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• Helicos Ships Genetic Analysis System To Stanford University

  - 2008-10-07

  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ:HLCS) today announced the shipment of a Helicos[TM] Genetic Analysis System to Stanford University for use in research. The unique ability of the Helicos Genetic Analysis System to obtain sequence information from individual DNA molecules couples unparalleled throughput and scalability with an unbiased...

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• Stanford University Uses Fluidigm Integrated Fluidic Circuits to Help Develop Maternal Blood Test for Fetal Chromosomal Abnormalities

  - 2008-10-07

  Scientists Find a Noninvasive Prenatal Test for Down Syndrome SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation today announced that Stanford University has used the unique properties of the company's integrated fluidic circuits IFCs to help develop a noninvasive prenatal test for fetal chromosomal abnormalities using maternal blood. This...

  Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, researcher, Stanford University, technique

• Mysterious Snippets of DNA Withstand Eons of Evolution, Stanford Study Finds

  - 2008-10-01

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Small stretches of seemingly useless DNA harbor a big secret, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. There's one problem: We don't know what it is. Although individual laboratory animals appear to live happily when these genetic ciphers are deleted, these snippets have been highly...

  Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, HARDWARE, Mice, mouse, researcher, species, Stanford University

• Two Stanford Faculty Will Benefit from Keck Awards

  - 2008-08-04

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford University has received two million-dollar grants from the W.M. Keck Foundation for projects aimed at using light to control a variety of cells and exploring how specific enzymes help embryonic stem cells turn into adult cells. The beneficiaries of the grants are Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD,...

  Tags: benefit, Biotechnology, cell, DNA, Stanford University, stem-cell

• InNexus Biotechnology Welcomes Dr. Ronald Levy, Stanford University School of Medicine Oncology Division Chief, to Scientific Advisory Board

  - 2008-02-11

  BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada -- InNexus Biotechnology Inc. (OTCBB:IXSBF) (TSX VENTURE:IXS) (http://www.ixsbio.com), a drug development company commercializing the next generation of monoclonal antibodies based on its Dynamic Cross Linking (DXL[TM]) technology, welcomes Dr. Ronald Levy to its Scientific Advisory Board, effective immediately.

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• Stanford Researchers Sniff Out Gene That Gives Dogs Black Fur

  - 2007-10-30

  STANFORD, Calif. -- A discovery about the genetics of coat color in dogs could help explain why humans come in different weights and vary in our abilities to cope with stress, a team led by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine reports. The study, published in the...

  Tags: Biotechnology, gene, HARDWARE, Mice, protein, researcher, Stanford, Stanford University

• Nobel laureate, Portola Valley resident dies at 89

  - 2007-10-27

  Nobel Prize winner Arthur Kornberg, a pioneer in the field of genetic engineering honored for the test-tube synthesis of DNA, died Friday of respiratory failure at Stanford Hospital. He was 89. "It's really a passing of a generation," said Dr. Philip Pizzo, dean of...

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• CEO wrote the book on immaturity

  - 2007-09-27

  Thirty years ago, as a Stanford University graduate student, John Cassidy was "trying to figure out ways to make a living without having to go to all the effort normally associated with that kind of thing," he says. He and two friends published Juggling for the Complete Klutz, which they...

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• Baby Poop Gives Stanford Researchers Inside Scoop on Development of Gut Microbes

  - 2007-06-26

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine are as interested in a baby's poop as doting parents are, and for good reason. When a baby is born, so too is a new microbial ecosystem in the baby's gut. The Stanford team has made the most...

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• Bergs Give $4 Million toward New Stanford Medical School Building

  - 2007-04-25

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford University biochemist Paul Berg, PhD, and his wife, Millie, will contribute to the renewal of the School of Medicine with a $4 million gift to help build the Learning and Knowledge Center, the focal point for the school's future educational activities, Dean Philip Pizzo, MD, has...

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