Ichor Medical Systems has been awarded a two-year contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to assist the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in the development of a DNA vaccine for equine encephali

The world's leading network scientists will share their latest research at a conference hosted by the New York Hall of Science on May 20 - 25.

NetSci 2007: International Workshop and Conference on Network Scien

Quest Diagnostics, a provider of employer-related drug testing, has found that drug use among American workers has hit its lowest level since 1988.

Quest Diagnostics, which handled more than 9 million drug tests l

Applied Biosystems and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA), a UK government agency specializing in animal disease surveillance and veterinary research, have announced a strategic collaboration to manufacture and commercialize t

IMS Health has reported that U.S. prescription drug sales grew 8.3 percent to $274.9 billion in 2006.

Growth was fueled by the Medicare Part D prescription benefit, the increased utilization of generics within ne

The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), the world's largest organization representing the laboratory team, approved and announced its policy on health information technology/informatics and electronic medical health reco

Many managers may fall into a common type of behavior, a fact that could have a significant affect on your career path.

Robert Half International has outlined many of these types, and offered specific coping strat

A recently completed multi-center, peer-reviewed study has found that cardiac arrhythmias, one of the most common yet potentially dangerous heart conditions affecting more than four million Americans, often go undetected despite med

A $33 million donation will help build a home for Stanford's Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.

Lorry I. Lokey, the founder of Business Wire and a supporter of education and science, will

The California Unemployment Appeals Board has ruled against Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. in its effort to disqualify three former employees from receiving unemployment insurance benefits.

APDN, presently based in S

It's 10:30 Thursday night. It's been a busy week and I really don't feel like going back up to the lab tonight. Nonetheless, I put on my raincoat and head for the car. It comes with the turf–if you want to offer DNA synthesis at an academic institution, you've got to find a competitive niche.

One of the new requirements in ISO/IEC 17025:2005 is to actively seek the feedback of laboratory customers and do something with it to improve the management system and the technical activities. Fairly ambitious words.