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Computers Make Big Strides in Predicting Protein Structure
21.12.2005 | Press monitoring
Computers can predict the detailed structure of small proteins nearly as well as experimental methods, at least some of the time, according to new studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers.
Mining Biotech's Data Mother Lode
21.12.2005 | Press monitoring
A EU-sponsored project has developed a suite of tools that will enable biotech companies to mine through vast quantities of data created by modern life-science labs to find the nuggets of genetic gold that lie within.
Maximizing Intellectual Property
21.12.2005 | Press monitoring
Maximizing Intellectual Property Sponsored by: Nextance Broadcast on April 29, 2004 Register | Get Players Event Description: Intellectual Property (IP) can generate large revenues for companies, universities and other research organizations. It is typically the primary asset of most biotechnology and...
Biotechnology's Newest Chemical Tool
21.12.2005 | Press monitoring
Exploiting biology's own chemical toolbox, researchers have developed a new technique that will allow them to modify specific sequences within a DNA molecule. The approach will not only help reveal the impact of biochemical alterations to DNA, but could have far-reaching implications for DNA-based medical diagnosis and nanobiotechnology....
Cancer Support Cells May Evolve, Fuel Tumor Growth
21.12.2005 | Press monitoring
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists have demonstrated in a living organism that cancers may cause surrounding supportive cells to evolve and ultimately promote cancer growth.
Effective, Safe Anthrax Vaccine Can Be Grown In Tobacco Plants
21.12.2005 | Press monitoring
Enough anthrax vaccine to inoculate everyone in the United States could be grown inexpensively and safely with only one acre of tobacco plants, a University of Central Florida molecular biologist has found.
Novel Enzyme Offers New Look At Gene Regulation
21.12.2005 | Press monitoring
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have purified a novel protein and have shown it can alter gene activity by reversing a molecular modification previously thought permanent.
Unique Czech biotech web site just launched
19.12.2005 | Press monitoring
The South Moravian Innovation Centre in cooperation with the Czech investment and business development agency CzechInvest has just launched a brand-new Czech biotech web site www.gate2biotech.com which is to become the main guide-post and information umbrella covering all activities in the biotechnology sector in the Czech Republic....
China Evolves from Imitation to Innovation
19.12.2005 | Press monitoring
Pharma companies focus on China's progression to becoming the fifth largest pharmaceutical market in the world.
Virus in the strawberry patch
14.12.2005 | Press monitoring
A virus known in Europe for more than 40 years, strawberry latent ringspot virus (SLRSV), has now been discovered in North America.
