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Sequence specific visual detection of LAMP reactions by addition of cationic polymers
30.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Development of a practical gene point-of-care testing device (g-POCT device) requires innovative detection methods for demonstrating the results of the gene amplification reaction without the use of expensive equipment. We have studied a new method for the sequence-specific visual detection of minute amounts of nucleic acids using precipitation...
Enhanced flax seeds could bring the benefits of fish oil to vegetable-based cooking oils.
30.3.2006 | Press monitoring
A team of researchers1 led by Ernst Heinz from the University of Hamburg in Germany has successfully developed a genetically enhanced flax (or linseed) plant that has boosted levels of healthful long chain polyunsaturated omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids that are believed to reduce the risk of heart disease,2 cancer,3 Alzheimer's4 and many other...
FDA creates rules to speed development of flu vaccines
30.3.2006 | Press monitoring
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators published draft guidelines yesterday on ways to speed new flu vaccines to market for common winter influenza as well as an even deadlier strain of the virus, such as bird flu that has health officials worldwide worried about a pandemic.
Researchers Use Embryonic Model to Reprogram Malignant Melanoma
30.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Scientists at Northwestern University and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have reprogrammed malignant melanoma cells to become normal melanocytes, or pigment cells, a development that may hold promise in treating of one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
New treatments based on T-cell stimulation possible
30.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Scientists have found that certain T-cell stimulation could help improve treatment of autoimmune disease and cancer, which could be significant for developing new drug treatments to help patients with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, or juvenile diabetes.
UCR researchers design chip that can improve citrus varieties
30.3.2006 | Press monitoring
UC Riverside researchers, in partnership with Affymetrix, Inc., have designed a chip – the GeneChip® Citrus Genome Array – that can improve citrus varieties and suggest ways to better manage them.
A protein fragment called 12.5 kda cystatin may generate first simple test for multiple sclerosis
30.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Johns Hopkins scientists report the discovery of a protein found only in cerebrospinal fluid that they say might be useful in identifying a subgroup of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) or identifying those at risk for the debilitating autoimmune disorder.
PhilRice researcher achieves breakthrough in bacterial leaf blight resistance research for hybrid rice
30.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Auguring well for this optimistic outlook is a headway achieved in hybrid rice research chalked up by a scientific study done with the support of the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice), DA-Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR), and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
Global BioExecutive Program at UC Berkeley
23.3.2006 | Press monitoring
About the Global BioExecutive Program Get the knowledge, the credibility and the networks of leading academics and industry professionals in the commercialization of science
2006 Call for New EUROCORES themes
22.3.2006 | Press monitoring
The ESF is inviting well developed proposals for new EUROCORES Programmes (EUROCORES themes) with the deadline of 1 June 2006 (midnight).
