Fierce Biotech

Autonomic Response Testing

2010-10-10T21:42:00.000-07:00

The human body is constantly on busy, even in sleep. All activity is being monitored, controlled, and organized by an intelligent, bioelectric force called life. Life circulates in our bodies by way of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS is in direct contact with every cell, muscle, and tissue, and it knows exactly what is happening inside our bodies at all times. It is our

Biocyte Pharmaceutical

2010-10-05T08:03:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Biocyte Pharma Throughout the past years, Biocyte Pharma was able to deliver a steady stream of safe and effective products that enhance human health. A number of these products were exclusively marketed as pioneers in Egypt. Novel products focus on numerous therapeutic areas covering gastroenterology, central nervous system, cardiovascular, dermatology,

Biocyte Ultimate Beauty

2010-10-05T07:52:00.000-07:00

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OMEGA KRILL BIOCYTE

2010-10-05T07:27:00.000-07:00

Omega Krill est composé d'une autre source d'Omega 3 6 9 d'origine marine : le krill, une petite crevette qui se nourrit de phytoplancton. L'huile de krill est plus concentrée en EPA que les huiles de poisson (240 mg/g contre 180 mg/g) et elle contient des phospholipides et des propriétés antioxydantes exceptionnelles.

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2010-08-28T09:13:00.000-07:00

Biophysical experiments

2010-08-28T09:05:00.000-07:00

The biophysics research program will mainly focus on space radiation effects. Radiation represents a significant hazard in all space explorations, especially outside the protective shield of the Earth’s magnetic field. Solar and galactic particle radiation consists primarily of protons and helium ions, but the relatively small number of heavier ions in the galactic cosmic radiation (GCR) can

Ella the Week After Pill an Emergency Contraceptive Made by Watson Pharmaceuticals Is Approved

2010-08-21T09:18:00.000-07:00

(WSJ) The Food and Drug Administration approved ella, a new drug that is supposed to block pregnancy up to five days after sex, two days longer than the currently available emergency contraceptive Plan B. The new medication, a tablet to be available by prescription, will be sold in the U.S. by Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., starting in the fourth quarter of this year. A Watson spokesman

BioTech Deals: Trubion Pharmaceuticals Gets Acquired by Emergent BioSolutions for $97M Upfront

2010-08-21T09:14:00.000-07:00

(Xconomy) Trubion Pharmaceuticals a one-time highflier in Seattle’s biotech community, said today it is getting acquired for less than $100 million upfront. The buyer is Rockville, MD-based Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE: EBS). Shareholders in Trubion (NASDAQ: TRBN) will get a total of $96.8 million in an upfront payment from Emergent, plus as much as $38.7 million in success-based

Glaxo orders Sirtris execs to stop selling resveratrol

2010-08-21T09:09:00.000-07:00

(Fierce Biotech) GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) has ordered two Sirtris executives– Christoph Westphal and Michelle Dipp–to stop selling a resveratrol dietary supplement based on the drug the two companies have in development.In 2008, GSK forked over $720 million for access to Sirtris’ pipeline of drugs based on resveratrol, a compound found in red wine that’s thought to increase

Medical Laser Firms Seek Consolidation in Fragmented Industry

2010-08-21T09:06:00.001-07:00

(Optics.org) Ophthalmology and aesthetic laser specialist Iridex is looking at ways to consolidate the fragmented market, as are rivals Cynosure and Cutera. Iridex, the medical laser company based in Mountain View, California, is the latest in the fragmented sector to suggest that more consolidation of the industry is required.After posting a net income of $0.8 million on sales of $9.9

Medical Laser Firms Seek Consolidation in Fragmented Industry

2010-08-21T09:06:00.000-07:00

Transcription factors boost genetic differences to make individuals unique

2010-08-21T07:33:00.000-07:00

The 23,000 protein-coding genes in the human genome can help determine whether a person will have blond hair or black, flat feet or arched. But that's hardly the whole story behind the millions of tiny differences among people. Most of the genome is so-called noncoding DNA, whose role in determining individual differences is only just starting to be

Which sperm will win the race to the egg: the green one or the red one?

