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Biodiesel from fish waste

30.11.2008   |   Press monitoring

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and its partners have launched ENERFISH, a three-year project concerned with producing biodiesel from the waste generated at a fish processing plant.

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Synthetic Sea Worm Glue May Mend Shattered Knee, Face Bones

28.11.2008   |   Press monitoring

Sandcastle worms live in intertidal surf, building sturdy tube-shaped homes from bits of sand and shell and their own natural glue. University of Utah bioengineers have made a synthetic version of this seaworthy superglue, and hope it will be used within several years to repair shattered bones in knees, other joints and the face.

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New type of vaccines delivers strong and fast immune response

27.11.2008   |   Press monitoring

A new vaccine principle is being developed by scientists at the University of Copenhagen which - if it works to its full expected potential - could help to save millions of lives and revolutionise current vaccine technology.

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A scientific breakthrough on the control of the bad cholesterol

25.11.2008   |   Press monitoring

A study performed by the team of Dr. Nabil G. Seidah, Director of the Research Unit on Biochemical Neuroendocrinology at the IRCM, shows for the very first time that the degradation by PCSK9 of the LDLR receptor, which is responsible for removing the bad cholesterol (LDL‑cholesterol) from the bloodstream, may be inhibited by a third protein,...

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Fuel from food? The feast is over

25.11.2008   |   Press monitoring

In future years we may look back at the Great Mexican Tortilla Crisis of 2006 as the time when ethanol lost its vroom. Right or wrong, that was when blame firmly settled on biofuels for the surge in food prices. The diversion of American corn from flour to fuel put the flat corn bread out of reach for Mexico's poorest.

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Unprecedented Biotech Bankruptcies Erupt Amid Finance Crisis

24.11.2008   |   Press monitoring

The global economic crisis has cut funding for biotechnology companies to the lowest level in a decade, triggering bankruptcies and threatening development of drugs based on biomedical breakthroughs. In the past month, at least five biotechnology businesses have sought bankruptcy protection, according to company news releases, and others may be...

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EU shifts farm subsidies from production to rural development, climate change and bioenergy

23.11.2008   |   Press monitoring

The EU's Council has come to an agreement that will help reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). It shifts subsidies away from agricultural production and towards conservation, the fight against climate change and bioenergy. A key aim is to make agriculture more responsive to market forces and to avoid overproduction of food. Liberalisation...

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Pure Insulin-producing Cells Produced In Mice

22.11.2008   |   Press monitoring

Singapore researchers have developed an unlimited number of pure insulin-producing cells from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs).

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Discovery - Melanin Production In Fat Tissue

21.11.2008   |   Press monitoring

A two-year study conducted by researchers at George Mason University, INOVA Fairfax Hospital and the National Cancer Institute may open the door to new therapies for combating chronic diseases associated with obesity, a condition that affected more than 33 percent of American adults in 2005-06 according to the Centers for Disease Control and...

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Biomarkers used to predict chronological and physiological age

20.11.2008   |   Press monitoring

Scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research have identified for the first time biomarkers of aging which are highly predictive of both chronological and physiological age. Biomarkers are biochemical features that can be used to measure the progress of disease or the effects of treatment.

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