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Seen that? - Infertility Drugs Requires Beta Estrogen Receptor Gene
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 19, 2009
...ork in some women. In the August issue of Endocrinology, researchers report that in mice that were genetically engineered to lack estrogen receptor beta, fertility drugs did not improve ovulation rate...
Aerosol Measles Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 21, 2009
© Dave Haygarth Researchers have developed a new method for the delivery of measles vaccine that allows the patient to inhale a finely-powdered form of the vaccine. Attenuated measles virus was mixed with high-pressure carbon dioxide to produce microscopic bubbles and droplets, which are t...
BioAccelerate NYC Prize To Fund Translational Research
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 18, 2009
...New York.
The BioAccelerate NYC competition is looking to fund translational research related to therapeutics, devices and diagnostics that can direct clinical care. As a key part of its evaluation...
Genetically Modified Salt-Tolerant Cereal Crops
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 10, 2009
...ogy to other cereals and report promising initial results in rice.
Image: This is a comparison of genetically modified plants and non-GM plants grown in saline conditions: (above) non-GM plants stru...
Global Rejection of Genetically Engineered Wheat
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 3, 2009
....S. released a joint statement confirming their collective commitment to stop commercialization of genetically engineered (GE) wheat .
Here's the summary statement:
In light of our existing exp...
Golden Rice is an Effective Source of Vitamin A
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 15, 2009
... Golden Rice is a genetically modified plant developed to contain more beta-carotene in the grains, seen as a viable method of alleviating vitamin-A deficiency particularly in developing countrie...
Lung Cancer Susceptibility Gene Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 2, 2009
...evelop Lung cancer particularly in those with a strong family history of the disease.
Using a genetically altered mouse model, researchers determined that when RGS17 was suppressed, lung tumors ...
Walnuts May Help Fight Breast Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 27, 2009
... and if they did, their tumors were smaller and affected fewer mammary glands. The mice, which are genetically engineered to develop cancer, normally get tumors within five months, Hardman says. But, ...
Food Allergy Friendly Treats from HomeFree
in Allergies, on April 15, 2009
...llergen tested
· Without corn sweeteners, artificial colors, artificial flavors, MSG, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
· Certified vegan (oatmeal cookies, and coffee cakes)
· Certified kosher...
The New DiggBar
in The Social Networking Weblog, on April 12, 2009
...ust plain doesn't like Kevin Rose and wishes a pox on him and on Digg in general (employees not genetically related to Rose included). VentureBeat points out the addition of sponsored links to the...
Google to Invest in Biotechnology
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 3, 2009
...in View, Calif.
Google is open to funding biotechnology start-ups. "If we find an interesting therapeutics company, we'd be happy to put down a term sheet," Maris said.
Read the entire...
200,000 Rice Mutants Available for Study
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 6, 2009
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 4796039 Scientists are organizing a repository of genetically modified rice plants in the hope of understanding the function of the approximately 57,000 ge...
FDA Approxes ATryn, First Drug from a Genetically Engineered Animal
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 7, 2009
The Food and Drug Authority has approved ATryn , the first ever transgenically produced therapeutic protein and the first recombinant antithrombin approved in the U.S.
ATryn is indicated for the treatment of patients with hereditary antithrombin deficiency, undergoing high-risk surgical or c...
Women, Weaker Sex In Hunger Control?
in Well Woman Blog, on January 23, 2009
... control compared to women, and so women are the weaker sex in this department. Not because men are genetically special but because their brain are made up to resist hunger more than women.
According...
Nominations Open for the Biotech Humanitarian Award
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 13, 2009
...r, philanthropist or educator - whose work in biotechnology made significant impact in the areas of therapeutics, food and agriculture, or industrial or environmental applications.
Qualified nominees...
Industrial Production of Succinic Acid Genetically Modified Bacteria
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 21, 2008
... has entered into an agreement to commercialize technologies by Rice University researchers, who genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to produce high yields of succinic acid through fermentatio...
Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Diasease: Genetically Linked
in Daily Diabetic, on December 14, 2008
...tein found in wheat, rye and barley.
Both are inflammatory disoders that now has been found to be genetically linked .
"Our results spotlight that much more research needs to go into investig...
Lack of Sleep Is Genetically Linked To Type 2 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on December 8, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Stacey Newman
Lack of Sleep has a genetic link with type 2 diabetes is the new finding reported at Nature Genetics .
