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
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Orlando’s LensAR raises $24 million
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
