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Tracking Pharmaceutical Stocks
Eye on FDA | 1 hour 56 minutes ago
Investors are an important part of the pharmaceutical and biotech business and they are avid users of the Internet. I have been trying to find a good resource that is a stock ticker I could put in the sidebar here....
Polarizing filter allows astronomers to see disks surrounding black holes
Science Blog | 3 hours 6 minutes ago
For the first time, a team of international researchers has found a way to view the accretion disks surrounding black holes and verify that their true electromagnetic spectra match what astronomers have long predicted they would be.read more
Toxic chemicals found in common scented laundry products, air fresheners
Science Blog | 5 hours 45 minutes ago
A study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal laws, but none of those chemicals was listed on the product labels.read more
Commercially-bred Bees Responsible for Decline in Bee Population?
Science Blog | 6 hours 10 minutes ago
Commercially-bred bees -- which are used to pollinate plants in greenhouses -- may be the cause of the drop in wild bee population, according to a Reuters story published today.read more
Licking your wounds: scientists isolate compound in human saliva that speeds wound healing
Science Blog | 8 hours ago
A report by scientists from The Netherlands published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) identifies a compound in human saliva that greatly speeds wound healing. This research may offer hope to people suffering from chronic wounds related to diabetes and other disorders, as well as traumatic injuries and burns. In addition, because the compounds can be mass produced, they have the potential to become as common as antibiotic creams and rubbing alcohol.read more
Immune-based Treatment to Alzheimers Disease on Video
BioTech Weblog, The | 11 hours 9 minutes ago
A video has been submitted as part of a manuscript published the open access journal BMC Neurology, documenting the rapid language improvement within minutes of using a novel immune-based treatment for Alzheimer's Disease. The vieo may be downloaded here for viewing. Building on previous work by the same authors, published in BioMed Central's Journal of Neuroinflammation, this study focuses on the effect of the anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) drug, etanercept, on measures...
Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread
Science Blog | 21 hours 45 minutes ago
More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity.read more
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BioTech Weblog, The
Biotech News made simple.
Corante/Brain Waves
The field of neurotechnology, the focus of this blog, encompasses advances in brain science (neurons), information technology (bits) and bioengineering (genes). Up for discussion and analysis: the political, economic, ethical, and social forces that will shape the future of what will be one of the most important and fascinating stories of the coming decades.
Eye on FDA
RX for Pharma Industry Communications and Planning
Science Blog
In case Mr. Wizard and Mythbusters don't give you enough science