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siRNA filled nanoliposomes target melanoma
8.11.2008 | Press monitoring
Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine, USA have used nanoparticles filled with small interfering RNA (siRNA) to inhibit the development of melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer.
Washington University scientists first to sequence genome of cancer patient
7.11.2008 | Press monitoring
For the first time, scientists have decoded the complete DNA of a cancer patient and traced her disease - acute myelogenous leukemia - to its genetic roots.
Frozen mice cloned - are woolly mammoths next?
6.11.2008 | Press monitoring
Japanese scientists have cloned mice whose bodies were frozen for as long 16 years and said on Monday it may be possible to use the technique to resurrect mammoths and other extinct species.
Diesel Fuel From a Tree Fungus?
5.11.2008 | Press monitoring
Petroleum geologists normally look for oil underground. Gary Strobel made his strike by pruning a tree. In the current issue of Microbiology, Strobel, a plant pathologist at Montana State University, Bozeman, and colleagues report that Gliocladium roseum - a novel fungus they discovered hidden within a stem from a scraggly tree in northern...
Scientists develop cancer fighting tomato
4.11.2008 | Press monitoring
A purple tomato genetically engineered to contain nutrients more commonly seen in dark berries helped prevent cancer in mice, British researchers said on Sunday.
Engineering Technique to Identify Disease-Causing Genes
3.11.2008 | Press monitoring
Scientists believe that complex diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression and cancer are not caused by one, but a multitude of dysfunctional genes.
Vládní analýza: Přínosy výzkumu a vývoje zůstávají nízké
2.11.2008 | Press monitoring
Využitelnost výsledků výzkumu a vývoje v České republice a jejich přínosy pro ekonomiku a společnost zůstávají nízké. Vyplývá to z analýzy a hodnocení stavu výzkumu a vývoje v České republice a z jejího srovnání se zahraničím, kterou kabinetu předkládá vládní Rada pro výzkum a vývoj. Vláda projedná analýzu na příští schůzi.
Researchers find new chemical key that could unlock hundreds of new antibiotics
2.11.2008 | Press monitoring
Chemistry researchers at The University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre, have found a novel signalling molecule that could be a key that will open up hundreds of new antibiotics unlocking them from the DNA of the Streptomyces family of bacteria.
USA to provide 600,000 dollars in support of Czech science
31.10.2008 | Press monitoring
The United States will provide $600,000 for funding of first three Czech scientific projects, Henry Obering, chief of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), said in Prague.
Powered By Olive Stones? Turning Waste Stones Into Fuel
31.10.2008 | Press monitoring
Olive stones can be turned into bioethanol, a renewable fuel that can be produced from plant matter and used as an alternative to petrol or diesel. This gives the olive processing industry an opportunity to make valuable use of 4 million tonnes of waste in olive stones it generates every year and sets a precedent for the recycling of waste...
