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Featured Article

Cell Culture Media & Consumables
The landscape of cell culture looks much more vibrant these days. Gone is the bland horizon of a few traditional formulations. Now that scene most resembles a multicolored tableau of options that suit a multitude of uses and cell types. While classic reagents and tools still pervade laboratory shelves, the newest products provide...more...

News

Researchers Reconstruct 3-D Hand Movement Using Brain Signals
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Alzheimer's-Associated Protein May Be Part Of The Innate Immune System
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Critical Brain Chemical Shown to Play Role in Severe Depression
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Predisposing Factors for Conversion of Mild Cognitive Impairment to AD Identified
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Scientists Identify Age-Associated Defects in Schizophrenia
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The Sea Squirt Offers Hope for Alzheimer's Sufferers
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Study: Gene Therapy Reverses Effects Of Lethal Childhood Muscle Disorder In Mice
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Multiple Sclerosis, Italian Researchers Discover A Possible Onset Mechanism For The Disease
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Why Symptoms Of Schizophrenia Emerge In Young Adulthood
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Notch-Blocking Drugs Kill Brain Cancer Stem Cells, Yet Multiple Therapies May Be Needed
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Nouns And Verbs Are Learned In Different Parts Of The Brain
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Thicker Brains Fend Off Pain
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Brain Implant Reveals The Neural Patterns Of Attention
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Caltech Scientists Find First Physiological Evidence Of Brain's Response To Inequality
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Researcher Discusses Novel Ways To Limit Stroke Damage
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Neural Mechanism May Underlie An Enhanced Memory For The Unexpected
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Mouse Model May Provide Insight Into The Schizophrenic Brain
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New Technologies

Calbiotech, Inc - Mouse/Rat ELISA Kits
Calbiotech offers unique Mouse/Rat ELISA kits for the quantitative measurement of a range of biomarkers such as ACTH, Cotinine, Prolactin,T3, T4, DHEA-S, Estradiol, Troponin I and HSV-1 IgG and others.
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SANYO North America Corporation - SANYO Twin Guard Series™
Nothing Beats 100% Protection Except 200% Protection
If you're preserving the work of a lifetime, this -86 freezer is for you.
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Featured Products

ScienCell Research Laboratories - Mouse Neurons-hippocampal
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R&D Systems - rhIFN-a Sampler (12x20,000 U)
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StemCell Technologies, Inc. - B27 Supplements 50X, 10 mL
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eBioscience - Accutase - Enzyme Cell Detachment Medium 100 ml
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Product Review

Product Review: EasySep® Human CD34 Positive Selection Kit From StemCell Technologies
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) are cells that are capable of giving rise to progenitors leading to both cells of lymphoid origin such as T cells and B cells, as well as cells of myeloid origins such as macrophages, monocytes, neutrophils and...
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Events

RNAi & miRNA World Congress
May 5 - May 7, 2010
Since the discovery of RNAi in 1998, progression in the field of RNA studies and therapies has been rapid. The 3rd RNAi World Congress meeting has been extended to include a focus on microRNAs as well as the latest developments in RNA-based Therapeutics and siRNA research and technologies.
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Epigenetics World Congress
May 6 - May 7, 2010
After being introduced last year in Europe, this inaugural US conference will explore the latest on the rapidly expanding field of epigenetics. Topics will include Gene Silencing, Chromatin Remodelling and ncRNA with a focus on the Epigenetics of Disease and Development.
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Single Cell Analysis
May 25 - May 26, 2010
Single Cell Analysis is quickly becoming a large tool in biological investigation and diagnosis in laboratorys. Within this conference will be a wide range of topics to cover the entire field, such as label-free analysis, RT-qPCR, microarrays and single cell analysis of genetic disorders.
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Jobs
Neurobiology Team Leader Medical Diagnostic Laboratories New Jersey USA more...	Faculty position Temple University School of Medicine Pennsylvania USA more...
Assistant Professor/Assistant Investigator Neurobiology of Disease Gladstone/UCSF Faculty Position Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) California USA more...	Research Associate/Sr Research Associate - Electrophysiology Genentech California USA more...