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DON IMUS, FBN HOST: This is the IMUS IN THE MORNING program. Time now for a business update from the Fox Business Network. Here's Connell McShane.CONNELL MCSHANE, FBN CORRESPONDENT: And, here's a live business alert on the markets. Start you off here 6:00 a.m. eastern time with some big gains for stocks over in Europe. Look at this on a Monday morning, up 2 percent in London, 2 percent in Paris, and 1-3/4 percent in Germany. Banking stocks getting a lift after the earnings from BNP Paribas, better than expected.

Here in the United States, up 1 percent across the board, 112 points to the up side on Dow futures this morning, as we move on to the month of august after the Dow gained 7 percent in the month of July. There it is over the one month -- well, there's the Dow Jones industrial average that we have showed you. It would have been up 7 percent over the one-month time spent.

Anyway, BP engineers planning to start the so-called static kill today. They'll shoot mud and may be cement into the blown out well. Now, it will make it easier to permanently finish the job within the relief well. Once the relief well is finished, mud then will be pumped in from the bottom, permanently plugging the leak and that could happen in about a week. So, we'll keep an eye on situations down there in the gulf throughout the day today.

Now, in terms of earnings, we have breaking news in from the health care company, Humana. It just reported its figure, looks to be significantly better than expected, over $2 a share and earnings $2.11 per share. The estimate was only 1.67, so that's a good way to start the week certainly on the earnings from Humana, much better than expected. Keep an eye on the stock today 4702 at Friday's close. Now, some other top stories, Alan Greenspan offering his take on the economy and here's what the former Federal Reserve Chairman said on NBC's Meet The Press yesterday.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ALAN GREENSPAN, FORMER FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN: I think we're in a pause in a recovery -- a modest recovery, but a pause in the modest recovery feels like quasi-recession.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MCSHANE: Greenspan says, he doesn't think the economy is strong enough to create jobs yet, so he predicts that unemployment will stay somewhere around 9.5 percent for the rest of the year. He also says a rising stock market will do more to stimulate the economy than any other stimulus measures that are currently being discussed.

Ben Bernanke and Tim Geithner are both speaking today at separate events. The treasury secretary will be at New York University to discuss, The next steps for financial reform. The Fed Chairman will be at a conference in South Carolina. His talk is scheduled to be about Wall Street reforms included in the financial regulation law.

And, Blackberry service is banned by two middles eastern countries. The United Arab of Emirates says that Blackberry e-mail, instant messaging, and web services will be banned starting in October. The issue is how Research In Motion handles the data. The UAE is worried that -- cannot force RIM to turn over data sent on its servers even on a National Security situation. Saudi Arabia also planning to ban Blackberry's instant messaging service. You see the stock just down slightly the pre-market.

Now, let's take a look at commodities, the oil and the gold price. Oil is up close to $80 a barrel this morning. At the bottom of the hour, 6:30 eastern time, the I-man's guest will be Bo Dietl. Stay tune for that and much more as IMUS IN THE MORNING starts on the Fox Business Network.

NEIL CAVUTO, FBN YOUR WORLD HOST: You seem a little prickly this morning.

IMUS: No, why?

CAVUTO: You're very sensitive. You're just -- everything -- you're jumping on everyone. Some people offer advice to you and you get, you know --

IMUS: I want -- I don't --

CAVUTO: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm an icon. I'm Marcodis and all that -- whatever. IMUS: I don't need any advice. I know what I'm doing.

CAVUTO: Well, listen, Mr. Mt. Olympus, I would like to introduce you to -- earth!

(LAUGHING)

IMUS: Don't scream at me. Is that the way you go here and scare me - -

CAVUTO: You are just incorrigible. I mean just lighten up. I mean people want to offer you advice. You know, accept it.

IMUS: I don't want your advice -- butt out! How does that sound?

(LAUGHING)

CAVUTO: Now, I'm surprised you're high as number five, by the way, but --

(LAUGHING)

IMUS: We're talking about the all-time list of talk show hosts in which I was number one as Rush Limbaugh, number 2 is Howard Stern. I could make a case for either one of them, frankly.

CAVUTO: Yes.

IMUS: Then there's Larry King, I cannot make a case for him and Sean Hannity. He's a friend of mine, I love Sean -- even Sean would agree that he doesn't -- that I'm a genius. There is no way that I should be below Larry King and Sean Hannity. That's insane.

