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Artificial Bone Marrow in a Test Tube
Filed in archive Other Biotechnology News on December 24, 2008
Researchers have developed an artificial bone marrow that could continuously produce red and white blood cells in vitro. The substance grows on a 3-D scaffold that mimics the tissues supporting bone ...
Liquid Wood Suitable for Toy Manufacture
Filed in archive Other Biotechnology News on December 21, 2008
Credit: TECNARO GmbHResearchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT in Pfinztal and the Fraunhofer spin-off TECNARO GmbH have developed a material called ARBOFORM®, a type of &...
Industrial Production of Succinic Acid Genetically Modified Bacteria
Filed in archive Corporate and Industrial News , Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics , Microbiology on December 21, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 674264Roquette Frères has entered into an agreement to commercialize technologies by Rice University researchers, who genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to p...
11 New Cardiovascular Risk Gene Variants Identified
Filed in archive Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics on December 19, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6148437In addition to 19 other variants previously reported, 11 new gene variants have been identified that are associated with three blood lipids measured to det...
Hydrocyanine Fluorescent Dyes to Detect Reactive Oxygen Species
Filed in archive Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation on December 16, 2008
Researchers have developed new fluorescent probes called hydrocyanines that can be used to detect and measure the presence of reactive oxygen species - molecules implicated in a variety of inflammator...
Brain Enzyme Regulates Appetite and Weight Gain
Filed in archive Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics on December 14, 2008
Scientists have determined that an enzyme in the brain called p70 S6 Kinase 1 or S6K may play a role in preventing weight gain and obesity. The researchers injected rats with special viruses that sele...
New Bacterial Species in Raw Milk
Filed in archive Food and Agriculture , Microbiology on December 11, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5514120Microbiologists have identified new species of bacteria in raw milk. One of these bacteria, Chryseobacterium oranimense, can grow at cold temperatures and ...
UK Validation Study Initiated on Pathwork Tissue of Origin Test
Filed in archive Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation on December 9, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Dr. Heinz Linke Pathwork Diagnostics announced a collaboration with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London to conduct the first research study on th...
Hops Extract Lupulone as Antibiotic in Poultry
Filed in archive Food and Agriculture on December 8, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 4090990Researchers have found that hops extracts have antimicrobial compounds such as lupulone that may be used to to control levels of the pathogenic bacteria Cl...
How Broccoli Compound Fights Cancer
Filed in archive Food and Agriculture on December 6, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 3214889UC Berkley scientists have identified a compound found in broccoli which may be responsible for its anti-cancer properties. The compound, indole-3-carbinol...
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