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Geron announces improved production method for human embryonic stem cell-derived islet cells
9.2.2006 | Press monitoring
Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN) announced today the presentation of a new production protocol to differentiate islet cells from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) for the treatment of diabetes.
ISU scientists use supercomputer in corn genome project
9.2.2006 | Press monitoring
Scientists at Iowa State University will use one of the nation’s 10 most powerful computers to help decipher the corn genome, allowing them to expand the plant’s uses in plastics, fuel and fiber.
WTO biotech decision expected soon, U.S. says
9.2.2006 | Press monitoring
Washington -- A preliminary decision by a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel on the U.S. challenge of the European Union (EU) moratorium on approvals for crops derived from biotechnology is expected around February 1, a U.S. trade official said.
British maize imports free of illegal GMOs, says FSA
9.2.2006 | Press monitoring
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) claims it has found no trace of unauthorised genetically modified material in samples of imported maize.
Researchers find hormones that ripen grapes
9.2.2006 | Press monitoring
Based on their ripening patterns and physiological differences, fruits can be categorized as climacteric or non-climacteric.
Survey results on plant-made vaccines discussed
8.2.2006 | Press monitoring
Plants are already well on their way to becoming the drugstores of the future. They have shown promise as vehicles for the production and oral delivery of vaccines, as they 1) carry no risk of the finished product being contaminated with animal pathogens, 2) provide a heat-stable environment for keeping the vaccine fresh, and 3) eliminate the risk...
CIMMYT’s biometrics team receives special recognition for advancing the science behind crop genetic resource conservation.
8.2.2006 | Press monitoring
The nightmare of a gene bank curator: You have a collection of 25,000 precious, unique samples of maize seed; one of the world’s most extensive. You store it carefully, keep it cold and dry, but—little by little over the years—the seed dies! Eventually you’re left with so many packets of useless kernels, and the precious genetic diversity they...
Retroviral vector integration deregulates gene expression but has no consequence on the biology and function of transplanted T cells
8.2.2006 | Press monitoring
The use of retroviral vectors in gene therapy has raised safety concerns for the genotoxic risk associated with their uncontrolled insertion into the human genome. We have analyzed the consequences of retroviral transduction in T cells from leukemic patients treated with allogeneic stem cell transplantation and donor lymphocytes genetically...
Drosophila as a model for the identification of genes causing adult human heart disease
8.2.2006 | Press monitoring
Drosophila melanogaster genetics provides the advantage of molecularly defined P-element insertions and deletions that span the entire genome. Although Drosophila has been extensively used as a model system to study heart development, it has not been used to dissect the genetics of adult human heart disease because of an inability to phenotype the...
Transgenic crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis toxins and biological control
8.2.2006 | Press monitoring
The area devoted to growing transgenic plants expressing insecticidal Cry proteins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is increasing worldwide.