BERNARD MCGUIRK, IMUS SHOW: Now, we just heard from Sean, he is surprised you are number five.

(LAUGHING)

IMUS: And then Neil I get e-mails from him all day. Why are you trashing me -- shut up! You were an intern in the Carter White House?

(LAUGHING)

CAVUTO: Yes. I was.

IMUS: And then you worked for PBS?

CAVUTO: Yes. I did.

IMUS: When did you have this epiphany?

CAVUTO: Well, by the way, I was -- I'm flattered though I am. I'm surprised you are looking at my bio. I looked at yours. The only thing I like to double check when I look at yours is 1940 dash, and I then I don't see another year, and so I move on.

(LAUGHING)

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, IMUS IN THE MORNING.

IMUS: I'm still trying to wake up, which probably you're trying to do too. Man, this is not good. Bo Dietl, Jeff Greenfield, Congressman Anthony Wiener is coming up this morning. Wiener's guy screaming at Peter King, right?

MCGUIRK: That's exactly right.

IMUS: I like Anthony Wiener, frankly. So that Wyatt here, but pretty much a bleeding heart, anyway --

MCGUIRK: But, he's a good guy.

CHARLES MCCORD, IMUS SHOW: A good guy, yes.

IMUS: Yes, he's a good guy.

MCGUIRK: Good personality.

IMUS: Yes. He has all this going for him, so --

MCGUIRK: But he's wrong on this.

IMUS: Huh?

MCGUIRK: But, he's clearly wrong on this issue. He's trying to make our guy, Pete the king, look bad.

IMUS: Yes. Charles Rangel will be here this morning and so we'll like the situation.

MCCORD: All right.

IMUS: And, I called Bernie, I was late this morning, but I just said. I didn't get up, so -- and, I'm on the horses all day yesterday, which is I'm trying to wear the kids out just for the hell, you know, just take them on these impossibly long rides up the mountains and stuff and --

(LAUGHING)

MCCORD: Yes.

IMUS: -- thinking, you know, that -- but, it winds up wearing me out. They are fine, so the nurse is sick here at the ranch.

MCCORD: The nurse is sick? That's not good.

IMUS: Well, you know what the problem is?

MCCORD: What:

IMUS: Some of them -- Dr. Katz is in good shape. He runs and all that, so -- but some of them come out there in such horrible shape. They cannot function. You know, it is between 6 and 7,000 feet altitude.

MCCORD: Yes.

IMUS: And you know, you -- it's not easy. And they all get sick and they are detoxifying because they can't have diet coke and all that junk, so their bodies go into toxic shock, and it is horrible. Anyway, but they are fine. The doctor is taking care of the nurse. Kids are fine. Let's go on. I called Bernie.

MCCORD: Yes?

IMUS: And, what's going on he says. Here's the leading news of the day.

IMUS: OK.

IMUS: Lindsay Lohan is out of prison.

(LAUGHING)

MCGUIRK: Hold the presses.

IMUS: Yes. So, what's going on? The oil is still not leaking, right, Charles or what?

MCCORD: The oil is still not leaking, and there is some positive developments, I-man. Quickly, the first step in the eventual permanent sealing of the well may get underway today according to Thad Allen -- according to Bob Saddles (ph) though of BP it may not get underway until tomorrow, the so-called static kill, the top kill where they're going to introduce that drilling mud and cements into the blowout preventer itself and that will allow them 5-6 days later to complete the well casing in the relief well, and actually start sealing the thing at the bottom.

And the other good news, the coast guard in New Orleans says crews were able to finish repairs and stop the flow of natural gas and oil early last evening from the well head that was damaged when it got struck by the tow vessel last Tuesday morning --

IMUS: And the boat ran into it, right?

MCCORD: Exactly. So, that is good. That has been sealed up. And, there is a problem, though, with the dispersants. BP in trouble over the gulf spill, and a congressional panel taking a close look at how much dispersant was used.

And Ed Markey saying for example that as far as he's concerned they were carpet bombing the oil spill, and there's a lot of anger over that. Anger also, gas station owners that are BP lobbying for a new name. They want to revert to the name, Amoco, which was purchased by BP back in 1998 to try --

IMUS: Why, Charles?

MCCORD: Well, I don't know why they wouldn't want to be called BP anymore, I-man. And, flooding in Pakistan, now said maybe to have killed as many as 3,000 people.

