Biotechnology Industry News

Global growth starts locally

AMERICAN business expert Professor Jerry Engels yesterday unleashed his "glocal" business strategy on Geelong's IT and biotech leaders. Geelong Advertiser Business - 12:01 a.m. Saturday 20th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

This week's top stories [19 March 2010]

Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. Mom and dad, stop stifling me - it's damaging my brain Does the pill help women live longer? Yes and no Shape-shifting polymer ... New Scientist - Latest Headlines - midnight Saturday 20th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Perils of plastics: Risks to human health and the environment

Rolf Halden, associate professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University and assistant director of Environmental Biotechnology at the Biodesign Institute has undertaken a survey of existing ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Estimating ethanol yields from CRP croplands

The scramble to find sufficient land for biofuel production has experts eyeing marginal croplands that have been placed in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Now a study by Agricultural Research ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

GEN reports on therapeutic potential of microRNA

Researchers around the globe are working on turning microRNAs, over 5,000 of which already have been identified, into novel drugs for a wide range of applications, reports Genetic Engineering & ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Causes found for stiff skin conditions

By studying the genetics of a rare inherited disorder called stiff skin syndrome, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have learned more about scleroderma, a condition affecting ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Rare ATM gene mutations, plus radiation, may increase risk of a second breast cancer

Certain rare mutations in the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene, combined with radiation exposure, may increase a woman's risk of developing a second cancer in the opposite breast, according to ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Dawkins goes too far

I have written previously about Professor Richard Dawkins after a trip to Cambridge University and the publication of his book “The God Delusion.” Professor Dawkins is Professor of Public Understanding ... Gordon Moyes - 12:39 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Australian biotech market watch 19/03/10

Cochlar, CSL, ResMed, Living Cell Technology, Mesoblast Life Scientist - 11:42 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Gene regulation, not just genes, make us unique

Study shows transcription factors play a larger roll than expected in explaining individual differences. Life Scientist - 11:18 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Greatness in the genes

IDENTIFYING genetics that help growers make money was the aim of Australia’s largest and recently concluded wether trial – the Craig Wilson Livestock Wether Trial. The Land - 3 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2010-03-19 The origin of dogs

If you ever wondered where your dog came from, then we may be able to help out. And I'm not talking abour breeeds here, I'm talking about the orgin of ... Radio National Breakfast - science & technology - midnight Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Dingo may be oldest dog breed

Australia's dingo may be one of the world's oldest dog breeds, according to a major international genetic study. ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 9:57 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Manufacturing antibodies

New antibodies and recombinant proteins with a key signaling role in immune response to disease have been produced through collaboration between molecular immunology institutes in the Czech Republic and Germany ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Study details machinery of immune protection against inflammatory diseases like colitis

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists report a protein made by a gene already associated with a handful of human inflammatory immune diseases plays a pivotal role in protecting the ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend