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Biotechnology

Biotechnology means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use. For instance, biotechnology is applied to improve or facilitate cellular processes such as energy metabolism, gene transfer between unrelated species, or the engineering of enzymes for large scale production of drugs.


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

Date: 10 Apr 2008, Rating: 3.00, 3 pages

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.

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: 5.00, 10 pages

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.

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: not rated, 9 pages

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

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: not rated

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.

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: not rated

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

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: 3.00

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

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: not rated

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.

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: not rated

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

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: not rated

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

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: not rated

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.

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: not rated

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.

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: not rated

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

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: not rated

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

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: not rated

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.

Date: 12 Dec 2007, Rating: 1.00

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.

Date: 8 Jun 2007, Rating: 5.50, 8 pages

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

Date: 8 Jun 2007, Rating: 1.00, 7 pages

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.

Date: 8 Jun 2007, Rating: 2.80, 9 pages

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

Date: 7 Jun 2007, Rating: 6.57, 7 pages

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

Date: 7 Jun 2007, Rating: 6.50