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New technique may help turn adult cells into stem cells faster
21.10.2009 | Press monitoring
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have developed a new method that would hasten the process of creating cells from human adult tissue, without the use of embryonic cells. According to lead researcher Professor Sheng Ding, the new technique is 200 times more efficient, twice as fast as conventional methods and a lot more safer in...
‘Spaghetti’ scaffolding could help grow skin in labs
19.10.2009 | Press monitoring
Scientists are developing new scaffolding technology which could be used to grow tissues such as skin, nerves and cartilage using 3D spaghetti-like structures.
Major improvements made in engineering heart repair patches from stem cells.
18.10.2009 | Press monitoring
University of Washington (UW) researchers have succeeded in engineering human tissue patches free of some problems that have stymied stem-cell repair for damaged hearts.
Bug barcode readers hold out promise of universal vaccines
17.10.2009 | Press monitoring
Veterinary scientists have made a discovery that promises to deliver a new approach to fast development of cheap vaccines that are effective in all mammals – not just humans or another particular species.
Mother's Cancer Can Infect Her Fetus
16.10.2009 | Press monitoring
A startling case in Japan has confirmed that pregnant women with cancer can pass the disease to their fetuses. These transmissions, normally blocked by the placenta, are rare, so the work likely won't change how doctors screen or care for pregnant women.
New cancer gene discovered
15.10.2009 | Press monitoring
A new cancer gene has been discovered by a research group at the Sahlgrenska Academy. The gene causes an insidious form of glandular cancer usually in the head and neck and in women also in the breast. The discovery could lead to quicker and better diagnosis and more effective treatment.
Renewable hydrogen production becomes reality at winery
14.10.2009 | Press monitoring
The first demonstration of a renewable method for hydrogen production from wastewater using a microbial electrolysis system is underway at the Napa Wine Company in Oakville.
Bacterium helps formation of gold
13.10.2009 | Press monitoring
Australian scientists have found that the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans catalyses the biomineralisation of gold by transforming toxic gold compounds to their metallic form using active cellular mechanism.
Developing enzymes to clean up pollution by explosives
12.10.2009 | Press monitoring
Scientists at the University of York have uncovered the structure of an unusual enzyme which can be used to reverse the contamination of land by explosives.
Genome Sequence Published for Important Biofuels Yeast
10.10.2009 | Press monitoring
A strain of yeast that thrives on turning sugar cane and other tough grasses into ethanol that might be used as biofuel has had its genome completely sequenced by researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
