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Scientists Identify Enzyme That Could Help Grow Biofuel Crops In Harsh Environments
29.10.2009 | Press monitoring
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a novel enzyme responsible for the formation of suberin — the woody, waxy, cell-wall substance found in cork. While effective at keeping wine inside a bottle, suberin's most important function in plants is to control water and nutrient transportation...
What Happens When Wild Boars And Fallow Deer Snack On Genetically Modified Corn?
28.10.2009 | Press monitoring
The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation funded a study to address two controversial questions: When wild boar and deer, traditional menu items in the fall, eat genetically modified corn, do transgenic residues accumulate in their meat? Do they spread GM corn via their feces? The answer in each case is no, according to scientists at TUM,...
New Method To Help Keep Fruit, Vegetables And Flowers Fresh
27.10.2009 | Press monitoring
Did you know that millions of tons of fruits and vegetables in the United States end up in the trash can before being eaten, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture?
Protein engineering advancing Alzheimer’s research
26.10.2009 | Press monitoring
Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, among others, are breaking new ground in biotechnology to find new tools that can help provide new solutions.
Light shed on the secret behind probiotic bacteria promoting health
25.10.2009 | Press monitoring
Functional food is the food industry’s fastest-growing product group, its leading products including dairy products which contain probiotics, that is, bacteria promoting health.
Clemson bioengineer uses nanoparticles to target drugs
24.10.2009 | Press monitoring
Clemson bioengineer Frank Alexis is designing new ways to target drugs and reduce the chances for side effects.
Unusual metals could forge new cancer drugs
23.10.2009 | Press monitoring
Drugs made using unusual metals could form an effective treatment against colon and ovarian cancer, including cancerous cells that have developed immunity to other drugs, according to research at the University of Warwick and the University of Leeds.
New technique paves way for medical discoveries
22.10.2009 | Press monitoring
Researchers have previously been able to analyse which sugar structures are to be found on certain proteins, but not exactly where on the protein they are positioned. This is now possible thanks to a new technique developed at the Sahlgrenska Academy.
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.
