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Modified crops help reduce greenhouse gases
11.3.2007 | Press monitoring
The global use of genetically modified crops, which allows farmers to plant using less herbicide and without tilling the soil, is significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study.
Biofuels: An Advisable Strategy?
10.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Biofuels have been an increasingly hot topic on the discussion table in the last few years. The main argument behind the policies in favour of biofuels is based on the idea that biofuels would not increase the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
No Carrier Necessary: This Drug Delivers Itself
9.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Scientists describe for the first time in Molecular Pharmaceutics a drug delivery system that consists of nanocrystals of a hydrophobic drug.
Venture Capitalists Want to Put Some Algae in Your Tank
9.3.2007 | Press monitoring
The idea of replacing crude oil with algae may seem like a harebrained way to clean up the planet and bolster national security.
Breath test for diabetes
8.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Non-invasive test can pick up the whiff of disease.
Beans with human genes
8.3.2007 | Press monitoring
The ongoing controversy over genetically modified food is set to explode again, with news that the first GM food crop containing human genes is likely to be approved for commercial production.
Genome sequencing reveals a key to viable ethanol production
8.3.2007 | Press monitoring
As the national push for alternative energy sources heats up, researchers at the University of Rochester have for the first time identified how genes responsible for biomass breakdown are turned on in a microorganism that produces valuable ethanol from materials like grass and cornstalks.
Scientists Reconstruct Migration Of Avian Flu Virus
7.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Researchers have combined genetic and geographic data of the H5N1 avian flu virus to reconstruct its history over the past decade. They found that multiple strains of the virus originated in the Chinese province of Guangdong, and they identified many of the migration routes through which the strains spread regionally and internat...
New Success In Engineering Plant Oils
7.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Using genetic manipulation to modify the activity of a plant enzyme, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have converted an unsaturated oil in the seeds of a temperate plant to the more saturated kind usually found in tropical plants.
Biodegradable Microspheres Deliver Time Release Vaccines, Stimulate Different Immune Response
6.3.2007 | Press monitoring
A new vaccine delivery system using microspheres of a biodegradable polymer may not only reduce the need for booster shots in some cases, but also appears to stimulate an immune response that traditional vaccines do not.
