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Jan 31, 2009
It's Expensive, So It Must Be Good
A blogger takes a look at Navigenics' new, stripped down Annual Insight service.
Jan 31, 2009
Learning to Love Evolution
Columbia University's Philip Kitcher reviews Jerry Coyne's latest book, Why Evolution Is True.
Jan 31, 2009
Work Smarter, Not Harder
A blogger wonders if Malcolm Gladwell's "10,000 hour rule" can be applied to drug design.
Jan 31, 2009
This Week in Science: Jan 31, 2009
This week's issue of Science includes funding, genetic incompatibility, swarming locusts, and more.
Jan 30, 2009
The protein PAmCherry1 will allow, maybe for the first time, the imaging of two proteins with super-resolution within the same living individual cell.
Jan 30, 2009
The Manchester, UK-based genotoxicity screening shop said the technology has the specificity enough to retain safe drug candidates.
Jan 30, 2009
PerkinElmer said fourth-quarter sales in its Life and Analytical Sciences segment, which houses its cell-based assay offerings, increased 3 percent to $390.3 million from one year ago.
Jan 30, 2009
Patent Watch: Jan 30, 2009
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SRU Biosystems, Phylonix Pharmaceuticals, Cellomics Awarded US Patents
Jan 30, 2009
Expression Analysis Returns Helicos Sequencing System
Helicos said in an SEC filing that Expression Analysis has agreed to return the instrument because it "did not consistently achieve current commercial specifications levels."
Jan 30, 2009
News Scan: Jan 30, 2009
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The Automation Partnership, Aviso, Forma Therapeutics, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Cisbio Bioassays, BioTrove, CyBio, Argenta, Zafgen, Cellumen, Drug Safety Executive Council, SAFC Pharma
Jan 30, 2009
New Products: Jan 30, 2009
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MDS Analytical Technologies, PerkinElmer, JPT Peptide Technologies, Labcyte, The Automation Partnership
Jan 30, 2009
Francis Collins Addresses State of Personalized Medicine
Speaking at a meeting in DC this week, the former NHGRI director and current Obama science advisor discussed the challenges and promise of personalized medicine.
Jan 30, 2009
Humor, We Hope: Jan 30, 2009
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Jan 30, 2009
NHGRI Planners Seek Comments on Next-Gen Sequencing
A new white paper asks the genomics community for feedback on a variety of issues related to next-gen sequencing technologies.
Jan 30, 2009
People in the News: Jan 30, 2009
Perrey Joins Qiagen's Japan subsidiary as President, Bombard Named Sequenom CMO, and More.
Jan 30, 2009
Gen-Probe to Acquire Tepnel for $132M
After losing out in a bidding war for Innogenetics last year, Gen-Probe has inked a deal to acquire a molecular diagnostics firm with an established presence in the HLA testing market in Europe.
Jan 30, 2009
Burnham Chemical Genomics Center Lands $10M Gift
The center will now be known as the Conrad Prebys CCG, and will open a new lab in Orlando, Fla.
Jan 30, 2009
Exact Sciences Regains Nasdaq Compliance
Exact came back into compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements following its deal with Genzyme earlier this week.
Jan 30, 2009
Too Busy to Look at Your Grant Application
Six NSF employees are accused of looking at porn while at work.
Jan 30, 2009
Ramen Noodles Are Yummy
A blogger discusses Lou Dobb's thoughts on postdocs and foreign workers.
Jan 30, 2009
This Week in Nature: Jan 29, 2009
In Nature this week, there's Jeff Lichtman's work on the connectome, the sequencing of the sorghum genome, a look at the field of glycobiology, and more.
Jan 29, 2009
PerkinElmer's Q4 Revenues Rise 3 Percent
The firm managed a 3 percent revenue gain for the foruth quarter of 2008 but cautioned of flat or even lower revenues in 2009. It also plans to sell off some genomics and proteomics product lines.
Jan 29, 2009
House Clears Stimulus with R&D Bucks in Partisan Split
The legislation offers funding for NIH, CDC, and other research and science infrastructure.