Science Market Update

$11.5M Granted to Houston Scientists for Lymphoma Treatment Research

Posted by Laura Braden on Wed, Oct 04, 2017

LymphomaLymphoma is one of the most common types of cancer, with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma making up about 4% of all cancer cases in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. Although treatment methods like chemotherapy and radiation therapy are able to treat the cancer, researchers still actively study this cancer to gain a better understanding of it to develop new targeted treatment methods. 

Researchers from the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital have been studying new therapies for the cancer using T-cells, research that they will continue with the assistance of a new $11.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute. (Image courtesy of TexasPathologistMSW ia Wikimedia Commons)

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Tags: new research funding, cancer research, Texas Medical Center, tmc, Houston, TX, NIH funding, 2018, Lymphoma, Baylor College of Medicine

USC Researchers Use Proteins to Boost Immune System in Fighting HIV

Posted by Laura Braden on Mon, Oct 02, 2017

HIV Infected H9 T-CellAccording to the World Health Organization, more than 36.7 million people around the world are infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Although there is not yet a cure for HIV, some treatments are able to slow the spread of the virus. Researchers around the world study the virus with the hope of one day creating a cure to attack the virus. A team of researchers from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles are taking a different approach to fighting HIV - by creating a treatment that boosts the immune system instead of attacking the virus.

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Tags: CA, University of Southern California, USC, Los Angeles, BioResearch Product Faire Event, HIV research, 2018, HIV treatment

Texas Medical Center Lab Product Sales

Posted by Greg Paul on Thu, Aug 31, 2017

Join Biotechnology Calendar, Inc. at the January Texas Medical Center BioResearch Product Faire Event and exhibit at the largest medical complex in the world.

With life science expenditures and NIH funding totaling more than 2.2 billion dollars , the BioResearch Product Faire™ offers an excellent opportunity to meet with well-funded researchers.  This is further supported by consistent attendance at these trade shows well in excess of 400 researcher attendees, occasionally breaking 500 researchers in attendance.

Texas Medical Center has a new state of the art medical campus under construction which is estimated for completion in 2019 while the Zayed Building at MD Anderson just opend been opened in 2016.  We invite you to join us early next year for Houston’s 18th Annual BioResearch Product Faire™.

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Tags: cancer research, Texas Medical Center, Texas, tmc, Houston, Lab Product Sales, 2018

Increase lab sales? Early Special Ends Tomorrow

Posted by BCI Staff on Wed, Aug 30, 2017

Is your company looking to increase lab sales next year?

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Tags: 2018

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