Current human embryonic stem cell lines contaminated UCSD/Salk team finds
Currently available lines of human embryonicstem cells have been contaminated with a non-human molecule thatcompromises their potential therapeutic use in human subjects,according to research by investigators at the University of California,San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and the Salk Institute in La Jolla,California.In a study published online January 23, 2005 in the journal NatureMed...UCSD researchers maintain stem cells without contaminated animal feeder layers
The growth and maintenance of human embryonic stem cells in the absence of contaminated animal products has been demonstrated by University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine researchers in the Whittier Institute, La Jolla, California. Published in the April 2005 issue of the journal Stem Cells, the study shows that laboratory culture media enriched by a human protein calle...York researchers develop pollution-busting plants to clean up contaminated land
Scientists at the University of York have played a crucial role in developing a way of using plants to clean up land contaminated by explosives. The research, by a team led by Professor Neil Bruce in CNAP (Centre for Novel Agricultural Products) in the University's Department of Biology, uses micro-organisms found in soil to turn trees and plants into highly-effective pollution-busters. Th...The Use of MasterTaq Polymerase for PCR with Humic Material-Contaminated DNA
Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstr.1, 28359 Germany Phone: ++49-421-2028-936, Fax: ++49-421-2028-580, email: kravensc@mpi-bremen.de Direct extraction of total DNA from soils or sediments always results in...Contaminated Land Can Be Cleaned By Micro-Organisms
Micro-organisms present in the soil can be used to clean the land which has been contaminated by explosives, according to the scientists belonging to the University of York. The team led by the University of York’s Professor Neil Bruce is reported to have Isolated a bacterial micro- // organism in the soil in land contaminated by RDX that can utilize the explosives as a source of nitrogen for gro...Parents Warned About Contaminated Teething Rings By FDA
Following reports of bacterial contamination of fluid filled plastic teething ring, manufactured by The First Years, a unit of RC2 Corp., parents have been urged by the Food and Drug Administration to stop providing // their babies with the product. The contaminated liquid if swallowed or absorbed through a cut in the oral cavity, could lead to sickness. Malnourished infants, infants...Eating Contaminated Food Leads To Cholera Outbreak In Malawi
Cholera has claimed the life of nearly 24 hungry Malawians, and infected thousands of others who are forced to eat contaminated food out of hunger and desperation. // The Mangochi resort district and Blantyre (commercial hub of Eastern Africa) are the worst affected. The drought that occurred previous year and the subsequent food shortage has been accounted for the situation now prev...Kids Fall Ill After Consuming Ricin-Contaminated Castor Beans in China
More than a 100 middle and primary school students in the county of Jingyang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province were apparently poisoned by ricin early on Thursday. //The state media reported that the children were poisoned by ricin, which was found in the castor beans that they ate. The magistrate of the county, Li Xiaojing said that all the poisoned students were taking part in a bea...Public Requested To Discard Cheese Products Contaminated With Salmonella
Ontario’s public were warned by the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Sheela Basrur, not to consume some of the cheese products, which was contaminated// with salmonella, manufactured by the Upper Canada Company in Jordan Station. Consumer and retailers, who may have any of two Upper Canada Cheese Company products, are being advised to discard them. These two cheese products are so...