Sifting the Garbage for a Green Polymer
Posted in Environmental Biotechnology on Jun 21st, 2007
Scientists have recently turned to trash in an effort to unearth organic alternatives to petrochemical plastics.
The New York Times
Archive for June, 2007
Human genome ‘more complex’
Posted in Human Genome on Jun 21st, 2007
A close-up view of the human genome reveals its innermost workings to be far more complex than first thought.
BBC News
Spider silk’s ‘DNA breakthrough’
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 21st, 2007
US biologists hope to make super-strong materials after identifying the genes behind the black widow spider’s silk.
BBC News
‘Dolly’ Scientist: Make Human Stem Cells From Animal Eggs
Posted in Stem Cells on Jun 21st, 2007
Leading geneticist asks scientists to create stem cells with animal eggs.
LiveScience.com
Stem cell first for Parkinson’s
Posted in Stem Cells on Jun 21st, 2007
Parkinson’s researchers inject human stem cells into primates for the first time, with promising results.
BBC News
Corn-Based Polymer Production Begins
Posted in Bioenergy, Plant Biotechnology on Jun 21st, 2007
The nation’s top energy official hailed on Friday the innovation behind chemical giant DuPont Co.’s new $100 million bioengineering joint-venture with multinational agri-processor Tate & Lyle PLC to produce a new biology-based polymer.
CBS News
Scientists find new dementia gene
Posted in Human Genome on Jun 21st, 2007
Scientists pinpoint a new gene linked with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
BBC News
Patent sought on ’synthetic life’
Posted in Synthetic Biology on Jun 21st, 2007
Scientists working to build a living organism from scratch apply to patent the method they will use.
BBC News
STEM CELLS: Teams Reprogram Differentiated Cells–Without Eggs
Posted in Stem Cells on Jun 21st, 2007
Scientists this week reported major advances toward a central goal of stem cell research: directly reprogramming fetal mouse cells so that they are indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells.
Science
STEM CELLS: Reprogramming, Take Two
Posted in Stem Cells on Jun 21st, 2007
In this week’s issue of Nature, researchers show that if nuclear DNA is removed from the dividing mouse zygote at just the right moment, it will successfully reprogram an introduced nucleus from a somatic cell.
Science