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The bioweapon is in the post

...tion into the bioterror risks posed by the booming business of gene synthesis. Dozens of biotech firms now off...d is better self-regulation: ifresearchers only do business with companies that are diligent in sequence screening and othersecurity checks, then terrorists wou...

Mouse study: New muscle-building agent beats all previous ones

...were even larger than we expected." ACVR2B is the business end of a cellular docking point for the myostatin protein, and it probably works in part by mopping up myostatin so it can't exert its muscle-inhibiting influence. But the researchers' experiments also show that the new agent's extra potency stems fr...

Travelers can avoid jet lag by resetting their body clocks

...indings are very practical," said Dr. Eastman. "A business person could go to a pharmacy and buy 0.5 mg of melatonin over the counter. He or she would also have to buy or rent a light box. Then before flying east, he or she could go to bed and wake up earlier each day while using the light box in the morni...

Open Source Biotechnology alliance for international agriculture

...n, greater community participation, and new robust business models that break monopolies and foster fair competition. BiOS targets parallel challenges that limit the effective use of modern life sciences in agriculture to only a few multinational corporations. "New technologies are increasingly tangled in co...

Setting the standard for computer models of life

...y assurance, so they'll be able to get on with the business of generating and testing new hypotheses instead of recoding someone else's old hypothesis," continues Le Novère. "We also hope that journal editors will adopt MIRIAM as a quality control measure for papers that describe models. This approach has wor...

World's pledge to halve hunger by 2015 looks like empty promise

...o a Cornell University expert on world hunger. If business proceeds as usual, just as many people will be hungry in the world -- 800 million -- in 2015 as there were 16 years ago, said Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Cornell's Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy and the 2001 Food Prize laureate. He...

USC, Rice to develop bacteria-powered fuel cells

... of the fuel cell, and since we are already in the business of understanding and optimizing the metal reduction capacity, it seemed a reasonable step to apply the same approaches to understanding current production. What is new here is the incorporation of colleagues in chemistry, geology, engineering, and e...

UF researchers develop ways to keep the bloom on the rose

...t all elements of the floral industry. "Our whole business relies on the feelings flowers give to people," said Charles Kremp, owner of Kremp Florists in Philadelphia. "It is important for flowers to arrive to retailers looking their best and to remain looking good after they are purchased by the consumer." ...

Molecule does more than slice and dice RNA

...nctional features and show how they go about their business inside a cell. In the case of Dicer, it shows how the enzyme recognizes RNA and snips it into precise increments. "The fact that it makes these specific sized RNAs is important to the process," Doudna said. The small RNA fragments created by Dicer a...

Advanced genomics and proteomics improve the diagnosis and treatment of a deadly lung disease

...nctional features and show how they go about their business inside a cell. In the case of Dicer, it shows how the enzyme recognizes RNA and snips it into precise increments. "The fact that it makes these specific sized RNAs is important to the process," Doudna said. The small RNA fragments created by Dicer a...

Legume compounds may help cancer treatment

...and company. The CILR formed a commercialisation business "Meristomics" last October to commercialise plant research discoveries. CILR's partner universities (the University of Queensland, Australian National University, University of Newcastle and University of Melbourne) passed on their commercialisation ...

Elephants, large mammals recover from poaching in Africa's oldest national park

...untry. In Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, the tourism business has generated millions of dollars, not only for the parks but also for local communities throughout the region. "Virunga Park will be the key to any tourism industry in Congo with its large mammals, gorillas, active volcanoes and biodiversity. It i...

BGSU biologist trying to crack microscopic code

...g oil from the Middle East." Proteins do all the business of cells, including energy transfer, which a couple of different systems handle, according to Larsen. The TonB system, which controls certain "gates" in the outer membrane, is a good model for resolving questions of how a protein recognizes and commu...

Protein connections: A network to understand disease

...ike, like the ataxias," said Vidal. "We are in the business of understanding the wiring diagram of cells. In each cell, there are 20,000 to 25,000 proteins, and they interact with one another. We know that many diseases are basically related back to mutations in genes. But what if the whole network was pertur...

Study supports 'urgent' need for worldwide ban on lead-based paint

...ending countries--as well as the countries they do business with." This study, Dr. Clark says, is believed to be the first to show that new paint in many unregulated Asian countries greatly exceeds U.S. safety levels. The UC-led team analyzed 80 consumer paint samples of various colors and brands from fo...

Butterfly farming to help save rain forest

.... The creation of a sustainable butterfly farming business would help preserve the local rain forest in two w...rstly the local population will have a sustainable business that allows them to turn away from other activities that would involve yet more forest clearance and...

Tigers get a business plan

... new initiative, called "Tigers Forever," blends a business model with hard science, and has already attracted the attention of venture capitalists who have pledged an initial $10 million to support it. The program involves a dozen WCS field sites where an estimated 800 tigers currently reside. Building on...

Brain's 'gambling circuitry' identified

...bject during a manic episode may invest in a risky business proposition either because they misperceive the risk to be lower than it actually is, or because they accurately perceive the risk to be high but may have impaired learning, attentional, working memory, or choice processes." Previous research appro...

Coffee makes us more likely to say 'yes'

...ech on the radio/TV, reading a film review or in a business meeting to discuss work-related issues." ...

New study finds similarities between monkey business and human business

... economic decisions. They found that monkeys doing business ?including trading and gambling ?behave in ways that closely mirror our own behavioral inclinations. "Traditionally, economists have remained agnostic as to the origins of human preferences," write M. Keith Chen, Venkat Lakshminarayanan, and Laurie ...

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