Generating embryonic stem cells
Embryonic stem cells, as their name suggests, are derived from embryos.

Detection of the pediocin gene pedA in strains from human faeces by real-time PCR and characterization of Pediococcus acidilactici UVA1
Bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria are commonly used as natural protective cultures.

High performance microbiological transformation of L-tyrosine to L-dopa by Yarrowia lipolytica NRRL-143
The 3,4-dihydroxy phenyl L-alanine (L-dopa) is a drug of choice for Parkinson's disease, controlling changes in energy metabolism enzymes of the myocardium following neurogenic injury.

Human clones: New U.N. analysis lays out world's choices
Report says ban on human reproductive cloning, coupled with restricted therapeutic research, is global compromise most likely to succeed

Nano-sized voltmeter measures electric fields deep within cells
A wireless, nano-scale voltmeter developed at the University of Michigan is overturning conventional wisdom about the physical environment inside cells.

Using nanotechnology, UCLA researchers discover cancer cells 'feel' much softer than normal cells
Method may provide a new diagnostic tool for cancer

Scripps scientists develop new tests that identify lethal prion strains quickly and accurately
Findings will significantly accelerate prion research

Nanotubes may have high-tech applications, study involving UCR engineers reports
Two engineers at the University of California, Riverside are part of a binational team that has found semiconducting nanotubes produced by living bacteria – a discovery that could help in the creation of a new generation of nanoelectronic devices.

Using carbon nanotubes to seek and destroy anthrax toxin and other harmful proteins
New technology could enable new cancer treatment techniques and antibacterial coatings

MIT sorts cells with beams of light
Could find applications in genetic screening, more

UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute partners with Abraxis BioScience
CNSI at UCLA today announced a partnership with the integrated global biopharmaceutical company Abraxis BioScience Inc. to collaborate on nanobiotechnology research for the advancement of new technologies in medicine.

Wiley-Blackwell announces launch of 'Microbial Biotechnology'
Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, and the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) announced today publication of the first articles for Microbial Biotechnology.

From fear to a constructive dialogue
The term "biotechnology" elicits a range of emotions, from wonder and awe to fear and hostility.

Argonne National Lab acquires first SiCortex SC5832
Department of Energy research center to enable scientific community to utilize groundbreaking power-efficient architecture

Not just humans benefit from animal biotechnology
Laboratory animals are the source of major discoveries and breakthroughs in biology, not just in tackling disease but also unravelling fundamental molecular processes.

Search and Discovery Strategies for Biotechnology: the Paradigm Shift
Profound changes are occurring in the strategies that biotechnology-based industries are deploying in the search for exploitable biology and to discover new products and develop new or improved processes.

Consumer attitudes toward biotechnology: Lessons for animal-related applications
Newer techniques of biotechnology, such as recombinant DNA, offer scientists a range of tools to enhance the quality

Biotechnology and Food Systems in Developing Countries
Even in a world with adequate food supplies in global markets, which is the situation today, biotechnology offers important opportunities to developing countries in four domains.

Food Biotechnology: Benefits and Concerns
This paper summarizes the benefits and risks of this new technology, describes consumers’ knowledge and attitudes, explains the regulatory process new products of biotechnology go through prior to commercialization, and identifies challenges facing the

Producing medicines in plant seeds
Using plants to produce useful proteins could be an inexpensive alternative to current medicine production methods.