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Other Biotechnology News
by ruth 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 ...
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Other Biotechnology News
by ruth on December 21, 2008
Researchers 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 "liquid wood" o...
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Corporate and Industrial News
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by ruth on December 21, 2008
Roquette Frères has entered into an agreement to commercialize technologies by Rice University researchers, who genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to produce high yields of succinic acid through ...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on December 19, 2008
In addition to 19 other variants previously reported, 11 new gene variants have been identified that are associated with three blood lipids measured to determine cardiovascular disease risk (low-densi...
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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
by ruth 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...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on December 15, 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...
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Food and Agriculture
, Microbiology
by ruth on December 11, 2008
Microbiologists have identified new species of bacteria in raw milk. One of these bacteria, Chryseobacterium oranimense, can grow at cold temperatures and secretes enzymes that may spoil milk. Further...
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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
by Gloria Gamat on December 10, 2008
Pathwork Diagnostics announced a collaboration with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London to conduct the first research study on the Pathwork Tissue of Origin Test in the UK.
T...
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Food and Agriculture
by ruth on December 8, 2008
Researchers have found that hops extracts have antimicrobial compounds such as lupulone that may be used to to control levels of the pathogenic bacteria Clostridium perfringens in the gut of chickens....
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Food and Agriculture
by ruth on December 6, 2008
UC Berkley scientists have identified a compound found in broccoli which may be responsible for its anti-cancer properties. The compound, indole-3-carbinol (I3C), is already undergoing clinical trials...
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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
by ruth on December 3, 2008
A preliminary "proof-of-principle" trial demonstrated the feasibility of a genetic blood test to demonstrate cystic fibrosis patients' response to therapy.
Using microarray gene analysis...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on December 3, 2008
University of Nottingham researchers have identified a gene that may help protect against lung cancer. By comparing lung cancer tissues from patients with the disease and comparing it to healthy lung ...
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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
by ruth on December 1, 2008
In a clinical trial involving 144 post-vasectomy semen samples, researchers have confirmed the accuracy and reliability of SpermCheck Vasectomy, the first FDA approved at-home immunodiagnostic test fo...
