• Translational Regenerative Medicine Event Features Venture Forum

    Updated: 2010-02-28 20:30:13
    Home About Archives Science Bookstore Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact Us ADVERTISMENT ADVERTISMENT Tags air sacs arteries heart damage medicine foundation washington dc Translational Regenerative Medicine Event Features Venture Forum Posted on 28 February 2010 20:30 by Alfie VN:F 1.8.1_1037 please wait . Rating : 0.0 5 0 votes cast Story : Summary Companies selected to present their technologies are : 8211 ACell extracellular matrix devices to repair and remodel damaged tissues and organs– America Stem Cell Inc . technologies to enhance and expand the therapeutic potential of stem celltransplants– Articular Engineering cells and tissue to repair articular cartilage and intervertebral disc disorders Arterion artificial blood vessels– AvitaMedical a cell harvesting , processing and delivery technology to treat skin defects using the patients own cells in a regenerative process– Bioheart autologous cell therapies for the treatment of chronic , acute heart damage , and peripheral vascular disease– Creative Bioreactor Designs Inc . equipment and techniques to develop and deliver tissue-engineered products to the marketplace– ISTO Technologies Inc . biologic products to

  • 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Updated: 2010-02-28 15:35:04
    Home About Archives Science Bookstore Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact Us ADVERTISMENT ADVERTISMENT Tags annual meeting cells distinct advantages gene mutations prostate tumors 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Posted on 28 February 2010 15:35 by Alfie VN:F 1.8.1_1037 please wait . Rating : 0.0 5 0 votes cast Story : Summary This means that in addition to making cells with a specific function , they also make many new stem cells . These cells have a huge capacity for self-renewal , and when the pathways that control self-renewal are augmented or changed , they can form tumors , says Witte . Many scientists suspect that although tumors are made up of many cells , only the tumor cells derived from stem cells contribute to the growth of the tumor . For certain cancers , such as breast cancer and leukemia , that idea is well established . They have been attacking this problem by dividing mouse prostate tissue into its component cell types , culturing those cells , and then reassembling them to understand how they interact . Now , for the first time , theyve accomplished that feat with human tissue . The group is in the early stages of

  • Scientists Map Genetic Regulatory Elements For The Heart

    Updated: 2010-02-28 13:50:13
    Home About Archives Science Bookstore Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact Us ADVERTISMENT ADVERTISMENT Tags associate director computational model education campaigns health sciences tissues Scientists Map Genetic Regulatory Elements For The Heart Posted on 28 February 2010 13:50 by Alfie VN:F 1.8.1_1037 please wait . Rating : 0.0 5 0 votes cast Story : Summary Scientists have devised a new computational model that can be used to reveal genetic regulatory elements responsible for development of the human heart and maintenance of its function . Although the teams focused on the heart , the computational method they developed is broadly applicable to other tissues , and was successfully used to identify regulatory elements for cells of the limbs and brain . The computational model is a tool to detect those switches within vast stretches of DNA . The two research teams went through several cycles of training the computers to recognize the genetic code and testing the new predictions in zebrafish eggs to achieve the final set of predictions that would light up a high percentage of candidate regulatory elements in the heart . If you go randomly in the genome and pull out a sequence

  • News Outlets Examine HIV Vaccine Research, Cervical Cancer Screening Data Presented At Conference

    Updated: 2010-02-28 08:50:13
    , Home About Archives Science Bookstore Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact Us ADVERTISMENT ADVERTISMENT Tags aids lesions medical information positive women rna News Outlets Examine HIV Vaccine Research , Cervical Cancer Screening Data Presented At Conference Posted on 28 February 2010 08:50 by Alfie VN:F 1.8.1_1037 please wait . Rating : 0.0 5 0 votes cast Story : Summary The news service reports that while the therapeutic vaccine did not protect the monkeys from infection , it did reduce how much virus circulated in the blood after they were infected , a measure called viral load . The article also examines the preliminary data from VIRxSYSs Phase I II trial of VRX496, an investigational RNA therapy for treatment of HIV AIDS 2 18 Also at the conference , researchers described how a low-cost cervical screening program in Zambia has successfully reached out to women living with HIV , IRIN PlusNewsreports . More than half the women had abnormal results , and about 20 percent were diagnosed as having lesions at varying stages from pre-cancerous to advanced cancer , IRIN PlusNews writes . According to the study results , cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive women in

  • Human Health Benefits Predicted Following Sequencing Of Southern African Genomes

