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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.
Antioxidant Capacity, Anthocyanins and Total Phenolics in Purple- and Red-Fleshed Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Genotypes
14.12.2005 | Press monitoring
Purple- and red-fleshed potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) were evaluated for their total anthocyanin (ACY), total phenolic (PHEN), and antioxidant capacity.
Mosquito expert battles spread of Dengue Fever
12.12.2005 | Press monitoring
A UC Davis expert on insect-borne diseases will lead a research project on the feasibility of genetically modifying mosquitoes to reduce the incidence of dengue fever.
