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Bacteria In Extremely Hostile Environments: New Protein Discovered That Repairs DNA Under Extreme Conditions
2.7.2008 | Press monitoring
Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig (Germany) have joined up with colleagues from Spain and Great Britain to identify an enzyme that requires acids and dissolved metals in order to function. The team describes its findings regarding the extreme protein of the archaebacterium Ferroplasma acidiphilum in...
Drought tolerance in potatoes
1.7.2008 | Press monitoring
Many modern varieties of potatoes are considered to be drought-sensitive. However, evolution and cultivation in the cold, dry Andean Altiplano gave rise to a number of potato varieties that could tolerate drought. Scientists are studying these varieties to identify the genes and molecular mechanisms of drought tolerance in order to engineer new...
Making Old Muscle Young
30.6.2008 | Press monitoring
Manipulating stem cells in old muscle can restore youth to aging tissue, according to research from the University of California, Berkeley. Scientists altered the activity of a molecular pathway to make stem cells in older tissue produce new muscle fibers at levels comparable to young stem cells. They say that their findings may one day lead to...
Abandoned farmlands are key to sustainable bioenergy
29.6.2008 | Press monitoring
Biofuels can be a sustainable part of the world's energy future, especially if bioenergy agriculture is developed on currently abandoned or degraded agricultural lands, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University.
1 step closer to green chemistry and improved pharmaceuticals
28.6.2008 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, solve an important piece of the puzzle behind how proteins are shaped.
New Study Opening New Route For Combating Viruses
27.6.2008 | Press monitoring
A unique technique for analyzing the function of microRNAs developed by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem doctoral student has led to the discovery of a new mechanism by which viruses evade the human immune system. This discovery has important implications for human intervention in the battle between viruses and humans.
Unlocking genome of world’s worst insect pest
26.6.2008 | Press monitoring
International team of researchers is on the brink of a discovery which will facilitate the development of more sustainable ways of controlling the world’s worst agricultural insect pest Helicoptera armigera.
Cells have an appetite for micro-doughnuts
25.6.2008 | Press monitoring
Exploiting liver cells’ appetite for polystyrene ring “doughnuts”, just a few microns across, might give scientists a new way to deliver drugs selectively, potentially eliminating nasty side effects of life-saving treatments such as chemotherapy.
New source of heart stem cells discovered
24.6.2008 | Press monitoring
Finding offers hope of recapitulating developmental events to regenerate tissue Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston are continuing to document the heart's earliest origins. Now, they have pinpointed a new, previously unrecognized group of stem cells that give rise to cardiomyocytes, or heart muscle cells. These stem cells, located in the...
Research body backs ‘crucial role’ of GM food
23.6.2008 | Press monitoring
Scotland's leading crop research institute said yesterday that genetically modified harvests could play a crucial role in feeding a growing planet and welcomed calls for a "grown up" debate on the issue as renewed protests against the farming experiment grew.
