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Eurobarometer survey on biotechnology
27.6.2006 | Press monitoring
One in two Europeans believe biotechnology will improve quality of life 52% of those polled in the latest Eurobarometer survey on biotechnology, published today, indicated a belief that biotechnology will improve their quality of life.
Receptor Holds the Key to Mosquito Immune Response
27.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Researchers Identify Gene Used to Recognize Pathogens Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have identified a gene in the Anopheles gambiae mosquito’s DNA that is central to the insect’s ability to defend against infectious pathogens, including Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria in humans. Potentially, a...
Researchers find new clues to biochemistry of 'anti-aging'
27.6.2006 | Press monitoring
MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have found that sirtuins, a family of enzymes linked to a longer life span and healthier aging in humans, may orchestrate the activity of other enzymes involved in metabolic processes in the body.
Questions linger about unexplained gene-therapy trial death
27.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Gene therapists are waiting nervously for the outcome of investigations into the death of a participant in a pioneering gene therapy trial in Germany, expected in the next few weeks.
Retrovirus infection strongly enhances scrapie infectivity release in cell culture
26.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Prion diseases are neurodegenerative disorders associated in most cases with the accumulation in the central nervous system of PrPSc (conformationally altered isoform of cellular prion protein (PrPC); Sc for scrapie), a partially protease-resistant isoform of the PrPC.
Gene therapy prevents the onset of diabetic symptoms in mice
26.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Using state-of-the-art gene therapy techniques, University of Pittsburgh investigators have successfully prevented the onset of elevated blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, in diabetes-prone mice by inserting a gene encoding for a cytokine -- a protein that stimulates or inhibits the proliferation or function of immune cells -- into their...
'Good' cholesterol drug trialled
26.6.2006 | Press monitoring
A major international trial has been set up to see whether a treatment to increase so-called "good" cholesterol can prevent heart attacks and strokes. "Good" cholesterol - high density lipoproteins (HDL) - cuts heart disease risk removing fat from the circulation.
Brain can be made to self-repair
25.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Triggering stem-cell growth could help brain recover after a stroke.
Northern Germany – Center of blue biotechnology: 4th International Symposium on Marine Biotechnology
25.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Currently, the Institute of Marine Biotechnology e.V. is welcoming the scientific community to an international symposium on marine biotechnology in Greifswald, Germany. The conference is held for the fourth time and will take place from June 21st until 23rd 2006. It is entitled "From functional genomics to new natural products from marine...
New Nano-headache?
25.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Hundreds of tons of engineered, microscopic particles enter the environment every year, yet little is known of their biological effects. Now, a study of ultrafine particles of titanium dioxide (TiO2)--used in manufacturing, personal care and food products, and as drug carriers--indicates that even low concentrations can produce harmful "free...
