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New Research Demonstrates Safety of Cord-blood-derived Stem Cell Treatments
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Beike Biotechnology and Medistem, Inc. Report on 114 Patients Treated With Novel Cord Blood Stem Cell Protocol; New Approach Opens Door to Expanded Uses of Cord Blood Stem Cells SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — In a new peer-reviewed article published by the Journal of Translational Medicine, scientists from Beike Biotechnology ( <a href=”http://www.beikebiotech.com/” target=”_blank” onc…
Simple technique to visualize atomic-scale structures
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Contact: Kathy Svitil ksvitil@caltech.edu 626-395-8022 California Institute of Technology PASADENA, Calif. – Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have devised a new technique – using a sheet of carbon just one atom thick – to visualize the structure of molecules. The technique, which was used to obtain the first dir…
Iowa State chemists discover method to create high-value chemicals from biomass
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Contact: Walter Trahanovsky wtrahan@iastate.edu 515-294-2886 Iowa State University AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University researchers have found a way to produce high-value chemicals such as ethylene glycol and propylene glycol from biomass rather than petroleum sources. Walter Trahanovsky, an Iowa State professor of chemistry who likes …
UF Science Master’s Program in Translational Biotechnology launched
Grant funding has been received from NSF to establish a new interdisciplinary Masters Program called “Science Master’s Program in Translational Biotechnology”. It is a two-year non-thesis program that is interdisciplinary (biosciences and business), is research intensive, has deep industry involvement, and includes a formal internship at a company. Students will graduate with a major (Master [...]
Neuronal diversity makes a difference, says Carnegie Mellon study
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Contact: Jocelyn Duffy jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu 412-268-9982 Carnegie Mellon University Heterogeneous groups of neurons transmit twice as much information as homogeneous groups PITTSBURGH – Much like snowflakes, no two neurons are exactly alike. But it's not the size or shape that sets one neuron apart from another, …
All genes in 1 go
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Contact: Patricia Marquardt patricia.marquardt@molgen.mpg.de 49-308-413-1716 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft The majority of rare diseases are hereditary. But despite significant progress in genome research, in most cases their exact cause remains unclear. The discovery of the underlying genetic defect is, however, a prerequisite for their de…
Pitcher-plant-dwelling mosquito shows effects of Earth’s rapidly changing climate
[NEWS] Contact: Cheryl Dybas cdybas@nsf.gov 703-292-7734 National Science Foundation Pitcher-plant-dwelling mosquito shows effects of Earth’s rapidly changing climate Scientists at the University of Oregon have determined the fine-scale genetic structure of the first animal to show an evolutionary response to rapid climate change…
Deepwater oil plume in Gulf degraded by microbes
A study by Berkeley Lab researchers of a deepwater dispersed oil plume formed in the aftermath of the damaged BP wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico shows that microbial activity, spearheaded by a new and unclassified species, degrades oil much faster than anticipated.
