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MBL leads effort to update E. coli genome
E.coli is one of the most important model organisms for molecular science today and is arguably the single organism about which the most is known.   view more (2006-01-10)

Bio-Rad Develops Fully Automated Testing System For BSE
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research products and clinical diagnostics, has announced the creation of a complete solution for automated BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease) testing. This highly scalable platform is the first testing system of its kind, providing both... view more... (2002-02-15)

ANALYTICA 2004: The 5 Minute PCR
At Analytica 2004, the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH (IMM) presents the prototype of its modular kit for a "chip-based lab". Thanks to the special microfluidic system and a miniaturized tempering unit, the modular construction system makes it possible to realize reproduceable polymerase chain reactions in less than five... view more... (2004-05-07)

VCU Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine Researchers Publish Findings of a New Chemoprevention Gene Therapy That Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine have published findings that implicate a new chemoprevention gene therapy (CGT) for preventing and treating pancreatic cancer, one of the most lethal and treatment-resistant forms of cancer.   view more (2008-08-06)

tNOX serves as a serum marker for detection and monitoring of disease progression in prostate cancer
A team of researchers at Purdue University has found a protein in the blood that may prove to be more reliable than the standard prostate specific antigen (PSA) test in measuring the extent of prostate cancer.   view more (2006-09-14)

Cancer cell communication exposed
The discovery, by scientists at Monash University and the Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, of how communication between cancer cells is controlled has promised new treatment options for malignant tumours.   view more (2005-10-31)

EICOS 2003: Journalism meets science - join a lab and experience science as it happens!
EICOS, the European Initiative for Communicators of Science, again invites journalists from European countries into its "Hands-on Laboratory" and to the "Extended Laboratory Assignments". The programme is aimed at journalists with a wide range of backgrounds and interests, who wish to gather first-hand experience of techniques of molecular... view more... (2002-10-15)

Benign or cancerous?
Research into a cancer that is on the rise in the UK is to be presented at the University of Leicester.   view more (2008-11-12)

University of Leicester scientists discover technique to help 'friendly bacteria'
There is currently a great deal of interest in the health-associated properties of probiotics, also known as 'beneficial' or 'friendly' bacteria, and prebiotics, the food needed for the growth of probiotic when inside our bodies.   view more (2007-09-21)

New, comprehensive tumor classification combines molecular biology and classic pathology
Information about the genetic make-up of tumors should, in the long term, help clinicians decide on the most effective course of treatment for patients with cancer. To be most helpful these molecular data must be incorporated into a tumor classification that includes morphological and clinical information. Jules Berman describes his ideas for a... view more... (2004-03-10)

Researchers pinpoint enzyme involved in arthritis onset
Researchers from Cardiff University have uncovered a molecular pathway that plays a pivotal role in the onset of arthritis. Their research, published this week in Arthritis Research & Therapy, could aid in the discovery of novel targets for arthritis drugs. The researchers found that inhibiting the enzyme PKR could prevent two processes... view more... (2003-11-06)

Evolution still scientifically stable
An international team of researchers, including Monash University biochemists, has discovered evidence at the molecular level in support of one of the key tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution.   view more (2009-09-14)

Potential diagnostic marker indicates effectiveness of anti-angiogenic drugs
If an anti-angiogenic drug is successfully starving a cancer patient's tumor to death, the number of endothelial cells circulating in the individual's bloodstream will decrease, thus providing a potential biomarker for gauging the medication's effectiveness.   view more (2006-09-18)

Nano propellers pump with proper chemistry
The ability to pump liquids at the cellular scale opens up exciting possibilities, such as precisely targeting medicines and regulating flow into and out of cells. But designing this molecular machinery has proven difficult.   view more (2007-07-17)

Deaf-blind woman deafer than deaf-blind man
Dutch researcher Ronald Pennings has found new clinical and genetic characteristics for two different inherited syndromes that cause deaf-blindness. One of the two syndromes appears to cause more hearing impairment in women than in men. Pennings investigated Wolfram syndrome and Usher syndrome. These are two inherited syndromes that cause both... view more... (2004-05-07)

New Electrostatic-based DNA Microarray Technique Could Revolutionize Medical Diagnostics
The dream of personalized medicine - in which diagnostics, risk predictions and treatment decisions are based on a patient's genetic profile - may be on the verge of being expanded beyond the wealthiest of nations with state-of-the-art clinics.   view more (2008-07-01)

From galaxy collisions to star birth: ISO finds the missing link
Data from ISO, the infrared observatory of the European Space Agency (ESA), have provided the first direct evidence that shock waves generated by galaxy collisions excite the gas from which new stars will form. The result also provides important clues on how the birth of the first stars was triggered and speeded up in the early Universe. By... view more... (2005-03-29)

Gene therapy breakthrough offers hope to patients with inherited high cholesterol levels
New research published in BMC Molecular Biology explains how a new technique for introducing genes into mammalian cells using the virus responsible for warts could be a major step forward in developing gene therapy treatments for people with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a genetic disease that affects around 12 million people worldwide.... view more... (2002-05-14)

Saturn's rings have own atmosphere
Data from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft indicate that Saturn's majestic ring system has its own atmosphere-separate from that of the planet itself.   view more (2005-08-18)

Early Promise Of Simple Screening For Coeliac Disease (p 945)
A research letter by Cuban investigators in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights a new technique which could be used for screening of the intestinal disorder coeliac disease. The new approach is likely to be more user-friendly for patients as it is less invasive than conventional screening which relies on biopsy. The enzyme transglutaminase... view more... (2002-03-13)
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