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Unlocking biological secrets: Cornell scientists build 'nano-keys' to bind cell receptors and trigger allergic reactions
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
The tumblers of life continue to click as Cornell University researchers have fabricated a set of "nano-keys" on the molecular scale to interact with receptors on cell membranes and trigger larger-scale responses within cells -- such as the release of histamines in an allergic response.
Scientists measure nanoparticle safety
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), US, have used tests developed for air pollution to predict the safety of nanomaterials.
Secondary Protein Database Spreads Data, Boosts Technology
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
The Protein Data Bank was established in 1972 as a public repository for solved protein structures; this information reveals the precise shape of proteins and is invaluable in figuring out how they work and in designing drug molecules that bind to proteins in certain ways.
Live cells jetted with electric fields
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
A team of biophysicists in the UK has used a form of ink-jet printing to create "jets" of living cells for the first time.
Nanoparticles pinpoint brain activity
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Scientists could be a step closer to unraveling the mysteries of human memory thanks to a nanoparticle-based imaging technique developed at Bordeaux University.
Molecular characterization of Ph1 as a major chromosome pairing locus in polyploid wheat
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
The foundation of western civilization owes much to the high fertility of bread wheat, which results from the stability of its polyploid genome.
Plant enzyme efficiency may hold key to global warming
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Global warming just may have met its match. In research recently completed at Emory University School of Medicine, scientists have discovered a mutant enzyme that could enable plants to use and convert carbon dioxide more quickly, effectively taking more of that gas out of the atmosphere.
GM food goes on trial
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
The fundamental rule of retail is: The consumer is always right. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has once again disregarded this rule by declaring the majority of European consumers wrong.
EU gets fed up with France, Germany on GM Law
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
BRUSSELS - France and Germany may win only a small amount of leeway if they fail to update national laws on genetically modified (GMO) foods and crops on time next month, or risk legal action and hefty fines at Europe's highest court.
