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GM foods will end world famine: Expert
11.8.2006 | Press monitoring
Problems associated with genetically modified food are only an issue in countries where food is plentiful, an African professor has told a biotechnology conference.
DOE to invest $250 million in new bioenergy centers
11.8.2006 | Press monitoring
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman announced today that DOE will spend $250 million to establish and operate two new Bioenergy Research Centers to accelerate basic research on the development of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels.
Biofuels cost, benefits examined
11.8.2006 | Press monitoring
With rising costs and depleting supplies of fuel, as well as the negative environmental consequences associated with the use of fossil fuels, scientists are studying the viability of biofuels, which are sourced from agricultural products.
Governor OKs stem cell research funds
11.8.2006 | Press monitoring
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger authorized $150 million in loans to the state's stem cell agency one day after President Bush vetoed legislation that would have expanded federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.
Finding about cellular microtubule rigidity could lead to development of new nano-materials
11.8.2006 | Press monitoring
Microtubules, essential structural elements in living cells, grow stiffer as they grow longer, an unexpected property that could lead to advances in nano-materials development, an international team of biophysicists has found.
Low-dose Glaxo bird flu vaccine seen ready in 2007
10.8.2006 | Press monitoring
LONDON (Reuters) - A bird flu vaccine for humans that uses only a very low dose of active ingredient has proved effective in clinical tests and could be mass produced in 2007, its maker GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Wednesday.
Einstein Researchers Find “Key” to Unlocking World’s Deadliest Malaria Parasite
10.8.2006 | Press monitoring
July 25, 2006 — (BRONX, NY) — Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have leveraged the results of their research into tuberculosis to craft a tool for unlocking the secrets of another of the world’s leading infectious killers—malaria.
FDA Approves of Pearly Pigments To Color Medicines
10.8.2006 | Press monitoring
Eight years after the petition was filed, the USFDA has approved the use of special mica-based pigments on pills, tablets and liquids, giving medicines a unique pearly sheen similar to those seen on cosmetics.
A microbiologist discovers our planet is hard-wired with electricity-producing bacteria
10.8.2006 | Press monitoring
A microbe which transforms toxic metals can sprout tiny electrically conductive wires from its cell membrane.
New Source of Multipotent Adult Stem Cells Discovered in Human Hair Follicles
10.8.2006 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have isolated a new source of adult stem cells that appear to have the potential to differentiate into several cell types. If their approach to growing these cells can be scaled up and proves to be safe and effective in animal and human studies, it could one day provide the tissue...
