ViroPharma Tops my Stock List
Wednesday December 31, 2008
My list of best biotech stocks for 2008 is in, and my top pick for the year is VPHM. I don't use a scientific method to make my choices, but ... Read More
EST Analyses Accelerate Gene Discovery
Wednesday December 24, 2008
EST stands for expressed sequence tag. ESTs are short chains of nucleotide bases (200-800 bases in length) derived from cDNA libraries. That is, they are sequences obtained from complementary DNA ... Read More
On the Origin of Modern Biotechnology
Sunday December 21, 2008
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is hosting their 2009 Annual Meeting in Chicago this year, with plans to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth ... Read More
Take Process Improvement Step-by-Step
Thursday December 18, 2008
According to a special March 2008 issue on bioprocess design, by BioProcess International, biopharmaceutical manufacturing involves four principle operations. Each operation consists of a separate series of manufacturing steps called ... Read More
Patent Law in Europe Discourages Embryonic Stem-Cell Research
Tuesday December 16, 2008
The European Patent Office recently (Nov. 27/08) upheld their ruling that disallows patenting a process that uses human embryonic stem cells and requires destruction of an embryo. The Wisconsin Alumni ... Read More
Ovary Transplant Marks Breakthrough in Fertility Research
Thursday December 11, 2008
On November 11, 2008, a healthy baby girl was born to a woman who received an ovary transplant from her twin sister; the first time an entire ovary was transplanted ... Read More
Clues Found in the Study of Epigenomic Stability
Wednesday December 10, 2008
There's new evidence implicating the role of siRNA in abnormal development of immortalized cell cultures. In a study published today, and led by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (New ... Read More
Do Stringent Quality Guidelines Drive BioProcess Design?
Wednesday December 10, 2008
The biopharmaceutical industry is, by some definitions, the industry surrounding bioprocessing and the discovery, development and production of small-molecule drugs. These drugs are derived from living organisms as opposed to ... Read More
Food Process Intensification
Sunday December 7, 2008
Have you ever made stewed tomatos? This morning while I watched my pot of watery tomato juice simmer down to a thick sauce, I truly realized just how beneficial membrane ... Read More
Are Clinical Trials on Children Unethical?
Tuesday December 2, 2008
A week or so ago I wanted to write about the bioethics issues surrounding clinical trials on children, but was sidetracked by other topics. Tonight, however, I am reminded of ... Read More