 11:30...

Discovery challenges fundamental tenet of cancer biology.
September 22, 2008... Yale researchers have identified an unusual molecular process in normal tissues that causes RNA molecules produced from separate genes to be clipped and stitched together. The discovery that these rearranged products exist in normal as well as...

Profiling a White Collar Criminal.(Report)
September 22, 2008... What type of person is most likely to commit fraud? According to a report published by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), new research shows that men, 41-50 years old, working in an accounting department are the most common...

Findings from Kaiser Permanente advance knowledge in acid reflux disease.
September 22, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "Gastric colonization with Helicobacter pylori is a proposed protective factor against gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), but little population-based data exist and other data conflict. We...

Study findings from University of Milan broaden understanding of adenocarcinoma.
September 22, 2008... In this recent study, researchers in Monza, Italy conducted a study "To evaluate the status of activation of the intestinal dendritic cells (DCs) and T lymphocytes (T cells) from surgical specimens of human colon and adenocarcinoma, and the...

Research on adenoma published by scientists at University of Tokyo.
September 22, 2008... "Obesity is thought to be associated with colorectal cancer and adenoma. We aimed to investigate the effect of body weight on the risk of colorectal adenoma both in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses," scientists in Hongo, Japan report...

AlwaysOn GoingGreen 2008 Brings Together the Brightest in Green Technology.
September 22, 2008... AlwaysOn, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows and events, today provided a preview of next week's AlwaysOn GoingGreen, which runs September 15-17 at Cavallo Point in San Francisco. In its second year, more than seven hundred...

Orthofix International to Participate in Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference.(Conference news)
September 22, 2008... Orthofix International N.V., (NASDAQ:OFIX) announced that it will participate in the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged conference (see also Orthofix International N.V.). Chief Executive Officer Alan Milinazzo is scheduled to give a...

A Competitor Analysis of Thrombopoiesis-Stimulating Agents TPO: Covering Drug Codes, Product Categories and Development Projects.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8bba96/competitor_analysi) has announced the addition of the "Competitor Analysis: Thrombopoiesis-Stimulating Agents (TPO)" report to their offering (see also Research and...

Research on adenocarcinoma reported by scientists at University of Texas.
September 29, 2008... "The evaluation of new drug treatments and combination treatments for gliomas and other cancers requires a robust means to interrogate wide dose ranges and varying times of drug exposure without stain-inactivation of the cells (colonies). To...

Reports from National Institute on Aging describe recent advances in aging.(Clinical report)
September 29, 2008... In this recent study, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To identify clinical measures that aid detection of impending severe mobility difficulty in older women. Cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort study." "Urban...

Reports from J.R. Gilstad and co-researchers add new data to research in Alzheimer disease.
September 29, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Whether donepezil provides meaningful benefit to patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is controversial, but drug sales annually total billions of dollars. A review of data from published...

Study findings from B.B. Wang et al broaden understanding of Alzheimer disease.
September 29, 2008... "Neuro inflammation and abnormal phosphorylation of TAU proteins have been implicated in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Several studies have suggested the G-308A promoter polymorphism in one of the proinflammatory cytokine genes...

Study findings on Alzheimer disease are outlined in reports from C.W. Zhu and colleagues.
September 29, 2008... In this recent study, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To estimate incremental effects of patients' dependence and function on costs of care during the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to compare strengths of...

ENose Innovator QualSec Hires New Director of Operations.
September 29, 2008... QualSec (OTC: QLSC.OB) -- QualSec, developer of the NanoNose, has consolidated its recent move to North Carolina's Research Triangle with a promising new hire (see also QualSec). Brian Moynihan joins QualSec as its Director of Operations....

New findings in microbiology and biotechnology described from Texas A&M University.(Report)
September 29, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "A variety of fungal species are known to degrade cyanide through the action of cyanide hydratases, a specialized subset of nitrilases which hydrolyze cyanide to formamide. In this paper, we...

New microbiology and biotechnology findings from J.P. Yuan and co-researchers published.
September 29, 2008... "A gradient reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was developed for the rapid determination of free ergosterol, ergosteryl esters, and ergocalciferol. The HPLC method was used to evaluate the distribution of...

Research from University of Tuscia provides new data about microbiology and biotechnology.
September 29, 2008... According to a study from Viterbo, Italy, "In Pseudomonas fluorescens BF13, the cluster of genes essential for degradation of ferulic to vanillic acid (ech, vdh and fcs) is expressed in ferulic but not in succinic-grown cells. In the upstream...

Researchers from Gyeongsang National University describe findings in microbiology and biotechnology.
September 29, 2008... According to recent research from South Korea, "The cells of psychrotrophic Pseudomonas fluorescens BM07 were found to secrete large amounts of exobiopolymer (EBP) composed of mainly hydrophobic (water insoluble) polypeptide(s) (as contain...

Researchers from Osaka University discuss findings in microbiology and biotechnology.(Report)
September 29, 2008... According to a study from Suita, Japan, "Chromosome rearrangements, especially chromosomal deletions, have been exploited as important resources for functional analysis of genomes. To facilitate this analysis, we applied a previously developed...

Study findings on microbiology and biotechnology are outlined in reports from L. Shi and colleagues.
September 29, 2008... According to recent research from Leipzig, Germany, "Despite growing interest in the electro-bioremediation of contaminated soil it is still largely unknown to which degree weak electric fields influence the fate of contaminant-degrading...

Study results from King Mongkut's University of Technology provide new insights into microbiology and biotechnology.
September 29, 2008... According to recent research from Bangkok, Thailand, "Molecular and biochemical studies investigating the biosynthesis of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), a nutritionally important polyunsaturated fatty acid, were implemented in Mucor rouxii by...

Orthofix International to Participate in UBS Global Life Sciences Conference.(Conference news)
September 29, 2008... Orthofix International N.V., (NASDAQ:OFIX) announced that it will participate in the UBS Global Life Sciences Conference (see also Orthofix International N.V.). Vice President of Investor Relations Dan Yarbrough is scheduled to give a...

Pall Corporation Fourth Quarter Sales Up 11.9%.(Financial report)
September 29, 2008... Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) reported sales and earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended July 31, 2008 (see also Pall Corporation). Sales and Earnings Overview Fourth quarter sales grew to $723.2 million, an 11.9% increase over...