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From foe to friend: Researchers use salmonella as a way to administer vaccines in the body
10.7.2008 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have made a major step forward in their work to develop a biologically engineered organism that can effectively deliver an antigen in the body. The researchers report that they have been able to use live salmonella bacterium as the containment/delivery method for an...
Rare Microorganism That Produces Hydrogen May Be Key To Tomorrow's Hydrogen Economy
9.7.2008 | Press monitoring
An ancient organism from the pit of a collapsed volcano may hold the key to tomorrow's hydrogen economy. Scientists from across the world have formed a team to unlock the process refined by a billions-year old archaea. The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute will expedite the research by sequencing the hydrogen-producing organism for...
New antibiotic beats superbugs at their own game
8.7.2008 | Press monitoring
The problem with antibiotics is that, eventually, bacteria outsmart them and become resistant. But by targeting the gene that confers such resistance, a new drug may be able to finally outwit them. Rockefeller University scientists tested the new drug, called Ceftobiprole, against some of the deadliest strains of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus...
Tool to better study bacterial genes
7.7.2008 | Press monitoring
Researchers at Texas A&M University have developed a computational tool which allows scientists to analyze many bacterial genomes at once and it is more accurate than previous methods. The tool could hlep us more accurately study bacterial operons.
New device to detect cancer spread
6.7.2008 | Press monitoring
The new device which can detect minute numbers of tumour cells circulating in the blood of lung cancer patients may one day make monitoring the disease as simple as taking a blood test, reported journal Nature.
Breakthrough in IVF success prediction
5.7.2008 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a new way to predict with 70 percent accuracy whether a woman undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment will become pregnant.
Designer protein tackles HIV
4.7.2008 | Press monitoring
Enzyme could create tailor-made cells to be injected back into patients. By creating a custom-designed enzyme that can sever a gene, researchers have made a key type of human blood cell more resistant to the HIV virus.
Algae from the ocean a sustainable energy source of the future
3.7.2008 | Press monitoring
Research by two Kansas State University scientists could help with the large-scale cultivation and manufacturing of oil-rich algae in oceans for biofuel.
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...
