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Back injury cured by engineers

According to engineers at Cleavland University, people with back injury use the wrong muscles and thereby put themselves at risk of further problems. Back injury is a common problem. People who have had a back problem tend to find it recurs. Researchers at the Biodynamics Laboratory have found that this is because they tend to protect their injury by creating a big stress on their spine afterward...

Regulators Object Drug Produced from Genetically Engineered Farm Animals

European regulators have not given the green signal to a drug produced in the milk of genetically engineered farm animals// . This is a step retrograde to a budding industry that sought to enable low cost pharmaceutical options from farm animals GTC Biotherapeutics, proponents of this drug, have decided to appeal the decision, expressing their opinion that the verdict came about only...

Bioengineering production strains - Microbia develops new methods

The recently published issue of Nature Biotechnology outlines a new method developed by Microbia Ltd.'s scientists for rapidly identifying genes required for the production of industrial molecules produced in microbes. This is an advancement in the company's ability to improve the properties// of microbial cells for biomanufacturing pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. This new technology enables...

Stem cell therapy for developing new trachea using Tissue engineering

Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Boston have reconstructed defective windpipes using tissue engineering in fetal lambs. The researchers used amniotic fluid for growing the sections of cartilage tube // and then implanted these living tissues into lambs, while they were in the womb. This technique of tissue engineering is used for altering birth defects. Undifferentiated stem cell from amni...

Mixed Opinion Regarding Common Medical And Engineering Entrance Test

There has been a mixed response from private professional colleges regarding the issue of having a common entrance examination for admission into medical and engineering colleges // . Few educational institutions are under the opinion that the admission should be based on higher secondary marks alone. Following the judgment of the Supreme court that private colleges have the right to d...

Bio-engineered rice fortified with iron boost women health

A study done at the University of Cornell states that Bio-engineered rice fortified with iron boost women health. It is the first time such a study has been conducted // . According to Dr.Haas the Nancy Schlegel Meinig Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition at Cornell University and the lead author of the study,"Although this sounds like a modest increase, it means that instead of 5...

Tamiflu substrate produced from Bioengineered Bacteria

The worldwide scare of bird flu pandemic as increased which has lead to stockpiling of large quantities of Tamiflu, antiviral bird flu drug by many countries//. U.S. has stocked more than 4 million Tamiflu drugs and many countries have started producing the generic version of the drug Tamiflu manufactured by the Swiss pharmaceuticals Roche. Due to the gold rush for shikimic acid which i...

Vaccine to protect birds against avian flu, engineered

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh said that they have genetically engineered an avian flu vaccine. The vaccine contains the components of the deadly strain H5N1.// This vaccine in animal models offered complete protection to mice and chickens from infection. The vaccine contains a live virus, which is very efficient in producing an immune response than those prepared by tradit...

Scientists Engineer Artificial Penis

There appears to be a ray of hope for men, who are holed up with severe forms of erectile dysfunction with no remedy from available treatment measures//. An exercise by scientists involving rabbits, where the animal’s very own penile cells were used to engineer an artificial penis, may be the answer for non-treatable impotence. During the study, severely damaged penises of adult male...

Medical And Engineering Students Take Out Rally

Medical and engineering students today took out a rally here to oppose the Centre's decision to implement 27 per cent reservation to OBC in higher educational institutions. // The students of Raipur Medical College Hospital, Dental College and engineering colleges today took out a rally and visited the Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur Engineering College and other important pla...

Engineered Tissue Implants benefited Knee Injured patients

Scientists at the University of Bristol have recommended that knee cartilage injuries could be possibly repaired by bioengineered tissue implants //without any signs of osteoarthritis progression. 'The maturation of cartilage implanted with engineered tissue has taken only about 12 months and this is the first of its kind to study' – researchers reports. The study, 'Maturatio...

Engineering Nutrient-Rich Plants Made For Feasible By New Findings

Research conducted to better understand the mechanisms of micronutrient uptake, distribution, and regulation by Professor Mary Lou Guerinot has led to findings// that make engineering nutrient-rich plants, better able to grow in soils considered marginal and also increasing crop biomass in soils now in cultivation, more feasible. The findings have been presented by Guerinot at the Annual Meeting...

Engineer Paralyzed by Undercooked Lamb

Auckland engineer, Paul White was paralyzed by consuming undercooked lamb shanks. It left unable to breathe with out assistance and even unable to blink at one stage during// which his eyes had to be taped shut at night so he could sleep. These are the frightening symptoms of an extreme case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), which can leave people unable to move. Although no single...

Indian American have Genetically Engineered Edible Cottonseed

A team of researchers led by an Indian American scientist have genetically engineered toxin-free cottonseeds, potentially unlocking a large source of nutrition. // Cotton fibre continues to be a globally vital textile crop. The leftover cottonseeds are a high source of protein, but the presence of the toxic chemical gossypol makes them unfit for human consumption. To remove...

