Friday May 18, 2012

 
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FDA

Fri May 11 09:33:46 2012
(Amgen)
Amgen To Provide Testimony At FDA Stakeholder Hearing On Biosimilars

Thu May 10 18:21:10 2012
(Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Lorcaserin Receives Positive Vote From FDA Advisory Committee

Thu May 10 08:42:29 2012
(TheStreet)
Arena Pharma: FDA Panel Live Blog

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Clinical Trials

Fri May 18 00:54:32 2012
(The Endocrine Society)
Experts call for clinical trials to test non-skeletal benefits of vitamin D

Thu May 17 19:49:39 2012
(PLoS: ONE)
Pemetrexed plus Platinum as the First-Line Treatment Option for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Thu May 17 17:33:10 2012
(Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.)
Neurocrine Biosciences Announces Urocortin 2 Phase II Study Results in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

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M&A and Other Deals

Thu May 17 15:40:22 2012
(Ventac Partners)
CASiGEN Pharma Receives A World-wide Exclusive License From GIBH To Bring New Potential Diabetes Treatments To The Global Market

Thu May 17 11:51:21 2012
(Ruga Corporation)
Ruga Corporation Acquires a Novel B-RAF Paradox Breaker Program from Selexagen Therapeutics, Inc.

Wed May 16 18:47:43 2012
(CryoLife, Inc.)
CryoLife Completes Acquisition of Hemosphere

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Topic Specific

Cancer

Thu May 17 20:20:01 2012
(PLoS: ONE)
Uptake Rate of Cationic Mitochondrial Inhibitor MKT-077 Determines Cellular Oxygen Consumption Change in Carcinoma Cells

Thu May 17 20:18:33 2012
(PLoS: ONE)
A Meta-Analysis of Caspase 9 Polymorphisms in Promoter and Exon Sequence on Cancer Susceptibility

Thu May 17 19:53:08 2012
(PLoS: ONE)
Genetic Variation in Selenoprotein Genes, Lifestyle, and Risk of Colon and Rectal Cancer

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RNA

Thu May 17 23:18:16 2012
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
New exception to a decades-old rule about RNA splicing uncovered

Thu May 17 17:18:33 2012
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
CSHL study uncovers a new exception to a decades-old rule about RNA splicing

Wed May 16 19:26:48 2012
(PLoS: ONE)
The mir-51 Family of microRNAs Functions in Diverse Regulatory Pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans

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Stem Cells

Wed May 16 20:20:44 2012
(PLoS: ONE)
In vivo Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Monitoring of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Labeled with Gold Nanotracers

Wed May 16 19:21:24 2012
(PLoS: ONE)
Mechanics Regulates Fate Decisions of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Wed May 16 19:18:11 2012
(PLoS: ONE)
Resveratrol Exerts Dosage and Duration Dependent Effect on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Development

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News

Science News

Fri May 18 10:24:26 2012
(Dartmouth College)
Dartmouth researchers are learning how exercise affects the brain

Fri May 18 10:24:11 2012
(University of California - Los Angeles)
'Rare' genetic variants are surprisingly common, life scientists report

Fri May 18 00:54:32 2012
(The Endocrine Society)
Experts call for clinical trials to test non-skeletal benefits of vitamin D

Thu May 17 23:18:16 2012
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
New exception to a decades-old rule about RNA splicing uncovered

Thu May 17 23:18:14 2012
(University of Pennsylvania)
Ancient history of circumarctic peoples illuminated

Thu May 17 23:18:10 2012
(Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics)
Bioinformatics: We can learn a lot from other species

Thu May 17 17:36:33 2012
(University of Washington)
Slew of rare DNA changes following population explosion may hold clues to common diseases

Thu May 17 17:36:27 2012
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Babies' susceptibility to colds linked to immune response at birth

Thu May 17 17:36:19 2012
(University of Chicago)
New technique reveals unseen information in DNA code

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Business News

Thu May 17 09:48:38 2012
(TheStreet)
Bankia Customers Withdraw 1B Euros in One Week: Hot Trends

Thu May 17 09:48:08 2012
(TheStreet)
Insiders Trading VRX, RAX, GHDX

Wed May 16 18:36:10 2012
(TheStreet)
ASCO '12 Abstract Dump: Cancer Stocks in Focus

Wed May 16 09:06:13 2012
(TheStreet)
Insiders Trading LIME, WIRE, SXCL, GOOG

Tue May 15 10:18:10 2012
(TheStreet)
Insiders Trading WMC, VR, SFLY, CNK

Mon May 14 11:30:30 2012
(TheStreet)
Mulling Arena Pharma's Future With Obesity Drug on Approval Path

Mon May 14 11:30:07 2012
(TheStreet)
Insiders Trading GHDX, PDH, RPRX

Mon May 14 07:42:10 2012
(TheStreet)
A Healthcare Fortnight For the Record Books

Fri May 11 11:18:09 2012
(TheStreet)
Insiders Trading NFLX, BBW, LNKD and PKY

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Press Releases

Fri May 18 10:39:43 2012
(Intellect Neurosciences, Inc.)
Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. to Present at Neurotech Investing and Partnering Conference

Fri May 18 10:39:18 2012
(Generex Biotechnology Corporation)
Generex Augments Antigen Express Scientific Advisory Board

Fri May 18 08:45:22 2012
(Janssen Research & Development, LLC)
ZYTIGA® (abiraterone acetate) Data to be Presented at 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting

Fri May 18 06:51:32 2012
(Sequenom, Inc.)
Study In Prenatal Diagnosis Finds Sequenom CMM's MaterniT21™ PLUS Lab-developed Test Accurately Detects Fetal Trisomies In Pregnant Women Carrying Twins Or Triplets

Fri May 18 04:57:30 2012
(Cardio3 BioSciences)
Cardio3 BioSciences Has Been Selected to Present C3BS-CQR-1 Trial Data in Late Breaking Clinical Trial Session at European Society of Cardiology 2012 Heart Failure Congress

Thu May 17 17:34:22 2012
(Sequenom, Inc.)
Sequenom Provides Update on Agreement With Coventry Health Care

Thu May 17 17:33:33 2012
(Eisai Inc.)
Eisai Oncology to Present New Research on Product Portfolio and Pipeline at ASCO Annual Meeting

Thu May 17 17:33:10 2012
(Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.)
Neurocrine Biosciences Announces Urocortin 2 Phase II Study Results in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Thu May 17 15:42:40 2012
(LUNGevity Foundation)
Leading Researchers Address Hope For Early Detection and Treatments For Lung Cancer

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