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Molecular Biometrics Secures Broad Patent Portfolio for Metabolomics Technology Platform In all Biomedical Applications
Company plans pivotal U.S. trial in 2007 for lead product in the IVF market.

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Human Motor Neurons from Stem Cells to Serve as Drug Discovery Tools for ALS
The ALS Association has partnered with two biotech companies to harness stem cell and gene manipulation technologies for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Transplanted Brain Cells Hold Promise for Parkinson's Disease
A human neural stem cell transplant enables an animal model for Parkinson’s to continue functioning normally.

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Alpha Wasserman Proteomic Technologies Announces an Agreement to Jointly Develop Methodologies in Collaboration with PBI
AWPT will utilize PBI’s Pressure Cycling Technology to enhance techniques for cell disruption, specifically for the preparation of samples prior to downstream processing with the AW Promatix 1000™.

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Affymetrix 500K Array Used to Generate First Copy Number Variation Map of the Human Genome
The study is the first publication to demonstrate the performance of whole-genome SNP arrays in detecting CNVs in the general population.

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Science and The Lancet Publish Results Using Illumina's HumanHap300 BeadChip
Studies report findings in Crohn's disease and Parkinson's disease.

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New Technology Used To Construct the First Map of Structural Variation in the Human Genome
Beyond the simple stream of one-letter characters in the human genome sequence lies a complex, higher-order code.

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Compugen Launches Predictive Discovery Platform with 200,000 Novel Genomic Variations
The GeneVa structural genomic variations platform provides predicted non-SNP medium and large-scale genetic variations in the human genome.

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StemCells Inc. Announces First Human Neural Stem Cell Transplant
Phase I clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of HuCNS-SC as a treatment for infantile and late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.

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Researchers Stimulate Growth of Neural Stem Cells in Adult Brain for Treatment of Neurological Disorders
Development that could potentially benefit victims of degenerative neurological diseases.
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