IMUS: Oh God!

MCCORD: According to an independent there -- a rescue service. They know they have over 1, 200 dead and fear that it could go as high as 3,000 in the swamped mountains in Northwest Pakistan, where of course the area where they've been trying to fight the Taliban's growing influence in that area.

IMUS: Maybe, they are trying to drown them.

MCCORD: And, something is going on, I-man, horrible story.

IMUS: That is horrible.

MCCORD: Yes. And, Admiral Mike Mullen Joint Chiefs Chairman saying the wikileaks documents were already helping the Taliban. The Taliban able to identify people who have been helping in the, you know, afghans who have been helping the effort by the coalition. They say they're going to hunt them down and kill them.

IMUS: Frank Rich wrote a column sort of analogizing -- sort of jury, yesterday, Bernie and Charles?

MCCORD: Yes, I did as a matter of fact.

MCGUIRK: A little bit.

IMUS: Pentagon papers deal, but I kind of knew the impact. The Pentagon papers didn't have all that much of an impact.

MCCORD: On policy or strategy, yes.

IMUS: So, I took an informal poll off the air of you guys.

MCCORD: Yes?

IMUS: If anybody watched the -- any of the x-games. I'm the only one -- I know, I know Warner didn't -- No, do you know about the X-Games, Warner?

WARNER WOLF, FBN SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR: No.

IMUS: So, there you go. But, I mean is it a big deal? Why aren't we watching the X-Games, not just Warner, but -- well, I didn't expect them to watch them.

WOLF: No.

MCCORD: Yes.

IMUS: But, I just don't -- I don't know. And, then what does it say about me that I'm watching them?

(LAUGHING)

MCCORD: And, you're the only one.

IMUS: Shaun White on the skateboard. I mean, what is that?

(LAUGHING)

MCCORD: I don't know.

IMUS: But, I got to find something else to do.

WOLF: Yes.

IMUS: People flipping the motorcycles and bicycles in the air.

MCCORD: Yes.

IMUS: It's cool to watch, though.

MCCORD: Yes.

IMUS: Did you ever see it?

MCCORD: Yes. I have. Yes, I have. I haven't watched it this time around -- so far.

IMUS: Warner would watch it if Joe DiMaggio were on it -- flipping a motorcycle --

(LAUGHING)

WOLF: That's right.

IMUS: I guess. I don't know --

WOLF: Sure!

MCCORD: Joe DiMaggio in a half -- half pipe.

IMUS: It's 11 after the hour. The Yankees just lost to the Devil Rays. So, I guess tonight they're not going to go away.

WOLF: No. They won one game back, and they took 2 out of 3 and shut them out. But, I wouldn't call them Devil anymore --

IMUS: Whatever they are.

WOLF: They cut out devil -- The Rays.

IMUS: What are they? WOLF: The Rays.

IMUS: They're not the type of the Devil Rays?

WOLF: No. They cut out devil.

IMUS: Why did they do that?

WOLF: The negative tone. Get rid of it connotation like the bullets changed to the Wiz.

IMUS: We understand that.

WOLF: Yes.

IMUS: But, they still call them the New Jersey Devils, don't they?

WOLF: New Jersey, yes.

MCCORD: Yes.

WOLF: Yes, they do.

IMUS: Do they still suck?

(LAUGHING)

WOLF: Well, they get the fans hopes up and then they die in the playoffs.

IMUS: Sure. Well, then they still suck.

WOLF: Yes.

IMUS: Connell McShane is coming up with the business news this morning. What's ahead, Connell?

MCSHANE: The market looks great here so far this morning. Starting off the August trade, we're up 100 points or more than that on Dow futures already. So, looks like we'll start off the month pretty much like we ended the last one, which was at the 7 percent gained from the Dow, but the Dow gained 690 points in month of July.

So, there was data out of China that didn't look very encouraging. It was kind of weak but so far investors are shrugging that off. I guess they're thinking that it could have been worse. And, the bank earnings from Europe have been pretty strong driving the market gains. So, it looks like we'll open higher this morning.

IMUS: Dagen McDowell coming up with business news as well as Connell. She was in the infield, she told us at Pocono yesterday. Did you watch that race, Warner?

WOLF: Oh, man! I was glued to that, the whole time! Come on. I saw the two crashes -- that was it. Greg Biffle wins.

