Mai in Biological News

Elephant-size loopholes sustain Thai ivory trade

...an were observed during market surveys carried out in 2001. Market surveys found 50 more retail outlets offering ivory items in Bangkok and Chiang mai in 2008 than the previous year. However, overall there was less worked ivory openly on sale than in 2001. "Thailand has consistently been identifi...

The evolution of gene regulation

...ce," says Gerland. "Our study may serve as a useful basis for more detailed studies of the evolution of regulatory systems." ( PNAS Early Edition, 22 mai 2009) Up until the middle of the 20th century, biochemists spent most of their efforts studying metabolism, i.e. obtaining energy from food. Less i...

ExcellGene SA first company to offer contract manufacturing in 250 Liter OrbShake bioreactor

...rations with Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) and Adolf Kühner AG - Prototype of orbital shake bioreactor presented at ACHEMA 2009 Monthey, 19. mai 2009 / b3c newswire / – ExcellGene SA, a leading provider of contract manufacturing to the biopharmaceutical industry, expands its produc...

Excellence in open access research celebrated at BioMed Central awards dinner

... year, a new Award was introduced - The Journal of Medical Case Reports Award. The winning entry for this inaugural award was: JMCR Award - Phuong mai 'A possible new syndrome with growth-hormone secreting pituitary adenoma, colonic polyposis, lipomatosis, lentigines and renal carcinoma in associat...

Surprise finding for stretched DNA

...d DNA Overwinds When Stretched, which is now available on-line. Coauthoring this letter with Bustamante were Jeff Gore, Zev Bryant, Marcelo Nöllmann, mai Le and Nicholas Cozzarelli. The magic of DNA replication and the transcription of genetic information into the production of proteins depends upon...

Costly breeding programs for endangered species pay off

...e the so-called "maximum avoidance inbreeding," or mai strategy, with regimens that allow limited inbreed...er, after the simulated release into the wild, the mai populations were less likely to go extinct or to s... genes lost through minimal inbreeding allowed the mai populations to better adapt to the harsh condition...

Biomarkers isolated from saliva successfully predict oral and breast cancer

...larger sample size in a blinded manner," he added. Also participating in the study were Yang Li, David Elashoff, MyungShin Oh, Stephanie Tsung, and mai N. Brooks at UCLA. Harvesting saliva and other bodily fluids for molecules that detect early cancers has long been a goal of scientists seeking qui...