The said findings discovered a surprisingly clear connection between sleep and the regulation of sugar levels in the blood.
The fin...
Flood Tolerant Rice Varieties Passes Field Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 23, 2008
...ing the rice farming regions that suffer major floods each year. These new Sub1 varieties are NOT genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and are therefore not subject to the regulatory testing tha...
Genetically Engineered Corn May Reduce Fertility
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 16, 2008
...tney Weittenhiller The Center for Food Safety is calling for a moratorium on the distribution of genetically engineered foods following an Austrian animal trial indicating that a diet f geneticall...
Genetically Modified Anthocyanin-Rich Tomatoes
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 27, 2008
A European group of researchers have successfully expressed genes from the Snapdragon flower in tomatoes, resulting to deep-purple colored tomatoes with unprecedentedly high anthocyanin content at concentrations comparable to the anthocyanin levels found in blackberries and blueberries. The expr...
Gpr41 Receptor Molecule in Intestines, Target for Anti-Obesity Drugs?
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 20, 2008
... hosts in two ways: raising normal mice under germ-free conditions so they lacked the bacteria, and genetically engineering other mice to lack Gpr41 so they were unable to respond to the bacteria.
In...
New Tuberculosis Vaccine Goes Into Clinical Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 12, 2008
...week. The new vaccine, VPM1002, is based on a vaccine that has been in use since 1921, and has been genetically engineered to prevent infection with tuberculosis bacteria much more effectively than it...
Researchers Identify Key Allergy Gene
in Allergies, on August 29, 2008
...ries with less contact, however, elevated IgE levels are associated with allergic disorders.
In genetically susceptible individuals the immune system becomes biased and produces IgE antibodies agains...
Nanotubes Punching Holes in Cancer
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 28, 2008
...icity, and more effective treatment of cancer. The future of cancer care will involve more targeted therapeutics on molecular and nano-mechanical levels. Source: Stanford News
...
Alcohol Consumption Inrease Risks of Perennial Allergic Rhinitis
in Allergies, on August 1, 2008
...'t know. Maybe, but perhaps not as bad, as they think women are more susceptible to some of the genetically harmful effects of alcohol than men....
Spinal Cord Stem Cells Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 29, 2008
...-brain ventricles and the connecting central column of the spinal cord.
"We have been able to genetically mark this neural stem cell population and then follow their behavior," Meletis said...
Phase 1 Trials Shows Plant-Produced Cancer Vaccine as Safe
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 28, 2008
... method of producing vaccines quickly and cheaply.
The researchers chose tobacco plants that were genetically modified to reproduce quantities of the vaccine. To make a tobacco plant churn out a...
DNA Love Matching
in The Dating Weblog, on July 23, 2008
...inations" found in successful relationships.
Think this approach will work? Will being "genetically matched" work out better than match based on personality, spiritual beliefs, or eve...
Guy Kawasaki 的 Alltop 推出 Frienderati
in Wangtam, on 2008-07-19
名称 ： Frienderati
简介 ：显示一些 FriendFeed 上热门人物的条目
Genetically Modified Salmonella Delivers Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 17, 2008
... Scientists have successfully genetically engineered Salmonella enterica to deliver an antigen that protects against pneumonia. The method apparently effectively delivers the antigen in the body,...
Cats Can Trigger Allergies in Some Children
in Allergies, on June 29, 2008
... having cats at home just increased the chances of having allergies in individuals that are already genetically predisposed to have allergic reactions anyway. It also does not directly indicate that i...
Genetically Engineered Mouse Model Mimics Hyperglycemia
in Daily Diabetic, on June 2, 2008
...Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a genetically engineered laboratory mouse model in which pancreatic beta cells can regenerate after being induced to die.
© ju...
Instantly Stop Bleeding
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 29, 2008
...certain individuals who have bleeding disorders such as hemophilia .
A company called Arch Therapeutics has licensed special technology from MIT and is developing a material that may instant...
How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 30
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on April 24, 2008
... things. A single, big mistake could wipe out a long string of successes. We therefore need someone genetically programmed to recognize and avoid serious risks, including those never before encountere...
New Genetically Modified Corn Variety for Fuel Production
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 11, 2008
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To facilitate the conversion of cellulose from corn into ethanol, scientists have created a new genetically modified variety of corn, called Spartan Corn III, which bears a gene from a microbe natu...
