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Start up companies and biotech engineering is making a big calling as nobody wants or likes the formulas that crippled Wall Street any longer. There’s a lot of work in R and D though where formulas and scientific study are needed to cure diseases, that is for sure. Hopefully all our well educated...
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The tweezers grab a piece of target DNA and release it on-demand using a controlled series of hydrogen bonding and pH changes. The process of getting the tweezers to grasp and release. This is the first one that can grasp and release, as there have been other developments in this area...
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The bar has also risen on Venture Capital money and is harder to get, and so much of the research is still in the “Science” stage, there have been a few companies that have had failed products and just folded up and went away. This certainly leaves the door open for Pharma, who has the financials...
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This interview from Charlie Roses touches on many items and Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus adds what he has been able to accomplish in his part of the world in Bangladesh and how some of those principles can be applied here, coming together of both sides, different minds, different ideas that can...
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Who Pooped? Inquiring minds want to know! I write quite a bit about personalized medicine so it’s time for a break in discussion and talk about something much more important – personalized poop. Yes, DNA has gone to the dogs! PooPrints will get the job done. If you are...
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A biotech company caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. They do have some substantial customers using products so it might take time to see how things fall in to place. Certain elements of biotech have not been untouched by the economy as well. BD Over the last few weeks...
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10-17-2008
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The economy is also affecting some of the work and business design of genetic companies. DeCode is is Iceland with offices here in Illinois as well. Biotech companies are starting to feel the crunch as well, even those with breakthrough technology in personalized medicine and part of what...
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It has been a big day at Stanford with genomics, not only was the announcement made to better use sequencing to predict own syndrome, but they are also just about ready to receive their new genomic sequencing machine from Helicos. Earlier this year I interviewed Dr. Patrice Milos, Chief Science...
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10-07-2008
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Previously he has donated $20 million to Stanford for the Lorry I. Lokey Laboratory Building, which houses research labs for the departments of Chemistry and Biological Sciences. He founded Business Wire, the international public relations wire service, in 1961. This furthers his commitment...
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This does not make sense, why don’t we find other ways to spend the funds, like perhaps some additional limbs for soldiers that come home from war, bionic arms and hands which DARPA has funded and helped create? What’s up with this? DARPA is also involved in biotech research as well. ...
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In other words, this is called Business Intelligence. Lots of it out there to choose from and one from Microsoft specifically related to hospital management and budgets. Before the demise of Wall Street it wasn’t too long ago that I posted about the All Nighter they pulled to mine and try...
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09-26-2008
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How hot is genomics today? There are several manufacturers of the machines that will accomplish running our DNA, our complete DNA. I know to the average person this gets a little confusing, but the companies listed here are the companies that manufacture the machines that do the entire work...
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09-25-2008
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He also did recognize the effect of current budget cuts are having on the progression of R and D, as anyone who applies for and receives grants these days knows the bar has been raised and it is a bit more difficult to secure them, as a result many are looking to investors outside the NIH for funding...
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09-24-2008
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I think many might agree here, as Intellectual Property is getting pretty gray these days. Software companies seem to have a better handle on this, but they even face challenges too. Once you share intellectual property, the cat's out of the bag per se. Add on some economic constraints...
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You can set up a log in and donate today. Click here for details. As I had posted in a story a couple days ago, the bar has risen for venture capitalist investments, it is still there, but perhaps a little tougher to get, and with government cuts on grants and availability for research,...
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08-30-2008
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