Articles - biotech and pharmacy
New technology for the f protein identification inside cells – 2D infra spectroscopy
11.11.2008 | Articles - biotech and pharmacy
After almost 20 years a new ethod for protein identification has been discvered. It shows higher sensitivity and provide additional informations about properties a their modulations within the cells. Researchers from Imperial College London and The Institute of Cancer Research see usage in drug discovery, diagnosis a biomarker di...
The Alphabet, Tyrian Purple... and Genes: Genographic Scientists Uncover New Piece of Phoenician Legacy
11.11.2008 | Articles - biotech and pharmacy
The Phoenicians gave the world the alphabet and a love of the color purple, and a research study published today by Genographic scientists in the American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG-D-08-00725R2) shows that they left some people their genes as well. The study finds that as many as one in 17 men in the Mediterranean basin may have a Phoenician...
Biotechnology – the science of future
14.10.2008 | Articles - biotech and pharmacy
Brno is once again awaiting a world-class event. At the occasion of the biotechnological conference Gate2Biotech that takes place on October 22th, 2008, the city of Johann Gregor Mendel, the pioneer of genetics, of the world-renowned cardiologist Jan Navrátil (who was the first person to use an artificial heart ventricle and artificial heart),...
Global warming - agriculture - biotechnology
19.9.2008 | Articles - biotech and pharmacy
Carbon cycle is an important process constituting global ecology. In the last year it became also very popular problem and political and economical issue in connection with sc. global warming. Carbon is present in nature in various forms from totally reduced methane (CH4) to totally oxidised carbon dioxide (CO2). In living matter its state is...
Synthetic biology: New - synthetic -versions of life
15.9.2008 | Articles - biotech and pharmacy
With broadening knowledges of genetics of bacteria we will be able to create a unique form of life. It’s proved by effort and results of many research laboratories. Their genome will be compose from a serie of segments originated from different species or they will be completly new. Their potential is to become a component of future industrial...
Factual situation in agricultural biotechnology in the Czech Republic
10.9.2008 | Articles - biotech and pharmacy
Since the birth of recombinant DNA technology in seventies of the last century a variety of regulations occurred. They have been always a function of economy, politics and science. Unfortunately, the latter has plaid minor role. French presidency declared the revision of biotechnology regulation as one of its priorities. The documents issued for...
Czech city bids to be global biotech hub
8.9.2008 | Articles - biotech and pharmacy
Just a few steps from the monastery where Gregor Mendel pioneered the field of genetics some 150 years ago, Czech officials hope to nurture their own biotech revolution. The plan is to turn Brno, a 13th-century city that went the way of manufacturing under communism, into a modern biotech hub and attract firms eager to tap into a skilled work...
Virus helps to build tiny battery
26.8.2008 | Articles - biotech and pharmacy
Simple technique could create power packs for microdevices. A virus has helped to create a new type of tiny battery, made with a simple stamping technique, that could power miniature devices. Electronic devices used for controlled drug delivery, or to power tiny lab-on-a-chipapplications, need to get their power from somewhere. But as...
Economy of transgenic crops evaluated
17.8.2008 | Articles - biotech and pharmacy
Transgenic crops – officially genetically modified (GMC) - when properly used can bring benefit to farmers and consumers. Unfortunately the benefit to consumers is reduced by European legislation that requests many measures – mostly useless but costly. However the benefit to farmers can be calculated. The detail calculation was performed at...
European Corn Borer life stage model
23.6.2008 | Articles - biotech and pharmacy
Predicting the potential distribution of agricultural pests, both indigenous and introduced, plays a key role in determining the impact of global change on agricultural, horticultural and forestry ecosystems. This study investigates changes in the climatic niche of one of the most important agricultural pests, the European Corn Borer (Ostrinia...
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