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Researchers identify energy gains and environmental impacts of corn ethanol and soybean biodiesel
2.8.2006 | Press monitoring
The first comprehensive analysis of the full life cycles of soybean biodiesel and corn grain ethanol shows that biodiesel has much less of an impact on the environment and a much higher net energy benefit than corn ethanol, but that neither can do much to meet U.S. energy demand.
EU to fund embryo cell research
1.8.2006 | Press monitoring
Ministers from European Union member states have agreed to continue funding research on embryonic stem cells.
CJD blood test a step closer
1.8.2006 | Press monitoring
A blood test to detect the human form of mad cow disease before it causes symptoms is a step closer, say experts.
Therapeutic Efficacy of Generex Anti-Tumor Vaccine Demonstrated in Preclinical Animal Model
1.8.2006 | Press monitoring
Generex Biotechnology Corporation (NASDAQ:GNBT) announced today that Dr. Eric von Hofe, President of Antigen Express, Inc., the Company's wholly owned immunotherapeutics subsidiary, presented additional pre-clinical studies conducted with their immunotherapeutic peptide vaccine currently in Phase I clinical trials in patients with breast cancer....
As Other Asian Nations Have Moved to Control Bird Flu, It Is Rapidly Spiraling in Indonesia
31.7.2006 | Press monitoring
Indonesia is about to surpass Vietnam as the country hardest hit by avian flu. And while Vietnam has not had a single human case or poultry outbreak this year, public health officials and experts say the situation in Indonesia is likely to get worse.
ImClone, cancer drug embroiled in bitter patent dispute
30.7.2006 | Press monitoring
The company at the heart of the Martha Stewart stock scandal is in the midst of a bitter patent dispute that threatens its bottom line and has led some world-renowned cancer researchers into a courtroom for a highly unusual showdown.
Finding about cellular microtubule rigidity could lead to development of new nano-materials
30.7.2006 | Press monitoring
Austin, Texas -- 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.
Researcher Discovers New Motor Protein Mechanism Linked To Heart Disease And Strokes
29.7.2006 | Press monitoring
Cardiomyopathy is an insidious disease which often strikes without warning and can lead to heart failure and eventual death.
Scientists to decipher Neanderthal's genome
29.7.2006 | Press monitoring
Neanderthals were a species of the Homo genus who lived in Europe and western Asia from more than 200,000 years ago to as little as roughly 30,000 years ago.
Yttrium-90 to control hepatocarcinoma
29.7.2006 | Press monitoring
The University Hospital at the University of Navarra is the only centre throughout the entire Spanish state for the treatment of liver tumours by means of radioembolisation and the one with the greatest accumulated experiences in the treatment throughout Europe. The technique consists of injecting spheres marked with Yttrium-90 – of very few...
