By John Lee. OPEC ministers have failed to agree on a new secretary general and have asked Abdalla el-Badri to stay in the post for another year. Four countries had been competing for the job — Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and Ecuador ...
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University College London (UCL) Cancer Institute has selected RainDance Technologies' ThunderStorm system to validate genomic and epigenomic targets of clinical and non-clinical cancer studies. The targets will be validated from studies ...
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Intel CEO Paul Ottelini announced that he’ll retire in May after 40 years with the company. He spent eight of those years as CEO. The board of directors will take a look at both internal and external candidates, but Intel has never ...
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Dell mapped out the next phase of its data centre strategy on Thursday with new hardware and software that it says will make it faster and cheaper for customers to deploy new hardware and applications. The new products include the Active ...
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Isis Pharmaceuticals has obtained the US FDA fast track designation for ISIS-TTR to treat familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP). The antisense drug ISIS-TTR, a part of the Isis-GSK strategic RNA therapeutic alliance, is being developed ...
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Ofcom has released details of its long-awaited spectrum auction, which will enable mobile operators to roll-out 4G services across the UK. The regulator confirmed the process would begin before the end of 2012 and offer the equivalent of ...
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The Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) in Israel has awarded $3m NIS grant to support BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics' research and development program for stem cell therapy candidate, NurOwn. NurOwn is an autologous, adult stem cell ...
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STAGE The Christmas Schooner Have yourself a City of Big Shoulders Christmas at the Mercury Theater, the current home of the beloved Chicago musical, “The Christmas Schooner.” Created by John Reeger and Julie Shannon, ...
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Your ProMat 2013 registration not only gives you access to the 300,000 square feet of exhibits, educational sessions and keynotes in McCormick Place South, it also grants you access to Automate 2013 located directly across the Grand ...
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The US FDA has granted orphan drug designation to Milo Biotechnology's AAV1-FS344 to treat Becker and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. AAV1-FS344 is myostatin inhibitor delivered through gene therapy to increase muscle strength in patients. ...
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Ipsen and Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals have announced FDA Fast Track status to an intravenous recombinant porcine factor VIII, OBI-1, for acquired hemophilia A therapy. The drug candidate is being studied to treat acquired hemophilia A ...
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Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will start mass production of white light-emitting diode(LED)on a production line that the company will construct in the 200mm wafer facility at Kaga Toshiba Electronics Co.Ltd.,a production base ...
Northwest Pipe Company announced that Mr Scott Montross will become President and Chief Executive Officer on January 1st 2013 as part of a planned transition. Current President and Chief Executive Officer, Richard Roman, will assume the ...
With more than 130 careers, Barbie doll has always been both a career trailblazer and a trend -setting style icon. Now, the doll formally threw her pink hat into the presidential campaign ring by unveiling the new "2012 Barbie I Can ...
Are you considering a facelift? If so, then one of the first questions you have to answer is, “Am I a good candidate for a facelift?” Here are some questions compiled by Juvaskin NY that will give you a checklist of a few ...
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