Steven Burrill, others win biotech honors Nov 15, 2008
Lifetime Achievement: Dr. Kary Mullis, the Nobel Prize winner for his work in developing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), one of the most important scientific techniques of the 20th century because the process allows scientists to amplify DNA. DNA amplification that occurs with PCR has multiple applications within fields of medicine, genetics, biotechnology and forensics. Outstanding Company: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:BMRN), a Marin County-based company that develops and... (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Oral rinses used for tracking HPV-positive head and neck cancers holds promise for cancer screening Oct 31, 2008
In the study, researchers at Johns Hopkins University used oral rinses and targeted DNA amplification to track and identify oral HPV infections in patients with HPV16-positive and negative head and neck carcinomas (HNSCC) before and after therapy. Findings showed detection of high-risk HPV infections in patients with HPV16-positive HNSCC for up to five years after therapy, indicating a high rate of persistent infection and reaffirming the connection between high-risk types of HPV and... (EurekAlert!)
Two Egyptian mummies may have had malaria Oct 27, 2008
DNA amplification verifies evidence of disease more than 3,500 years ago ... Using special techniques from molecular biology, such as DNA amplification and gene sequencing, the researchers identified ancient DNA for the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in tissues from two mummies. (MSNBC -- Politics)
New Biomarker For Early Cancer Detection? Research Reveals That 'MicroRNA' May Fit The Bill Jul 30, 2008
The availability of existing, powerful tools to characterize and measure microRNAs, such as polymerase-chain reaction technology for DNA amplification, "suggests that the discovery-validation pipeline for microRNA biomarkers will be more efficient than traditional proteomic biomarker discovery-validation pipelines, which typically encounter bottlenecks at the point of antibody and quantitative assay development for validation of biomarker candidates," the authors wrote. In addition to those from... (Science Daily)
Looking for a Sign?: Scientifically (In)accurate Horoscopes Jul 25, 2008
Libra: The good news is that you will be part of an investigation using the advanced forensic CSI techniques that you find so fascinating, methodologies like DNA amplification that can identify a person based on only the tiniest amounts of physical remains. That s also the bad news, if you see where we re going with this. (Scientific American)
Mexican mummy solves gut bug riddle Jul 16, 2008
Samples were taken from tissues suitable for DNA amplification by Polymerase chain reaction (PCR). DNA was extracted and H. pylori detection was carried out by PCR and hybridized with the pHp probe from 16S rRNA gene. (BioMed Central)
KGI 2008 Commencement Features First PhD Graduate, Biotech Painting May 13, 2008
For Tan's dissertation on "Isothermal DNA Amplification and Visual Detection for Point of Care Nucleic Acid Detection," he conducted research that contributed to an ongoing project by KGI faculty to develop a hand-held medical device for rapid detection of human pathogens. During the commencement ceremony, a specially-designed painting by artist Klari Reis will be unveiled. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Portable Diagnostic System For Foot-and-mouth Disease And Avian Flu Designed Oct 15, 2007
For the last three years, Smiths Detection has worked closely with the laboratory of Professor Larry Wangh at Brandeis University, near Boston, Massachusetts, that invented a novel DNA amplification and analysis technique called Linear After The Exponential PCR (LATE PCR). Smiths Detection holds an exclusive license to this technology. (Science Daily)
Smiths Detection to launch a portable diagnostic system for foot-and-mouth disease and avian flu Oct 13, 2007
New system uses a novel DNA amplification and analysis technique invented at Brandeis University ... For the last three years, Smiths Detection has worked closely with the laboratory of Professor Larry Wangh at Brandeis University, near Boston, Massachusetts, that invented a novel DNA amplification and analysis technique called Linear After The Exponential PCR (LATE PCR). (EurekAlert!)
Cepheid, Idaho Technology settle dispute for $3.35M Feb 1, 2007
Idaho Technology focuses on rapid DNA analysis including, real-time DNA amplification and mutation analysis. Related Industry stories. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Toward more effective paleolgenetic analysis Jan 18, 2007
On the other hand, DNA amplification was obtained with all the 2004 fossil bones, thus yielding significant results from paleogenetic analysis. Another finding revealed by this study was that the DNA had deteriorated as much in 57 years as during the previous two thousand years of burial. (EurekAlert!)
