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RNA - Ribonucleic Acid
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Third round of job cuts at Bothell biotech firm  -  05 Aug 2008
Seattle Post Intelligencer...business officer, as the biotech company continues to restructure around its RNA interference programs, while trying to unload its nasal spray business.

Helicos Announces Order for a Helicos Genetic Analysis System from ...  -  05 Aug 2008
MarketWatch...because of its unique capability of true direct DNA measurement which provides the most unbiased view of DNA and RNA critical for stem cell research.

In vivo analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans noncoding RNA promoter ...  -  05 Aug 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),Upstream motifs 2 and 3 do not drive GFP expression, and termination at consecutive T runs suggests transcription by RNA polymerase III.

Pharmasset Reports Preliminary Results of a 4-week Combination ...  -  05 Aug 2008
CNNMoney.com (press release)88% (22 of 25) patients receiving R7128 1000mg BID with SOC for 4 weeks achieved undetectable HCV RNA levels (<15 IU/mL). This high rate of Rapid Virologic

Int'l panel updates treatment guidelines for HIV infection  -  05 Aug 2008
Xinhua,The goal of antiretroviral therapy is to reduce and maintain a plasma HIV-1 RNA level of less than 50 copies/mL. Plasma HIV-1 RNAlevels should be monitored

Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript  -  05 Aug 2008
Seeking Alpha,My goal today is threefold; one, to introduce our product pipeline; two, to provide the current status of our RNA-based therapeutic programs; and three,

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Highlights Gene Silencing, Cancer ...  -  05 Aug 2008
Medical News Today (press release),Combining the specificity of small interfering RNA (siRNA) silencing with the versatility of lentiviral vectors gives researchers a powerful tool for the

FDA Clears Test that Helps Identify Type of Cancer in Tumor Sample  -  05 Aug 2008
Compliance Home,Gene expression occurs when certain molecular information contained within DNA is transcribed to create molecules known as RNA. These molecules in turn make

Rwanda: New Tabulation Method Raises Tourism Revenue  -  05 Aug 2008
AllAfrica.com,Tourism revenues are up by 22% as of June compared to the same period last thanks to a new UN tabulation method that government has adopted, RNA reports.

Address Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills  -  05 Aug 2008
Brisbane Times,...competition judging has begun, 50 semi-trailers full of sawdust have arrived and today the most-loved Queensland show will begin: the RNA EkkA 2008.

Identifying Cancer Cells Allows Tumor-Specific Treatment  -  05 Aug 2008
HealthNews,DNA fragments are placed on a slide then RNA, extracted from the tumor tissue and identified with a fluorescent marker are spread over the DNA "microarray.

Rwanda: Broadband Expansion Will Widen Health Coverage - Kagame  -  05 Aug 2008
AllAfrica.com,...the ongoing program to wire up Rwanda will ease health service delivery for its people - 'the vast majority' of who live in rural areas, RNA reports.

Sneering at South Dakota [Ramesh Ponnuru]  -  05 Aug 2008
National Review Online Blogs,Argument 1(b) is that the embryo isn't separate because maternal RNA directs its growth. Saletan has made a big deal out of this point in the past.

Rwanda: French, Spanish Election Observers Have Not Got Visas  -  05 Aug 2008
AllAfrica.com,However, Mr. Eick from the election mission told RNA on Monday that the initial deployment of the observers did not put any of that into consideration.

Argos Therapeutics’ Arcelisâ„¢ Personalized Immunotherapy Platform ...  -  05 Aug 2008
Business Wire (press release),Arcelis is an immunotherapy platform for creating personalized, RNA-loaded dendritic cell-based therapies perfectly matched to each patient’s unique virus.