    Updated: 2010-02-28 01:15:04
    Story Summary: Webb Miller, professor of biology and computer science at Penn State, who performed the comparative analysis of the genomes, underscores the genetic uniqueness of the Bushmen by saying, On average, there are more genetic differences between any two Bushmen in our study than between a European and an Asian. To know how genes [...] Related posts:Southern African genomes sequenced: Benefits for human health expected Research Team Publishes Worldas First Southern African Genome and Multiple Exomes using Technology from 454 Life Sciences and Roche NimbleGen Low-Cost Sequencing Of 3 Human Genomes

  • Venture Forum To Be Featured At Translational Regenerative Medicine Event

    Updated: 2010-02-28 00:10:13
    Story Summary: The forum is an annual event to convene the regenerative medicine community to focus on fulfilling the promise of regenerative medicine, including best practices and business models. Contact Our News EditorsFor any corrections of factual information, or to contact the editors please use our feedback form. Please send any medical news or health [...] Related posts:Translational Regenerative Medicine Event Features Venture Forum Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum sets stage for accelerating therapies to patients Genetic Link To Heart Failure

  • Multiple sclerosis, Italian researchers discover a possible onset mechanism for the disease

    Updated: 2010-02-27 22:50:13
    Story Summary: Multiple sclerosis, Italian researchers discover a possible onset mechanism for the diseaseA non-pathogenic bacterium is capable to trigger an autoimmune disease similar to the multiple sclerosis in the mouse, the model animal which helps to explain how human diseases work. Multiple sclerosis is a disease due to an inflammatory reaction provoked by the [...] Related posts:Researchers Piece Together More Of The Multiple Sclerosis Genetic Code New mouse model gives important insights into emergence, progress of multiple sclerosis | Top News Multiple Sclerosis: National Search For Proteins That Cause MS

  • Longhorn Vaccines (and) Diagnostics LLC Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the First 2009 H1N1 Influenza Assay to Include a Molecular Transport Medium (MTM)

    Updated: 2010-02-27 19:09:42
    Home About Archives Science Bookstore Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact Us ADVERTISMENT ADVERTISMENT Tags adenovirus influenza season medical products molecular transport rapid testing Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics LLC Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization EUA for the First 2009 H1N1 Influenza Assay to Include a Molecular Transport Medium MTM Posted on 27 February 2010 19:09 by Alfie VN:F 1.8.1_1037 please wait . Rating : 0.0 5 0 votes cast Story : Summary Influenza-like-illness puts a significant strain on Emergency Departments during the standard Influenza season . We were quite fortunate this time around that it came early , during relatively mild weather . Having access to reliable , rapid testing will significantly improve the quality and timeliness of care we can provide in both hospital ED , and community health settings , stated international health expert , MD , MPH , MBA , FACEP , Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine . Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics will continue the development of the Longhorn Influenza A H1N1-09 Prime RRT-PCR Assay and expects to submit a separate 510(k in 2010. The emergency use

  • Gene Mutation Is Linked to Autism-Like Symptoms in Mice

    Updated: 2010-02-27 13:47:04
    Story Summary: In the latest study, the UT Southwestern researchers studied mice that had been genetically engineered to lack NL1. When treated with a drug called D-cycloserine, which activates nerves in those brain regions, the excessive grooming lessened. Our goal was not to make an autistic mouse but rather to understand better how autism-related genes [...] Related posts:New Theory Of Autism Suggests Symptoms Or Disorder May Be Reversible Possible Link Between Autism And Oxytocin Gene Via Non-DNA Sequence Mutation UCLA scientists identify new gene linked to autism risk

  • DNA sequencing unlocks relationships among flowering plants

    Updated: 2010-02-27 11:09:42
    Home About Archives Science Bookstore Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact Us ADVERTISMENT ADVERTISMENT Tags divergence dna sequencing evolutionary relationships genetic relationships plants DNA sequencing unlocks relationships among flowering plants Posted on 27 February 2010 11:09 by Alfie VN:F 1.8.1_1037 please wait . Rating : 0.0 5 0 votes cast Story : Summary This paper and others show flowering plants as layer after layer of bursts of evolution , said Doug Soltis , study co-author and UF distinguished professor of biology . Its two major groups , superrosids and superasterids , split apart between 111 million and 98 million years ago and now account for more than 200,000 species . The superrosids include such familiar plants as hibiscus , oaks , cotton and roses . The new study at UFs Florida Museum of Natural History analyzed 86 complete plastid genome sequences from a wide range of plant species . Researchers selected genomes to sequence based on their best guess of genetic relationships from the previous sequencing work . But continual improvements in DNA sequencing technology are now allowing researchers to analyze those larger amounts of data more quickly . The study

