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• NattoPharma acquires MGP Diagnostics and secures rights to important patent (16 Oct 2008)
  NattoPharma ASA has acquired all shares of MGP Diagnostics AS, securing ownership of a granted patent that is the key to the development of a new diagnostic test concept. This concept may determine the need for the natural vitamin K2 product ...
  
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• Cell Projects licenses Electroporation Technologies from Queen’s University, Canada (16 Oct 2008)
  Cell Projects (UK) has entered into a wide ranging commercial license and joint development agreement with Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, covering several new Electroporation platform technologies for Adherent and InSitu Cell ...
  
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• Single-pixel camera has multiple futures (16 Oct 2008)
  Terahertz version adds new potential to unique invention
  A terahertz version of the single-pixel camera developed by Rice University researchers could lead to breakthrough technologies in security, telecom, signal processing and medicine. The research, recently published online in Applied Physics ...
  
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• deCODE Discovery Sheds Light on Risk of the Most Common Form of Skin Cancer (15 Oct 2008)
  Latest discoveries add to understanding of individual risk of basal cell carcinoma, and are integrated into the deCODEme™ personal genome analysis scan
  Scientists at deCODE genetics reported the discovery of common versions of two single-letter variations in the human genome (SNPs) that confer risk of basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Unlike the four sets of SNPs previously found by deCODE to confer ...
  
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• Kinaxo Enters into an Agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim (15 Oct 2008)
  Kinaxo Biotechnologies GmbH announced that it has entered into a two-year collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim. Under the agreement Kinaxo will apply its new platform technologies to studies on drug mode of action and target identification. ...
  
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• Vulnerable plaque may be easier to detect through new imaging technology (14 Oct 2008)
  Research results indicate that optical coherence tomography (OCT), a newly evolving imaging method, may be the best tool available to detect vulnerable plaque in coronary arteries. The findings will be presented at the 20th annual Transcatheter ...
  
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• A new explosive (14 Oct 2008)
  Melt-castable nitrate ester with high explosive energy
  Since the discovery of nitroglycerin in 1846, the nitrate ester group of compounds has been known for its explosive properties. A whole series of other nitrate esters have been subsequently put to use as explosives and fuels. A research team ...
  
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• Cooperation Makes Microreactor Technology Accessible to Fine-Chemistry and Pharmacy (13 Oct 2008)
  The Dutch companies Micronit Microfluidics, FutureChemistry and Flowid announced the start of a cooperation named Access2Flow. Together, the three companies will offer a new generation of microreactor systems that enable chemists to quickly and ...
  
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• Can genetic information be controlled by light? (13 Oct 2008)
  Researchers at Kiel University report sequence-dependent effects of light on DNA
  DNA, the molecule that acts as the carrier of genetic information in all forms of life, is highly resistant against alteration by ultraviolet light, but understanding the mechanism for its photostability presents some puzzling problems. A key ...
  
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• Stanford Scientists Pinpoint Key Proteins in Blood Stem Cell Replication (10 Oct 2008)
  A family of cancer-fighting molecules helps blood stem cells in mice decide when and how to divide, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Blocking the molecules’ function spurs the normally resting cells to begin ...
  
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