ALEXANDRIA, VA–(Marketwired – Apr 23, 2013) – In a major advance in the use of gene therapy for treating type 1 diabetes, researchers have shown that this approach can provide beneficial therapeutic effects in dogs for up to four years, without causing hypoglycemia, according to a study published in the May issue of the journal Diabetes. Researchers from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, led by Dr. Continue reading
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Gene therapy cures diabetes in dogs
London, Feb. 13 (ANI): Five beagles, who were suffering from diabetes, were no longer in need of insulin injections after they were given two extra genes. Fatima Bosch, who treated the dogs at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, said that a number of attempts had earlier been made to treat the disease with gene therapy but this study is the first to show a long-term cure in a large animal, New Scientist reported. Continue reading
Gene therapy cures diabetic dogs
Five diabetic beagles no longer needed insulin injections after being given two extra genes, with two of them still alive more than four years later. Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence Goes Mobile to Create Context-Aware Business Users´ Assistants by ClickSoftware
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Diabetes in dogs cured using single gene therapy
Washington, February 8 (ANI): For the first time, it has been that it is possible to cure diabetes in large animals with a single session of gene therapy. Researchers from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), led by Fatima Bosch, found that after a single gene therapy session, the dogs recover their health and no longer show symptoms of the disease Continue reading
Malta 2012 the streets of Valetta – European Film Awards 2012 – Video
Malta 2012 the streets of Valetta – European Film Awards 2012 The European Film Awards are presented in 15 categories and take place in Berlin every second year. After London, Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Warsaw, Copenhagen and Tallinn, the 25th European Film Awards will travel to Malta: megaliths, medieval dungeons and Calypso's Cave — the Maltese Islands are positively mythic. The narrow meandering streets of their towns and villages are crowded with Renaissance cathedrals and Baroque palaces Continue reading
Frank Koppens: Manipulating light with graphene – Video
Frank Koppens: Manipulating light with graphene With potential uses from photovoltaics to integrated optical circuits, new discoveries can be quickly applied. spie.org – SPIE Optics and Photonics Symposium Frank Koppens is Assistant Professor and Nano-optoelectronics group leader at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Barcelona, Spain. He obtained his PhD in experimental nanoscience and quantum computation at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University (Cum Laude, 2007), in the Netherlands Continue reading
CorporateHousingbyOwner.com Makes Foreign Travel More Comfortable with International Expansion of Furnished Corporate …
DENVER, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Increasing demand for furnished housing outside of the U.S Continue reading
Cool Stars 18 Coming to Lowell, Flagstaff in 2014
One of the largest and most prestigious astronomy conferences is coming to Flagstaff in 2014. Lowell Observatory and its hometown, Flagstaff, Arizona, were recently selected to host the next “Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun”, also known as Cool Stars. Continue reading
Liberty Global CFO Sees Germany Allowing More Cable Acquisitions
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Liberty Global to Present at the Morgan Stanley 12th Annual Technology, Media & Telecoms Conference
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Liberty Global, Inc. (Liberty Global) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) will be presenting at the Morgan Stanley 12th Annual Technology, Media & Telecoms Conference on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. CET at the Hotel Arts in Barcelona, Spain. Continue reading
Alava Ingenieros Group Joins BRS Labs’ Value Added Reseller Program
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS Labs), creator of AISight, the first artificial intelligence system for enhanced video surveillance that delivers real-time alerts for unexpected activity, today announced an alliance with Alava Ingenieros Group. Continue reading
Having a coke with you Frank O’ Hara English/Italian – Video
Having a coke with you Frank O' Hara English/Italian Having a coke with you by Frank O'Hara. I heard it in Beastly and I immediatly fell in love with that. music: Lindy's in trouble lyrics: Having a Coke with You is even more fun than going to San Sebastian, Irn, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonne or being sick to my stomach on the Travesera de Gracia in Barcelona partly because in your orange shirt you look like a better happier St Continue reading
Edinburgh wins world travel award
8 October 2012 Last updated at 08:11 ET Edinburgh has beaten London, Paris and Barcelona to the title of Europe’s Leading Destination in 2012. The prize was given at the World Travel Awards in Portugal at the weekend, described by the organisers as the “Oscars of the travel industry”. The awards are intended to highlight and reward those travel brands that have made the greatest contribution to the industry over the past year Continue reading
Fibrous Protein Nanocomposites Conference
Public release date: 28-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Kevin Korpics kevin@engconfintl.org Engineering Conferences International This multidisciplinary conference on “Fibrous Protein Nanocomposites for Tailored Hybrid Biostructures and Devices” will address the state of the art in the design, synthesis and characterization of hybrid bio-nano- materials and devices for electronic and nanomedicine applications. The conference will be held in the island of Crete, a renowned destination since the antiquity situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Sea, exposed to the diverse cultures of three continents. In a metaphorical manner, the conference aims at exposing the audience to several different disciplines (materials science, biology and engineering) focusing on various aspects of fibrous nanocomposites Continue reading
AI System Automates Consumer Gripes
By Ben Rooney From sister blog Tech Europe: An artificial intelligence service that automatically resolves consumers disputes and can even engage in negotiations was displayed at Le Webin London on Wednesday. Cognicor, a spinoff company from the Barcelona Institute of Artificial Intelligence, is aimed at businesses that get a huge volume of low-value complaints that need to be resolved Continue reading
A cracking approach to nanotechnology
For most manufacturers, cracks are usually something to be avoided and the semiconductor industry is no exception. Continue reading
CNIO scientists successfully test the first gene therapy against aging-associated decline
Public release date: 14-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Juan J. Gomez juanj.gomez@cnio.es 34-917-328-000-4060 Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas (CNIO) A number of studies have shown that it is possible to lengthen the average life of individuals of many species, including mammals, by acting on specific genes. To date, however, this has meant altering the animals’ genes permanently from the embryonic stage an approach impracticable in humans. Continue reading
Nano-subs built to grab and move oil spills
Scientists say they have built a self-propelled “microsubmarine” that can scoop up oil from contaminated waters and take the droplets to a collection facility. Continue reading