2010-08-21T07:32:00.001-07:00

Once they're inside the female reproductive organs, sperm pull out all the stops to outrace their rivals to the egg—especially if the opponent comes from another male. The process that determines which sperm wins, called "postcopulatory sexual selection," has been difficult to tease out, until now.By genetically engineering fruit flies that express green

Which sperm will win the race to the egg: the green one or the red one?

2010-08-21T07:32:00.000-07:00

Nuclear Commission fines VA over botched prostate cancer radiation therapies

2010-08-21T07:30:00.000-07:00

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is being fined for botching 97 of 116 procedures to treat prostate cancer among men seeking care at the agency's medical center in Philadelphia. Although the punishment, which adds up to a mere $227,500, might not sound like more than a slap on the wrist, it is coming from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Researchers create metal with a memory

2010-08-21T07:29:00.000-07:00

Builders and engineers must often choose between materials that are strong and those that are flexible—rarely will they find a substance with both properties in abundance. Researchers are trying to change this through the development of "shape metal" alloys that are strong enough to resist high levels of strain while also being flexible enough to recover

Advances in disease surveillance: Putting the "public" into public health

2010-08-21T07:27:00.000-07:00

MIAMI—Before a government reports a disease outbreak, cases must usually be counted, verified and assessed—a process that can take days, weeks or months.This delay creates a tension, however, as faster responses are the best hope for keeping a local outbreak from becoming an epidemic or even a pandemic. Overall, bureaucratic diligence and even political

Condoms for the World Cup and other ways to keep HIV at bay

2010-08-21T07:25:00.000-07:00

MIAMI—In three months hundreds of thousands of soccer fans are expected to descend on nine South African cities for the 2010 World Cup. But for so many visitors going to a country where more than 10 percent of the population is estimated to have HIV/AIDS, many public health experts are worried that the event will kick off a spike in transmission. South

Malaria rates drop in the Americas, but travelers still worry

2010-08-21T07:23:00.000-07:00

MIAMI—Malaria continues to be a global scourge, sickening some 300 million to 500 million people annually. Most of the resulting one million to three million malaria deaths occur in regions where it is highly endemic, such as sub-Saharan Africa and parts of south Asia.Some parts of the world where malaria was once rampant, however—such as Central and

Another reason vitamin D is important: It gets T cells going

2010-08-21T07:20:00.000-07:00

Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a rapidly expanding inventory of ailments—including heart disease, cancer and the common cold. A new discovery demonstrates how the vitamin plays a major role in keeping the body healthy in the first place, by allowing the immune system's T cells to start doing their jobs.In order for T cells to become active

Climate change will impact infectious diseases worldwide, but questions remain as to how

2010-08-21T07:18:00.000-07:00

NEW YORK—As climatologists weather the IPCC controversy, another storm is brewing, and this one is filled with not with bloggers but with beasts, bugs and bacteria. It is the potential plague of infectious diseases—threatened to be made worse, many scientists propose, by projected changes in the Earth's climate.At a symposium held yesterday at the New

Scientists observe protein folding in living cells for the first time

2010-08-21T07:13:00.000-07:00

Even in sleep, the human body is rarely still—and within it, there is the constant motion of the contents of our cells and the proteins within. Until now, scientists have had to estimate the speed of complex but common actions such as protein folding (which turns an unorganized polypeptide strand into a complex and useful three-dimensional protein). They

Biotech market share report

2010-08-18T08:57:00.000-07:00

Who exactly are the biotech industry's biggest players? Everyone knows that Amgen and Genentech are dominant in the field, but a host of other companies also compete for a slice of the global biotech market . Sales of biologics amounted to $75 billion in 2007--just over 10 percent of the estimated $712 billion spent on prescription drugs last year. The combined marketshare of the top ten

Taking on the Biotech Industry

2010-08-15T09:30:00.000-07:00

A while back, Michael Scherer and I wrote this story about how the biotech industry has been one of the big winners in the health care debate. Maybe not so much, it now appears. The New York Times reports that President Obama may be making a last stand to bring lower-cost generic biologics to market more quickly: President Obama is pushing for a last-minute change in the final health care bill

Valent’s Inovate System and Fierce herbicide

2010-08-15T09:25:00.000-07:00

We have reached that time in the growing season when you start noticing people pulling off the road, getting out of their pickup trucks, walking through the ditch to get to a test plot to see how products are performing. That was the case this week for Dawn Refsell and Eric Ott, field