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Biochemists prolong the half-life of pharmacological substances
21.9.2009 | Press monitoring
Many biopharmaceuticals comprise small proteins that are quickly eliminated from the body. Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) combine such small proteins with a kind of molecular balloon that swells and thus prolongs the half-life of the proteins in the body. The TUM spin-off XL-Protein GmbH has now started to further develop...
Genetically Encoded Mouse Cells Controlled By Light
20.9.2009 | Press monitoring
UCSF researchers have genetically encoded mouse cells to respond to light, creating cells that can be trained to follow a light beam or stop on command like microscopic robots.
Gene Variation That Lets People Get by on Fewer Zees Is Transferred into Mice
19.9.2009 | Press monitoring
A University of Utah sleep expert has joined with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Stanford University to identify a genetic variation in humans, which the scientists also developed in mouse models, that allows a rare number of people to require less sleep than others.
Gene Therapy Gives Monkeys Color Vision
18.9.2009 | Press monitoring
Squirrel monkeys can now see your true colors, thanks to gene therapy. Researchers have given the colorblind primates full color vision as adults by injecting their eyes with a human gene.
Beans' Defenses Mean Bacteria Get Evolutionary Helping Hand
17.9.2009 | Press monitoring
Bean plants' natural defences against bacterial infections could be unwittingly driving the evolution of more highly pathogenic bacteria, according to new research published September 10 in Current Biology.
Discovered key gene for the formation of new neurons
16.9.2009 | Press monitoring
Scientists discovered a gene - called AP2gamma – crucial for the neural development of the visual cortex, in a discovery that can have implications for the therapeutics of neural regeneration as well as provide new clues about how the brain evolved into higher sophistication in mammals.
Inner Workings Of Molecular Thermostat Point To Pathways To Fight Diabetes, Obesity
15.9.2009 | Press monitoring
Best known as the oxygen-carrying component of hemoglobin, the protein that makes blood red, heme also plays a role in chemical detoxification and energy metabolism within the cell. Heme levels are tightly maintained, and with good reason: Too little heme prevents cell growth and division; excessive amounts of heme are toxic.
How stem cells make skin
14.9.2009 | Press monitoring
EMBL scientists come a step closer to understanding skin, breast and other cancers.
Fungal Map of Mutations Key to Increasing Enzyme Production for Bioenergy Use
13.9.2009 | Press monitoring
In half a century, one fungus has gone from being the bane of the Army quartermasters’ existence in the Pacific to industry staple and someday, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s mission to promote national energy security through clean, renewable energy development, a biofuel producers’ best friend.
Genomics sciences guarantees better results in the art of winemaking
12.9.2009 | Press monitoring
While the art of fine winemaking is a beautiful thing, winemakers are increasingly turning to the power of science to give them the tools they need to ensure a high quality pour each and every time.
