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Are genomic technologies the answer to world hunger?

...o insects and disease. This could lead to improved yields of food crops for both human and animal consumption. Researchers are also working on 'molecular farming' ?production of pharmaceutical products in plants, with the potential to revolutionise vaccination procedures. However, these technologies are on...

Bacteria in small sea life yield new way to make potential cancer drugs

...ment. E. coli is a good producer of compounds, but yields are not yet practical. ...

Something new under the sun

...ntrol system for an improved solar greenhouse that yields more. In the new greenhouse, good climate control with sustainable energy resulted not only in an increased crop yield but also a lower gas bill. Factors such as temperature, carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration and relative humidity must be controll...

Investment level in HIV prevention programs related to HIV incidence in the United States

...suggested to the researchers that level investment yields level incidence. "Our analysis helps explain why the number of new HIV infections has remained at 40,000 per year for over 15 years," said David R. Holtgrave, PhD, chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Society at the Bloomberg School of P...

Engineering the heart piece by piece

...in hydrogel, that is faster than others, but still yields tissue with significantly better properties. The gel was able to support rat cardiac cells temporarily, before the fibrin broke down as the cells multiplied and organized into tissue within a few days. Tests showed that the BEHM was capable of gen...

Re-analysis of cigarettes confirms tobacco companies increased addictive nicotine 11 percent

...l market categories -- finding that smoke nicotine yields were increased in the cigarettes of each of the four major manufacturers and across all the major cigarette market categories (e.g. mentholated, non-mentholated, full-flavor, light, ultralight). Findings from the report "Trends in Smoke Nico...

Does God answer prayer? ASU research says 'yes'

..., we find that prayer offered on behalf of another yields positive results.? Hodge’s work is featured in the March, 2007, issue of Research on Social Work Practice, a disciplinary journal devoted to the publication of empirical research on practice outcomes. It is widely recognized as one of the most pre...

Putting an old drug to a new use

...ow the collaboration with EMBL alumni and the MMPU yields exciting progress in medicine."...

In-shell vaccine for chick disease

...our research could have a real impact on improving yields for UK farmers." "We are currently trying to modify the vaccine further, in collaboration with Intervet, to make it suitable for commercial use," said Dr Britton. Professor Julia Goodfellow, Chief Executive of BBSRC, said: "BBSRC research into ...

Mutation improves memory, may lead to memory-enhancing pill

.... One, which is evoked by weak training protocols, yields only transient phenomena—including short-term memory, lasting for minutes to hours, or the beginning stages of longer-term memory storage, lasting for one to three hours. The second component, which follows strong or repetitive training, activates me...

An 'elegant' idea proves its worth 25 years later

... excess nitrogen accumulation." Excess nitrogen yields ammonia, which is poisonous and in the case of urea cycle disorders, causes brain damage, retardation, coma and even death. Despite the immediate clinical success of the treatment, the drug combination was finally approved by the U.S. Food and Dru...

Researchers demonstrate way to control tree height

...t is easier to harvest. The improvements in cereal yields have been credited with preventing the starvation of millions. ...

Warning from Asian bees

...with the rest of the local industry, beset by poor yields and low prices, brought on by the drought. “The bee industry had a reasonable summer honey crop, but domestic prospects for the next two years look very bleak,” Dr Somerville said. “There will be very few eucalypt flowerings in the next 12 mont...

Plastic that grows on trees

...een able to do is convert glucose directly in high yields to a primary building block for fuel and polyester...eather Brown, all from PNNL, were able to coax HMF yields upward of 70 percent from glucose and nearly 90 percent from fructose while leaving only traces of a...

Pesticides choke pathway for nature to produce nitrogen for crops

...on Many farmers applying pesticides to boost crop yields may instead be contributing to growth problems, sc...and soil bacteria. The disruption results in lower yields or significantly delayed growth. In a paper appearing online this week ahead of the regular publi...

A new plant-bacterial symbiotic mechanism promising for crop applications

...y have stored up. These interactions improve crop yields of leguminous plants that are crucial for human diet (soybean, peas, ground nuts and so on…) and as animal feed (alfalfa, clover, sainfoin). In addition, cultivation of legumes living in symbiotic association with bacteria can contribute to vegetat...

Soils offer new hope as carbon sink

... wheat, agrichar alone was about as beneficial for yields as using nitrogen fertiliser only. "And that is without considering the other benefits of agrichar." Regarding soil chemistry, Dr Van Zwieten said agrichar raised soil pH at about one-third the rate of lime, lifted calcium levels and reduced alum...

Research identifies protein that signals flowering in squash plants

...nt programs, because it can aid in optimizing crop yields and other traits for local environmental conditions. Experimental evidence indicates that a flowering-inducing substance, known as florigen, is produced in the leaves of a plant under inducing conditions, and then is transported through the phloem...

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