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NanoViricides CEO Presents Lifetime Data from FluCide at Influenza Congress USA 2009

NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company"), announced today that Dr. Eugene Seymour, MD MPH, CEO of the Company, presented lifetime data from the recent FluCide animal study on November 19th at the Influenza Congress USA 2009 in Washington, DC.

From NanoViricides, Inc 23 Nov 2009

Fluorescent Sensor Helping Scientists Track Specific Chromosomal Modifications

Chromosomal DNA is normally coiled and compacted via interactions with histone proteins to form material called chromatin. Chemical modification of the histones can profoundly alter how the chromatin is arranged, and this represents an important mechanism by which cells regulate gene expression.

19 Nov 2009

Berkeley Lab Researchers Uncover Atomic-Level Action of Ring-Shaped Protein Motors

The atomic-level action of a remarkable class of ring-shaped protein motors has been uncovered by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) using a state-of-the-art protein crystallography beamline at the Advanced Light Source (ALS).

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 19 Nov 2009

Scientists Determine Atomic-Level, 3-D Structure of an HIV Accomplice

Since the discovery in 2007 that a component of human semen called SEVI boosts infectivity of the virus that causes AIDS, researchers have been trying to learn more about SEVI and how it works, in hopes of thwarting its ...

19 Nov 2009

WaferGen Biosystems Announces New Service Using SmartChip Real-Time PCR System

WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC:WGBS) (BULLETIN BOARD: WGBS) , a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced a new, innovative service for gene-expression profiling of thousands of gene...

From Takara Bio USA, Inc. 19 Nov 2009

Scientists Develop On-Off "Switch" that Paralyzes Animals

In an advance with overtones of Star Trek phasers and other sci-fi ray guns, scientists in Canada are reporting development of an internal on-off "switch" that paralyzes animals when exposed to a beam of ultraviolet light. The animals stay paralyzed even when the light is turned off.

18 Nov 2009

Nano Device Help Improve Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment Monitoring

Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.

18 Nov 2009

Freiburg Bioware Team Has Done it Again

The Freiburg Bioware Team, an important part of the Excellence Cluster bioss, has done it again: one gold medal and two special prizes at the iGEM (international Genetically Engineered Machine) competition, the largest e...

18 Nov 2009

NanoString Announces Collaboration with Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a molecular barcoding detection system, today announced that it is collaborating with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to investigate molecular networks involved in immune response and other important biological processes.

From Nanostring Technologies 18 Nov 2009

Illumination Activates Compounds with Therapeutic Potential

Proteins that can switch between closed and open states control the passage of electrically charged ions across cell membranes, and are responsible for the generation and propagation of nerve impulses. Chemicals that inf...

18 Nov 2009