  • Hepatitis B and C remain public health issue — up to 5.3 million Americans infected

    Updated: 2010-02-27 08:03:04
    Home About Archives Science Bookstore Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact Us ADVERTISMENT ADVERTISMENT Tags hepatitis b vaccination hepatitis b vaccine hiv clinics liver disease school attendance Hepatitis B and C remain public health issue up to 5.3 million Americans infected Posted on 27 February 2010 08:03 by Alfie VN:F 1.8.1_1037 please wait . Rating : 0.0 5 0 votes cast Story : Summary 3 million Americans infectedA recent report by the Institute of Medicine IOM confirmed that 3. Each year , about 15,000 people in the U . S . die from liver cancer or liver disease related to HBV or HCV . Better disease surveillance , improved provider and community education , and integrated , enhanced and accessible viral hepatitis services are needed to combat the spread of these diseases , suggested Dr . Mitchell . For prevention purposes education of the benefits of hepatitis B vaccination should be made clear and the report indicates that all states should mandate that the hepatitis B vaccine series be completed or in progress as a requirement for school attendance . The IOM report also focused on improvement to viral hepatitis services through a comprehensive five component approach :

  • Flightless Mosquito Engineered To Fight Dengue

    Updated: 2010-02-27 07:09:42
    Story Summary: Controlling the mosquito that transmits this virus could significantly reduce human morbidity and mortality, he added. The idea is to introduce genetically altered males into the wild, they mate with wild females and the females of the next generation are rendered flightless. Males do not inherit the defect: they can fly as normal [...] Related posts:Flightless mosquitoes developed to help control dengue fever New tool in the fight against mosquito-borne disease: A microbial mosquito net Media Outlets Examine Efforts To Develop Malaria Vaccines

  • Horse stem cell conference to draw veterinarians and human-health professionals

    Updated: 2010-02-26 23:27:04
    Story Summary: The meeting is coordinated by the UC Davis Center for Equine Health and the Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center. Stem cells and regenerative medicineRegenerative medicine is the field of human and veterinary medicine that involves creating living, functional tissues to repair or replace tissues or organs that have been damaged by injury, disease, [...] Related posts:Human Health To Benefit From The Unveling Of The Genome Sequence For The Domestic Horse University of Maryland School of Medicine receives $30 million to coordinate stem cell consortium Vet College horse is center of complete horse genome

  • Gene regulation: Can we stomach it? New technique fights against cause of peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer

    Updated: 2010-02-26 23:09:42
    Story Summary: New Technique Fights Against Cause of Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastric Cancer A breakthrough in decoding gene regulation of Helicobacter pylorihas been made by an international research team led by Jorg Vogel of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin. Using a newly developed sequencing technique, the researchers discovered 60 small [...] Related posts:Gastric Ulcer Bacteria Turn Immune Defence Inwards stomach cancer : Broccoli sprouts may help prevent stomach cancer | Entertainment and Showbiz! New clues on the link between Heliobacter pylori and stomach cancer

  • Stem Cells Restore Sight in Mice

    Updated: 2010-02-26 20:35:04
    Story Summary: D. , assistant professor of ophthalmology, pathology and cell biology, Columbia University Medical Center, and lead author of the paper. However, complications of benign tumors and retinal detachments were seen in some of the mice, so Dr. Tsang and colleagues will optimize techniques to decrease the incidence of these complications in human [...] Related posts:UF Scientists Program Blood Stem Cells To Become Vision Cells Gene Therapy Can Restore Eyesight In People With A Genetically-Inherited Sight Disorder, Especially Children Red Meat Could Make You Blind Say Researchers – UKMedix Health News

  • A First: Diagnosis By DNA

    Updated: 2010-02-26 17:00:19
    Story Summary: Last year a five-month-old boy in Turkey stopped gaining weight and became dehydrated despite getting plenty of liquids. Specialists in Istanbul suspected Bartters syndrome, a potentially fatal kidney disorder that afflicts one in 100,000 babies, causing dangerously low levels of potassium and salt. He deciphered the DNA letters for all the babys genes. [...] Related posts:Quick and easy diagnosis for mitochondrial disorders US Researchers Discover New Method to Create Stem Cells CDC: Virus-surveillance technology can cut H1N1 flu diagnosis time: Scientific American Blog

