Researchers have demonstrated that a water treatment system using microorganisms called membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) is effective in eliminating the common contaminant chlorinated solvent...
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Researchers have identified a gene in plants that plays an important role in the regulation of carbon dioxide uptake for photosynthesis and water evaporation, and may thus aid in the development of...
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Researchers report of a novel method to detect an aggressive form of breast cancer that overproduce HER2-encoded proteins, using antibodies from chicken. In a paper in the International Journal of...
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Researchers have identified a gene responsible for a rare hereditary form of hair loss known as hypotrichosis simplex. From the abstract of the paper published in Nature: Hypotrichosis simplex is a...
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By growing them together with a strain of Steptomyces, scientists were able to trigger anitbiotic production in Rhodococcus, a soil bacteria that does not normally produce antibiotics but whose genome...
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What: Natural Products Discovery & Production II: Celebrating Successes of Traditional and Novel Cultures When: June 22-26, 2008 Where: Hilton Whistler Resort, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada...
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A paper published in the January-February 2008 issue of Agronomy Journal explores the profitability of transgenic cotton cultivars with pest-managing traits. Field experiments were conducted to...
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Preliminary data indicates that scientists may have identified a new approach that may be effective in reducing the virulence of Staphylococcus aureus, the bacterium responsible for most staph...
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Researchers have identified the cells responsible for neurofibromatosis type1, a genetic disease characterized by changes in skin coloring (pigmentation) and the growth of tumors along nerves in the...
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The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press has published a new anatomical atlas of C. elegans, a commonly used model animal in biological research: Derived from the acclaimed online WormAtlas, C. elegans...
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Richmond-based Insmed, Inc has just launched a broad follow-on biologics education campaign. Part of the innovative campaign is the launch of a YouTube video on Friday to encourage an on-line...
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Using in-vitro fertilization techniques, scientists have successfully created an embryo with DNA material from three donor parents: nuclear DNA material from the mother and father, and mitochondrial...
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