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Selecting life: Scientists find new way to search for origin of life

...in disease. The high-throughput has revolutionized biotechnology research. Hazen, working with Carnegie staff scientist Andrew Steele and his team, has developed modifications of this tool to study molecule/mineral interactions. The scientists have devised protocols for cleaning mineral surfaces, spotting the ...

'Failed' experiment yields a biocontrol agent that doesn't trigger antibiotic resistance

...scovery also led to the startup of a promising new biotechnology firm that has already brought Wisconsin a dozen ne... And beyond helping to expand Wisconsin's booming biotechnology sector, success at ConjuGon will ultimately help nurture future scientific innovations from the univ...

The power of one: A simpler, cheaper method for cell fusion

...y with a wide variety of applications in research, biotechnology and medicine. The technique is integral to stem cell research, where it affords researchers greater insight into how genes guide protein synthesis. It also may be used to create large quantities of different disease-specific antibodies and has helped...

Genome archaeology illuminates the genetic engineering debate

... in plants can be an important resource from which biotechnology can draw genes for insertion into an array of plants, generating unique genomes not achievable by conventional breeding," Messing said. "We could engineer plants to provide a more sustainable, healthy and productive source of food, while reducing the...

Comments, experts and background on the 2006 Nobel Prize in chemistry

...re technologies that enabled molecular biology and biotechnology to leap ahead. I am delighted that this Nobel Prize highlights chemistry's role in such an important field of research." E. Ann Nalley, Ph.D., is president of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, and professor of c...

Are genomic technologies the answer to world hunger?

...ortages around the world. Researchers believe that biotechnology has the potential to improve the nutritional content of food crops and, crucially, resistance to insects and disease. This could lead to improved yields of food crops for both human and animal consumption. Researchers are also working on 'molecular ...

Producing medicines in plant seeds

...mber of today's medicines are made with the aid of biotechnology (and this number should only grow in the future). To do this, scientists use genetically modified bacteria, yeasts, or animal cells that are able to produce human proteins. These proteins are then purified and administered as medicines. Examples of s...

Researchers develop technique for bacteria crowd control

...K. This device could have enormous applications in biotechnology and biomedical engineering including use in miniaturized medical diagnostic kits and bioanalysis. The technique is based on the transmission of tiny electric current in a very thin film sample cell containing a colony of bacteria. The current produc...

Biologists develop large gene dataset for rice plant

...re considered one of most important discoveries in biotechnology in the last 10 years. Because they are so much smaller than mRNAs, small RNAs went unnoticed for many years, or were considered biologically unimportant, said Meyers. Small RNAs are now known to play an important role in gene regulation, he said, ...

Why aren't humans furry? Stone-Age moms could be the answer

...ur of Dr. David Horrobin, the renowned researcher, biotechnology expert and founder of Medical Hypotheses ( http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/623059/description#description ), who died in 2003. Harris' paper describes Stone Age societies in which the mother of a newborn had to decide w...

Synthetic peptide targets latent papilloma virus infections

... people." The researchers hope to partner with a biotechnology company to improve the peptide or develop better drug candidates, and ideally to find a formulation that can be taken orally rather than applied topically. Botchan, Voitenleitner and Abbate obtained the crystal structure of the site where E2 binds ...

DOE JGI sets 'gold standard' for metagenomic data analysis

...single-organism studies to revealing the potential biotechnology applications embedded in communities of microbial genomes, or metagenomes. The field of metagenomics is still in its infancy -- the equivalent of the early days of the California Gold Rush, with labs vying to stake their claim. Amidst the prospec...

Weizmann Institute scientists develop a general 'control switch' for protein activity

...respond to the drug. With their greater resources, biotechnology companies will be able to create much larger sets of engineered proteins in order to find one that best meets their needs.” The method developed by the Weizmann Institute scientists is ready for immediate use, both in basic biomedical research and...

Could fungal collection hold the key to new life-saving drugs?

... exploited for natural products. Although using biotechnology to develop new drugs is by no means simple, the industry has seen steady success over the past few years. Between 2000 and 2005, over 20 new drugs were released onto the market originating from natural sources. And although this is the first time SID...

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