Biotech, Lupus, Diagnostics Luke Timmerman wrote: Cypress Bioscience (NASDAQ: CYPB), the San Diego-based developer of a drug for fibromyalgia, said today it has acquired technology from Cellatope to diagnose and monitor hard-to-detect autoimmune diseases like lupus. Cypress and its partner, New York...

Mac meltdown: my wife's Mac Mini seems to have bitten the dust. Before I take it in for repair, I want to query the hivemind for anything I might be overlooking. Details on symptoms and efforts so far within. Last night, her mac shut itself off for no apparent reason. It was idle at the time. It's a...

Biotech, Diagnostics, Down Syndrome Luke Timmerman wrote: Sequenom CEO Harry Stylli vowed to me last fall that he is on a mission to build the “Google of Molecular Diagnostics” in San Diego. Now he has a new batch of clinical trial results in hand that has done nothing to diminish his au...

Biotech, Diagnostics, Diseases Rachel Tompa wrote: Micronics has been around since 1996, so it hardly qualifies as a startup anymore. But the Redmond, WA-based biotech company has been moving in new directions over the last few years, and is now getting ready to bring its first diagnostic tests to t...

If there is one piece of equipment in your computer that you would predict to fail first, what would it be? Some might pick the power supply, some might pick the motherboard and even some might pick the video card. Most however, are going to choose the hard drive. The standard IDE/SATA hard drive to...

Yesterday the New York Times wrote that the Pentagon “decided that it will not award the Purple Heart, the hallowed medal given to those wounded or killed by enemy action, to war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder because it is not a physical wound.� This is an interesting d...

[FixMyComputerFilter] What's causing my computer to slow down to a crawl? Details inside About a year ago, I purchased a used HP TC1100 tablet. The hard drive was wiped before I got it, and I installed Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). Everything was great for about a month, then things started getting ug...

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Dr. Heinz Linke Pathwork Diagnostics announced a collaboration with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London to conduct the first research study on the Pathwork Tissue of Origin Test in the UK. The proof-of-concept study with the test, which helps di...

Crystal Disk Info has been covered before at Ghacks as a tool to display the hours a hard drive has been running. The hard drive diagnostic tool can do a lot more than that however but more about that later in the article. The software program is a portable application that can immediately displays ...

This is the second of several posts designed to help you keep your PC uncluttered, keep its performance maximized, and keep the bad guys out. In the first article, I spoke briefly about the 'good old days', and suggested you get to know the software tools you already have; the ones that are bundled ...