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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on January 17, 2010
Genome Canada, Genome BC, US Departments of Energy and Agriculture, and France's INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research) has undertaken a US$10.5 million research project that will cre...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on December 8, 2009
Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research have identified a new peptide called iRGD that specifically recognizes and penetrates cancer tumors but not normal tissues. The peptide was also s...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on December 2, 2009
Two studies report that lunasin, a soy peptide present in effluents from soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation that acc...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on September 30, 2009
A group of researchers has created a new online, interactive survey regarding values & attitudes related to Personal Genomics, and are inviting you to participate.
In this survey, you will be aske...
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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
, Food and Agriculture
, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on July 10, 2009
Using a new genetic modification approach, agricultural researchers have developed cereal crops that are able to withstand salinity.
Professor Tester says his team used the technique to keep salt - as...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on July 8, 2009
Using RNA interference technology, researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory have identified 20 genes involved in cholesterol metabolism, potentially leading to new treatments for hea...
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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on June 30, 2009
In the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Amsterdam, scientists report of an embryo test that can screen for cystic fibrosis as well as aneuploidy. Acc...
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Food and Agriculture
, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
, Microbiology
by ruth on June 18, 2009
Researchers have successfully sequence the genome of Azotobacter vinelandii, a nitrogen fixing bacterium found in soil. The data gathered will help advance research on nitrogen fixation and other bioc...
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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on June 17, 2009
Previously, researchers haveidentified a key protein, called p16INK4a, that increase in mammalian organs as as cells and tissues age. Recently, they have found out that the protein is also present in ...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on May 31, 2009
A group of researchers have identified eight genes that help predict a melanoma patient's response to treatment.
Dr. Tawbi and his colleagues examined the tumor tissues of 21 patients with metasta...
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Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics
, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on May 29, 2009
Scientists have developed a new anti-HIV drug as well as a possible means of producing the drug in large quantities using transgenic plants.
In the research paper, Ma and colleagues describe how they...
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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on May 25, 2009
Using a tool called P[acman], group of researchers has established a library of clones covering most of the genome of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly), an organism widely used in genetics research....
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on May 16, 2009
Scientists have identified immunologically active components in ginseng, an herb used in traditional Chinese and other Asian medicine.
Allan Lau led a team of researchers from the University of Hong K...
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Food and Agriculture
, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on May 15, 2009
Golden Rice is a genetically modified plant developed to contain more beta-carotene in the grains, seen as a viable method of alleviating vitamin-A deficiency particularly in developing countries. In ...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on May 2, 2009
Researchers have identified a gene linked to increased lung cancer susceptibility and development. This gene, called RGS17, could result in a genetic predisposition to develop Lung cancer particularly...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on March 10, 2009
Scientists may have found a promising new treatment for obesity using gene therapy. They have discovered that a particular gene called BDNF, can result in improved insulin sensitivity, reduced fat mas...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on March 6, 2009
Scientists are organizing a repository of genetically modified rice plants in the hope of understanding the function of the approximately 57,000 genes that make up the rice genome. Two hundred thousan...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on February 19, 2009
Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of all known human rhinoviruses, which causes the common cold which in turn is responsible for about half of all asthma cases and is a factor in other up...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on February 13, 2009
Scientists have discovered that a protein which plays a role in cancers and tissue repair may also hold potential in removing skin wrinkles. The protein, called RHAMM, for Receptor for Hyaluronan Medi...
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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
, Other Biotechnology News
by ruth on February 7, 2009
The Food and Drug Authority has approved ATryn, the first ever transgenically produced therapeutic protein and the first recombinant antithrombin approved in the U.S.
ATryn is indicated for the treat...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on January 24, 2009
Based on a genetic study of 1,380 Europeans, reseachers have identified 3 genes that increase risk of early-onset obesity in children, and morbid obesity in adults.
"The idea was not just to look...
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Corporate and Industrial News
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, Microbiology
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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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth 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...
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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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Food and Agriculture
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by ruth on November 23, 2008
Several submergence-tolerant or "waterproof" rice varieties have passed field trials recently, and are now close to official release by national and state seed certification agencies in Bang...
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Food and Agriculture
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by ruth on October 28, 2008
UC Davis researchers have published a rice DNA microarray that covers nearly all the 45,000 genes in the rice genome. According to a report:
Ronald and her colleagues used the new rice microarray to i...
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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
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by ruth on October 13, 2008
deCoODE Genetics launched deCODE BreastCancer™, a new non-invasive tool for assessing risk of the common forms of breast cancer.
The deCODE BreastCancer™ test measures seven widely replicated single-...
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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by ruth on October 12, 2008
Researchers have developed a new prenatal blood test that accurately detected Down syndrome and two other serious chromosomal defects in a small study of 18 pregnant women. The test scan fetal DNA pre...
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Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
by Gloria Gamat on October 9, 2008
80-year-old Osamu Shimomura of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution lab had won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Martin Chalfie of Columbia University and Roger Y. Tsien of the University of Californ...
