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Thread: FDA Approves the First Adjuvant Based H5N1 Bird Flu Vaccine
Post: FDA Approves the First Adjuvant Based H5N1 Bird Fl...
Pandemrix, the first adjuvant based vaccine is approved by FDA to be used against the H5N1 Bird flu viral infection. The vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline’s subunit ID Biomedical is decided to be k...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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11-27-2013, 05:19 PM
Thread: Nexavar to Treat Differentiated Thyroid Cancer on FDA’s Approval
Post: Nexavar to Treat Differentiated Thyroid Cancer on ...
The prevailing drug Nexavar is once again approved by FDA on 22nd November 2013 to treat yet another type of cancer, the metastatic Thyroid cancer (highly differentiated). This is the third approval b...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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11-25-2013, 05:50 PM
Thread: FDA Approves the New Drug OLYSIO To Fight Chronic Hepatitis C
Post: FDA Approves the New Drug OLYSIO To Fight Chronic ...
The new drug Olysio developed by Johnson and Johnson to fight the infectious disease chronic hepatitis C is approved by Food and Drug Administration on 22nd November 2013. Hepatitis C is a viral dise...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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11-23-2013, 11:32 PM
Thread: Deadly Nipah Virus and its Key Protein Structure
Post: Deadly Nipah Virus and its Key Protein Structure
Could the identification of the structure of the key protein in the dangerous Nipah virus be a step towards drug development against Nipah virus infection? Scientists from The Scripps Research Insti...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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11-21-2013, 04:02 PM
Thread: FDA Approves the New Blood Cancer Drug- Imbruvica
Post: FDA Approves the New Blood Cancer Drug- Imbruvica
The drug Imbruvica developed by Pharmacyclics and Johnson and Johnson to treat a rare type of blood cancer termed as Mantle cell Lymphoma is approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 13th Nove...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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11-20-2013, 04:23 PM
Thread: Prevent Sleeping Sickness with Genetically Engineered Bacteria
Post: Prevent Sleeping Sickness with Genetically Enginee...
The use of the genetically engineered bacterium Sodalis glossinidius against the parasite Trypanosoma brucei could be a solution to control and prevent the fatal disease “sleeping sickness”. Africa...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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11-19-2013, 04:35 PM
Thread: Biocon Academy - Biocon's new Venture
Post: Biocon Academy - Biocon's new Venture
Biocon the biggest Asian conglomerate has unveiled its new venture Biocon Academy on 11th November 2013 with the key objective to groom the science talents (graduates) in India enabling them to work i...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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11-12-2013, 05:27 PM
Thread: Latest Developments in Biotechnology Firms this Month | November 2013
Post: Latest Developments in Biotechnology Firms this Mo...
Biotechnology sector irrespective of its boon and bane always secures a space in the news section. With many biotechnology firms operating globally, everyday either one or few of these companies makes...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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11-11-2013, 08:32 PM
Thread: CRISPR – A Revolution in Gene editing
Post: CRISPR – A Revolution in Gene editing
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat Sequences (CRISPR) discovered in the year 1987 by Japanese scientists is no more a junk DNA. Yes, CRISPR is identified as an apt tool to cut an...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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11-08-2013, 04:58 PM
Thread: Are Human Genes Patentable?
Post: Are Human Genes Patentable?
Myriad Genetics, pioneer in molecular diagnostics lost its long fought battle to retain its patent protection on the gene BRCA1 and BRCA2 in June 2013 following the Supreme Court’s judgment stating th...
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Forum: News
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11-07-2013, 06:04 PM
Thread: FDA approves the Hydrocodone Pain killer – Zohydro ER
Post: FDA approves the Hydrocodone Pain killer – Zohydro...
The pain killer Zohydro ER (Hydrocodone bitartrate), the extended release capsules by Zogenix got approval from the Food and Drug Administration on 25th October 2013 leaving behind many criticisms. Th...
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Forum: News
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10-30-2013, 04:31 PM
Thread: The Best Biotechnology Product 2013 – Zostavax
Post: The Best Biotechnology Product 2013 – Zostavax
Zostavax, Zoster Vaccine Live - the brain child of Merck and co received the Prix Galien USA award for the best biotechnology product of the year 2013. Zostavax, the drug found by Merck to treat a ty...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
3 18,220
10-28-2013, 09:29 PM
Thread: Opsumit - PAH Drug Bags FDA Approval
Post: Opsumit - PAH Drug Bags FDA Approval
The long awaited approval by Actelion pharmaceutical for its pulmonary Arterial Hypertension drug (PAH), Opsumit is sanctioned by FDA. Actelion Pharmaceuticals filed its first application with FDA se...
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Forum: News
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10-28-2013, 05:55 PM
Thread: Food Additive To Control H7N9 Virus
Post: Food Additive To Control H7N9 Virus
Food additive as a clue to the drug discovery against the most dangerous avian flu virus H7N9 Could a food additive ever be an antiviral drug? The study published by the Assistant professor Michael C...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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10-25-2013, 08:29 PM
Thread: Flavors and Fragrances From Genetically Engineered Yeast
Post: Flavors and Fragrances From Genetically Engineered...
The delicious flavors and mind blowing aromas from spices like Vanilla, Patchouli, saffron derived from spice specific floras is always been products of demand in the market. Since ages spices of flav...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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10-24-2013, 04:55 PM
Thread: Industrial Biotechnology Conference by BIO | Pennsylvania 12-15 May, 2014
Post: Industrial Biotechnology Conference by BIO | Penns...
