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DuPont CEO says consumers will increasingly depend on biotechnology

DuPont Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charles O. Holliday, Jr. today said significant progress has been made in demonstrating the benefits of biotechnology, in its acceptance, and in the advancement of new and exciting products the technology is making possible.

28 Sep 2004

Researchers reduce the toxicity of water-soluble buckyballs by a factor of more than ten million

Researchers at Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) have demonstrated a simple way to reduce the toxicity of water-soluble buckyballs by a factor of more than ten million.

26 Sep 2004

Replication timing assays may allow much earlier cancer detection

Scientists have discovered a DNA sequence that is involved in controlling the timing of DNA replication. Because alterations in DNA replication timing are associated with cancer, this discovery may lead to improved methods for cancer detection.

26 Sep 2004

Gene responsible for a rare form of dystonia known as rapid-onset dystonia parkinsonism identified

Investigators funded in part by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have identified the gene responsible for a rare form of dystonia known as rapid-onset dystonia parkinsonism (RDP).

23 Sep 2004

First generation of human retinal cells in the laboratory from human embryonic stem cells

Some of these retinal tissues such as Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) may provide a novel therapeutic strategy for such devastating diseases as macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and other retinal degenerative diseases.

23 Sep 2004

Breakthrough discovery on why the malaria parasite has become resistant to chloroquine

Scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have made a major breakthrough in discovering why the malaria parasite Plasmodium Falciparum, deposited in humans by the mosquito, has become resistant to chloroquine

23 Sep 2004

Genes in poppy could hold the key to producing improved pain management pharmaceuticals

"The genes we found behaved differently in Norman compared to standard morphine producing poppies and were consistently associated with the blockage in morphine synthesis and with the accumulation of thebaine and oripavine," Dr Larkin says.

23 Sep 2004

A naturally occurring chemical that may repel yellow fever mosquitoes can now be made in the laboratory

Gaur acid is a natural skin secretion of the gaur, an Asian wild ox. Preliminary evidence suggests that this chemical discourages the landing and feeding of Aedes aegypti, a common mosquito that carries and transmits the yellow fever virus in some parts of the world.

23 Sep 2004

Nanowires could be used to sense thousands of different viruses

Harvard University scientists have found that ultra-thin silicon wires can be used to electrically detect the presence of single viruses, in real time, with near-perfect selectivity.

22 Sep 2004

Zebrafish atlas will help research community to model human disease

An inch-long tropical fish will enjoy improved global exposure thanks to a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Center for Research Resources-National Institutes of Health

22 Sep 2004

Amyloid growth can occur independently of oligomers

Improperly folded proteins are normally destroyed. But in a wide range of diseases, including prion (from proteinaceous and infectious) diseases and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson disease and Alzheimer disease, amyloid fibrils, or plaques--misshapen proteins that aggregate into characteristic ropelike configurations--accumulate in tissue.

22 Sep 2004

Edible vaccine for HIV AIDS

Scientists from Novosibirsk are engaged in the development of an unusual vaccine which, apart from being less expensive to produce, safe and painless to administer, is also edible.

22 Sep 2004

Scientists have corrected a flaw in cancer cells that lets them evade the normal cell-death process

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have corrected a flaw in cancer cells that lets them evade the normal cell-death process, and as a result they eliminated leukemia cells from mice.

21 Sep 2004

Scientists decipher genetic code of ancient pathogen that causes the horse disease

More than 2,400 years after Hippocrates, the Greek physician born in 460 BC first described the symptoms of glanders, scientists have deciphered the genetic code of the ancient pathogen that causes the horse disease: Burkholderia mallei.

20 Sep 2004

Scientists unlock the crucial communication pathways of p53 protein cells

Professor Nicholas La Thangue and his team at the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow have unlocked the crucial communication pathways of p53 protein cells, which could ultimate aid the slowing down of cells that cause tumours and related disease.

20 Sep 2004

Investigation into the potential for designing drug treatments based on a person’s genetic makeup

Most current drugs are not effective for 100 per cent of the population and some work in as few as 30 to 50 per cent of cases. Pharmacogenetics, the study of how genetic factors influence a person’s response to a drug, is seen as a way of making treatments as safe and effective as possible for every individual.

20 Sep 2004

Medical Science News

DuPont CEO says consumers will increasingly depend on biotechnology

Researchers reduce the toxicity of water-soluble buckyballs by a factor of more than ten million

Replication timing assays may allow much earlier cancer detection

Gene responsible for a rare form of dystonia known as rapid-onset dystonia parkinsonism identified

First generation of human retinal cells in the laboratory from human embryonic stem cells

Breakthrough discovery on why the malaria parasite has become resistant to chloroquine

Genes in poppy could hold the key to producing improved pain management pharmaceuticals

A naturally occurring chemical that may repel yellow fever mosquitoes can now be made in the laboratory

Nanowires could be used to sense thousands of different viruses

Zebrafish atlas will help research community to model human disease

Amyloid growth can occur independently of oligomers

Edible vaccine for HIV AIDS

Scientists have corrected a flaw in cancer cells that lets them evade the normal cell-death process

Scientists decipher genetic code of ancient pathogen that causes the horse disease

Scientists unlock the crucial communication pathways of p53 protein cells

Investigation into the potential for designing drug treatments based on a person’s genetic makeup

New Australian biotech speeds up healing for burns and wounds

Jellyfish advance science

The same gene functions in vision and immune system, research shows

RNAi enlisted in hunt for prawn vaccines

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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