Scientists wake up ancient Sleeping Beauty jumping gene
Scientists have successfully created the first artificial transposon - a piece of DNA which randomly "jump" around the genome, cutting and pasting itself throughout the strands of DNA.
Archives for March 20, 2008
inVentiv Clinical the latest CRO to go Latin
inVentiv Clinical has become the latest contract research organisation (CRO) to open up shop in blossoming Latin America in a bid to gain more of a global reach.
Generic drag cant hold back Siegfried's API momentum
Switzerland's Siegfried Holding says that a significant jump in 2007 net profit, up 54 per cent to CHF 49.7m ($50m), vindicates its decision to refocus on the active pharmaceutical ingredients and generics sector.
Alkermes takes AIR Insulin blow with redundancies, facility closure
US-based drug delivery specialist Alkermes is cutting its losses following Eli Lilly's decision to scrap the companies' joint development programme for inhaled insulin.
Affymetrix to outsource jobs to Singapore
Microarray expert Affymetrix has started outsourcing some of its jobs in the US to Singapore.