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Research shows that genetically modified tobacco plants are viable as raw material for producing biofuels
16.10.2013 | Press monitoring
Ruth Sanz-Barrio, an agricultural engineer of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre, has demonstrated, for the first time, the viability of using specific tobacco proteins (known as thioredoxins) as biotechnological tools in plants. Specifically, she has managed to increase the amount of starch produced in the tobacco leaves by 700% and...
Genes Outside Nucleus Have Disproportionate Effect
15.10.2013 | Press monitoring
New research from the University of California, Davis, shows that the tiny proportion of a cell's DNA that is located outside the cell nucleus has a disproportionately large effect on a cell's metabolism. The work, with the model plant Arabidopsis, may have implications for future treatments for inherited diseases in humans.
Researchers \'fish new pond\' for antibiotics
14.10.2013 | Press monitoring
Researchers at McMaster University are addressing the crisis in drug resistance with a novel approach to find new antibiotics. "We have developed technology to find new antibiotics using laboratory conditions that mimic those of infection in the human body," said Eric Brown, professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical...
Innate virus-killing power discovered in mammals
11.10.2013 | Press monitoring
Scientists have a promising new approach to combating deadly human viruses thanks to an educated hunch by University of California, Riverside microbiology professor Shou-Wei Ding, and his 20 years of research on plants, fruit flies, nematodes and mice to prove his theory true. Researchers led by Ding, who heads a lab in UC Riverside's Institute...
Team uses cellulosic biofuels byproduct to increase ethanol yield
10.10.2013 | Press monitoring
Scientists report in Nature Communications that they have engineered yeast to consume acetic acid, a previously unwanted byproduct of the process of converting plant leaves, stems and other tissues into biofuels. The innovation increases ethanol yield from lignocellulosic sources by about 10 percent.
3-D printing allows scientists to design bacterial communities
9.10.2013 | Press monitoring
By caging bacteria in microscopic houses, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin are studying how communities of bacteria, such as those found in the human gut and lungs, interact and develop infections. In a recent experiment they demonstrated that a community of Staphylococcus aureus ...
DNA nanotechnology opens new path to super-high-resolution molecular imaging
8.10.2013 | Press monitoring
A team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has been awarded a special $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an inexpensive and easy-to-use new microscopy method to simultaneously spot many tiny components of cells.
Aggressive Fungal Pathogen Causes Mold in Fruits, Vegetables
7.10.2013 | Press monitoring
A research team led by a molecular plant pathologist at the University of California, Riverside has discovered the mechanism by which an aggressive fungal pathogen infects almost all fruits and vegetables. The team discovered a novel "virulence mechanism" - the mechanism by which infection takes place - of Botrytis cinerea.
Researchers Regenerate a Fully Functional Bioengineered Salivary Gland
4.10.2013 | Press monitoring
The research group led by Professor Takashi Tsuji of Tokyo University of Science and Organ Technologies Inc. has provided a proof-of-concept for bioengineered mature organ replacement as a regenerative therapy. Current advances in regenerative therapies have been influenced by the study of embryonic development, stem cell biology, and tissue...
Biomolecules for the production line
3.10.2013 | Press monitoring
To produce proteins on an industrial scale without using living cells is the ambitious goal of cell-free bioproduction. This method could help us to produce biological ingredients more quickly and with fewer resources than conventional techniques allow. Scientists and engineers from eight Fraunhofer Institutes have joined forces in an...
