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Study sheds light into the nature of embryonic stem cells

25 May 2010

New insight into what stem cells are and how they behave could help scientists to grow cells that form different tissues. A new study has shown that embryonic stem cells consist of cells that switch back and forth between precursors of different cell types. This may be linked to their potential to become any cell type in the body.

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Pressure testing tiny cell samples

In: Biotechnology News

25 May 2010

A new pipette test offers a versatile way to study tissue mechanics.

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Researchers investigate the effects of nanoparticles on yeast

In: Biotechnology News

12 Apr 2010

Nanoparticles are already widely used in everyday products such as cosmetics, textiles, dyes, and paints. It is quite possible that these minute fragments of matter may in future not only come to play a crucial role in medicine and pharmacology, but also in the food and biotechnology industries

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Fungi can change quickly, pass along infectious ability

In: Biotechnology News

17 Mar 2010

Fungi have significant potential for “horizontal” gene transfer, a new study has shown, similar to the mechanisms that allow bacteria to evolve so quickly, become resistant to antibiotics and cause other serious problems.

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Protein study shows evolutionary link between plants, humans

In: Biotechnology News

15 Feb 2010

Inserting a human protein important in cancer development was able to revive dying plants, showing an evolutionary link between plants and humans and possibly making it easier to study the protein’s function in cancer development, a new study has shown.

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Low-cost DNA test to pinpoint risk of inherited diseases

In: Biotechnology News

15 Feb 2010

An inexpensive, fast accurate DNA test that reveals a person’s risk of developing certain diseases is expected to become a reality, thanks to new technology.

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Flower power may reduce resistance to breast cancer drug tamoxifen

In: Biotechnology News

15 Feb 2010

Combining tamoxifen, the world’s most prescribed breast cancer agent, with a compound found in the flowering plant feverfew may prevent initial or future resistance to the drug, say researchers.