Johns Hopkins researchers have succeeded in teaching computers how to identify commonalities in DNA sequences known to regulate gene activity,…
Super UserNovember 6, 2012
Despite the huge amounts of money that the pharmaceutical industry spends on drug discovery, it is notoriously old-fashioned in how…
Super UserNovember 6, 2012
Salaries hinted at a recovery last year after a noticeable dip in 2010—the first-ever drop in The Scientist’s 10-year history…
Super UserNovember 5, 2012
McLean-based SAIC Inc., which said in August it would split its operations into two separate, publicly traded companies, says current…
Super UserNovember 5, 2012
The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (Commission) announced today that it has received the 2012 Excellence in Technology-Based Economic Development…
Super UserNovember 5, 2012
A University of Maryland study projects that Washington, D.C., city and federal property could suffer billions of dollars in damage…
Super UserNovember 2, 2012
Rockville-based Emergent BioSolutions Inc. said Thursday it plans to develop or acquire three specialty products in biodefense and other markets…
Super UserNovember 2, 2012
Since leaving China over two decades ago, I have been amazed at the scale and speed of the physical transformation…
Super UserNovember 2, 2012
The FDA seemed to tentatively support the benefits of the investigational monoclonal antibody raxibacumab for treating inhalational anthrax following new…
Super UserNovember 1, 2012