GenVault Expands Scientific Advisory Board  -  05 Aug 2008
Earthtimes (press release),His current research interests include DNA damage assessment and in vitro repair systems, the biochemistry of the dried state, RNA applications in forensic

AVI BioPharma to Present at BMO Healthcare Conference  -  Aug 4, 2008
MarketWatch...a developer of RNA-based drugs, today announced that Dr. Leslie Hudson, CEO, will present an update on the transitioning of AVI from an antisense pioneer

RNA Snippets Pack Power  -  Aug 3, 2008
Chemical & Engineering NewsEvery eukaryotic genome encodes hundreds of miRNAs, which are short RNA sequences 22- to 24-nucleotides long. These tiny snippets of RNA molecules work in

Ekka aims to ease pressure on the family budget  -  Aug 3, 2008
NEWS.com.au,The RNA hopes to lift visitor numbers to the Royal Queensland Show to more than half a million after a 30 per cent plunge in last year's crowds - blamed on

New Results Contradict Long-Held Chemistry Dogma  -  Aug 3, 2008
SlashdotOn the central dogma of molecular biology for example, the dogma holds that DNA is transcribed into RNA, which is then translated into protein.

Regulus Therapeutics Appoints Garry Menzel, Ph.D., as Executive ...  -  Aug 4, 2008
Business Wire (press release),Not only does Regulus benefit from the RNA therapeutics experience of Alnylam and Isis, but the company also has an outstanding Scientific Advisory Board.

Recognizing RNA  -  Aug 1, 2008
Scientist,..."It was the sharpest length distribution I have ever seen for a small RNA. This is like a skyscraper on a histogram - 80-something percent were 21

Mystery Parrot Disease Virus Identified  -  Aug 4, 2008
ScienceBlogsGrey bar at base, non-segmented negative sense viral RNA (vRNA) of Bornaviridae genome; coordinates of major sequence landmarks highlighted below.

AVI makes chief-level changes as losses deepen  -  Jul 28, 2008
Bizjournals.com,AVI BioPharma Inc., a developer of RNA-based drugs, has hired J. David Boyle II to serve as its senior vice president and chief financial officer.

Antibiotics To Enhance RNA  -  Jul 23, 2008
Oneindia,A class of antibiotics, known as fluoroquinolones can enhance RNA interference, the gene-silencing tool that can treat a variety of diseases if adapted in

New Treatment Therapy Helps Inhibit Hepatitis C  -  Jul 31, 2008
Science Daily (press release)After four weeks, HCV RNA was undetectable in 29 percent, 69 percent, and 74 percent of patients in the respective study arms, compared to 5 percent of

New Treatment Guidelines For HIV Antiretroviral Therapy  -  Aug 4, 2008
Medical News Today,Since a primary purpose of antiretroviral therapy is to keep plasma HIV-1 RNA levels lower than 50 copies/mL, these levels should be checked frequently upon

Nobel laureates to tackle global issues  -  Aug 1, 2008
The Daily Yomiuri,RNA interference occurs in both plants and animals. Experts say the process is important for the regulation of gene expression, defense against viral

Norgen Biotek Corp. Launches Four New Kits for the Purification of ...  -  Jul 18, 2008
FOXBusinessThe new kits include: 1- The Plant/Fungi RNA Purification Kit: 2- The Plant/Fungi DNA Isolation Kit: These kits provide rapid methods for the isolation and

NuGEN Receives Patent for Global Nucleic Acid Amplification  -  Aug 4, 2008
GenomicsProteomics.com (press release),The patent describes a global whole genome amplification methodology using composite DNA/RNA primers able to anneal to multiple sites within the template

Quark, Pfizer start Phase II dosing  -  Jul 30, 2008
Bizjournals.com,Quark Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Pfizer Inc. began dosing patients in a Phase II trial of their RNA interference treatment for diabetic macular edema,

Tough Translink offers no free ride  -  Aug 3, 2008
Brisbane Times,Translink said the event organiser, the RNA Association, had not made any agreement wih Translink to cover the cost of opening the Exhibition rail station

Raging bull causes mahem in city traffic  -  Aug 3, 2008
NEWS.com.au,...stage fright at the thought of being led around at the city's EKKA parade and hoofed it while being unloaded from a cattle truck at the RNA showgrounds.

