ServiceXS Acquires GeneTitan™ Instrument from Affymetrix 03 July 2009 GeneTitan™ combines the hybridization oven, fluidics processing and imaging device to automate the microarray experiments.
Study Pinpoints Genetic Drivers of Lung Cancer’s Spread 03 July 2009 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator find that lung cancer uses to seed deadly new tumors in the brain, bone marrow, and other organs.
Cellular Dynamics International and Roche Expand Existing Cardiotoxicity Screening Agreement 02 July 2009 The two-year collaboration aims to enhance drug safety testing in order to bring promising therapies to patients.
deCODE Discovers a Gene Linked to Risk of Kidney Stones and Osteoporosis 02 July 2009 Findings offer promising target for drugs to better regulate calcium metabolism, are integrated into deCODEme™.
deCODE-led Mega-study Finds new Genetic Clues to Causes of Schizophrenia 02 July 2009 Findings expand knowledge of the biology of the disease and provide potential new drug targets.
Scientists Kill Cancer Cells With "Trojan Horse" 02 July 2009 New therapy combats cancer, using a bacterially-derived nano cell to penetrate and disarm the cancer cell before a second nano cell kills it with chemotherapy drugs.
European Centre of Excellence for Mouse Biology Celebrates its 10th Anniversary 01 July 2009 Scientists investigating basic research topics have generated mouse models of over 20 different human diseases over the past 10 years.
Targeting Helpers of Heat Shock Proteins Could Help Treat Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease 01 July 2009 MCG researchers are working to explain how Hsp90 gets steroid receptors into shape to use hormones for hormone-driven cancers.