Gateway to Nanoscience: The convergence of disciplines
...gy among disciplines, encouraging connections with biotechnology and biomedicine, information technology and computing science as well as with cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience. European Forum The main aim of the "European Forum on Nanosciences" is to explore the wide range of new possibilities, un...Rockefeller University receives $45 million from NIH for clinical and translational science
... regulatory issues, and methods of partnering with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Rockefeller University is currently applying for New York State approval to award Master's degrees to those who successfully complete this training program. "This award will allow us to build on our rich educational tra...Genome archaeology illuminates the genetic engineering debate
... in plants can be an important resource from which biotechnology can draw genes for insertion into an array of plants, generating unique genomes not achievable by conventional breeding," Messing said. "We could engineer plants to provide a more sustainable, healthy and productive source of food, while reducing the...UCSF set to transform itself into engine of translational research
...ically useful drugs, such as insulin, spawning the biotechnology industry. A UCSF scientist discovered the protein surfactant, essential for keeping the lung inflated, in the 1960s, and a UCSF team developed a synthetic form of the protein to treat premature babies whose immature lungs don't produce it. And today,...Better sludge through metagenomics
... civilization--is the largest microbially-mediated biotechnology process on the planet. When it works, it is a microbial symphony in tune with humanity. When it fails, the consequences can be dire. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) and collaborators at the Universit...UCLA neuroscience research leads to a possible treatment for type 1 diabetes
...sident and chief scientific officer of AviaraDx, a biotechnology company in Carlsbad, Calif. Together, Kaufman and Erlander were the first to isolate the genes encoding GAD (glutamic acid decarboxylase) which is an important enzyme because it synthesizes one of the main neurotransmitters for communication betwee...Define 'precautionary principle' to avoid clashes over biotechnology under World Trade rules
...eived safety of products derived from cutting edge biotechnology and other sciences. Most recently, Japan banned i...iat in Geneva, the report warns that disputes over biotechnology products, founded in part on cultural differences, are creating a "trans-Atlantic divide." It highl...Replacing insulin is top-ranked breakthrough foreseen for health in developing world
...y. "In addition, previous studies of the health biotechnology sectors in developing countries have shown that lo...olutionized communication in the developing world, biotechnology -- and in particular regenerative medicine -- could in the future provide new ways to deal with old ...Dartmouth and GlycoFi report full humanization of therapeutic proteins from yeast
... of Engineering, Dartmouth Medical School, and the biotechnology firm GlycoFi, Inc., report a significant advance in the production of therapeutic proteins. Reported in the Sept. 8 issue of the journal Science, the Dartmouth/GlycoFi team announced the complete humanization of the glycosylation pathway in the yeast...Sandia National Laboratories and Monsanto Company announce cooperative research agreement
...al carbon cycle and carbon sequestration. Recent biotechnology endeavors at Sandia have focused on developing and applying biotechnologies to identify early signs of infectious diseases through protein interactions and biomarkers at the single cell and whole organism scale. Sandia is also planning a key role in ...Transgenic goat's milk offers hope for tackling children's intestinal disease
... "This study underscores the potential for using biotechnology to improve the healthfulness of the milk of dairy animals by introducing the beneficial properties of human milk into dairy animals, Murray said. He and Maga note that this procedure could be used to produce lysozyme-rich powdered milk and eventual...Gabriela Cezar's stem cell research targets birth defects and cancer
...iven the department a very visible presence in the biotechnology and bio-business networks," Schaefer says. The department has had such visibility in the past, he notes - through the efforts of reproductive physiologist Neal First, a pioneer in cloning research, and others. "Gabby is carrying our name back into ...Researchers develop blood test to detect lung cancer
...UK research team will collaborate with the private biotechnology company 20/20 GeneSystems to develop the clinical application for the blood test. "We are hoping in the next several years this test would become available to the public," Zhong said. ...'Micro-boxes' of water used to study single molecules
...evices that might be used for medical screening or biotechnology research. The work was reported in the July 3 issue of Applied Physics Letters. The NIST team creates the boxes by briefly shaking a mixture of water, the biomolecules to be studied, and a fluorocarbon medium. Water droplets form in the oily fluoro...New tool cracks genomic code quicker than ever
... The breakthrough will be welcomed in medical and biotechnology circles where there is rising demand for genome-sequencing technologies. The new hybrid method combines the best of new and old code cracking methods for "fingerprinting" the genetic basis of life. Scientists from the US-based J. Craig Venter Inst...Science captures the essence of fruit
...vour and fragrance compounds for use in industrial biotechnology applications." HortResearch has proven the bioproduction concept can be used to produce fruit flavours and fragrances by perfectly recreating a fruit compound called alpha-farnesene, responsible for the distinctive aroma of green apples. The comp...Producing flu vaccines will be faster and cheaper, thanks to MSU technology
...ains for vaccines. HepaLife Technologies Inc., a biotechnology company based in Vancouver, has licensed the technology from MSU and plans to produce cell culture-based flu vaccine. "We want to proceed as quickly as possible," said Harmel Rayat, president of HepaLife. "There's no time to waste. Sooner or later ...DOE publishes research roadmap for developing cleaner fuels
...page scientific "roadmap" cites recent advances in biotechnology that have made cost-effective production of ethano...e focus of the research plan is to use advances in biotechnology -- first developed in the Human Genome Project and continued in the Genomics: GTL program in the Dep...Worcester Polytechnic Institute, CellThera collaborate on work aimed at regenerating limbs
...n agreement with CellThera Inc., a Worcester-based biotechnology start-up firm, to conduct joint research aimed at developing techniques for restoring tissue--including digits and limbs--damaged or lost due to traumatic injury. As part of the agreement, two principals in CellThera, Tanja Dominko, president and ...A boost for European Life Sciences as ESF launch EuroBioFund
...in an important global player in life sciences and biotechnology research,' says Wouter Spek, Director of EuroBioFund....