GM Foods and Allergies
Tuesday August 26, 2008
One of the bioethics issues surrounding the marketing of genetically modified (GM) foods is the potential for allergic reactions resulting from consumption of foreign proteins in an otherwise "safe" food. ... Read More
Using One Bacterium to Detect Another in Listeria Research
Tuesday August 26, 2008
Canada is reeling this week from the tragic deaths caused by an outbreak of Listeriosis. The illness has come from a meat-processing plant where deli meats were tainted with the ... Read More
Recruiting: The job of finding jobs
Tuesday August 19, 2008
Recruiting and career counselling is one of those jobs you just don't think of when planning your career path. Afterall, finding jobs for other people doesn't seem like much of ... Read More
National Biotechnology Week
Tuesday August 19, 2008
Canada's National Biotechnology Week is coming up, from September 19-26, 2008. Visit www.imagenenation.ca for events that celebrate the strength of biotech innovation nationwide in Canada.
Australia celebrates National Science Week this ... Read More
Bill C-51: Bad for Canadians?
Tuesday August 19, 2008
Being Canadian, recent blog postings by a Canadian law firm (that somehow got my email address), on Bill C-51, caught my eye, so I did a little research. The Bill ... Read More
Stem Cells and Nanotechnology
Tuesday August 12, 2008
Scientists are looking for ways to "marry" two of the most quickly progressing and highly controversial fields of biotechnology: Stem cell research and nanotechnology. Researchers in Portugal and at MIT ... Read More
Controlling Stem Cell Differentiation
Tuesday August 12, 2008
A paper published this month in Cell Stem Cell describes the generation of endoderm cells from human embryonic stem cells. Endoderm cells constitute the innermost three layers of the embryo ... Read More
CSOs Soon Put to the Test by Overseas FDA Office
Monday August 11, 2008
Our global society and the increasing popularity of virtual companies and outsourcing, has created a host of regulatory problems for consumers and agencies of importing countries. For example, since late ... Read More
What Are Bioassays Used For?
Tuesday August 5, 2008
A bioassay is an experimental test performed using live cell cultures or mixtures of cellular components (lysate), in which the potency of a biomolecule is tested based on its effect ... Read More
Monoclonal Antibodies for Cancer Treatment
Tuesday August 5, 2008
Antibody therapy is a promising treatment approach for a number of types of cancer. Some cancer cells have been found to overexpress certain cell signaling proteins, leading to changes in ... Read More