IMUS: Somebody's engine came out, didn't it?

MCCORD: Yes.

WOLF: Yes. That was sad. Yes.

IMUS: I saw that as well, so -- I don't know how I saw it, but maybe I saw a replay. It was probably -- it was probably all the stuff - because I'm on a horse all day, so I don't know. It must have been sports center that I saw it.

WOLF: Good chance.

IMUS: Ugly situation, though.

WOLF: Yes, and then --

IMUS: You know, there are hundreds of people not there, Warner. Did you see all empty seats?

WOLF: Yes! Attendance has gone down. TV has gone down. Sure!

IMUS: Did you see -- did you watch it, Charles?

MCCORD: A little bit of it. Yes, I-man. I saw --

IMUS: You did?

MKCCORD: Yes. I saw the crash where the engine came out, in fact.

IMUS: Where are all these people?

MCCORD: I don't know.

WOLF: They're watching the X-Games.

(LAUGHING)

IMUS: I don't know. Well, even you guys are all out of it or I am. I suspect it's me. It's 14 after the hour. We got a briefing coming up from Bernard McGuirk, sponsored by PC Richard and Son, 100 years. Here for you always, got it going on. Honesty, integrity, family. What's going on, Bernie?

MCGUIRK: Lindsay Lohan is out of jail. She went straight to rehab, unfortunately for her no 24 hours with the family. They get liquored up and recharged with the -- she's on -- she supposedly --

(LAUGHING)

IMUS: Why is that phrase funny -- liquored up? Huh?

MCGUIRK: She probably had enough of that in prison. You know, she's on -- she's addicted to Adderall, which is --

IMUS: What is that?

MCGUIRK: It treats Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

IMUS: That's what I need, Charles. Isn't it?

MCGUIRK: Yes. I wonder if that's any good.

MCCORD: Can you get on that, I-man?

IMUS: That's absolutely what I need. (LAUGHING)

MCGUIRK: That and Dilaudid for dental pain. She used to take that too.

IMUS: Dilaudid?

MCGUIRK: Right.

IMUS: Oh, man! You know, one time when I got bucked off the horse -- well, I nearly died.

MCCORD: Yes.

IMUS: And -- I guess it's all right to say this. So, I was in the hospital for almost two weeks.

MCCORD: Yes?

IMUS: So, they let me out to come back to the ranch, you know. And, I just -- I was really in a mess, I mean my lung collapse and all my ribs broken, shoulder, collar bone, everything, horrible. So, they gave me -- before, I was in a lot of pain, so Dilaudid is really strong. It may be the strongest, stronger than OxyContin, I think. So, I said, well you know we're in Ribera, New Mexico, 120 miles from Albuquerque, 50 miles from Santa Fe, 25 miles from Las Vegas, Mexico.

MCCORD: Yes?

IMUS: I said, that's going to be difficult for me to get to the drug store. So, they gave me a prescription for 600 Dilaudid.

(LAUGHING)¼

MCGUIRK: Yes!

IMUS: I took them all, you know -- but not one day, but over the course of whatever, and when I was pretty much out of them, so I just stopped taking them.

MCCORD: Yes?

IMUS: Well, about 8 hours later --

MCCORD: Not a good idea?

IMUS: -- I had to get Vicodin to get off of the Dilaudid.

(LAUGHING)

MCCORD: Jesus! Oh, my God!

IMUS: And then finally to get off of the -- I was on Vicodin for a long time --

(LAUGHING)

LOU RUFINO, IMUS SHOW PROGRAM ENGINEER: Round and round we go.

IMUS: Then I had to taper off the Vicodin.

MCCORD: Yes?

IMUS: And I -- the guys at fan used to bum Vicodin off of me, you know, various -- I'm sure remain nameless, but --

MCCORD: Not, that's for pain.

RUFINO: Go to the I-man, I got nothing, go to him.

(LAUGHING)

IMUS: And then I -- then I had 500 Vicodin --

MCCORD: I remembered that.

IMUS: -- and they expired, you know. So, I threw them away. A couple people wanted to kill me.

(LAUGHING)

RUFINO: They'll give you a good deal, man! Back off!

(LAUGHING)

IMUS: Sixteen after the hour. What else is going on, Bernie?

