News tagged with molecular biotechnology


A RANK insider resolving the enigma of the fever chart

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mammals have evolved a complex system for controlling bone remodeling. Babies require calcium for healthy bones and they obtain it from their mother's milk. Nursing mothers release calcium from their bones. Surprisingly, ...


Important new model shows how proteins find the right DNA sequences

Important new model shows how proteins find the right DNA sequences

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University and Harvard University have collaboratively developed a new theoretical model to explain how proteins can rapidly find specific DNA sequences, even though ...





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Scientists discover how some bacteria survive antibiotics

Biology /

created Apr 30, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered how some bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment by turning on resistance mechanisms when exposed to the drugs. The findings, published in the April 24 ...


Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes similar at molecular level

Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes similar at molecular level

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 30, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type 2 diabetes, the human version of mad cow disease, and other degenerative diseases are more closely related at the molecular level than scientists realized, a ...


Launch of the first standard graphical notation for biology

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and their colleagues in 30 labs worldwide have released a new set of standards for graphically representing biological ...


New technology discovery holds promise for improved breast cancer treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

In a study published by Nature Biotechnology online on February 1, 2009, Mount Sinai Hospital researchers have unveiled a new technology tool that analyzes breast cancer tumours to determine a patient's best treatment option ...


Marine microbes creating green waves in industry

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New technology designed to analyse large numbers of novel marine microbes could lead to more efficient and greener ways to manufacture new drugs for conditions such as epilepsy, diabetes, flu and other viruses, as well as ...


In a first, scientists develop tiny implantable biocomputers

In a first, scientists develop tiny implantable biocomputers

Biology /

created May 21, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (46) | comments 1

Researchers at Harvard University and Princeton University have made a crucial step toward building biological computers, tiny implantable devices that can monitor the activities and characteristics of human ...


Molecular Tools Make the Cut

Molecular Tools Make the Cut

Chemistry /

created Mar 25, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Researchers in Japan have developed a pair of molecular-scale scissors that open and close in response to light. The tiny scissors are the first example of a molecular machine capable of mechanically manipulating ...


ACLU -- Myriad Genetics lawsuit will become landmark case

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 & Bi ...


New nanoparticles could revolutionize therapeutic drug discovery

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A revolutionary new protein stabilisation technique has been developed by scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council which could lead to 30 per cent more proteins being available as potential ...


Time in a bottle: Scientists watch evolution unfold

Time in a bottle: Scientists watch evolution unfold

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (42) | comments 13

A 21-year Michigan State University experiment that distills the essence of evolution in laboratory flasks not only demonstrates natural selection at work, but could lead to biotechnology and medical research ...



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