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Jumping genes could make for safer gene delivery system
30.9.2007 | Press monitoring
To move a gene from point A to point B, scientists and gene therapists have two proven options: a virus, which can effectively ferry genes of interest into cells, and a plasmid, an engineered loop of DNA that can do the same thing, albeit usually only on a short-term basis.
New biosensor detects avian influenza virus in minutes
29.9.2007 | Press monitoring
Quick identification of avian influenza infection in poultry is critical to controlling outbreaks, but current detection methods can require several days to produce results.
Battling Bacteria: Antimicrobial 'Hole Puncher' Mechanism Described
28.9.2007 | Press monitoring
In the battle against bacteria, researchers have scored a direct hit. They have made a discovery that could shorten the road to new and more potent antibiotics.
Scientists get first look at nanotubes inside living animals
27.9.2007 | Press monitoring
Rice University scientists have captured the first optical images of carbon nanotubes inside a living organism. Using fruit flies, the researchers confirmed that a technique developed at Rice -- near-infrared fluorescent imaging -- was capable of detecting DNA-sized nanotubes inside living fruit flies.
The Long-Run Impact of Corn-Based Ethanol on the Grain, Oilseed, and Livestock Sectors with Implications for Biotech Crops
26.9.2007 | Press monitoring
The ongoing growth of corn–based ethanol production raises some fundamental questions about what impact continued growth will have on US and world agriculture. Estimates of the long–run potential for ethanol production can be made by calculating the corn price at which the incentive to expand ethanol production disappears. Under current ethanol...
Vitamin E Trials 'Fatally Flawed'
25.9.2007 | Press monitoring
Generations of studies on vitamin E may be largely meaningless, scientists say, because new research has demonstrated that the levels of this micronutrient necessary to reduce oxidative stress are far higher than those that have been commonly used in clinical trials.
Biofuels could boost global warming, finds study
24.9.2007 | Press monitoring
Growing and burning many biofuels may actually raise rather than lower greenhouse gas emissions, a new study led by Nobel prize-winning chemist Paul Crutzen has shown. The findings come in the wake of a recent OECD report, which warned nations not to rush headlong into growing energy crops because they cause food shortages and damage...
Molecules autonomously propelled by polymerizing DNA strands
23.9.2007 | Press monitoring
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have fabricated a motor that runs autonomously, and is powered only by the free energy of DNA hybridization. The molecular motor was inspired by bacterial pathogens such as Rickettsia rickettsii that propel themselves through host cells by polymerizing protein “comet tails.” The synthetic...
Biotechgate: Global Life Science Database re-launched
22.9.2007 | Press monitoring
The new global Biotech directory and life science database Biotechgate has been launched by Venture Valuation. Target users are investors, biotech and pharma companies, universities, as well as economic development organisations. The database features detailed company profiles of over 8'700 life science companies in Europe, Asia and North...
Cancer-fighting transplant hope
21.9.2007 | Press monitoring
Immune cells taken from one person may be able to join the battle against cancer in another, says a researcher.
