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Čeští vědci vynalezli novou účinnou látku urychlující hojení i velmi rozsáhlých poranění
27.11.2007 | Press monitoring
Ing. Jiří Labský, CSc., jeden z autorů patentu, společně s ředitelem Ústavu makromolekulární chemie Akademie věd České republiky, v. v. i., RNDr. Františkem Rypáčkem, CSc. a zástupci firmy Wake představili nový unikátní zdravotnický prostředek Hemagel určený k hojení i velmi rozsáhlých poranění a poškození kůže.
New technologies and need for renewable fuel to spark an agricultural revolution, says USDA undersecretary
27.11.2007 | Press monitoring
When facing the great challenges of the 21st century, agricultural research will play a major role in finding the right solutions, according to Gale Buchanan, U.S. undersecretary for research, education and economics, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), who spoke at Cornell in the Boyce Thompson Auditorium, Nov. 19.
In Embryonic Stem Cells gene inactivation can have a totally new meaning
26.11.2007 | Press monitoring
Embryonic stem cells (ESC) can both self-renew or differentiate into the many cells of the organism and it is crucial to understand the mechanism behind this capability if we want to use them in clinic.
Germany massively increases biofuels targets to kickstart next generation fuels
25.11.2007 | Press monitoring
The German government has announced its new Biofuels Roadmap, with which it will massively increase the country's biofuels target, doubling it from 5% by 2010 to 10% by that year, and to 20% by 2020. This way it doubles the EU's biofuel targets (which require 10% of all fuels to be biofuels by 2020).
Lifesaving Bioteque at the University of Stavanger
24.11.2007 | Press monitoring
By using revolutionary methods the Plastid Company will produce proteins. Professor Simon Geir Møller heads the company which is the first bioteque company at the University of Stavanger.
Human Genome-Wide Association Studies
23.11.2007 | Press monitoring
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are a powerful method for identifying disease susceptibility genes for common diseases, offering the promise of novel targets for therapeutic intervention that act on the root cause of disease. GWAS involve scanning thousands of samples, either as case-control cohorts or in family trios, utilizing hundreds of...
Simple recipe turns human skin cells into embryonic stem cell-like cells
22.11.2007 | Press monitoring
A simple recipe—including just four ingredients—can transform adult human skin cells into cells that resemble embryonic stem cells, researchers report in an immediate early publication of the journal Cell, a publication of Cell Press.
Scientists create first cloned embryo from primate
21.11.2007 | Press monitoring
Scientists said Wednesday they had created the world's first cloned embryo from a monkey, in work that could spur cloning of human cells for use in medical research.
Compounds In Cranberries May Be Antibacterial Agents
20.11.2007 | Press monitoring
Cranberry sauce is not the star of the traditional Thanksgiving Day meal, but when it comes to health benefits, the lowly condiment takes center stage.
Scientists claim to clone monkey embryos, potential boon for stem cell research
19.11.2007 | Press monitoring
Scientists in Oregon say they've reached the long-sought goal of cloning monkey embryos and extracting stem cells from them, a potentially major step toward doing the same thing in people.
