Bio.com Life Sciences News Update
June 26, 2002
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CONTENTS:
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1. Science News: "Vitamin E Rich Diet May Reduce Alzheimer's Risk"
2. InFocus: "Drug Discovery: Getting Virtual" - Transcript is now available
3. Career Center: The "Next Generation" Career Center is here
4. Jobs of the Week: "Laboratory Supervisor" and others
5. Market Research: "The Emerging Bio-IT Market"
6. Featured Software: "Genamics Expression" and others
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1. SCIENCE NEWS
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-How Genes Dictate Our Biological Clock
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You may feel different at the dreary hour of 4 a.m. than you do
mid-afternoon at 4 p.m. Now, researchers might understand why. A study from
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis helps explain how
genes dictate our biological clock.
-Decision Making at the Cellular Level
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It's a wonder cells make it through the day with the barrage of cues and
messages they receive and transmit to direct the most basic and necessary
functions of life. Such cell communication, or signal transduction, was at
least thought to be an "automatic" cascade of biochemical events.
-Vitamin E Rich Diet May Reduce Alzheimer's Risk
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A new population-based study of antioxidants, appearing in the June 26,
2002, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), suggests that a
diet rich in foods containing vitamin E may help protect some people against
Alzheimer's disease (AD).
-FEATURE: Genetically Engineered Corn and the Monarch Butterfly Controversy
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In the summer of 1999, Cornell entomologist John Losey sparked a worldwide
controversy with the publication of a short paper in the scientific journal
Nature reporting laboratory findings that monarch butterfly larvae died
after eating milkweed plants dusted with pollen from genetically modified
(GM) corn. That paper generated intense national and international news
coverage transforming the monarch butterfly overnight into a dramatic symbol
of what environmentalists and some scientists saw as the dangers of
agricultural biotechnology.
-FEATURE: About A Virus
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In the United States, there are 1,250,000 people living with chronic
hepatitis B, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). The average American's lifetime chances of being infected by HBV are
about five percent, and about five percent of those infections will become
chronic. Professor Francis Chisari of The Scripp's Research Institute hopes
to find an answer to chronic hepatitis B infections.
To view Industry news, visit:
http://www.bio.com/industryanalysis/industryanalysis_news.jhtml
To view Research news, visit:
http://www.bio.com/newsfeatures/newsfeatures_research.jhtml
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2. INFOCUS WEBCAST
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1) "Drug Discovery: Getting Virtual, Getting Real"
Broadcast Friday, June 7, 2002
*Click here to view the PDF transcript:
http://www.bio.com/file_temp/getreal1.pdf
*Click here to listen to the audio recording:
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*To view all past InFocus Webcast recordings and transcripts, go to:
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2) Our next InFocus webcast, "Pharmacogenomics: Applications in Drug
Development," is scheduled for Wednesday, July 10th at 10am Pacific Time.
Look for more details in the next newsletter.
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3. CAREER CENTER
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Bio.com announces the "Next Generation" Career Center!
-Over 1,800 biotechnology positions at your fingertips
-New features available making your job search more powerful than ever
Visit us today to set up your FREE personal profile:
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4. JOBS OF THE WEEK
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Look at what's new in the Bio.com Career Center this week:
-Agensys: Senior Research Associate/Associate Scientist
http://www.bio.com/careercenter/seekers/view_job.jhtml?id=7100020
-Corus Pharma: Process Development Chemist
http://www.bio.com/careercenter/seekers/view_job.jhtml?id=7200040
-Pharmacia: Postdoctoral Scientist
http://www.bio.com/careercenter/seekers/view_job.jhtml?id=5900002
-Millennium Pharmaceuticals: Senior Research Associate
http://www.bio.com/careercenter/seekers/view_job.jhtml?id=5500023
-Bristol-Myers Squibb: Laboratory Supervisor
http://www.bio.com/careercenter/seekers/view_job.jhtml?id=7400036
-Setren Smallberg & Associates: Scientist
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Register today and start using our new features:
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Click here to browse all jobs from Bio.com's Career Center:
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5. MARKET RESEARCH
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Bio.com offers the most comprehensive collection of market research.
-The Emerging Bio-IT Market: The Convergence of IT and Biopharmaceutical R&D
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The combination of the bioscience industry with the information technology
(IT) industry is emerging as an exciting industry segment that is being
called bio-IT. The bio-IT market is emerging at an important time when the
bioscience companies need enormous computing power to make sense of the
flood of data that is being generated in drug discovery R&D labs.
Ironically, this is also an important time for the IT industry, which is
hungry for new customers in the slow economy. This report seeks to review
all the key elements of this interesting and important market.
-Scientific & Medical Conferences: Evaluating Promotional Opportunities
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Conferences play an essential role in fostering communication among
scientific and medical professionals. Conferences are also viewed by
scientists and clinicians as an opportunity to visit and evaluate vendors
from whom they are considering purchasing products--while retaining a great
deal of control over the interaction. Based on a 32-question survey of more
than 1,400 life science and medical professionals, Scientific & Medical
Conferences: Evaluating Promotional Opportunities from BioInformatics, LLC
is designed to help marketers evaluate promotional opportunities at
scientific and medical conferences.
-Agbiotech: Genetically Altered Traits in Crop/Food Products and Ingredients
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The potential benefits derived from agricultural biotechnology are plentiful
and sometimes staggering. In addition to feeding an increasingly hungry
world, agbiotech products can add nutritional benefits, provide a new
alternative to pharmaceutical deliveries and become an important source of
renewable resources. The goals of this report are to examine the many
opportunities and challenges facing this industry today and in the near
future, and to identify the areas for future growth. The report will also
examine current and future agbiotech products, forecast their sales and
growth as well as discuss potential new market applications.
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6. FEATURED SOFTWARE
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Includes over 1,100 antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, antiprotozoal,
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-Genamics Expression
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Expression is a revolutionary new application for DNA and protein sequence
analysis. Utilizing a novel interface, Expression makes complex
computational analyses of sequence information incredibly simple. Expression
uses the very latest computing technology to set new standards in the way
sequences are analysed.
-Pocket HyperChem
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Pocket HyperChem, from Hypercube, Inc. is the first chemistry software to
run on Windows CE based devices. This product provides the basic molecular
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