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Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes similar at molecular level
2.5.2007 | Press monitoring
Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type 2 diabetes, the human version of mad cow disease, and other degenerative diseases are more closely related at the molecular level than scientists realized, a team reports this week in an advanced online publication of the journal Nature.
Novel Gene-Repair Technology Under Development
1.5.2007 | Press monitoring
OrphageniX Inc., a new biotechnology company founded by University of Delaware researchers, has been established in Wilmington to develop and commercialize UD-patented technologies for repairing genes that cause rare, hereditary diseases such as sickle cell anemia and spinal muscular atrophy.
Reversing cancer cells to normal cells
30.4.2007 | Press monitoring
A Northwestern University scientist describes new research that used an innovative experimental approach to provide unique insights into how scientists can change human metastatic melanoma cells back to normal-like skin cells -- by exposing the tumor cells to the embryonic microenvironment of human embryonic stem cells, the zebra fish and the...
Flu Gene Database Speeds ID And Tracking Of Emerging Influenza Strains
30.4.2007 | Press monitoring
A Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Research Institute team in Milwaukee has created a free, searchable genetic database that will significantly improve diagnostic testing and genetic tracking of human and animal influenza viruses. The site, which is automatically updated weekly, will also facilitate rapid response as new virus strains...
Barley offers alternative to corn for ethanol
29.4.2007 | Press monitoring
Most ethanol plants are located in the Corn Belt, because that is where corn is raised.
Scientists Identify Pathogens That May Be Causing Global Honey-Bee Deaths
28.4.2007 | Press monitoring
Researchers have identified potential culprits behind the wide-spread catastrophic death of honey bees around North America and Europe.
Controlling Damaging Protein Plaques Without Side-effects: Research Could Improve Alzheimer's Medication
27.4.2007 | Press monitoring
When protein plaque builds up in the blood, it can result in serious diseases such as heart disease and Alzheimer's. Cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors, a class of drugs under investigation for the treatment of one cause of plaque build-up, also exhibit negative side effects.
Short chromosomes put cancer cells in forced rest
27.4.2007 | Press monitoring
A Johns Hopkins team has stopped in its tracks a form of blood cancer in mice by engineering and inactivating an enzyme, telomerase, thereby shortening the ends of chromosomes, called telomeres.
New Report Explores Nanotechnology's Future
26.4.2007 | Press monitoring
Controlling the properties and behavior of matter at the smallest scale -- in effect, "domesticating atoms" -- can help to overcome some of the world's biggest challenges, concludes a new report on how diverse experts view the future of nanotechnology.
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.
