New research in the FASEB Journal shows that nucleic acid nanoparticle platform delivery technology achieves successful gene transfer and reverses affects of retinitis pigmentosa in mice

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The FDA’s decision to approve a hugely popular cholesterol-lowering drug as a preventative treatment — has raised concerns.

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Since the discovery of gene sequencing in the late 1970s, it was predicted that genetics would revolutionize medicine and provide answers to the causes of many of our common killers. But has genetic research delivered its promise?

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(PhysOrg.com) — How hard do you have to pull on a single atom of — let’s say — gold to detach it from the end of a chain of like atoms?* It’s a measure of the astonishing progress in nanotechnology that questions that once would have interested only physicists or chemists are now being asked [...]

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Helmholtz Zentrum München has launched a new cooperative project with SIRION BIOTECH GmbH in Martinsried to develop new therapeutic approaches against lymphoid tumors. With a two-year grant from the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, the two partners will seek to further develop lentiviral vector systems to better understand the disease mechanisms of this cancer [...]

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Tomato genes could be used as a future treatment in gene therapy, according to new research results from Lund University. Jure Piskur is a Professor at the Department of Biology, Lund University. Together with colleagues from Stockholm, Copenhagen and Lund, he has recently published research results on a tomato gene that it seems could be [...]

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Tomato genes could be used as a future treatment in gene therapy, according to new research results from Lund University. Jure Piskur is a Professor at the Department of Biology, Lund University. Together with colleagues from Stockholm, Copenhagen and Lund, he has recently published research results on a tomato gene that it seems could be [...]

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In utero tracheal occlusion (TO) has been developed to improve the lung hypoplasia associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). However, although TO stimulates fetal lung growth, it results in a decrease of alveolar type II cells (ATII) and surfactant production. Because keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) is a potent stimulus of ATII proliferation and maturation, we [...]

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Ellen Heber-Katz, a scientist at The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, used to study autoimmunity–that was until she noticed something strange in the mice she was using to model lupus: The small holes that she had poked in their ears to distinguish the animals from one another kept closing. At first she thought [...]

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Ericsson gets $1.3B network deal in India
STOCKHOLM — Swedish wireless equipment maker L.M. Ericsson AB says it has received a deal worth $1.3 billion from India’s largest telecommunications operator, Bharti Airtel Ltd., to expand and upgrade its networks.
Ericsson says the expansion will help Airtel to put a converged network into place and expand its coverage [...]

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Google: Critics of Vietnam mine face online attack
HANOI, Vietnam — Google Inc. says malicious software has been used to spy on Vietnamese computer users opposed to a controversial bauxite mine in the Southeast Asian country. Computer security firm McAfee said the perpetrators may be linked to the communist government.
The “malware” has [...]

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Significant inventors inducted into hall of fame
WASHINGTON — The inventors of Post-it notes and the technologies that led to video games, modern scuba diving equipment and GPS technology are among the 16 new members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
The 2010 honorees will be inducted Wednesday afternoon at the Commerce Department. Previous members include [...]

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Utah jury decides Unix battle in favor of Novell
SALT LAKE CITY — Novell Inc. never sold ownership rights to Unix computer software code when it allowed another company to take over the servicing of the venerable server operating system used by large corporations, a jury in Utah decided Tuesday.
The verdict was a [...]

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White Sox spring included tweeting tussle
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Ozzie Guillen just had to point out what a nice job his hair stylist did and how cool his new shades are.
As news goes, that barely registered.
The Chicago White Sox’s manager is simply providing glimpses into his personal life through his Twitter account, and if [...]

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Journalists in China say Yahoo accounts hacked
BEIJING — Yahoo e-mail accounts belonging to foreign journalists appeared to have been hacked and Google’s Chinese search engine was intermittently blocked Tuesday, the latest troubles in China’s heavily censored Internet market.
The Yahoo Inc. accounts of at least three journalists and an analyst became inaccessible over [...]

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IBM to help aviation agency with computer security
WASHINGTON — IBM Corp. said Tuesday that it is working with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to build an improved security system for the agency’s computer networks.
The company said its technology will allow the agency to make better use of the data flowing though its networks [...]

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Avago Technologies sues STMicroelectronics
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Avago Technologies said Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against STMicroelectronics NV, one of the world’s top analog chip makers, alleging infringement of four patents covering optical navigation technology.
The lawsuit was filed March 15 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Avago’s general counsel, Patricia [...]

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Facebook to nix ‘become a fan of’ for ‘like’
NEW YORK — Facebook is about to change the way it asks its users to connect to brands and celebrities on the site. Rather than ask people to “become a fan” of say, Starbucks or Lady Gaga, Facebook will instead let users click [...]

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The students, from Imperial College London (ICL) invented an open source Computer Game called “Pong” that can be played by the movements of eye. A player needs his eye to move a bat to play a ball while it bounces around the screen. If you want to play the game, you have to wear … [...]

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Neutral Tandem shares fall after patent setback
NEW YORK — Shares of communications company Neutral Tandem stumbled Tuesday after a setback in an ongoing patent dispute.
Neutral Tandem’s technology connects different phone companies so that a call from one can be accepted by another. Its privately held rival Peerless Network LLC announced Monday that the U.S. Patent [...]

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