NSET recognizes needs related to engineered nanoscale materials

A document recognizing environmental, health, and safety (EHS) research and information needs related to understanding// and management of possible risks of engineered nanoscale materials was released by the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Technology. The report is accessible at www.nano.gov....

USDA Gives Go-Ahead to Market Controversial Genetically Engineered Rice, LL601

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today gave the ‘go-ahead’ to market a genetically-engineered (GE) rice variety. The crop named as LibertyLink601 (LL601) was in a// mess just 3 months ago regarding its alleged contamination of food supply and rice exports. The approval to market this crop came as a shock, especially after the manufacturer Bayer crop science had shelved any plans of comme...

Xylitol To Be Produced By Genetically Engineered E. Coli

Xylitol is a mint flavored sweetener, produced naturally by plants and is found in fruits and vegetables.// It is used as an ingredient in chewing gum, toothpaste, mouthwash and other products. Badal Saha , a chemist at Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and collaborators have developed a genetically engineered bacteria, a modified form of Escherichia coli , which will be used to pro...

Genetic-Engineered Cows Resist Mad Cow Disease

Scientists from U.S. and Japan have reported in the journal Nature Biotechnology yesterday about the genetic engineering techniques to produce the first //cattle that may be biologically incapable of getting mad cow disease. They hope the cattle can be the source of herds that can provide dairy products, gelatin and other products free of the brain-destroying disease, also known as bovi...

Researchers Explore the Effect of Engineered Immune Cells on HIV

Gene therapy has always excited scientists, even after twenty years of its introduction.// The present goal, however, is to tame the evil ways of viruses, such as those involved in triggering the human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV). Scientists have realized there is one stumbling block to this goal- which is to make headways towards the development of an effective transport system, equipped to...

Genetics Might Engineer Path to Successful Aging

'If we can prevent [chronic diseases], more people can live longer.'Rapid advances in using human genes to diagnose, prevent and treat diseases are bringing// closer the time when many people can achieve their genetic potential to live 100 years or longer, said Dr. Pascal Goldschmidt, dean of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. ''In five or 10 years we will see diagno...

Scientists Genetically Engineer Tomatoes With Enhanced Folate Content

Leafy greens and beans aren't the only foods that pack a punch of folate, the vitamin essential for a healthy// start to pregnancy. Researchers now have used genetic engineering--manipulating an organism's genes--to make tomatoes with a full day's worth of the nutrient in a single serving. The scientists published their results in this week's online edition of the journal PNAS, Proceedi...

Tissue Engineering for Craniofacial Reconstruction

Tissue engineering has emerged as a promising alternative for the reconstitution of lost or damaged organs and tissues, circumventing the complications associated with traditional transplants.// Tissue engineers attempt to repair or regenerate damaged tissue by using engineered tissue substitutes that can sustain functionality during regeneration and eventually integrate into the host...

Penn Scientists Engineer Small Molecules to Probe Proteins Deep Inside Cell Membrane

PHILADELPHIA -- Proteins, which form much of the molecular machinery required for life, are the targets of most drug molecules//. One third of all proteins are membrane proteins – embedded within the cell’s fatty outer layer. While scientists can easily study the other two-thirds using such tools as antibodies, they have not had such methods to investigate the membrane-embedded portions of protei...

Indian Engineer Sentenced for Groping Women During Flight

Software engineers might be the brand ambassadors of India. But they could also prove a huge embarrassment for the country, as has happened in the case of Thirumurthy Nakka Boomaiah , 35 and hailing from Chennai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He has been sentenced to 69 days in prison in US for groping women during a flight from London to Philadelphia and assaulting f...

Tissue Engineered Scaffolding Allows Reproduction of Cartilage Tissue

A new study examines the use of tissue-engineered scaffolding made of cartilage cells, which have a limited ability to heal naturally, to replace defective cartilage tissue. Cartilage cells are extracted and seeded to the scaffold which is implanted into the body, where new cartilage tissue is grown along the structure. The study appears in the journal Artificial Organs....

New Engineered Drug Shows Promise in Treating Lymphocytic Leukaemia

A recent research has found that a new type of engineered drug may have the potential to treat chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. The study by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center was published online in the journal Blood. The research has established that an engineered drug candidate is promising in treating lymphocytic leukemia in both t...

Scottish Engineer Devises Versatile Hand

At 8,500 a piece it doesnt come cheap. But the new bionic hand, developed by a Scottish engineer, is termed a massive advance on previous artificial limbs . It can't click its fingers or play the piano but there's not much else it won't do. It can, for instance, turn a key in a lock, hold a wine glass or punch a pin number into a cash machine. David...

First Genetically Engineered Maize Resistant to Maize Streak Virus Produced in S. Africa

Scientists at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and colleagues at the South African seed company, PANNAR Pty Ltd, have reportedly developed a resistant variety of maize that could alleviate both food shortages and promote genetically engineered (GE) foods in Africa. The MSV-resistant maize is the first GE crop developed and tested solely by Africans. Accordin...