New Flu-Fighting Strategy  -  Aug 3, 2008
Chemical & Engineering NewsTwo independent groups of researchers have obtained molecular views of an important interaction within the influenza virus's RNA polymerase, which plays an

RNA Emerges From DNA's Shadow  -  Jul 10, 2008
Science Daily (press release)ScienceDaily (July 10, 2008) — RNA, the transporter of genetic information within the cell, has emerged from the shadow of DNA to become one of the hottest

Idera Pharmaceuticals Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results  -  Aug 4, 2008
MarketWatchUsing its chemistry-based drug discovery platform, the Company has designed and created RNA-based compounds that act as agonists of TLR7 and TLR8.

Angolan Court Allows 14 Parties to Compete in Vote, RNA Reports  -  Jul 24, 2008
BloombergBy Candido Mendes July 24 (Bloomberg) -- Fourteen political parties will compete in Angola's legislative elections on Sept. 5, state- owned Radio Nacional

Parasite uses host plant's communication system  -  Aug 1, 2008
Xinhua,Plants use RNA molecules to send messages to different parts of its body. In the new study, RNA molecules from a host tomato plant were found in the

Increased Sample Throughput on Applied Biosystems Genomic Analysis ...  -  Jul 29, 2008
MarketWatchTo enable scientists to rapidly discover and profile novel small RNA molecules without requiring prior knowledge of sequence information, Applied Biosystems

Agilent Technologies Introduces miRNA Microarray Labelling and ...  -  Aug 4, 2008
Lab on a Chip (press release),This multiplex configuration minimizes in terms of purchase price, handling and reagents. Each experiment requires just 100 nanograms total RNA input per

Probes and Tags to Study Biomolecular Function: for Proteins, RNA ...  -  Jul 9, 2008
MarketWatch...has announced the addition of the "Probes and Tags to Study Biomolecular Function: for Proteins, RNA, and Membranes" report to their offering.

Benchtop Systems provide DNA, RNA, and protein separation.  -  Jul 28, 2008
ThomasNet Industrial News Room,...researchers for the analysis of RNA integrity for better RT-PCR and microarray gene expression data, DNA fragment analysis for sequencing applications and

MDRNA, Inc. Demonstrates In Vivo Efficacy with Proprietary DiLA 2 ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
Business Wire (press release),The data presented today by Narendra Vaish, Ph.D., MBA, Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader - RNAi Platform Technologies at “RNA 2008,� the 13 th

BioInform's Surfing Report: Web-Based Tools and Algorithms ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
bio1nf0rm (subscription),DIAL (DIhedral ALignment Server) and LocalMove are two algorithms developed at Boston College to classify three-dimensional RNA structural motifs and

New Yeast Trick For Eating Favorite Food  -  Jul 30, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The UCSD team demonstrated that the glucose network actively shuts down the galactose network by degrading messenger RNA that would otherwise go on to form

READERS RESPOND  -  Aug 3, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),His CD4 cell count at that time was 249/µL, and his HIV RNA viral load was greater than 100 000 copies/mL. Based on the prior drug toxic effects that Mr B

New Targets For RNAs That Regulate Genes Identified  -  Jul 6, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The idea that RNA (ribonucleic acid) is involved in activating and inhibiting genes is relatively new, and it has been unclear how RNA strands might

NSF Bioinformatics Grants Awarded June 27 — July 31, 2008  -  Aug 1, 2008
bio1nf0rm (subscription),Funds development of molecular models and computational tools for studying pseudoknotted RNA structured. Project goals include estimating the entropy of key

Cal professor, expert on viruses, wins $1M Keck grant  -  Jul 29, 2008
Bizjournals.com,Viruses typically consist of some DNA or RNA inside a tiny protein capsule. They can't replicate on their own, and so they "hijack" the cells of organisms

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, a Second Generation RNA Interference ...  -  Jul 15, 2008
Business Wire (press release),In humans, Dicer optimally processes double-stranded RNA oligonucleotides of 25 to 30 base pairs, resulting in a 5-to-100-fold more potent activity and




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