Thales Industrial Services and Proteus Enter Into Agreement.Business/Medical Editors BIOWIRE2K ARCUEIL & NIMES, France--(BW HealthWire)--Sept. 17, 2001 Thales Industrial Services (formerly known as Thomson CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis Definition Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is a laboratory test to examine a sample of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Inexel) and Proteus announced today that they signed a new collaborative agreement to develop a novel system using genetic technologies to detect and monitor biological terrorism. This collaborative agreement has been entered into within the framework of a public tender from the French Direction General des Armees (DGA DGA Directors Guild of America (movie directors union) DGA Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (France) DGA Directeur-Grootaandeelhouder (Dutch: Managing Director and Major Shareholder) ) of the Department of Defense of the French Republic. Within this framework, two separate studies will run by Bertin technologies and Thales Industrial Services respectively. "We are delighted to be part of this new project which will benefit from both the unique competencies of Proteus in microbiology, molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller and rapid analysis of nucleic acids Nucleic acids The cellular molecules DNA and RNA that act as coded instructions for the production of proteins and are copied for transmission of inherited traits. as well as from the unique expertise of Thales Industrial Services in this field" said Daniel Dupret, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Proteus. "By combining these two complementary sets of technologies, we will develop novel tools for very rapid detection of biological warfare biological warfare, employment in war of microorganisms to injure or destroy people, animals, or crops; also called germ or bacteriological warfare. Limited attempts have been made in the past to spread disease among the enemy; e.g. agents". Thales Industrial Services and Proteus have been successfully working together on a similarly innovative concept, the Mobile Interarmees d'Identification Biologique (M2IB: Inter-army mobile shelter for biological identification). This project addressed three major challenges: (i) real time detection of biological attack, (ii) rapid analysis and identification of the pathogenic agents and (iii) integration of the components into a system usable in a hostile environment. "Because of our unique experience and know how in system integration in the field of Nuclear Biologicals and Chemicals (NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. ), Thales Industrial Services has been recognized worldwide as a leading expert in NBC reconnaissance" said Bernard Angottti, President and CEO of Thales Industrial Services. "By combining our expertise in system integration with Proteus' expertise in biology, we provide a unique and innovative solution for the needs of NBC defense". Thales Industrial Service is a subsidiary of Thales, the leader in professional electronics providing customized services to clients from key sectors of the Defense, Energy, Telecommunication and Transport Industries. The NBC field represents an important part of Thales Industrial Services activity that mobilizes top level competencies worldwide (project leaders, engineers and technicians) Proteus is a leading biotech company discovering and developing novel biomolecules This page aims to list articles on Wikipedia that describe particular biomolecules or types of biomolecules. This list is not necessarily complete or up to date - if you see an article that should be here but isn't (or one that shouldn't be here but is), please update the page . The company's activities are supported by a proprietary collection of biodiversity, gene shuffling, and high-throughput screening technologies. Products discovered and developed by Proteus confer competitive advantages in large global markets. To address such large markets, Proteus works in close partnership with major players of specific industrial sectors. |
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