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Virus immunity 'created in lab'
15.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Scientists have found a way to boost an organism's natural anti-virus defences - effectively making its cells immune to flu and other potential killers.
Nanotechnology: Towards reducing animal testing
14.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Applying understanding at the nanoscale to improving achievement of the ‘three Rs’ ...replacement, refinement and reduction. While animal testing of materials or products is still required by a number of regulations, it is costly and the results cannot always be extrapolated to humans. All industries that use animal testing are increasingly under...
Bt cotton resistance found
13.2.2008 | Press monitoring
A pest insect known as bollworm is the first to evolve resistance in the field to plants modified to produce an insecticide called Bt, according to a new research report.
Experimental Anti-cancer Drug Reduces Tumor Growth And Tumor Volume In Mice
12.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Dr Matthias Tacke and his research team at the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and the School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at University College Dublin have recently published highly significant preclinical results on the anti-tumour activity of Titanocene Y on human breast tumours and in a mouse model.
The dark side of biofuels
11.2.2008 | Press monitoring
According to a new study, turning native ecosystems into “farms” for biofuel crops causes major carbon emissions that worsen the global warming that biofuels are meant to mitigate.
First evidence emerges of pest resistance to GM crops
10.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Scientists poring over a mass of studies into the response of pests to genetically-modified cotton say they have found the first confirmation that insects have developed resistance to transgenic crops.
Fluorescent Proteins Developed For Live Cell Imaging, Biosensor Design
9.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed new fluorogen activating proteins (FAPs) which can be used to monitor biological activities of individual proteins and other biomolecules within living cells in real time. FAPs will become a key component of novel **molecular biosensor technology** being created at Carnegie Mellon....
From Bacterium to Semiconductor
8.2.2008 | Press monitoring
Proteins of photosynthetic bacteria can be used to generate photocurrent. How to do that – this can be learnt from the article by Russian researchers.
DNA 'barcode' identified for plants
7.2.2008 | Press monitoring
A "barcode" gene that can be used to distinguish between plant species has been identified.
Grapefruit compound may help combat hepatitis C infection
6.2.2008 | Press monitoring
A compound that naturally occurs in grapefruit and other citrus fruits may be able to block the secretion of hepatitis C virus (HCV) from infected cells, a process required to maintain chronic infection.
