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University of Helsinki to coordinate two large EU research projects
The European Union has granted nearly 25 MEUR to two large-scale interdisciplinary research projects coordinated by the University of Helsinki. The project leaders are professor Raimo Tuominen from the UH's Faculty of Pharmacy and Academy professor Kari Alitalo from UH's Molecular and Cancer Biology Laboratory. Both projects are part of the... view more... (2004-08-24)
NJIT professor discovers better way to desalinate water
Chemical engineer Kamalesh Sirkar, PhD, a distinguished professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and an expert in membrane separation technology, is leading a team of researchers to develop a breakthrough method to desalinate water. view more (2006-02-10)
"Plants For The Future": A European Vision For Plant Biotechnology Towards 2025
Today, the "Plants for the Future" European Technology Platform on plant genomics and biotechnology, launches a new era for plant biotechnology in Europe. This long term vision for 2025 has been created by leading representatives from research (such as EPSO, the European Plant Science Organisation), the food and biotech industry (such as... view more... (2004-06-23)
EU Funding Helps Fight Liver Cancer
The fight against liver cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide, is being helped by 2.5 million euros from the EU's Framework Programme. view more (2005-02-22)
University of Minnesota research leads to new technology to protect human health
Larry Wackett and Michael Sadowsky, members of the University of Minnesota's BioTechnology Institute, developed an enzyme that is used in Bioo Scientific's new MaxDiscovery™ Melamine Test kit, which simplifies the detection of melamine contamination in food. view more (2009-07-22)
Help for Bioscientists to Access EU Research Funding
Bioscientists can now take advantage of new simple and easy 'on-line' access to help and information about the research and development funding available through the EU's Framework Programme. New pages launched on the FP6UK website provide useful information for those bioscientists in both industry and academia who want to learn more about the... view more... (2004-05-18)
Experts: Expanding biotechnology research in developing countries key to countering bioterrorism
Experts at the Canadian Program on Genomics and Global Health warn that global efforts to combat bioterrorism are on a potential collision course with legitimate biotechnology pursuits that hold the promise of improving life for millions of the world's poorest people. view more (2006-02-27)
TANGO - towards faster prognosis of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases?
A large number of diseases - including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and mad cow disease - are the result of proteins that erroneously assume the wrong shape, causing them to stick to each other. This phenomenon is perceptible, but up to now it has been difficult to predict. Researchers from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for... view more... (2004-09-13)
Credit crunch threatens new medicines
The global financial crisis could seriously delay the discovery and production of many new life-saving medicines, warns a major international conference today. view more (2008-10-27)
GEN highlights increasing use of digital gene expression profiling
A novel technique for carrying out gene-expression profiling is set to challenge the market dominance of the current, widely used methodology, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). view more (2009-04-06)
Anti-biotech groups obstruct forest biotechnology
The potential of forest biotechnology to help address significant social and environmental issues is being "strangled at birth" by the rigid opposition of some groups and regulations that effectively preclude even the testing of genetically modified trees, scientists argue in a new report. view more (2009-07-01)
On-line shopping - for viruses, fungi, bacteria and much more
Soon, it will not just be catalogues of consumer goodies such as wines, books and cars that you can browse on the world wide web. A database of the UK's scientific collections of micro-organisms and cells goes on-line on Thursday 15 April 1999. view more (1999-04-14)
UABDivulg@. Bringing science to everyone
Since the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona's scientific communication website (www.uab.es/uabdivulga/eng) went online in May 2003, its aim has been to disclose research from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona to the public at large through the words of the researchers themselves. Over 200 researchers have now explained their work... view more... (2005-04-11)
Malaria Vaccine Initiative And Apovia Inc. Partner To Pursue Rapid Development Of Novel Malaria Vaccine
A public-private partnership announced today promises to bring a powerful new malaria vaccine into human trials this year. The partnership between a San Diego-based biotechnology company, Apovia Inc., and the Malaria Vaccine Initiative at PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) is a multi-million dollar, multi-year agreement. The... view more... (2001-01-26)
Success Breeds Success At Oxford Bioincubator
The highly successful bioincubator, the Oxford BioBusiness Centre, is proving a fertile breeding ground for some of the country's leading-edge biotechnology companies. The BioBusiness Centre provides laboratories and offices on flexible terms, communal facilities such as cleanup, tissue culture and sample storage, business support and access to a... view more... (2003-11-24)
£4m funding for new biotech spin-out
Specialist research and drug discovery company CXR Biosciences Limited, a spin out from the University of Dundee, has been launched after attracting funding of £4 million from the private and public sectors. The University`s newest spin out company, CXR Biosciences has operated over the last three years as The Centre for Xenobiotic Research... view more... (2002-01-16)
Third Call for EUR2.3bn EU Funding Opportunity to be Launched
The third Call for proposals under the Life Sciences, Genomics and Biotechnology for Health theme of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will be launched at a free event on 16th June 2004 in the historic setting of Church House, London, hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Medical Research Council. Any organisation... view more... (2004-05-18)
Dartmouth and GlycoFi report full humanization of therapeutic proteins from yeast
Researchers at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth Medical School, and the biotechnology firm GlycoFi, Inc., report a significant advance in the production of therapeutic proteins. view more (2006-09-08)
GM Debate in Cambridge Tonight: Key Players Join SCI to Cut Through the Myths
GM foods have been the science story of 1999 leading to a saturation of facts and propaganda from both sides of the fence. By holding this debate, SCI hopes to cut through the myths surrounding this controversial subject. view more (1999-11-02)
Earth Rx: A microbial biotechnology prescription for global environmental health
Water. Waste. Energy. This trio of problems is among the greatest challenges to the environmental health of society. Water purification alone is becoming more problematic in the world due to our increasingly reliance on contaminated sources, such as polluted rivers, lakes and groundwater. view more (2006-02-16)
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