Reader email- organic cotton!!
in Busy with Style, on April 4, 2008
...om Wikipedia:
Organic cotton is cotton that is grown without pesticides from plants
which are not genetically modified.
High levels of agrochemicals are used in the production of non-organic,
conv...
'Laziness' of Regulatory T-cells, Lead to Type 1 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on January 18, 2008
... and transplants."
The said study was conducted on non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, which were genetically engineered to model human diabetes.
Findings are published in the January 2008 edition ...
Top Ten Cool Hedge Fund Moves
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 4, 2008
...ipotle Mexican Grill
Firm: Tremblant Capital Group
Profit: $95 million
Top Trade #10: United Therapeutics Corp.
Firm: Shunway Capital Partners
Profit: $73 million
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Lack of a Gene Triggers Overeating and Obesity
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 2, 2008
... is required for normal energy balance.
Additionally, because the mice examined in this study were genetically altered in adulthood, we were able to establish that BDNF acts as a satiety signal in th...
Menin: Cause of Gestational Diabetes?
in Daily Diabetic, on December 31, 2007
...levels dropped and their pancreases grew in size, just as if they were pregnant. But pregnant mice, genetically engineered to produce too much menin, couldn't make more islet cells and they develo...
Osteocrin Protein Controls Bone Growth
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 23, 2007
...rotein produced by the body's bone-forming cells, or osteoblasts. In this study, mice that were genetically engineered to over-express osteocrin developed hunchbacks and elongated bones. This led ...
Sea Cucumber Protein Kills Malaria Parasites in Mosquitos
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 23, 2007
... A research team genetically engineered mosquitoes which carry the malaria parasite to produce a lectin protein in their gut when feeding. The lethal protein, CEL-III, found in sea cucumbers, kills ...
More Evidence that Alzheimer's is A Type 3 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on November 30, 2007
...shes, "the insulin receptors disappeared from their surfaces."
This just means that new therapeutics in both diabetes and Alzheimer's can potentially be developed in lieu of such findi...
Enhanced HIV Vaccine, Helped Monkeys Kick AIDS-like Symptoms
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 28, 2007
... Penn.:
"DNA vaccine technology has great promise for the development of vaccines and immune therapeutics for a variety of infectious diseases and cancers.
While previous studies have establis...
Cannabis Compound Can Potentially Fight Metastatic Breast Cancer
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 25, 2007
...tive it is still considered a Schedule 1 drug.
Findings appear in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics .
Source: California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (a pdf file)
...
Memapsin-Based Vaccine Against Alzheimer's Disease
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 16, 2007
...to be the culprit behind Alzheimer's. In the current study, researchers used mice that had been genetically engineered to develop symptoms of Alzheimer's, then immunized the animals wit...
Fish Oil, Good Supplemental Treatment for Lupus
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 13, 2007
...al function.
According to Stephen Wright, MD, specialist registrar in rheumatology, department of therapeutics and musculoskeletal education & research unit, Queen's University of Belfast, ...
Gene Linked to E. carotovora Virulence Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 8, 2007
...omatoes and onions.
"We have shown that the production of cell wall degrading enzymes is genetically linked to not only signalling abilities but also to the bacterium's nutritional stat...
Peptide Therapeutics Symposium
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 5, 2007
... What : San Diego's 2nd Annual peptide Therapeutics Symposium
When : November 10, 2007
Where : The Hilton, La Jolla Torrey Pines, CA
Internationally acclaimed speakers from will prov...
Tuberculosis Drug Candidate SQ109 Granted Orphan Drug Status
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 30, 2007
... National Cancer Institute /NIAID Inter-Institute Program for the Development of AIDS-related Therapeutics. NIAID licensed the SQ109 technology to Sequella in March 2006 under a Cooperative Rese...
Flavopiridol and Cisplatin Combination May Be Effective Against Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 25, 2007
...py using flavopiridol (an investigational anti-cancer agent that also boosts the effects of other therapeutics including cisplatin) with cisplatin (a platinum compound) for women with platinum-resi...
Tea Helps Strengthen Hips
in Well Woman Blog, on October 17, 2007
...otentially helpful," said Paul Brandt, an associate professor of neuroscience and experimental therapeutics at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. "One or two cups of te...