MCGUIRK: Well, Chelsea got married over the weekend, and everybody is sick of hearing about the wedding. But, just one last time, no big celebrities showed up. No Oprah. No Obama, but apparently, Madeleine Albright was the last one on the dance floor until about 3:30 in the morning.

MCCORD: That's right.

MCGUIRK: But, Ted Danson was the biggest celebrity to show up. You could see him doing the electric slide and Mary Steenburgen, and Roger actually showed up. Roger and his son unaccompanied by any females, and you know you could have bought a couple of 8 balls of blow from that guy. So, anyway the bridesmaids, they were provided with mace and good time was had by all. She did not -- Chelsea did not convert, by the way. She --

IMUS: Well, good for her.

MCGUIRK: Right.

IMUS: And, let's just move on.

MCGUIRK: Sure.

IMUS: It's 17 after the hour -- before you get yourself in trouble.

MCGUIRK: Who, me?

IMUS: Seventeen after the here hour here on the IMUS IN THE MORNING program. Our old friend, Mojo Nixon --

MCCORD: Oh, my God!

IMUS: -- is 53 today, Chuck.

MCCORD: God bless him.

IMUS: I think Mojo was on outlaw country with Fred Imus --

MCCORD: Oh, no!

(LAUGHING)

IMUS: I'm serious. The last time I heard him, he was. Here's one of his big hits.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

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(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

IMUS: This is the IMUS IN THE MORNING program. Time now for a business update from the Fox Business Network, here's Connell McShane.

MCSHANE: Here's your latest fox business minute. The shares of HSBC moving higher in pre-market trading reporting better than expected profit for the first half of the year. Profit in fact more than doubled, $6.76 billion. Biggest bank in Europe, benefiting from fewer bad loans and other risky credit.

Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke both speaking today. They'll be speaking at separate events, the treasury secretary will be at New York University discussing quote The Next Steps For Financial Reform. The Fed Chairman will be at a conference in South Carolina. His talk is scheduled to be about the Wall Street reforms that are included in the new financial regulation law.

And, two key economic reports that we're watching out for today. One gauges the health of the manufacturing sector for July. That's the ISM report, expected to slip to 55. Readings above 50, do indicate an expanding factory sector. And the second report comes out on construction spending and may decline a half a percent in June from the previous month. Both of those reports by the way are out at 10:00 a.m. eastern time this morning.

Let's take a quick look at these futures. Yet again, strong European bank earnings, one of the reasons the Dow futures are up 102 points this morning as IMUS IN THE MORNING continues now on Fox Business.

IMUS: It is 24 after the hour here on the IMUS IN THE MORNING program. Bo Dietl, Jeff Greenfield, Congressman Anthony Wiener, all coming up this morning. Congressman Charles Rangel is with us and Mike The Situation as well.

Dagen McDowell will be doing sports, I mean -- of course, well, she might. That girl might do anything.

(LAUGHING)

MCCORD: Well, yes. He was at Pocono.

IMUS: Remember those big pots we bought, Charles?

MCCORD: Yes, those huge things.

IMUS: Yes. They weighed 2,500 pounds, and I ran into -- went and saw Betty Durand down in the Desert Blooms in Albuquerque.

MCCORD: Yes?

IMUS: And, they bought -- I bought a 3,000 pound -- I don't buy this with ranch money, by the way. In other words, when you contributed money to the ranch, I'm not spending it on giant pots. I paid for that myself.

MCCORD: Yes.

IMUS: Like you don't pay for the jet, either. You don't pay for any of that stuff. Anyway -- well, I was thinking, if a couple hundred years from now -- I don't have a picture of the pot now, but I'll get one tomorrow for you -- a couple hundred years now people out here digging around.

MCCORD: Right.

IMUS: And, say all they find is one of these pots.

MCCORD: Right.

IMUS: Man, that's a big --

MCCORD: There's a big people out there.

IMUS: huge people lived out there! Anyway, time for sports. Sports sponsored by Peerless Boilers, they make American -- what kind of boiler would those people need? Anyway, 96 percent efficient Peerless PureFire Series. Here's Warner Wolf. Good morning, Warner.

WOLF: Good morning, I-man. Baseball, the Rays 8 out of 9, shut out the yanks, 3-0. James Shield, 7 and a third. The Rays take 2 out of 3, cut at the one. A-Rod, pinch hit and struck out. White Sox and twins win.

