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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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Personalizing medicine: New research shows potential of targeted therapies for cancer

23.6.2008   |   Press monitoring

A new study, presented at the SNM 55th Annual Meeting, shows the potential to pre-target the treatment of cancer cells - bringing personalized medicine one step closer from the laboratory to patients.

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Czech scientists call for rational debate on GMO

21.6.2008   |   Press monitoring

A week before a key vote by EU environment ministers on tightening GMO cultivation rules, leading Czech scientists have called on European politicians to start a rational debate on the future of genetically modified plants. Claiming that GMOs are safe both for consumers and the environment, Czech experts would like to see the European Union...

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