US-based Moderna Therapeutics has announced the completion of a new financing round, raising $110m to develop messenger RNA Therapeutics. In aggregate, Moderna has secured more than $415m in financing and partnerships to date from the ...
Bitcoin scored several big wins this week, including endorsements from U.S. federal officials and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, signalling its progress toward wider acceptance. Bitcoin has battled concerns about volatility, ...
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Changing the texture of bread to make it less dense could help reduce the salt content without losing saltiness as well as makes bread taste pleasantly salty. In a report in American Chemical Society's (ACS) Journal of Agricultural and ...
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Google and Microsoft have introduced software that makes it harder for users to search for child abuse material online, the companies said in a joint announcement Monday. Writing ahead of a British summit on Internet safety, Google's ...
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Quackity quack, the quacks are back, and this time they're targeting fish oil supplements, claiming that taking fish oils raises your risk of prostate cancer. Hogwash. This is just another case of pure fearmongering quackery by the ...
New evidence suggests that a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, probiotics and fish oil may relieve asthma in children, according to a recent study. "A school-based, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial involving 192 asthmatic ...
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A new study has found that a special blend of sesame and rice bran oils have the potential to lower high blood pressure and cholesterol naturally, providing healthcare professionals and patients alike with a natural, non-medicinal option ...
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Oraya Therapeutics announced that initial three-year safety follow-up data from its INTREPID study of Oraya Therapy stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were presented for the first time ...
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Treating the elderly didn't drive the U.S. increase in healthcare cost from 2000; 91 percent was from professional services, drugs and devices, researchers say. Dr. Hamilton Moses III of the Alerion Institute in North Garden, Va., and the ...
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Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced that it has been selected by Preem AB to modernize one of Europe's largest refineries – Preemraf Lysekil – with Honeywell's Enhanced High Performance Process Manager (EHPM) industrial process ...
Human-caused climate change and air pollution remain major global-scale problems and are both due mostly to fossil fuel burning. Mitigation efforts for both of these problems should be undertaken concurrently in order to maximize ...
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NxStage Medical, a manufacturer of dialysis products, is introducing three new products at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Annual Kidney Week 2013 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, 5 November through 10 November 2013. The new ...
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FzioMed, a medical device company, has received approval from the commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its petition for an independent review of its premarket approval application (PMA) for Oxiplex Gel. Oxiplex is ...
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The dynamic packaging industry is constantly evolving. The industry's foremost authoritative book, "Fundamentals of Packaging Technology" from the Institute of Packaging Professionals, has been revised to be more comprehensive and current. ...
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Clariant performance well on target after solid third quarter Sales from continuing operations in Q3 2013 grew 2% in local currencies and were 3% lower in Swiss francs, at CHF 1.443 billion, down from CHF 1.489 billion in the same period ...
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