Harnessing microbes, one by one, to build a better nanoworld
Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced the introduction of the Applied Biosystems Advanced Gene Expression Service Provider Program, a new program for service providers who are interested in accessing Applied Biosystems comprehensive solution for gene expression analysis, including the highly sensitive Expression Array System for whole genome analysis and...ORNL leading effort to help harness power of Shewanella
Tremendous amounts of data being generated about a microbe adept at bioremediation will be more efficiently organized and shared through a new $3 million project headed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The award by the Department of Energy's Office of Science builds upon advances made through a three-year consortium whose members have already sequenced the genome ?the genetic makeup ?of s...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center: Harnessing the measles virus to attack cancer
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has opened a new clinical study using a vaccine strain of the measles virus to attack recurrent glioblastoma multiforme, a largely untreatable brain tumor. This is the second of several pending molecular medicine studies in patients using measles to kill cancer. "We are looking at better ways to treat some of the most lethal cancers," says Eva Galanis, M.D., onco...Bacteria Harnessed as Micro-Robot Motors
Normally we want to avoid having bacteria in our eyes, urethras, and spinal columns, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University would like to change that.// They have figured out how to glue S. marcescens to micro-robots for the delivery of drugs to hard to reach areas of the body. One of the main challenges in developing microscale robots lies in miniaturising their power and propul...Potential Of Epilepsy Surgeries Are Not Fully Harnessed Say Brain Specialists
According to researchers, when drugs do not completely control epilepsy, surgery often can, and the sooner it is done, the better. Yet epilepsy specialists are struggling to get that message to tens of thousands of adult patients, as children go under the knife at younger ages. Says Dr. Deborah Holder, a neurologist at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh: "Surgery used to be...Harnessing Immune System Power Heralds Next Era of Cancer Treatment
Canadian researchers have found that cells of the immune system can circulate throughout the body and attack cancerous tissues, if they are properly trained. Led by McMaster University's Jonathan Bramson, the researchers are now working to accelerate the ongoing immune system research through a new Cancer Immunotherapy Program, being launched with 3.5 million dollars in funding fr...