http://www.netvouz.com/spisio/tag/technology?feed=rss spisio's bookmarks tagged "technology" on Netvouz http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/13/advancis-increases-amoxicillins-effectiveness/ Amoxicillin is a wide spectrum antibiotic used to treat many common infections, including strep throat. The usual prescription for treatment requires three 500mg amoxicillin doses daily. Advancis Pharmaceutical just released positive phase III trial resul spisio Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:08:24 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/04/20/another-technology-for-reducing-fuel-consumption-cylinder-deactivation/ Cylinder deactivation is one of those “have your cake and eat it too” technologies, which is probably why it is starting to catch on. First introduced by General Motors through its Cadillac division in the early ’80s, it experienced dismal results. spisio Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:38:44 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/28/diagnosis-of-a-virus-with-a-microchip/ A microchip with the ability to rapidly diagnose illness-causing viruses has recently been developed by the University of Colorado and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The FluChip is able to distinguish the type and subtype of 72 infl spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:22 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/09/iran-claims-to-have-cloned-a-sheep/ Even without seeing any visual proof of their accomplishments, my congratulations go out to the Iranian researchers for almost being successful in an experiment that was already carried out a decade ago. spisio Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:23:11 GMT http://cars.blogs.ca/2006/04/17/lexus-hybrid-ls-600h-l-aims-for-ultimate-luxury/ A serious luxury hybrid. Lexus unveiled its next hybrid and top of the line LS luxury sedan in Manhattan’s Jacob Javitz Center this week, the ultimate LS 600h L. spisio Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:43:27 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/09/med-biogene-inc-reports-promising-pre-clinical-results-for-lymphoma-diagnostic/ Vancouver based, Med BioGene Inc. announced August 3rd the results of its pre-clinical tests of its Diagnostic Lymphoma Bioarray. It will be used to detect if a patient has lymphoma. spisio Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:29:04 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/10/scientists-boost-rice-crops-already-impressive-water-resistance/ Even though rice is usually grown in ponds of water called paddies, floods can have a devastating impact on crop yield due to the plants drowning. This threat to farmers could soon change with the discovery of a gene that allows rice to live longer underw spisio Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:52:27 GMT