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Virus Enzymes Could Promote Human, Animal Health
1.9.2009 | Press monitoring
Could viruses be good for you? Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have shown that enzymes from bacteria-infecting viruses known as phages could have beneficial applications for human and animal health.Could viruses be good for you? Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have shown that enzymes from...
Fine-tuning an anti-cancer drug
31.8.2009 | Press monitoring
Cancer remains a deadly threat despite the best efforts of science. New hopes were raised a few years ago with the discovery that the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells could be thwarted by blocking the action of proteasomes.
Primates With Donor Eggs' Mitochondria: Breakthrough Could Help Prevent Some Maternally-based Diseases
30.8.2009 | Press monitoring
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) believe they have developed one of the first forms of genetic therapy – a therapy aimed at preventing serious diseases in unborn children. Specifically, the therapy would combat inherited diseases passed on from mothers to their children through...
Discovery Of Natural Odors Could Help Develop Mosquito Repellents
29.8.2009 | Press monitoring
Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside working on fruit flies in the lab have discovered a novel class of compounds that could pave the way for developing inexpensive and safe mosquito repellents for combating West Nile virus and other deadly tropical diseases.
Snorkel Genes to the Rescue
28.8.2009 | Press monitoring
Japanese researchers have discovered a genetic life preserver for drowning rice. Two genes - appropriately named SNORKEL1 and SNORKEL2 - help certain varieties of the crop stretch their stems above inundating water, allowing the plant to continue breathing.
U.S. physicians award Czech scientists' patent
27.8.2009 | Press monitoring
The Czech scientists' patented wounds healing ointment Hemagel has been recommended by the prestigious American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), Frantisek Rypacek, director of the Czech Science Academy Macromolecular Chemistry, announced in a press release today.
Microbiologists find defense molecule that senses respiratory viruses
26.8.2009 | Press monitoring
A cellular molecule that not only can sense two common respiratory viruses but also can direct cells to mount a defense has been identified by microbiologists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Artificial Life One Step Closer: Scientists Clone And Engineer Bacterial Genomes In Yeast And Transplant Genomes Back Into Bacterial Cells
25.8.2009 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research organization, have just published results describing new methods in which the entire bacterial genome from Mycoplasma mycoides was cloned in a yeast cell by adding yeast centromeric plasmid sequence to the bacterial chromosome. Researchers modified it in yeast...
Genetically engineered bacteria are sweet success against IBD
24.8.2009 | Press monitoring
For the first time, scientists have used a genetically engineered “friendly” bacterium to deliver a therapy.
Novel Polymer Could Improve Protein-Based Drugs
23.8.2009 | Press monitoring
A new method for attaching a large protective polymer molecule to a protein appears to improve protein drugs significantly.
