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Depomed Inc. on Monday reported a successful late stage clinical trial of a drug intended to treat pain following the viral infection shingles, and its shares soared on the news. The company said its DM-1796 significantly reduced post-shingles pain compared...

Secures Critical Patent Rights to Develop Theragnostic Product, Lupus Therasight U.S...Lupus Therasight TM , a novel theragnostic product that will eventually help guide the drug development process and patient treatment protocols in the areas of lupus and lupus nephritis. “We...

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” may be the best maxim to explain why travel companies are getting into the virtual meeting business, actually helping clients avoid flying halfway around the globe. Two of the world’s biggest hotel companies,...

PacketMotion Inc. said Monday it closed a third round of funding with $5 million. San Jose-based PacketMotion said the round was led by Columbus, Ohio-based Reservoir Venture Partners . Also participating were all the company’s existing investors, including Intel Capital...

The United States is still suffering the coldest, longest winter in decades. This “pandemic winter storm” has been adversely affecting everyone’s’ lives. This is the worst Americans have experienced in over sixty years. California seems to go broke every summer....

What happens if we did not rule the world…? Humans are marvelous and malicious creatures. Capable of both collaboration and destruction; we spend years caring for our young, and systematically persecute others for belonging to specific ethnic, religious, or social...

Metaphors are a characteristic of human language and cognition. When we are unaware of how to describe a peculiar object or sensation, we compare it to something else that we are familiar with. A jeweler might describe his lover’s eyes...