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Gainesville’s BioTork evolves yeast to feed on xylose

May 8, 2012
agriculture

BioTork of Gainesville and the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center have completed the first step in a joint development program intended …Read the Rest

Orlando’s LensAR raises $24 million

May 3, 2012
biotech

LensAR Inc., a developer of next gen laser systems for cataract surgery, announced the closing of a $24 million private …Read the Rest

Biotech Executives, Agency Officials to Discuss National Bioeconomy Blueprint in Orlando

April 28, 2012
biotech

Following the White House release of the National Bioeconomy Blueprint, company and organization executives will join government agency officials for …Read the Rest

“Mirrored” microRNA genes with different functions can be produced from the same piece of DNA

April 28, 2012
biotech

Researchers have discovered a new group of molecules, mirror-microRNAs, which control some of the fundamental processes behind memory function and …Read the Rest

Oak Ridge, Yale take steps toward fast, low-cost DNA sequencing device

April 27, 2012
biotech

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Yale University researchers have developed a new concept for use in a high-speed genomic sequencing …Read the Rest

Molecular pathway that controls retention and release of brain’s stem cells identified

April 23, 2012
biotech

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have identified a molecular pathway that controls the retention and release of the brain’s …Read the Rest

Xenonucleic acid: Molecular alternatives to DNA and RNA

April 21, 2012
biotech

Living systems owe their existence to a pair of information-carrying molecules: DNA and RNA. A long-debated question is whether heredity …Read the Rest

RNA structure in 3D

April 16, 2012
biotech

A team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill demonstrates a simple, cost-effective technique for three-dimensional RNA structure …Read the Rest

Chromosomes organize into “yarns”

April 12, 2012
biotech

New research by the team of Edith Heard, PhD, from the Curie Institute and Job Dekker, PhD, from the University …Read the Rest

Researchers boost generation of nerve cells from skin cells

Researchers boost generation of nerve cells from skin cells
April 12, 2012
biotech

In 2010, Marius Wernig, working off Shinya Yamanaka’s iPSC discoveries, was able to directly transform skin cells into so-called induced neurons …Read the Rest