http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. It's no bigger than a stamp packet but it has the potential to allow rapid development of a new generation of drugs and genetic engineering organisms, and to better control in-vitro fertilization. http://www.physorg.com/news176559811.html Chemistry Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:24:14 EST news176559811 Many biopharmaceuticals comprise small proteins that are quickly eliminated from the body. Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (Germany) combine such small proteins with a kind of molecular balloon that swells and thus prolongs the half-life of the proteins in the body. The TUM spin-off XL-Protein GmbH has now started to further develop this new technology with blockbuster potential. http://www.physorg.com/news172490967.html Medicine & Health Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:20:02 EST news172490967 (PhysOrg.com) -- With advancements in genetic engineering, researchers say that it may soon be possible to breed farm animals that don't feel pain. The suggestion has sparked controversy on whether denying animals the ability to feel pain is inhumane itself, even if it does limit the amount of suffering the animals endure when raised at factory farms. http://www.physorg.com/news171216895.html Biology Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:15:26 EST news171216895 For the first time, scientists have used a genetically engineered "friendly" bacterium to deliver a therapy. http://www.physorg.com/news170015980.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:40:01 EST news170015980 High-throughput sequencing has turned biologists into voracious genome readers, enabling them to scan millions of DNA letters, or bases, per hour. When revising a genome, however, they struggle, suffering from serious writer's block, exacerbated by outdated cell programming technology. Labs get bogged down with particular DNA sentences, tinkering at times with subsections of a single gene ad nauseam before moving along to the next one. http://www.physorg.com/news167833209.html Biology Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:20:43 EST news167833209 Viruses can cost winegrowers an entire harvest. If they infest the grapevines, even pesticides are often no use. What's more, these chemicals are harmful to the environment. Researchers are growing plants that produce antibodies against the viruses and are thus immune. http://www.physorg.com/news165751593.html Biology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:07:08 EST news165751593 The American Civil Liberties Union action in filing a lawsuit yesterday against Myriad Genetics is going to lead to one of the most important legal battles in the history of biotechnology, asserts Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). The ACLU charged that the patenting of two human genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer will inhibit medical research. The organization also claims that the patents are invalid and unconstitutional. http://www.physorg.com/news161542716.html Medicine & Health Thu, 14 May 2009 18:00:14 EST news161542716 (PhysOrg.com) -- To say our genes are resourceful is a gross understatement. Through ingenious combinations of a paltry 20 amino acids, the basic building blocks of life, genes engineer all of the tissues and organs that are the marvel of our working bodies. Now scientists are adding to the parsimonious genetic repertoire to good effect: With careful targeting using genetic engineering, so-called unnatural amino acids can effectively tag proteins that scientists want to study, because, like a lighthouse beacon in a soupy fog, they stand out from the ones the body already produces. http://www.physorg.com/news160934244.html Chemistry Thu, 07 May 2009 16:59:17 EST news160934244 Although Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, and Cambridge (U.K.) are always near the top of most biotechnology cluster lists, other areas around the world are starting to pop up on the life science radar screen, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). These newly emerging clusters are trying to emulate their more established regional brethren whose success was based on the ability to tap into a sound venture capital base, battle-tested management, and a culture that values entrepreneurialism, according to the May 1 issue of GEN. http://www.physorg.com/news160753707.html Biology Tue, 05 May 2009 14:48:41 EST news160753707 The use of genetically engineered corn and soybeans in the United States for more than a decade has had little impact on crop yields despite claims that they could ease looming food shortages, a study released on Tuesday concluded. http://www.physorg.com/news158950784.html Biology Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:00:19 EST news158950784 (PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more perplexing questions facing science these days is this one: How do we get more young people interested in science? Leading the way are a number of college courses -- that can be taken for credit -- that focus on the science in science fiction. After all, why can't superheroes, Star Trek and Harry Potter teach us about the answer to life, the universe and everything? (Or, at least debate the merits of the answer "42".) http://www.physorg.com/news157697101.html Other Sciences Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:46:18 EST news157697101 In a genetic engineering breakthrough that could help everyone from bed-ridden patients to elite athletes, a team of American researchers -including 2007 Nobel Prize winner Mario R. Capecchi -have created a "switch" that allows mutations or light signals to be turned on in muscle stem cells to monitor muscle regeneration in a living mammal. http://www.physorg.com/news157655456.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:11:53 EST news157655456 (PhysOrg.com) -- In work that could expand the frontiers of genetic engineering, MIT chemists have, for the first time, genetically altered a plant to produce entirely new compounds, some of which could be used as drugs against cancer and other diseases. http://www.physorg.com/news151593785.html Chemistry Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:23:49 EST news151593785