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New Technique For Modifying Plant Genes Developed
6.5.2009 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the University of Minnesota and Massachusetts General Hospital have used a genome engineering tool they developed to make a model crop plant herbicide-resistant without significant changes to its DNA.
Southampton scientists race to deliver DNA swine flu test
5.5.2009 | Press monitoring
A team of genetics experts in Southampton are working against the clock to produce the world's first DNA test for the Mexican strain of swine flu.
New technology shows promise against resistant staph infections
4.5.2009 | Press monitoring
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have combined their revolutionary new drug-delivery system with a powerful antimicrobial agent to treat potentially deadly drug-resistant staph infections in mice.
Avian Flu Research Sheds Light on Swine Flu Outbreak
3.5.2009 | Press monitoring
A recent study by University of Maryland researchers examines the mechanisms underlying transmission of combined avian-human viruses and illustrates how virus outbreaks like that of the current swine flu come about.
A Major Breakthrough in Generating Safer, Therapeutic Stem Cells from Adult Cells
2.5.2009 | Press monitoring
A group of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions have achieved a breakthrough in converting adult cells all the way back to the most primitive embryonic-like cells without using the dangerous genetic manipulations associated with previous methods.
Matrix protein key to fighting viruses
1.5.2009 | Press monitoring
A new approach could help scientists intercept one of the viruses that cause respiratory disease and a third of common colds, according to new research.
Engineered corn's vitamin boost
30.4.2009 | Press monitoring
A genetically modified (GM) corn fortified with three vitamins has been created by European researchers.
Viruses can turn harmless E. coli dangerous
29.4.2009 | Press monitoring
Findings of Camilla Sekse, revealed that a transmission of bateriophage between bacteria can occur, and that in the case of E. coli it can transform a harmless bacterium into one capable of causing disease in man.
Tobacco Makes Medicine
28.4.2009 | Press monitoring
Tobacco isn't famous for its health benefits. But now scientists have succeeded in using genetically modified tobacco plants to produce medicines for several autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including diabetes . The research is published in the open access journal BMC Biotechnology.
Chip simulates metabolism of medicine in human body
27.4.2009 | Press monitoring
A tiny electrochemical cell, developed by researchers of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, The Netherlands, is able to mimick the behaviour of medicine inside a human body. This chip is presented in the journal Lab on a Chip.
