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• Injectable Nanoparticles Control Blood Sugar in Diabetics for Days at a Time

  In a promising development for diabetes treatment, researchers have developed a network of nanoscale particles that can be injected into the body and release insulin when blood-sugar levels rise, maintaining normal blood sugar levels for more than a week in animal-based laboratory tests. The work was done by researchers at [...]

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• BioFlorida Announces New President, CEO

  The BioFlorida Board of Directors announced Nancy Bryan as the new president & CEO of Florida’s life sciences industry association. Bryan will lead and direct BioFlorida’s programs and advocacy initiatives during a time of impressive growth within the industry. According to BioFlorida’s most recent edition of Florida’s BioPulse, Florida’s biotechnology [...]

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• E. coli produces diesel on demand

  A team from the University of Exeter, with support from Shell, has developed a method to make bacteria produce diesel on demand.

  While the technology still faces many significant commercialisation challenges, the diesel, produced by special strains of E. coli bacteria, is almost identical to conventional diesel fuel.

  This means that it does not need [...]

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• Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics coverage

  April 15 2013 at 10:00am, scotusblog will begin live blogging of the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics case in the Supreme Court. The Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property at American University’s Washington College of Law will host a post-argument discussion on their website.

   

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• UF’s Sid Martin biotech incubator named 2013 Incubator of the Year

  The University of Florida’s Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator took top honors worldwide this week when it was named the 2013 Incubator of the Year by the National Business Incubation Association.

  “It’s always special when the University of Florida can say one of its programs is the best in the world,” said [...]

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• Nanotherapeutics awarded DOD contract, expands operations

  Florida Governor Rick Scott has announced that Nanotherapeutics, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company based in Alachua, will create 150 jobs at a manufacturing facility to be built as a result of a biodefense contract awarded last month by the Department of Defense. The company also will retain 45 positions, [...]

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• Miami’s bioRASI acquires Ukranian CRO

  bioRASI, a full service, global Contract Research Organization (CRO), has acquired Sponsors Clinical Research Group, LLC (SCRG), a Ukrainian based regulatory and clinical CRO. SCRG was established in 2004 and has been conducting clinical studies in an extensive range of therapeutic areas including cardiology, neurology, oncology, endocrinology and pulmonology.

  “We have [...]

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• Covance and M2Gen® Enter into Alliance to Promote Faster Patient Recruitment

  Covance Inc., a leading provider of drug development services, has entered into an exclusive alliance and services agreement with M2Gen, a subsidiary of the Moffitt Cancer Center and leader in advancing personalized medicine by using high-quality tissue, clinical data and molecular technology to advance research for personalized cancer treatments. [...]

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• Study maps human metabolism in health and disease

  Scientists have produced an instruction manual for the human genome that provides a framework to better understand the relationship between an individual’s genetic make-up and their lifestyle.

  The international team of researchers say their study, A community-driven global reconstruction of human metabolism – published in Nature Biotechnology – provides the [...]

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• Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator Named Finalist for International Award

  The Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator of Alachua, Fla., a program of the University of Florida, has been named a finalist for the National Business Incubation Association’s 2013 Dinah Adkins Incubator of the Year award in the technology focus category.

  The winner of the prestigious award will be announced April 9 at [...]

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