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Newt transcriptome offers insight into tissue regeneration
21.2.2013 | Press monitoring
Scientists have identified protein families expressed during tissue regeneration in newts, providing the groundwork for research ...
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Avoiding Virus Dangers in \'Domesticating\' Wild Plants for Biofuel Use
20.2.2013 | Press monitoring
In our ongoing quest for alternative energy sources, researchers are looking more to plants that grow in the wild for use in biofuels ...
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Engineering cells for more efficient biofuel production
19.2.2013 | Press monitoring
In the search for renewable alternatives to gasoline, heavy alcohols such as isobutanol are promising candidates ...
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Gene That Suppresses Herpesviruses Discovered
18.2.2013 | Press monitoring
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) hide within the worldwide human population. While dormant ...
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Light-Emitting Bioprobe Fits in a Single Cell
15.2.2013 | Press monitoring
If engineers at Stanford have their way, biological research may soon be transformed by a new class of light-emitting probes small enough ...
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Stem Cell Breakthrough Could Lead to New Bone Repair Therapies On Nanoscale Surfaces
14.2.2013 | Press monitoring
Scientists at the University of Southampton have created a new method to generate bone cells which could lead to revolutionary bone repair therapies ...
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Combining Synthetic, Natural Toxins Could Disarm Cancer, Drug-Resistant Bacteria
13.2.2013 | Press monitoring
Cancer researchers from Rice University suggest that a new human-made drug that's already proven effective at killing cancer and drug-resistant bacteria ...
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Cell Circuits Remember Their History
12.2.2013 | Press monitoring
MIT engineers have created genetic circuits in bacterial cells that not only perform logic functions, but also remember the results ...
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Liver cancer survival time tripled by virus
11.2.2013 | Press monitoring
The virus used in the vaccine that helped eradicate smallpox is now working its magic on liver cancer.
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\'Zombie\' Cells May Outperform Live Ones as Catalysts and Conductors
8.2.2013 | Press monitoring
"Zombie" mammalian cells that may function better after they die have been created by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico (UNM).
