Researchers find new clues to biochemistry of 'anti-aging'
...try of "anti-aging," has attracted the interest of biotechnology companies seeking to make drugs that delay the aging process and age-related diseases. The drugs could target the metabolic enzymes to produce health benefits. "Sirtuins are very enticing because of their ability to slow the aging process," says Joh...Basic work on E. coli identifies two new keys to regulation of bacterial gene expression
... make toxins. E. coli is also the workhorse of the biotechnology industry. Understanding E. coli gene expression in detail allows us to harness these cells for producing products of biotechnological importance, like pharmaceuticals." Gourse's work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the United Stat...Ten years later, 'Dolly' is still making headlines
...ariety of critical issues affecting pharmaceutical biotechnology including Biogenerics, a field that is being haile...ans. Wilmut will be joined by two other leaders in biotechnology research, Dr. Kevin Eggan of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, where plans were just announced to cre...Yale ovarian cancer detection technology licensed in China by SurExam
...tate future collaboration between Yale and Chinese biotechnology companies." SurExam is a privately held company funded by private capital. The founders include scientists trained at Yale and other international institutions. The company's scientific team is engaged in cutting-edge cancer research around the world...Joint European strategy for industrial biotechnology
...ctivities of the new European network. Industrial biotechnology is the sustainable production of chemicals using b... renewable raw materials. Research into industrial biotechnology is essential in order to make the chemical industry a sustainable sector. Moreover, it is viewed as ...Large-scale genomics project will hunt genes behind common childhood diseases
...king use of advanced automated technology from the biotechnology company Illumina, Inc., the Hospital's new Center for Applied Genomics will house one of the world's largest programs for genotyping--the process of detecting gene variations, with the aim of linking them to particular illnesses. The program will foc...NJIT professor to address Water Industry Conference At Harvard Club about desalinating water
...een leading the effort in membrane separations and biotechnology at NJIT since1992. He is the director for the Center for Membrane Technologies at NJIT and is the Foundation Professor of Membrane Separations. Sirkar has authored more than 140 peer-reviewed articles that have appeared in AIChE Journal, Biotechnolo...ACS News Service weekly press package -- June 5, 2006
...@acs.org Journalists' Helper of the Week With biotechnology one of the hottest topics in science, don't miss a once-a-year opportunity for spot news, features and background galore. It is the third annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing July 11-14 at the Toronto Westin Harbour Cas...DOE JGI finishes 100th microbial genome
...ortant organisms, DOE JGI is helping to accelerate biotechnology discovery and innovation." Microbes are critical m...stone National Park, for instance--and lead to new biotechnology products. "DOE JGI has played an invaluable and otherwise unavailable role in the development of new...Symposium to examine 'Frontiers in Biological Systems'
... -- One of the nation's newest and most innovative biotechnology centers, the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, will open in June with a full schedule of scientific and community events, including a science and industry symposium featuring world renowned researchers in the fi...Heal thyself: Systems biology model reveals how cells avoid becoming cancerous
... factor-gene interactions was made possible by new biotechnology tools that provide comprehensive analysis of cells, like a passerby suddenly being able to monitor all the telephone calls made within a city. The team discovered that part of the interaction network was involved, as expected, in repairing damaged DN...Creating new insight into HIV-AIDS virus wins Canada's top student biotech prize
...t," he said. The success of the project has pushed biotechnology up a few spots on James' list of possible career choices, but he's in no hurry to decide. "I've got another year of high school and a lot of things I'm interested in," he says. Some of the brightest young scientists in Canada In remarks at the cere...Researchers report technique for freezing and preserving genetically enhanced pig embryos
...ity of Missouri-Columbia professor of reproductive biotechnology have reported success in freezing and preserving swine embryos that were created by in vitro techniques and that carried modified genetic material. After thawing and transfer to a surrogate mother, some of the embryos went on to produce live piglets ...UCSB researchers discover new biotechnology to identify and engineer substrates for proteases
...searchers at UC Santa Barbara have developed a new biotechnology that enables scientists to identify and engineer protease substrates, giving them the means of crafting pharmaceuticals to outsmart disease. Their work, authored by Patrick Daugherty, an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering, and Kevin Boulwar...Alejandro Zaffaroni to receive 2006 Biotechnology Heritage Award
...Alejandro Zaffaroni, an outstanding pioneer of the biotechnology revolution and legendary entrepreneur with conside...ent of CHF. "He embodies the spirit that is making biotechnology a living, thriving reality." Alejandro Zaffaroni Over a long and distinguished career, Zaffaroni ...Celgene founder Sol J. Barer to receive 2006 Winthrop-Sears Award
... founder and COO of Celgene Corporation, a leading biotechnology company, will receive The Chemists' Club's Winthrop-Sears Award for 2006. The award will be presented at a dinner on Thursday, 18 May 2006, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, as part of CHF's annual Heritage Day celebration. The Win...Open source and open medicine take centre stage at UN research symposium
... free/open source software, intellectual property, biotechnology and access to medicine. It publishes regular updates on the research in progress and links to available publications and outputs. It also frames UNU-MERIT's activities in a wider global context by reporting on events and projects in other UNU Centres...DNA sequencing contributes to sequence of honors for UH
...ty of Michigan and Atactic Technologies, a Houston biotechnology company, on how to mass produce multiple genes on a single DNA chip. The results were published in the science journal Nature in late 2004, yielding interviews with The New York Times and Newsweek as an expert and innovator in synthetic biology, and...UCSD forms stem cell collaboration with major Australian centers
...tment to make the state one of the top five global biotechnology centers by 2010. Over the past six years, Victoria has invested $1.6 billion into building innovation capabilities, funding vital research and developing infrastructure in the life sciences. R&D spending in the state increased 29% from 2004 to 2005. ...Virginia Bioinformatics Institute to develop Tomato Metabolite Database
...how this crop is being used and developed in other biotechnology research programs. Researchers will also be able to directly apply the findings from this project to other important crops....