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New principle for developing vaccines
6.1.2008 | Press monitoring
Infections with a certain type of bacteria (group B streptococcus) can lead to severe, sometimes life-threatening, infections in newborn infants.
HIV isolate from Kenya provides clues for vaccine design
5.1.2008 | Press monitoring
Two simple changes in its outer envelope protein could render the AIDS virus vulnerable to attack by the immune system, according to research from Kenya and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center published in PLoS Medicine.
BIO Urges FDA Release of Risk Assessment on Animal Cloning
4.1.2008 | Press monitoring
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Executive Vice President for Food and Agriculture Sharon Bomer Lauritsen today issued the following statement on the newly launched tracking program for animal clones: “Today, the leading animal cloning companies introduced an animal clone registry program that will track livestock produced through...
2007 stem cell breakthrough is like turning lead into gold
3.1.2008 | Press monitoring
It was the kind of breakthrough scientists had dreamed of for decades and its promise to help cure disease appears to be fast on the way to being realized.
Protein Interactions Of MAP Kinase Signaling Pathway Measured
2.1.2008 | Press monitoring
The Stowers Institute's Rong Li Lab, in collaboration with the Institute's Imaging Center, has achieved a quantitative in vivo measurement of the dynamic protein-protein interactions in the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase cascade signaling pathway, which is critical to growth and differentiation decisions in all eukaryotic...
Economic Impacts of Not Extending Biofuel Subsidies
1.1.2008 | Press monitoring
The exponential growth of the biofuels industry has created significant increases in feed prices to the livestock sector. In February and March of 2007, the National Cattlemen?s Beef Association and the National Pork Producers called for the non-renewal of the $0.51-per-gallon excise tax credit for ethanol as well as elimination of the...
Gene find boosts allergy research
31.12.2007 | Press monitoring
Gene-targeting therapies could one day offer relief from allergies such as hayfever, say UK and Swiss scientists.
'Nanocavity' Sensor Detects Virus-Sized Particles
30.12.2007 | Press monitoring
Scientists have created a nanoscale device that is capable of detecting one quadrillionth of a gram of biological matter, or about the size of certain viruses. In the future, the sensor may be able to detect influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), bird flu, and other viruses.
New genetics fuels cancer hope
29.12.2007 | Press monitoring
It is a whole new science with important implications for the treatment of disease - most notably cancer. Epigenetics is the study of molecular modifications which sit on top of the DNA in our cells, in effect switching our genes on and off; telling our cells how they should behave.
MIT works toward engineered blood vessels
28.12.2007 | Press monitoring
MIT scientists have found a way to induce cells to form parallel tube-like structures that could one day serve as tiny engineered blood vessels.
