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Designer Bacteria May Lead to Better Vaccines
January 15, 2013 — The 61 strains of E. coli are part of a new class of biological "adjuvants" that is poised to transform vaccine design. Adjuvants are substances added to vaccines to boost the human immune ... > full story -
Chemistry Resolves Toxic Concerns About Carbon Nanotubes, Experts Say
January 15, 2013 — Safety fears about carbon nanotubes, due to their structural similarity to asbestos, have been alleviated following research showing that reducing their length removes their toxic ... > full story -
Giant Tobacco Plants That Stay Young Forever
January 10, 2013 — Tobacco plants bloom when they are just a few months old -- and then they die. Now, researchers have located a genetic switch which can keep the plants young for years and which permits unbounded ... > full story -
Research Revisiting the Safety of GM Weevil-Resistant Peas in Mice Contradicts Previous Risk Assessment Findings
January 10, 2013 — Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna have conducted feeding trials with mice to investigate the allergenicity of genetically modified (GM) weevil-resistant peas. Development of the peas ... > full story -
Engineering Alternative Fuel With Cyanobacteria
January 9, 2013 — Biologists have engineered two strains of cyanobacteria to produce free fatty acids, a precursor to liquid fuels. Micro-algal fuels might be one way to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign ... > full story -
Dimmer Switch for Regulating Cell's Read of DNA Code
January 9, 2013 — Researchers have been studying the epigenetics enzyme HDAC3 for several years. They discovered that its activity requires interaction with a specific region on another protein called the Deacetylase ... > full story -
Important Factor in Fat Storage and Energy Metabolism
January 6, 2013 — Scientists have identified a cell cycle transcriptional co-regulator – TRIP-Br2 – that plays a major role in energy metabolism and fat storage. This finding has the potential to lead to ... > full story -
An Embryo That Is Neither Male nor Female: Impact of Three Unexpected Sex Determination Factors Analyzed
January 3, 2013 — Is it a girl or a boy? This is the first question parents ask at the birth of an infant. Though the answer is obvious, the mechanism of sex determination is much less so. Researchers attempt to shed ... > full story -
Editing Genome With High Precision: New Method to Insert Multiple Genes in Specific Locations, Delete Defective Genes
January 3, 2013 — Researchers have developed a new technique for precisely altering the genomes of living cells by adding or deleting ... > full story -
Can Observations of a Hardy Weed Help Feed the World?
December 20, 2012 — Scientists have explored how the responses to environmental stresses by one small, genetically diverse plant species might illuminate possible approaches to addressing growing human demand for crop ... > full story
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