Database of the Safety and Benefits of Biotechnology
Monday December 28, 2009
CropLife International is a global federation of associations and companies with interests in crop science, agricultural biotechnology and sustainable food production and farming practices. One of their primary interests is ... Read More
Dynamic State of Nanog Transcription Maintains Pluripotency
Monday December 28, 2009
Sox, Oct and Nanog sound like names out of a sci-fi movie, but they're actually the names of some pretty important role-players in the differentiation of stem cells. These transcription ... Read More
Using Fish Proteins to Prevent Freezer-Burn
Wednesday December 23, 2009
Christmas is a mere two days away (hope I didn't scare anyone!) and hopefully you are looking forward to sharing a feast of whatever your traditional holiday fare is, with ... Read More
Small Molecule Drug Delivery by Tumor-Targeting Liposomes
Monday December 21, 2009
A small molecule drug is a compound with medicinal properties, typically with a molecular weight of less than 1000 Daltons. This criteria may include biologicals such as siRNA, or ... Read More
Comment on Roundup Ready Alfalfa
Friday December 18, 2009
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) is a non-profit public interest group in the USA with a mandate to protect consumers and other interest groups from harmful food technologies, using ... Read More
Low Mutation Frequency a Thermophilic Adaptation
Tuesday December 15, 2009
Companies sometimes look to thermophilic organisms to serve as catalysts for industrial processes. The benefits to this are that environmentally hazardous chemicals, that also pose a threat to human health ... Read More
Therapeutic Vaccines for Cancer
Monday December 14, 2009
Vaccines aren't just for prophylactic elicitation of immunity in healthy people anymore. While you may be familiar with the use of vaccines for prevention of disease, and their administration to ... Read More
Knockout Human Cell Line Reveals Clues to Influenza
Tuesday December 8, 2009
A new knockout human cell line has helped researchers make huge leaps in the discovery of causative factors of some infectious diseases. The human cell line has been developed with ... Read More
Biosimilars, Bioethics and Business Perspectives
Friday December 4, 2009
Biosimilars are follow-on biopharmaceuticals, made by competitors of a branded drug, following expiry of the patent. By definition, they tend to be large molecules, as opposed to small molecule drugs ... Read More
Fun Internet Biotech Tools
Wednesday December 2, 2009
The internet is full of fun tools for enhancing your knowledge of biochemistry and biotechnology. One such resource is the Amino Acid Explorer, on the NCBI website. Students in introductory ... Read More