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Evolution Of Typhoid Bacteria: Researchers Warn Of Increased Spread Of Resistant Strains
2.12.2006 | Press monitoring
In a study published in the latest issue of Science (24 November, 2006), an international consortium from the Max-Planck Society, Wellcome Trust Institutes in Britain and Vietnam, and the Institut Pasteur in France have elucidated the evolutionary history of Salmonella Typhi. Typhi is the cause of typhoid fever, a disease that sickens 21 million...
Pure carbon nanotubes pass first in vivo test
30.11.2006 | Press monitoring
Nanotubes tracked in blood and liver; study finds no adverse effects.
Wheat's lost gene helps nutrition
30.11.2006 | Press monitoring
Turning on a gene found in wheat could boost levels of protein, iron and zinc, scientists have discovered.
Lab-on-a-chip Could Speed Up Treatment Of Drug-resistant Pneumonia
29.11.2006 | Press monitoring
The emergency treatment of drug-resistant infections with targeted antibiotics is often delayed by the need to identify bacterial strains by growing them in culture first. At this week's AVS 53rd International Symposium & Exhibition in San Francisco, Michael Lochhead, a bioengineer at the Denver biotechnology company Accelr8, described a new...
Scientists Discover Role For Dueling RNAs
28.11.2006 | Press monitoring
Researchers have found that a class of RNA molecules, previously thought to have no function, may in fact protect sex cells from self-destructing. These findings will be published in the November 17 issue of the journal Cell.
Nanotechnology in Consumer Products
27.11.2006 | Press monitoring
This report provides an overview of nanotechnological improved consumer products on the market. In addition a comprehensive list of effects and innovations is evaluating what is really "nano" in todays nanotechnology products.
Humans show major DNA differences
26.11.2006 | Press monitoring
Scientists have shown that our genetic code varies between individuals far more than was previously thought.
On The Cutting Edge: Carbon Nanotube Cutlery
25.11.2006 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) have designed a carbon nanotube knife that, in theory, would work like a tight-wire cheese slicer. In a paper presented this month at the 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition*, the research team...
Natural chemical 'beats morphine'
24.11.2006 | Press monitoring
The human body produces a natural painkiller several times more potent than morphine, research suggests.
Novel Drug-antidote Combination Shown Safe In Humans
23.11.2006 | Press monitoring
A new combination of a potent anticoagulant and an antidote that stops its action, has proved to be safe in its first clinical trial in humans, according to the team conducting the trial.