The Red Sox, John Papelbon blew a 3-0 lead blown in the top of 9th. While the Red Sox beat the Tigers 4-3 on the bottom of the night on a throwing error. Here was Tiger's Manager, Jim Leyland.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JIM LEYLAND, TIGER'S MANAGER: We're just playing good enough to get beat and that's not good.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WOLF: The D-Backs beat the Mets, 14-1. Adam Laroche, 2 three-run homers. The Braves lost. The Phillies won. But, Ryan Howard twisted an ankle, left the game on crutches, and the Phillies used the $16 million man Roy Oswalt as a pinch hitter to sacrifice. In the late game, Giants Matt Cain --

IMUS: How did he do?

WOLF: He sacrificed. He did.

IMUS: He did?

WOLF: Yes. Well, using pitchers are pretty good bunters. Yes -- in the national league. Of course in American League they don't have to.

IMUS: Remember Phil Rizzuto, he was -- Remember that, Warner?

WOLF: He was a great bunter.

IMUS: I know that.

WOLF: How do you know that?

IMUS: Well, because you know he's one of the original investors here at the Imus Ranch.

WOLF: No.

IMUS: Yes. Bought one of the first 5,000 acres -- I mean he paid $5,000 for a commemorative acre, so.

RUFINO: Holy cow.

WOLF: Wow!

IMUS: And, I got to know him -- I got to know him through the meatloaf record.

(LAUGHING)

MCCORD: Yes. Yes. Yes.

IMUS: And then he used to go out to spring training and stuff.

WOLF: Right.

IMUS: Try and teach morons how to bike --

WOLF: That's right. You're absolutely right. Yes. The lost art, you're right.

IMUS: Apparently, it's not lost now the -- Roy Oswalt. He apparently figured it out.

WOLF: Yes.

IMUS: You just said he did.

WOLF: Yes, he did. Laid it down, moved the runners up and then they won the game.

IMUS: That's why you were trying to bad mouth him --

WOLF: No. No. No.

IMUS: It sounded like that to me.

MCCORD: No, it didn't sound like that at all. Come on. It sounds like you're trying to make difficulty again.

IMUS: It does.

MCCORD: Yes, it does. Twenty-eight minutes after 6:00 eastern time.

IMUS: Warner has no results of the X-Games.

WOLF: No. No. Nor will I ever. NASCAR, Craig Biffle in the Ford, he was 0 for 64 in the last two years and he wins the Pocono 500. Biffle said he did it for his owner, Jack Roush. You know, he was injured in a plane crash. But, on the 165th laps --

IMUS: What do you suggest I do, Warner if I want results from the X- Games, so I don't have time here to look them up myself.

WOLF: Sure.

IMUS: And, you're not ever going to have them, right?

WOLF: No.

(LAUGHING)

MCCORD: It ain't going to happen, I-man, just forget about it.

WOLF: No. No. That's turn your sets off before, so Kurt Busch --

IMUS: Somebody is going to have to do the X-Game results, because now I've decided I want them.

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Developing sensitive, non-invasive technologies to monitor engraftment in vivo is essential to accelerate the clinical implementation of cell therapies.

Standing Up in a Court of Law

Jun 1

Private forensic testing laboratory ensures data integrity with advanced calibration systems.

Simultaneous Measurement of Multiple Signaling Pathways in Human Leukemias Using Flow Cytometry

May 24

Next generation assays will need to be robust and standardized in order to make the transition from a research procedure to a routine clinical assay. Flow cytometry provides a unique and sensitive method to accomplish these requirements.

Step up to the MIQE

Mar 30

Over the years, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has evolved into a readily automated, high throughput quantitative technology. Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) has become the industry standard for the detection and quantification of nucleic acids for multiple application, including quantification of RNA levels. But a lack of consensus among researchers on how to best perform and interpret qPCR experiments presents a major hurdle for advancement of the technology. This problem is exacerbated by insufficient experimental detail in published work, which impedes the ability of others to accurately evaluate or replicate reported results.

Fast Optimization of a Multiplex Influenza Identification Panel Using a Thermal Gradient

Mar 30

The year 2009 was marked by the emergence of a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus that infects humans. There is a need to identify the different strains of influenza virus for purposes of monitoring the H1N1 strain pandemic and for other epidemiological and scientific purposes.

