The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) has launched what it calls one of the first pathways in North America—Trades to Degrees—to allow certified tradespeople the opportunity to move directly from a trades ...
The Solar Trade Association (STA) has welcomed the publication of the UK Renewables Roadmap. The Roadmap identifies the key renewable energy technologies that will enable the UK to fulfil its 2020 15% renewable energy target. Generation ...
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Agilent Technologies Inc and SRI International have announced they have signed a licensing agreement to offer laboratory research customers a package that combines Agilent’s latest release of GeneSpring GX, GeneSpring NGS, Mass ...
The European Union’s controversial REACH legislation on the safety of chemicals has been challenging chemical producers and their raw material suppliers since it came into effect five years ago. Initially the major concern was that ...
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In a speech to be delivered today in Hong Kong, the Treasurer says he is due to hold further talks with Hong Kong financial secretary John Tsang this week in a bid to increase yuan investment and trade with Australia. The negotiations to ...
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Priaxon has signed research collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to develop small molecule modulators for various protein-protein-interactions (PPIs). The collaboration will utilize Priaxon's small molecule drug discovery knowledge in ...
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Over the year, I have written about a variety of interior design and gardening ideas to use throughout the seasons. There are all fun to research and put together. But as always, I have favorites. Unless you have the money to change out ...
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Certification of Carmanah EG-series systems VICTORIA,British Columbia,May 10,2012(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carmanah Technologies is pleased to announce that the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads has certified the Carmanah EG320 ...
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The industry has welcomed the European Commission's (EC's) ambitious cloud computing strategy but insisted more efforts are needed in areas of cloud standardisation, security and data protection if the EC'sforecasts are to be met. The ...
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The Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Fluidigm Corporation (FLDM) have established GIS-Fluidigm Single-Cell 'Omics Center (SCOC) to speed up the understanding of how individual cells work and how diagnosis and treatment might be ...
Apples can be beneficial for people suffering from inflammatory diseases, according to a new study conducted by scientists at Plant & Food Research, a New Zealand-based science company. For the study, the scientists evaluated the ...
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The European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization for Pfizer’s Xalkori (crizotinib) to treat anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the European Union (EU). ...
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US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer's Bosulf (bosutinib) to treat adult patients with chronic, accelerated or blast phase Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) (CML) with resistance to prior therapy. Bosulif is a ...
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Neurotez has received US patent covering hormone Leptin for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) resulting from accumulation of an amyloid peptide or for improving resilience of cognitive function by modulating the accumulation of the amyloid ...
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Pfizer has won US FDA approval for its rheumatoid arthritis (RA) therapy, Xeljanz (tofacitinib citrate) 5mg twice daily, indicated for patients who failed to respond to methotrexate. Xeljanz can be used as a single treatment regime or as ...
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