Event: 2014 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology Organizers: Bio Industry Organisation (BIO) Co-Organizers: The Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PCVB) When: 12th May – 15th May 2...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: Biotechnology Conferences and Events
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10-22-2013, 04:14 PM
Thread: New Immune Protein Prolongs the Immunity against HIV
Post: New Immune Protein Prolongs the Immunity against H...
Yes, HIV cannot fool the hosts immune system anymore, provided the reserves of the newly discovered Immune protein A3 is maintained in the infected individual. The deadly virus, Human Immuno deficien...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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10-21-2013, 03:07 PM
Thread: Stool Pill as a remedy for Clostridium difficile infection
Post: Stool Pill as a remedy for Clostridium difficile i...
Could one’s stool be a remedy for another’s infection. Yes, stool therapy is the most commonly used one to treat Clostridium difficile infected patients. Clostridium difficile, the spore forming bacte...
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Forum: News
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10-17-2013, 11:45 PM
Thread: Petrol from Genetically Engineered Bacteria - Escherichia Coli
Post: Petrol from Genetically Engineered Bacteria - Esch...
Escherichia coli known for its versatile applications in biotech industries have created yet another mile stone in biofuel production. The fabulous discovery by the Korean scientist crew published in ...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: News
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10-17-2013, 03:49 PM
Thread: Genentech Inc - Latest News and Products
Post: Drug Perjeta from Genentech in the Treatment of Br...
Genentech’s drug to be used in the treatment of Breast cancer has been approved by FDA under its accelerated program for drug approval. Drug: Perjeta (Pertuzumab) To be used in the treatment of peo...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: Companies and Latest Innovations
1 18,023
10-10-2013, 04:17 PM
Thread: Amino Acids – Types, Classification, Genetic Code and Applications
Post: Pyrrolysine – The 22nd Genetically coded Amino aci...
Amino acid: Pyrrolysine Year of discovery: 2002 Abbreviation: Pyl In short: O Position in the standard amino acid list: 22nd Amino acid next to Selenocysteine Codon: UAG, which is actually a stop...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: Main Biotechnology Discussion Forum
4 118,196
10-08-2013, 03:29 PM
Thread: Happy 10th Anniversary, Human Genome Project
Post: The detailed picture of Human Genome
The human genome (DNA) is made up of 23 billion base pairs. It possess about 50000 – 100000 genes and is aligned as a set of 23 chromosomes. Of the 3 billion base pairs only about 20 -30 percent are...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: Main Biotechnology Discussion Forum
1 13,357
10-01-2013, 03:53 PM
Thread: Role of Type 2 Restriction Endonucleases in Gene Cloning
Post: The role of different enzymes in Cloning
Alkaline phosphatase: The main function is dephosphorylation. This enzyme is used to remove the phosphate group from the 5-prime end of DNA and RNA. The DNA becomes linear on dephosphorylation. Poly ...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: Cloning
2 34,501
09-06-2013, 06:08 PM
Thread: Role of Microbiology in Environmental Biotechnology
Post: Microbes used in Bioremediation
Microbes - where not it is present? They are present within us and around us and in all essentials (air, water, food, soil) used by us. There are both beneficial microbes and pathogenic microbes and t...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: Environmental Biotechnology
6 56,855
09-05-2013, 08:06 PM
Thread: Bio-Rad News, Discoveries, Takeovers and Work culture
Post: Bio-Rad - Current Job Announcements (August 2013)
Bio-Rad with its Head Quarters in Hercules, California has established itself in many other countries across the globe like Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, china, Czech Republic, Denmark,...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: Companies and Latest Innovations
1 15,555
09-02-2013, 08:30 PM
Thread: Celgene Corporation - News, Products and Work Culture
Post: Job Opportunities in different categories at Celge...
Celgene Corporation has set its foot marks in many countries across the globe. Some of the countries where Celgene has its operations are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, De...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: Companies and Latest Innovations
1 17,379
09-02-2013, 04:42 PM
Thread: Career Advice Needed - BSc Biotech or BSc Simple Medical
Post: Why to make a career in Biotechnology?
Biotechnology is the application of technology on the living mass (bio) in order to derive a commercial product which is beneficial to the humans and the environment. Biotechnology is becoming a good ...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: Careers
16 197,412
08-30-2013, 06:39 PM
Thread: Genetically Modified Animals - Benefits to human race
Post: Transgenic animals and Biotherapeutics
Animal pharming is the newly evolving field of genetic engineering which deals with the use of transgenic animals in the production of Pharma products (Bio Therapeutics) for treating various human dis...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: Genetic Engineering
1 36,216
08-29-2013, 09:57 PM
Thread: Amino Acids – Types, Classification, Genetic Code and Applications
Post: SELENOCYSTEINE – The 21st Amino Acid
Though there are ‘n’ numbers of amino acids present there are only twenty amino acids which are proved as essential amino acids and their genetic codes have been derived successfully. To this existing...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: Main Biotechnology Discussion Forum
4 118,196
08-27-2013, 06:11 PM
Thread: Human Disease Causing Bacteria
Post: Beware of the deadly infection by CRE species
[b]Beware of the deadly infection by CRE species !![/b] Of late some of the pathogens belonging to the Enterobacteriacea family have become immune to antibiotics especially the drug carbapenem which ...
Author: priyasaravanan_1406
Forum: Main Biotechnology Discussion Forum
5 55,475
08-26-2013, 06:10 PM