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silk fibers from transgenic wormsA startup company - Kraig Biocraft Laboratories - were able to make made genetically modified silkworms that produce fibers incorporating spider-silk proteins.
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According to a recent study published in the Journal of Food Protection, some commercial disinfectants used to clean surfaces are believed to be ineffective in eliminating noroviruses, a group of viru...
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© Tambako the JaguarScientists have identified antimicrobial proteins from pumpkin rinds that can inhibit the growth of microbes, including Candida albicans which causes vaginal yeast infections,...
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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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Researchers have developed microbial electrolysis cells using Archaea species that could use the current to convert carbon dioxide and water to methane without any organic material, bacteria or hydrog...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 407156Researchers have discovered that lactic acid bacteria, commonly found in dairy products, can also be used as a vehicle for an oral vaccine against anthrax, ...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 8242401In the 4th Cultural Heritage Conservation Forum held this week in Caracas, Venezuela, curators will be collaborating with biotech scientists to find ways t...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6906975A new molecular ecology facility at Mason called the MicroBiome Analysis Center (MBAC) aims to catalog the human microbiome - the population of microorgani...
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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...
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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 ...
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