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Microfluidics Device Tracks Breast Cancer Cell Movements
12.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Malignant cells are notorious for their ability to break away from a tumor, migrate to other seemingly targeted locations in the body, and establish new tumors, called metastases. The biochemical signals that guide tumor cell migration are poorly understood, but efforts to find those signals should receive a boost thanks to a new microfluidics...
VitroGro(R) World-First: Culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells for Therapeutic Use
12.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Brisbane-based biotechnology company Tissue Therapies Limited (ASX: TIS) has potentially overcome a major hurdle in the race to use human embryonic stem cells for medical treatment with the discovery that its VitroGro(R) technology can be used to replace animal or human serum in the culture of human embryonic stem cells.
Segmental trisomy of chromosome 17: A mouse model of human aneuploidy syndromes
10.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Triplication of whole autosomes or large autosomal segments is detrimental to the development of a mammalian embryo. The trisomy of human chromosome (Chr) 21, known as Down's syndrome, is regularly associated with mental retardation and a variable set of other developmental anomalies. Several mouse models of Down's syndrome, triplicating 33–104...
World Congress Will Showcase Industrial Biotechnology for Ethanol, Chemicals, and Consumer Goods
10.6.2006 | Press monitoring
The latest advances in industrial biotechnology for renewable fuel and sustainable consumer products made from agricultural feedstocks will be on display at the third annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing. The Congress, to be held July 11-14, 2006 at the Toronto Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, is hosted by the...
Biosensor uses nanotechnology to spot the right smell
10.6.2006 | Press monitoring
An electronic biosensor using nanotechnology techniques could help companies to develop the right smells for their foods, or to sniff out rotting ingredients in the receiving area.
Networking Biotechnology Clusters: Sharing Knowledge, Optimising Results
9.6.2006 | Press monitoring
The NetBioClue Project aims to promote co-operation among key actors in different clusters engaged in biotech for health with an outward-looking approach. The project will identify and share knowledge about good practices and new opportunities for developing and managing the growth of successful clusters. The mobilisation of key actors in...
Mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase domain and associations with clinicopathological features in non-small cell lung cancer patients
9.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Somatic tyrosine kinase (TK) domain mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene are associated with sensitivity of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI's), however their incidence in distinct populations is not clarified.
Tumour enzymes trigger nanoparticle self-assembly
9.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Researchers at MIT, the University of California, San Diego, and the Burnham Institute, all in the US, have for the first time demonstrated nanoparticle self-assembly triggered by a protease. The technique could have applications in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and drug delivery to cancerous tumours, which release specific pr...
Atomic force microscope sorts molecules out
9.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Researchers at IBM's Almaden Research Center, US, have used an atomic force microscope (AFM) to separate out molecules of different types. Applying a voltage to the AFM tip caused the molecules to move along the tip at different rates, in a small-scale form of the electrophoresis separation technique.
UCSF resumes human embryo stem cell work
8.6.2006 | Press monitoring
UCSF scientists are attempting to use controversial cloning techniques to generate human embryonic stem cell lines, resuming an effort shelved as a failure five years ago.