  • UCLA study finds genetic link between misery and death

    Updated: 2010-02-26 14:51:04
    Story Summary: UCLA study finds genetic link between misery and deathIn ongoing work to identify how genes interact with social environments to impact human health, UCLA researchers have discovered what they describe as a biochemical link between misery and death. In addition, they found a specific genetic variation in some individuals that seems to disconnect [...] Related posts:Natural compound blocks hepatitis C infection, UCLA study finds Natural compound blocks hepatitis C infection, UCLA study finds UCLA collaboration identifies immune system link to schizophrenia

  • Local institutions aid effort to sequence pea aphid genome

    Updated: 2010-02-26 11:59:04
    Story Summary: The genome of the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) has been sequenced for the first time, and entomologists and plant experts from Cornell, Ithaca College and the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI) at Cornell have all played important roles in achieving the milestone. Pea aphids feed on a variety of legume crops, [...] Related posts:Successful genome sequencing of pea aphid is a breakthrough for ecology and agricultural research Discovering soybean plants resistant to aphids and a new aphid Aphids Genome Reflects Reproductive, Symbiotic Lifestyle

  • Scientists Create Tiny RNA Molecule With Big Implications

    Updated: 2010-02-26 10:03:19
    Story Summary: The findings could be a substantial step toward understanding the very origin of Earthly life, the lead researcher contends. The smallest RNA enzyme ever known to perform a cellular chemical reaction is described in a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. That pioneering work has been [...] Related posts:Database On Tiny Plant Will Help Scientists Create Better Crops, Biofuels and Medicines Scientists Create DNA/Protein Hybrids That Mayve Given Rise to Life | 80beats | Discover Magazine Scientists Create a Form of Pre-Life | Wired Science | Wired.com

  • Cellular Joy Stick

    Updated: 2010-02-26 07:44:19
    Home About Archives Science Bookstore Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact Us ADVERTISMENT ADVERTISMENT Tags acetylation lymphoma molecule proteins selectivity Cellular Joy Stick Posted on 26 February 2010 07:44 by Alfie VN:F 1.8.1_1037 please wait . Rating : 0.0 5 0 votes cast Story : Summary 11Cellular Joy Stick Biochemistry : Acetylation controls much more biology than previously expectedLatest NewsFebruary 22, 2010Electronic Waste : Developing countries need to prepare for surge in domestic discards , UNEP says . Fine Chemicals : French company will be acquired by Aurelius , a German private equity firm . Scientists have knownfor decades that proteins can be acetylated on their lysine residues , but the modification was long seen as the poor cousin to phosphorylation , which can activate or deactivate countless processes in living cells . For example , the research team found that acetylation enables bacteria to switch between glucose and citrate energy pathways , and human liver cells to switch between glucose and amino acid ones . As researchers begin to see acetylation as a rival to phosphorylation , they will have to figure out how these two cellular control switches

  • Technology Overview: Faster Tools to Scrutinize the Genome

    Updated: 2010-02-26 03:06:19
    : Home About Archives Science Bookstore Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact Us ADVERTISMENT ADVERTISMENT Tags breast cancer diagnostic testing five billion microarray technology new drugs Technology Overview : Faster Tools to Scrutinize the Genome Posted on 26 February 2010 03:06 by Alfie VN:F 1.8.1_1037 please wait . Rating : 0.0 5 0 votes cast Story : Summary This DNA sequencing machine from Illumina is capable of reading over five billion bases per day . Credit : IlluminaThe majority of genetic diagnostic testing is done with sequencing , which identifies each base , or letter , in a string of DNA . Watching a series of these reactions enables software to piece together the DNA sequence . To date , most advances in personalized medicine have occurred in cancer . For example , genetic screens that sequence portions of genes linked to breast cancer have been available to women with a family history of the disease for over a decade , so that those who carry high-risk variants can be monitored aggressively . Drug makers and scientists have also found genetic markers that predict whether a patient will respond to a given cancer drug , and a few new drugs require accompanying

  • Industry Challenges: Drowning in Data

    Updated: 2010-02-26 00:47:19
    : Home About Archives Science Bookstore Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact Us ADVERTISMENT ADVERTISMENT Tags economic challenge insurance predictive power schizophrenia sequencing systems Industry Challenges : Drowning in Data Posted on 26 February 2010 00:47 by Alfie VN:F 1.8.1_1037 please wait . Rating : 0.0 5 0 votes cast Story : Summary The analysis also suggested 21 genes that could be implicated in bipolar disorder and 25 in schizophrenia . Digital sequencing systems can capture vast amounts of genetic data , but interpretation has been difficult . The problem is going to get worse before it gets better . But it will be impossible to develop effective analysis methods–or weigh their predictive power–without large databases that pair individuals genome sequences with their medical records . Genetic tests and therapeutics also face an economic challenge : who will pay for them Insurance companies will not cover these diagnostics unless they are proved to be both effective–accurately spotting whether a person will respond to a drug , for example–and cost-effective . If scientists succeed in developing tests that can accurately predict an individuals risk of disease years or

