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Global Impact of Biotech Crops: Socio-Economic and Environmental Effects in the First Ten Years of Commercial Use
26.4.2007 | Press monitoring
Genetically modified (GM) crops have now been grown commercially on a substantial scale for ten years. This paper assesses the impact this technology is having on global agriculture from both economic and environmental perspectives.
Aussie scientists find transplant virus
25.4.2007 | Press monitoring
Australian scientists have discovered a new virus that has the potential to kill recipients of organ transplants.
Motile Cilia Go With the Flow
25.4.2007 | Press monitoring
Cilia, tiny hair-like structures that propel mucus out of airways, have to agree on the direction of the fluid flow to get things moving. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies discovered a novel two-step mechanism that ensures that all cilia beat in unison.
Faulty DNA Repair Linked To Huntington's Disease Onset
24.4.2007 | Press monitoring
Huntington's disease, an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that affects roughly 30,000 Americans, is incurable and fatal. But a new discovery about how cells repair their DNA points to a possible way to stop or slow the onset of the disease. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
New generation biofuels coming soon
24.4.2007 | Press monitoring
The credentials of biofuels might have been dented by claims that current production methods are inefficient, lead to deforestation and drive up food prices, but a German firm hopes to change all this with new technology.
Important cause of breast cancer found
24.4.2007 | Press monitoring
Researchers of the University Hospital, Basel and the Hamburg-Eppendorf University Hospital have discovered an important cause of the onset of breast cancer. The already patented findings indicate reliable breast cancer diagnosis and better treatment of a specific type of this ailment in future. The research results were published in the on-line...
Cheap molecule may attack tumors
23.4.2007 | Press monitoring
A cheaply-produced molecule may be the key to treating a variety of cancers, claim Canadian researchers.
Novel Drug Shows Potential For Treating Leukemia
23.4.2007 | Press monitoring
Researchers from the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found that a novel targeted therapy effectively treats acute leukemia in animal models by preventing cancer cells from being purged of damaged proteins.
Susceptibility To Crohn's Disease -- An Important New Clue
22.4.2007 | Press monitoring
Crohn's disease is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disorder of the intestinal tract that affects an estimated 0.15% of people in the developed world. Common symptoms include abdominal pain and diarrhea, but the disorder is often associated with debilitating clinical complications. Researchers from the University of Liège, Belgium, have now...
Investice do výroby bioetanolu v USA
22.4.2007 | Press monitoring
Celkem 385 milionů USD z federálních prostředků bude rozděleno šesti závodům na výrobu bioetanolu.
