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ASU Scientists Make Major Breakthrough With Photosynthetic Energy
April 16, 1998 Scientists at Arizona State University have combined biology and electronics to create the world's first bionic photosynthetic energy system. Future applications of their technology could lead to ... > full story -
Mouse Gene Reveals Clues To Human Deafness
March 24, 1998 A team led by geneticist Dr. Karen Avraham of Tel Aviv University has discovered a defective gene that causes progressive hearing loss in a large Israeli family. ... > full story -
Nitrate Reductase: A Magical Enzyme?
March 10, 1998 Researchers at Michigan Technological University are studying an enzyme that is being used to help clean up the environment and has great potential to be part of the solution to the global problem of ... > full story -
Biotech Approach To Feral Cat Problem Devised
February 24, 1998 A student in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine has used a summer fellowship grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Morristown, NJ) to develop a genetically ... > full story -
Chalk Up Another One For Broccoli! Chemical In Vegetable Shown To Halt Growth Of Breast Cancer Cells
February 16, 1998 Eating broccoli and other vegetables can help stave off breast cancer, studies show. Now scientists have found that one of the chemicals in broccoli may also help treat the ... > full story -
Wyoming Researchers Discover High-Performance Spider Silk Genes
February 10, 1998 Two University of Wyoming scientists have discovered a gene that produces the most highly elastic fiber from a spider's silk. ... > full story -
'Green' Approach May Improve Cancer Therapy
February 9, 1998 A promising cancer therapy which destroys tumors by exposing them to light may be significantly improved thanks to new materials developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science. ... > full story -
UD Studies May Explain Why Viper-Venom Protein Stops Tumor Spread In Mice
February 5, 1998 Viper snakes can kill, but a protein in their venom prevents the spread of tumors in laboratory mice, and a molecular 'portrait' now under development may explain why, according to a ... > full story -
Transgenic Mice Created By Researchers May Shed Light On Human Heart Disease
January 28, 1998 A University of Colorado at Boulder research team has created several strains of transgenic mice that carry gene mutations for a heart disease that has been shown to be the leading cause of sudden ... > full story -
UMass Researchers Announce Birth Of Genetically Modified Cloned Calves
January 26, 1998 Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have announced the birth of two healthy calves created by combining cloning techniques with genetic ... > full story -
Cow Eggs Accommodate, Reprogram Other Species' Genes
January 22, 1998 Using the unfertilized eggs of cows, scientists have shown that the eggs have the ability to incorporate and, seemingly, reprogram at least some of the genes from adult cells from an array of ... > full story -
How Will Increased Ultraviolet Radiation Affect Forests?
December 31, 1997 We know next to nothing about what effect increased ultraviolet-B radiation will have on forests as the stratospheric ozone shield continues to disintegrate over the next century. Also, since global ... > full story
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