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Peanut gene breakthrough may lead to allergen free nuts
18.12.2006 | Press monitoring
Scientists have identified a new gene in peanuts that codes for a protein with no apparent allergic effects, research that opens up the possibility of allergen-free GM nuts.
Natural Radioactivity Could Provide Microbes In The Deep Biosphere With Vitality
16.12.2006 | Press monitoring
An international team of researchers from the USA and Germany has published an explanation for life in the deep biosphere in the journal Science. Using the latest technologies from biogeochemistry, molecular biology and microbiology, the scientists collected a wide range of samples from the bottom of the sea. After intensive analysis, Bo B....
Bioinformatics in environmental metagenomics
15.12.2006 | Press monitoring
It is well known in environmental microbiology that using conventional methods, cultured microorganisms represents no more than 1% of the microorganisms present in the vast majority of environmental habitats. Consequently, a huge metabolic diversity still remains to be explored and discovered. With the aim to study and use the information...
Scientists hope bodies can fight cancer
14.12.2006 | Press monitoring
Scientists are investigating new strategies to harness the human body's own immune system to fight skin cancer.
Scientific Modeling and Simulation - CD Free
13.12.2006 | Press monitoring
Engineers and scientists from all areas and disciplines can get a quick overview of the power and benefits of modeling, simulation, and virtual prototyping thanks to a series of free multiphysics tutorial CDs from COMSOL. The CDs are beneficial to a wide range of people-from educators who wish to introduce their students to the basics of modeling,...
Finding A Cure For Cancer: The Holy Grail Of Science
12.12.2006 | Press monitoring
To find a cure for cancer, the modern-day plague of our society - is synonymous to finding the holy grail of science.
Open-Source Practices for Biotechnology
11.12.2006 | Press monitoring
The open-source movement, which has encouraged legions of programmers around the world to improve continually upon software like the Linux operating system, may be spreading to biotechnology.
Functional Genomics and Screening of cDNA and Genomic Libraries of Hop (Humulus lupulus L.) for Genes Involved in the Development of Hop Cones and in Lupulin Production
9.12.2006 | Press monitoring
This project is a follow-up to an earlier original results of department of molecular genetic BC ASCR IPMB describing genes co-determining some medicinal compounds of hop. The main scientific goal of the recent project is to investigate the molecular aspects of the maturation process of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) female inflorescences...
Crabs Give Blood for Space Travel
8.12.2006 | Press monitoring
Soon, astronauts onboard the ISS will test a high-tech medical device that uses primitive enzymes from horseshoe crabs to diagnose human illness.
Engineering cottonseed for use in human nutrition by tissue-specific reduction of toxic gossypol
8.12.2006 | Press monitoring
Global cottonseed production can potentially provide the protein requirements for half a billion people per year; however, it is woefully underutilized because of the presence of toxic gossypol within seed glands.