  • Genome Study Shows How Strep Throat Germ Circumvents Our Immune System

    Updated: 2010-02-25 17:50:19
    Story Summary: Results were published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). In the United States, the human bacterial pathogen group A streptococcus causes an estimated 30 million cases of strep throat annually and also causes rheumatic fever that damages the heart. Advances in genome-wide analyses occurring in the last decade [...] Related posts:Chain Reaction Of The Immune System Frozen Imaging study shows HIV particles assembling around genome of infected cell Imaging Study Shows HIV Particles Assembling Around Its Genome

  • Biologists discover how biological clock controls cell division in bacteria

    Updated: 2010-02-25 13:12:19
    Story Summary: Using time-lapse microscopy, Golden and her colleagues discovered that the clock proteins KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC in bacteria control the action of a key protein called FtsZ, preventing it from going to the middle of the cell and forming a ring necessary for cell division. There are two cycles, the cell cycle and [...] Related posts:Biological Clocks Control Cell Division in Bacteria Biologists Discover Missing Piece of Plant Clock Clue to mystery of how biological clock operates on 24-hour cycle

  • Successful genome sequencing of pea aphid is a breakthrough for ecology and agricultural research

    Updated: 2010-02-25 11:09:42
    Story Summary: The pea aphid is, as the name would suggest, a pest of peas and other legumes though does not cause the major economic damage of related species such as the peach-potato aphid. This process of specialisation means the Pea Aphid has become a model organism for evolutionists studying specialisation and ecological speciation with [...] Related posts:Local institutions aid effort to sequence pea aphid genome Discovering soybean plants resistant to aphids and a new aphid Aphids Genome Reflects Reproductive, Symbiotic Lifestyle

  • Complete Genomics Announces New Customers and Substantial Orders for Its Large-Scale Human Genome Sequencing Service

    Updated: 2010-02-25 06:15:19
    Home About Archives Science Bookstore Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact Us ADVERTISMENT ADVERTISMENT Tags california company high performance human genome schizophrenia validation Complete Genomics Announces New Customers and Substantial Orders for Its Large-Scale Human Genome Sequencing Service Posted on 25 February 2010 06:15 by Alfie VN:F 1.8.1_1037 please wait . Rating : 0.0 5 0 votes cast Story : Summary Complete Genomics now has more than 30 customers and a strong pipeline with booked orders exceeding 500 human genomes . Its new customers , which range from academic institutions and genome centers to pharmaceutical companies , include Eli Lilly , the University of North Carolina , the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston , Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia , Institute of Cancer Research UK , Academic Medical Center AMC University of Amsterdam , and the Department of Bioinformatics , Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam , the Netherlands . We were impressed with the quality of the finished sequences and variant data that Complete Genomics was able to deliver for our five pilot human genomes , allowing our scientists

  • Gene test can identify bits of cancer in blood

    Updated: 2010-02-24 22:46:42
    Story Summary: For the study, the researchers took six sets of normal and cancerous tissue from four colorectal and two breast cancer patients, and mapped out the genetic code in each. Once the team had identified a genetic signature of the tumor, they looked in patients blood to see if they could find remnants of [...] Related posts:Johns Hopkins scientists develop personalized blood tests for cancer using whole genome sequencing Blood Test May Spot Pancreatic Cancer Early Colon Cancer Gene Test Can Predict Disease Return, Study Says – Bloomberg.com

  • Sanaria Inc. Receives Multi-Year U.S. NIH Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant to Develop a Genetically Attenuated Whole Parasite Malaria Vaccine

    Updated: 2010-02-24 16:21:19
    Story Summary: Sanaria Inc. Receives Multi-Year U. S. NIH Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant to Develop a Genetically Attenuated Whole Parasite Malaria Vaccine, /PRNewswire/ — Sanaria Inc. has received additional support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health in the form [...] Related posts:Story Of 100-Year Quest For Elusive Malaria Vaccine: Book By UCR Biologist First genetically engineered malaria vaccine to enter human trials Researchers working on malaria vaccine – News

