Cera Products Tackle Food-Linked Diarrheal Illness Outbreaks.
Also effective for diarrhea linked to C. difficile and antibiotic use COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- An increase in widespread outbreaks of diarrheal illness and some deaths linked to contaminated food supplies in the U.S., including spinach and carrot juice from California and, most recently, fresh...

Lexicon Genetics to Webcast Presentations at Upcoming Lazard and Piper Jaffray Investor Conferences.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Genetics Incorporated announced today that its management will participate in the upcoming investor events listed below. Arthur T. Sands, M.D., Ph.D., president and chief executive officer, will present at the Lazard Capital Markets Third Annual Life Sciences Conference at...

Webcast Alert: Lexicon Genetics Incorporated Announces Webcast of Annual Analyst and Investor Luncheon.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexicon Genetics Incorporated announces Webcast, with the details described below. What: Lexicon's senior management will provide a comprehensive update on the company's clinical and preclinical programs at its Annual Analyst and Investor Luncheon When: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 12:00 PM...

Lexicon Genetics to Present at RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Genetics Incorporated announced today that Arthur T. Sands, M.D., Ph.D., president and chief executive officer, will participate in two panels at the RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Conference at The Westin, New York City on Thursday, December 14, 2006. The panels are:...

Lexicon Genetics to Present at the 25th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Genetics Incorporated announced today that Arthur T. Sands, M.D., Ph.D., Lexicon's president and chief executive officer, will present at the 25th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference at The Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco on Thursday, January 11, 2007 at noon...

Acupuncture effective for reducing pain. (Ready for Mainstream?).
SAN DIEGO -- The ancient practice of acupuncture could be ready to enter mainstream medicine. Acupuncture may have a role in treating many complaints common in a family medicine practice, such as musculoskeletal pain or some gastrointestinal disorders, Dr. Robert Bonakdar said at the annual meeting of...

ViaCell Acquires Cerebrotec to Form Neuroscience Division.
Noted Neuroscientist, Dr. Seth Finklestein, to Head New Division Focusing on Cellular and Molecular Medicines for The Treatment of Stroke and Other Neurological Diseases BOSTON, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- ViaCell, Inc., a premier cellular pharmaceuticals company, today announced it has acquired...

Acorn Acquires Technologies From Michigan State University.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Acorn Technologies, Inc., a privately held research and development company engaged in Intellectual Property (IP) development and commercialization in Los Angeles, has acquired licensing rights to three early-stage discoveries under development by Robert Root-Bernstein, Ph.D., research professor in the Department of...

Rising nut allergies and saving energy in the office.
What's behind the startling explosion in nut allergies among children? Is it changes in the kids, the nuts or the processing? --Lynne Whetzel, Ithaca, NY Recent research does in fact show that the incidence of nut allergies among American and British children has tripled within...

Deltagen Announces 187 Potential Genomic Drug Targets in DeltaBase.
MENLO PARK, Calif., April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Deltagen, Inc. (Nasdaq: DGEN), a genomics and biotechnology company, announced today that it delivered the third quarterly release of its mammalian gene function data to its current DeltaBase(TM) subscribers. DeltaBase is a database containing functional information about genes and their...