It will be a bit quieter in this blog for the next two weeks as the family hies off for a two-week holiday, along with thousands of others on a travelling spree this summer. What does Biotech has to...
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...in worms, at least. Using RNAi screening, researchers have identified 23 new longevity genes by screening the genome of Caenorhabditis elegans, a favorite model animal of geneticists. Among the 23...
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Popular belief has it that nerve and brain cells cannot regenerate. The reason lies on the substance called glutamate, produced as part of the body's natural reaction to central nervous system...
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Image: www.liver-cancer.info Five years ago, researchers first linked liver cancer to a protein called gankyrin which caused cells to grow and divide indefinitely by upregulating DNA synthesis....
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Filed in archive Microbiology
by ruth on July 26, 2005
With this entry, I am introducing a new category, one that should have been the first in my list, being a microbiologist and all: Microbial Biotechnology. This category will include all biotech...
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Image: Precision Engineering by MicrobiaSecondary metabolites produced from fermentation of actinomycetes are one of the most important sources of pharmaceuticals. Microbia, Inc. announced yesterday...
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Yet another reason to stop smoking: In the International Journal of Cancer, Dr. Renato Talamini and his colleagues published results from a case-control study showing that heavy smoking doubles the...
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Suffering from extreme weakness, inability to think straight, disrupted sleep and headache? It could simply be that, just like me, you're due for a holiday, but if these symptoms have been...
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While it doesn't provide answers as to how infertility in women may be reversed, results form a recent study offers an explanation why infertility drugs may not work in some women. In the August...
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Image: AP Photo Biopeer just summarized the avian fludeath toll early this week. Today, the three deaths in Indonesia have been confirmed to be as a result of the avian flu virus, H5N1. With China...
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Image: http://www.arabidopsis.org Scientists at the Washington State University led by Professor Clarence A. Ryan isolated a small protein called Pep1 from Arabidopsis thaliana. Pep1 appears to act...
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Today is the deadline for registration to the 12th European Congress on Biotechnology. Operating on the theme, "Bringing Genomes to Life", the event will take place on 21 - 25 August 2005...
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In patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the mutation in the gene responsible for the production of the dystrophin protein cause the progressive deterioration of skeletal, as well as...
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My undergraduate thesis was an attempt to customize a cheaper version of test kits for the rapid identification of bacteria belonging to the enterobacteriaceae family. Using pure cultures, it faired...
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Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. announced yesterday the pricing of its public offering of 5,030,000 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $14.05 per share. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. is...
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I wouldn't want to have been one of the 2,051 patients in calgary who had lab tests, such as blood or urine, done between May 1 and July 5. Dr. Chris Eagle, chief medical officer with the region,...
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In the aftermath of the London bombings, it is comforting to know that the Fraunhofer USA's Center for Molecular Biotechnology (CMB) will host a conference that will bring together leading...
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MedAd News releases a list of top 100 biotechnology companies based on revenues. Amgen and Genetech top the list, with Amgen recording a total revenue of $10.55 billion in 2004 that translates to an...
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Procyon Biopharma Inc. announced last week the successful acquisition of Bioxalis Medica Inc. (Bioxalis), a Montreal-based biopharmaceutical company engaged in the research and development of...
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Image: www.bodyscan.mdIn the July issue of Gastroenterology, researchers at the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University Medical Center in New York reported that the radiation risk...
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July 2-5, in budapest hungary. 30th Congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Sciences (FEBS). July 24-27, in Quebec, Canada. 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of...
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Image: http://www.nitromed.com/The American Food and Drug Administration approved the drug BiDil on Thursday for the treatment of heart failure in black Americans, calling it a step toward "the...
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