It's taken nearly 200 years,but scientists in Arizona and Europe have teased out how the molecular switch for sex gradually and adaptively evolved in the honeybee. The first genetic mechanism for sex determination was proposed in the ...
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Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announced that together with DONG Energy (Denmark) it has demonstrated the combined fermentation of C6 and C5 sugars from wheat straw on an industrial scale. The combined ...
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ddcad-1'); }); Faced with rising out-of-pocket costs and complex treatment plans and armed with new social media tools and more information, pharmaceutical customers are changing ...
OvaScience, a life sciences company, and Intrexon Corporation have announced an agreement to access Intrexon’s portfolio of technologies to accelerate the development of OvaScience’s OvaTure technology platform Separately, ...
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The medical devices industry, already one of the most heavily regulated industries in the U.S., is confronting yet another complex rule – Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires SEC-listed companies to disclose the use of ...
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Metabolism was lost in the shadows of cancer research for decades but has recently been reclaiming some of the spotlight. Now, Mina Bissell, Distinguished Scientist with Berkeley Lab's Life Sciences Division and a leading authority on ...
Sutro Biopharma has received $26m in a Series D financing, which will be used for the expansion of its proprietary immuno-oncology product pipeline. The company is currently using its cell-free protein synthesis technology to develop new ...
US-based life sciences venture capital firm Versant Ventures is expanding its operations into Canada in order to invest in early-stage drug discovery programs. The company has established an office in Vancouver this year and created a new ...
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Covagen has announced that the company has secured CHF42m in a tranched Series B financing with an option to obtain an additional CHF14m that would increase the total amount of the financing round to CHF56m. This financing will mainly ...
Pack Expo shows owner and producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, reports high demand for exhibit space in the inaugural edition of Pack Expo East (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia; Feb. ...
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Total machine vision sales in North America climbed 23 percent compared to the third quarter of 2012, according to new statistics from AIA, the industry's trade group. Total machine vision sales include sales of machine vision systems and ...
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India-based Gland Pharma has announced an agreement under which KKR, a global investment firm, will acquire a minority stake in the company for approximately $200m, including KKR’s acquisition of the entire stake held by Evolvence ...
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Resonetics Inc. Resonetics announces that Scott Davis has joined the company as Director, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs. Resonetics, a leading supplier of polymer laser micromachining services and systems for the life sciences ...
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Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products has announced the introduction of NONSPEC, a talented group of engineering students from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, who are developing breakthrough prosthetics technologies aimed at making ...
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Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has repurchased 346.038 of its own shares in the period from 15 November 2013 up to and including 21 November 2013 at an average price of €59.06. This is in accordance ...
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