Advantages of Monolithic Laser Combiner Technology in Confocal Microscopy Systems

Jan 6

Fluorescence microscopy techniques require a reliable light source at the desired wavelength or wavelengths, with minimal downtime for maintenance and alignment. Lasers are a popular light source, although the alignment and upkeep of laser combiners is a time-consuming prospect for many users.

Size-Exclusion Chromatography for Purification of Biomolecules

Dec 2 2009

Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) is a popular method to separate biomolecules based on their size. Primarily, it is applied to the separation of biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids, i.e. water-soluble polymers.

Using the Tecan Genesis Workstation to Automate a Cytometric Bead Array (CBA) Immunoassay

Mar 11

The poster describe the process involved in automating a Cytometric Bead Array (CBA) immunoassay developed to measure relative concentrations of serum antibodies against Tetanus (TT), Sperm Whale Myoglobin (SWM) and Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (KLH) in KLH-immunized volunteers.

Ensuring Quality in Assays Performed with Automated Liquid Handlers

Feb 2

The focus of this presentation is to highlight the need of ensuring quality in important assays performed with automated liquid handlers. Nearly all assays performed within a laboratory are volume-dependent. In turn, all concentrations of biological and chemical components in these assays, as well as the associated dilution protocols, are volume-dependent. Because analyte concentration is volume-dependent, an assay’s results might be falsely interpreted if liquid handler variability and inaccuracies are unknown or if the system(s) go unchecked for a long period.

Inkjet System for Protein Crystallography

Feb 1

X-ray crystallography is used routinely by scientists to obtain the three dimensional structure of a biological molecule of interest.Such information can be used to determine how a pharmaceutical interacts with a protein target and what changes might improve functionality. However, the crystallization of macromolecules still remains a serious hindrance in structural determination despite impressive advances in screening methods and technologies.

Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity in a Drosophila Memory Mutant

Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity in a Drosophila Memory Mutant

Nov 9 2009

Action selection is modulated by external stimuli either directly or via memory retrieval. In a constantly changing environment, animals have evolved attention-like processes to effectively filter the incoming sensory stream. These attention-like processes, in turn, are modulated by memory. The neurobiological nature of how attention, action selection and memory are inter-connected is unknown. We describe here new phenotypes of the memory mutant radish in the fruit fly Drosophila.

Similar renal outcomes in children with ADPKD diagnosed by screening or presenting with symptoms.

1 hour ago

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) in children is sometimes considered to be a benign condition, with morbidity manifesting in adulthood. Therefore, diagnostic screening of children at risk is controversial. The aim of our study was to to...

Urinary monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 correlates with disease activity in lupus nephritis.

1 hour ago

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) has a pathogenic role in murine lupus nephritis (LN). We recruited 25 pediatric and adolescent systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients from our lupus clinic [13 (52%) patients with LN and 12 (48%) lupus...

Frat oncoproteins act at the crossroad of canonical and noncanonical Wnt-signaling pathways.

8 hours ago

Wnt-signal transduction is critical for development and tissue homeostasis in a wide range of animal species and is frequently deregulated in human cancers. Members of the Frat/GBP family of glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (Gsk3b)-binding oncoproteins are...

Akt promotes chemoresistance in human ovarian cancer cells by modulating cisplatin-induced, p53-dependent ubiquitination of FLICE-like inhibitory protein.

9 hours ago

Although Akt is a determinant of cisplatin (cis-diaminedichloroplatinum (CDDP)) resistance in ovarian cancer cells, which is related in part to its inhibitory action on p53 activation, precisely how Akt confers CDDP resistance is unclear. In this study, we show...

Prokariotic Cell Collection in Denmark

Nov 6 2009

I would like to know about a prokariotic cell collection in Denmark. Is there a cell bank in this country? I need a Lactobacillus strain for a fermentation assay and this information about the bank is very helpful for me.

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Oct 16 2009

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Viewing SureFocus Slides

Jun 11

A demonstration of SureFocus Microscope Slides in the review of AFB Smears. SureFocus Slides are a patent-pending breakthrough in tuberculosis detection, as their fluorescent staining circle remains visible during review, Fluorescence Microscopy.

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Allen Institute for Brain Research

Allen Institute for Brain Research

Oct 14 2009

Discussed in this interview are both the mouse brain project and the human cortex project with an emphasis on the importance of these projects to neuroscience research.

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