BtCorn Toxins May Harm Stream Ecosystems
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 11, 2007
...A study funded by the National Science Foundation suggests that Bt corn- a genetically-modified corn engineered to express a bacterial toxin which is poisonous to corn borers - may damage the ecology ...
Genetically Modified Eggplants Goes on Field Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 9, 2007
...The development of pest-resistant eggplants genetically-modified to express a natural insecticide derived from the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), thus making it resistant to the fruit and sho...
Alzheimer's Disease: Type 3 Diabetes?
in Daily Diabetic, on September 27, 2007
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This fundamental connection between the two conditions offers hope for the development of future therapeutics.
Source: Science Daily ; FASEBJ Abstract
...
Genetically Engineered Microorganisms as Drug Factories
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 20, 2007
...
Researchers from the University at Buffalo have filed several patents related to genetically engineering microorganisms, such as E. coli, into tiny "cellular factories" to produce pharma...
Red Wine Diet
in Celebrate Wine, on September 19, 2007
...s published by avery (326 pages, $15.95). Corder is a cardiovascular expert and professor of therapeutics at London's William Harvey Research Institute....
Mac OS X 软件更新 20070916
in M2 十字街口, on 2007-09-18
28 个更新，重要更新包括 iStat pro 4.2、Google Earth 4.2.198.2451、File Juicer 4.8.4等。
Human Source of Stem Cells With Potential To Repair Muscle Damaged by Disease or Injury
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 5, 2007
Scientists have isolated stem cells from blood vessels (known as myoendothelial cells) which can be differentiated in the laboratory into muscle, bone and cartilage cells and are thus suitable for use as a potential therapy for muscle injuries and diseases including heart attack and muscle dystro...
Gene Controlling Fat Accumulation Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 5, 2007
...mined how adipose works by analyzing fruit flies, tiny worms called C. elegans, cultured cells, and genetically engineered mice, as well as by exploiting sophisticated molecular techniques. Using seve...
Gene Therapy Clear Amyloid Plaques in Animal Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 31, 2007
...images.
In a study published in PLOS , Harvard scientists report that the delivery of skin cells genetically engineered to produce neprilysin into the brain of mice has successfully cleared amyloid...
Bt Maize More Susceptible to Aphids
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 30, 2007
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According to a study published in PLOS ONE , genetically modified Bt maize are more susceptible to aphids .
Within five out of six pairs that were evaluated, transgenic maize lines were si...
Genetically Modified Aluminum-Tolerant Sorghum
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 29, 2007
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Cornell researchers have cloned a novel aluminum-tolerant gene in sorghum and expect to have new genetically-engineered aluminum-tolerant sorghum lines by next year. This is a significant developme...
Symposium: Regulatory RNA in Biology and Human Health
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 28, 2007
...and biogenesis of small regulatory RNAs and how this is being applied to create a new generation of therapeutics and diagnostics.
The main topics to be discussed in this symposium includes:
Mech...
Bug juice bio fuel
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on August 24, 2007
... Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble - there's a new genetically enhanced bacteria strain that literally craps ethanol at high temperatures. The bacteria strain, called TM242, is particularly speci...
Elixir Pharma's Type 2 Diabetes Drug Mitiglinide Enters Phase III Clinical Trial
in Daily Diabetic, on August 22, 2007
...cal Advisory Board:
"There continues to be a tremendous unmet medical need in the U.S. for therapeutics that can be used alone or in combination with other drugs to provide patients with type 2...
About Generex's Oral-Lyn™ Oral Insulin Spray
in Daily Diabetic, on August 17, 2007
...s are yielding promising results, as was recently published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics (article title: Comparison of Oral Insulin Spray and Subcutaneous Regular Insulin at Mealtime i...
Sirt2: Sirtuin Protein, Key in Fat Production and Metabolism
in Daily Diabetic, on August 17, 2007
...vior of fat cells-in terms of metabolism or growth-if we changed the levels of Sirt2."
Using genetically altered cells in mice, the researchers later found that increasing Sirt2 levels in the c...
DNA Vaccine Against Multiple Scclerosis Appears Safe
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 15, 2007
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Results of a clinical trial funded by Bayhill Therapeutics, Inc. shows that BHT-3009 , a newly developed DNA vaccine against multiple sclerosis appears safe and may produce beneficial changes...
