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Compost can turn agricultural soils into a carbon sink, thus protecting against climate change
27.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Applying organic fertilizers, such as those resulting from composting, to agricultural land could increase the amount of carbon stored in these soils and contribute significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research published in a special issue of Waste Management & Research (Special issue published today by...
A new theory of small intestinal bacteria overgrowth in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease?
26.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth has been reported to play a role in the pathogenesis of NASH, endotoxin and TNF-alpha being the possible mediators. Contrary to this hypothesis, in another study, antibiotic treatment did not normalize aminotransferase levels in NASH patients. This article describes an animal experiment of NASH by Dr. Wan-Chun...
A Sweet Success for Embryonic Stem Cells
25.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Scientists have for the first time prodded human embryonic stem cells to become functional pancreatic cells. The work, published online today in Nature Biotechnology, marks an important step toward using embryonic stem cells to treat diabetes.
Another way to grow blood vessels
23.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a previously unknown molecular pathway in mice that spurs the growth of new blood vessels when body parts are jeopardized by poor circulation.
Europeans pick diesels
22.2.2008 | Press monitoring
More than half of all new cars sold in Europe last year had a fuel-saving diesel engine, the European car manufacturers group ACEA said Wednesday.
Cholesterol drug strips staph of color, virulence
21.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Potentially deadly staph bacteria may be easily defeated by the body's own immune system once stripped of their golden hue by a drug developed to lower cholesterol, according to new research. The findings offer a promising new direction in the fight against increasingly drug-resistant staph infections, according to the National Institutes of...
Tracking global E.coli crucial
20.2.2008 | Press monitoring
A system must be set up to monitor the global spread of a drug-resistant form of E.coli which can cause fatal blood poisoning, Canadian scientists urge.
Antiretroviral Drugs May Protect Against Sexual Transmission Of HIV
19.2.2008 | Press monitoring
A new study in macaques suggests that antiretroviral drugs (Emtricitabine and Tenofovir) used to treat HIV could also protect people from getting the AIDS virus, especially if two drugs are taken in combination before exposure to the virus occurs.
Biomedical Engineering Challenges Of The Next Century
18.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Much of the work in MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer's prolific lab sounds like something straight from the pages of science fiction, but its products are already saving lives around the world in a variety of ways.
Genetic engineering makes apples more environmentally friendly
17.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Genetic modification of apples can result in a more sustainable way of cultivation. This was the outcome of an Wageningen UR study in which the resistance of 280 genetically modified apple trees against scab, the most common fungal disease in the apple farming industry, was researched in a field experiment.
