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President Clinton Highlights Use of Biotechnology to Improve Agriculture and the Environment, and Alleviate Disease
29.5.2006 | Press monitoring
Agricultural biotechnology will play a significant role in feeding and healing developing countries Former President Bill Clinton met with farmers from eleven countries April 11 at the BIO 2006 Annual International Convention in Chicago to discuss the benefits of plant biotechnology. More than 8.5 million farmers in 21 countries planted 222...
Folic acid raises chance of IVF twins: study
29.5.2006 | Press monitoring
Folic acid does not improve the chances of achieving a pregnancy but scientists said on Friday it can increase the odds of twins when two embryos are transferred during fertility treatment.
A movie about biotechnology
29.5.2006 | Press monitoring
There is a need to better communicate with the public about the future of biotechnology in Europe. Recent events showed that public awareness of biotechnology issues is mainly based on incomplete information. There is certainly an interesting challenge for young scientists to provide the public with scientific arguments which are required to form...
Eleven-nation line-up for European Inventor of the Year awards
29.5.2006 | Press monitoring
An international jury chaired by former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok has nominated inventors from eleven nations for the title of "European Inventor of the Year". The nominees represent nine different countries in Europe, plus Australia and the USA.
Biotechnology in Czech Republic, the past and the future
22.5.2006 | Press monitoring
History Biotechnology has a long tradition in Czech Republic, dating back to the Middle Ages, with roots in traditional fermentation technologies like wine and cheese-making, beer brewing and production of distilled alcoholic beverages.
Unique Mitochondrial Genome Structure in Diplonemids, the Sister Group of Kinetoplastids
18.5.2006 | Press monitoring
Kinetoplastid flagellates are characterized by uniquely massed mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs), the kinetoplasts. Kinetoplastids of the trypanosomatid group possess two types of mtDNA molecules: maxicircles bearing protein and mitoribosomal genes and minicircles specifying guide RNAs, which mediate uridine insertion/deletion RNA editing....
Conformation, protein recognition and repair of DNA interstrand and intrastrand cross-links of Antitumor trans-[PtCl2(NH3)(thiazole)]
17.5.2006 | Press monitoring
Replacement of one ammine in clinically ineffective trans-[PtCl2(NH3)2] (transplatin) by a planar N-heterocycle, thiazole, results in significantly enhanced cytotoxicity. Unlike ‘classical’ cisplatin {cis-[PtCl2(NH3)2]} or transplatin, modification of DNA by this prototypical cytotoxic transplatinum complex trans-[PtCl2(NH3)(thiazole)]...
Origin of germ cells and formation of new primary follicles in adult human ovaries
17.5.2006 | Press monitoring
Recent reports indicate that functional mouse oocytes and sperm can be derived in vitro from somatic cell lines. We hypothesize that in adult human ovaries, mesenchymal cells in the tunica albuginea (TA) are bipotent progenitors with a commitment for both primitive granulosa and germ cells.
Cloning, Biochemical Properties, and Distribution of Mycobacterial Haloalkane Dehalogenases
16.5.2006 | Press monitoring
Haloalkane dehalogenases are enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of the carbon-halogen bond by a hydrolytic mechanism. Genomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. bovis contain at least two open reading frames coding for the polypeptides showing a high sequence similarity with biochemically characterized haloalkane dehalogenases. We describe here...
Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Retail Cheeses from Greece and the Czech Republic
16.5.2006 | Press monitoring
We investigated the presence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in retail cheeses from Greece and the Czech Republic. We found that 31.7% and 3.6% of our samples reacted positive by PCR and culture, respectively. Consumption of these cheeses is likely to result in human exposure to M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis, albeit at a low...