  • Virus Hybridization Could Create Pandemic Bird Flu

    Updated: 2010-02-24 14:02:19
    Story Summary: In laboratory experiments in mice, a single gene segment from a human seasonal flu virus, H3N2, was able to convert the avian H5N1 virus into a highly pathogenic form. The findings are reported the week of Feb. 22 in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [...] Related posts:Pandemic Hybrid Of Bird And Human Seasonal Flu Possible Say Scientists Infection of farmed animals with the pandemic virus H1N1 pandemic virus does not mutate into superbug in new lab study

  • The Impact Of Genomics

    Updated: 2010-02-24 07:05:19
    Story Summary: I think worms are totally cool, like humans only simpler and easier, writes Dr. Fraser on his website. In fact, working with the invertebrates is what took Dr. Fraser to the AAAS conference in San Diego, California where he presented some of his research findings in a symposium called The Impact [...] Related posts:Genes, Environment, Or Chance? Genetic Profiling Of Tumors Could Have Immediate Impact On Treating Cancer In A New Way Of Treating The Flu, Both The H And N Portions Of The Virus Are Targeted

  • BioCrossroads Indiana Seed Fund Invests in Vaccine Biotech Company

    Updated: 2010-02-24 06:53:11
    Story Summary: BioCrossroads Indiana Seed Fund Invests in Vaccine Biotech Company, /PRNewswire/ — BioCrossroads Indiana Seed Fund has invested in Bioscience Vaccines, Inc. to accelerate the development of biologic materials, which may boost the effectiveness of a wide range of life-saving vaccines. BioCrossroads Indiana Seed Fund I, s only targeted life sciences seed stage [...] Related posts:U.S. invests in advanced flu vaccine method | U.S. | Reuters Dutch Biotech Company Pepscan Appoints New CEO tehran times : U.S. company makes first batch of swine flu vaccine

  • Mosquito genes yield secrets to how they survive malaria-causing parasite

    Updated: 2010-02-24 04:46:19
    Home About Archives Science Bookstore Terms of Service Privacy Policy Contact Us ADVERTISMENT ADVERTISMENT Tags africa malaria malaria transmission molecules prevention strategies Mosquito genes yield secrets to how they survive malaria-causing parasite Posted on 24 February 2010 04:46 by Alfie VN:F 1.8.1_1037 please wait . Rating : 0.0 5 0 votes cast Story : Summary Kristin Michel , K-State assistant professor in the Division of Biology , has been leading studies involving Anopheles gambiae s . s . mosquitoes , which are the main contributing species to malaria transmission in Africa . Michels research teams recent project involved characterizing genes specific to hemocytes , which are mosquito blood cells . The other contributing K-State researchers are Chunju An , research associate in biochemistry , and Krista McKay , senior in microbiology . It could be possible through gene manipulation to create mosquitoes unable to transmit malaria , McKay said . This list of genes could help researchers develop new prevention strategies . The researchers are continuing the study and looking comprehensively at the blood cells and how they respond to the parasite . The mosquitos cells are an

  • New round of UREP grants for WCMC-Q students

    Updated: 2010-02-24 02:27:19
    Story Summary: The students will investigate 11 different topics related to cancer treatment and diagnosis, diabetes care, science learning, purifying drinking water, infectious diseases, the function of specific genes, gene therapy for diseases and the growth and development of children in Qatar. Physicians need research skills so they can incorporate evidence-based medicine into their treatment [...] Related posts:Students share findings from the frontiers of biomedical research Qatar home to world-class biomedical research program WCMC-Q Researchers Unlock Genetic Secrets of Date Palm

  • India Halts Release of Genetically Modified Food Crop; Send Comments to Stop GE Alfalfa in the U.S. by February 16, 2010

    Updated: 2010-02-12 05:20:19
    (Beyond Pesticides, February 12, 2010) The Washington Post is reporting that after much protest from environmentalists, farmers, doctors, and state officials, India has imposed a moratorium on a genetically engineered (GE) variety of brinjal or eggplant. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) brinjal has been engineered to produce its own insecticide. It would have been India’s first GE [...]

  • Greenpeace report exposes high costs of Genetic Engineering of crops

    Updated: 2010-02-03 00:00:00
    Greenpeace today called on the Philippine government to promote and invest in ecological farming practices as a solution to the challenges facing the country’s agriculture sector. The call was made at the launch of a new report, "Counting the Costs of Genetic Engineering", which documents the agronomic and economic failures of genetically engineered (GE) crops from around the world.

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