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New Yeast Trick For Eating Favorite Food
2.8.2008 | Press monitoring
It is well known that yeast, the humble ingredient that goes into our breads and beers, prefer to eat some sugars more than others. Glucose, their favorite food, provides more energy than any other sugar, and yeast has evolved a complex genetic network to ensure that they consume as much glucose as possible whenever it is available. UC San Diego...
UCF professor develops vaccine to protect against black plague bioterror attack
1.8.2008 | Press monitoring
Oral vaccine combats various versions of the plague. A University of Central Florida researcher may have found a defense against the Black Plague, a disease that wiped out a third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages and which government agencies perceive as a terrorist threat today.
Alzheimer's drug 'halts' decline
31.7.2008 | Press monitoring
UK scientists have developed a drug which may halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Trials of the drug, known as Rember, in 321 patients showed an 81% difference in rate of mental decline compared with those not taking the treatment.
New biomass technology dramatically increases ethanol yield from grasses and yard waste
30.7.2008 | Press monitoring
University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops, such as Bermudagrass, switchgrass, Napiergrass—and even yard waste.
Consortium develops new method to manipulate genetic material
29.7.2008 | Press monitoring
'Open source' strategy should be valuable tool for genomic research, gene therapy.
Snow Flea Antifreeze Protein Could Help Improve Organ Preservation
28.7.2008 | Press monitoring
Scientists in Illinois and Pennsylvania are reporting development of a way to make the antifreeze protein that enables billions of Canadian snow fleas to survive frigid winter temperatures. Their laboratory-produced first-of-a-kind proteins could have practical uses in extending the storage life of donor organs and tissues for human...
Allergen-free GM plants may boost food safety: experts
27.7.2008 | Press monitoring
Advances in the field of genetic engineering may produce plants with little or no allergens, but there are limits to this approach, say Australian researchers. Genetic modification of plants and crops has long been touted as a means of producing hypoallergenic foods, but real progress in this area is limited by overcoming the "essential...
Stem cells - the potential to regenerate the human body
25.7.2008 | Press monitoring
The exciting potential for therapeutic application of stem cell research to regenerate diseased cells in the body will be explored in the session.
Germ-proof kevlar clothing developed
24.7.2008 | Press monitoring
Researchers at University of South Dakota have developed fire/thermal protective fabric which simultaneously provides potent, durable, and rechargeable biocidal activities against E. coli, S. aureus, C. tropicalis, MS2 virus and Bacillus subtilis spores.
Breakthrough in the fight against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
23.7.2008 | Press monitoring
Research team at University of Sunderland has discovered a novel technique for the early detection of pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is the major breakthrough in the fight against this superbug which kills thousands of patients every year.
