Is anyway spirituality related to biotechnology? You don’t know the answer but a molecular biologist from Princeton University states that spiritual beliefs plays an important role in deciding whether people accept or reject biotechnology in the field of agriculture or medicine. Though some nations have accepted biotechnology but there are a number of those which [...]
Read the Rest...Celebrex from Pfizer has received the approval from federal advisers for marketing it for children suffering from devastated form of arthritis even though there was a split opinion on this issue. Celebrex is a painkiller from the stable of Pfizer. Besides this a recommendation was also made for monitoring the effect of the dug for [...]
Read the Rest...Two molecules occurring naturally in blood have been combined by researchers for engineering a molecular complex using solar energy for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen. Energy is used from the sun for creating hydrogen gas which would serve as an alternative for electrolysis. This is an important development as it could also help in [...]
Read the Rest...Researchers have found out that brain cells resulting from human embryonic stem cells resulted in the improvement of conditions of rats suffering from Parkinson but a problem was faced with regards to the eruption of brain tumor. After coming across this problem researchers are working to find a solution for it. This was found out [...]
Read the Rest...For more than 20 years, the main choice for breast implants has been some form of silicone rubber. Recent cancer research suggests nanotechnology may make breast implants safer as an alternative to silicone. Approximately 75 percent of post-mastectomy patients choose some form of breast reconstruction. While no medical device is free of risks, silicone breast [...]
Read the Rest...This is the main question that is lurking the minds of biologists for quite some time now because many possibilities for the occurrence of a homosexuality gene exist. During the 1990s many researcher were studying the topic but by the end of the 20th century all such research work was slowed down as many people [...]
Read the Rest...The specialty drugs seem to be putting pressure on insurance premiums. These drugs which are being used for treating rare diseases is building pressure on the health insurance and is making it costly for everybody. In some of the cases the cost of the treatment can touch up to $200,000 a year. These drugs are [...]
Read the Rest...Researchers from U.K have discovered something which could help in finding out how cystic fibrosis progresses. They have found out that patients suffering from cystic fibrosis had a very high distribution of two proteins in their lungs and airways. These proteins have been found out to play a vital role in the immune system of [...]
Read the Rest...Now very soon it would be possible to image blood vessels and destroy malignant cells in a single integrated system. This system has been created by researchers at Stanford University in which nanoparticles have been designed with a dual function and also offers the benefit of being non toxic and water soluble. Consisting of iron [...]
Read the Rest...GM crops have received a major setback in Hungary. In a recent development, parliament of Hungary is backing an amendment which poses restrictions on the conditions under which GM crops can be planted. As per the new law a four hundred meter buffer zone would have to be created to avoid cross pollination. Landowners would [...]
Read the Rest...Worried about wrinkles on your skin and can’t stand them? You are not the only one facing this problem as millions of women around the world are struggling with it. Now here comes DermaLastyl-B which is being regarded as the first anti aging face cream which can help in addressing the inability of the body [...]
Read the Rest...Start having genetically engineered eggs for your breakfast as they can help in offering protection against cancer. The protein in these special eggs can help in creating cancer fighting drugs. The credit for these eggs goes to Roslin Institute which claims that it has developed five generations of eggs containing life saving proteins. Professor Harry [...]
Read the Rest...One of the most common diseases affecting the central nervous system is multiple sclerosis. Up till now interferon-beta was found out to be effective in reducing the progress of the disease and the relapse rate. Fraunhofer laboratory’s therapeutic protein has become the first protein to get the approval as a biogeneric medicine. Human protein was [...]
Read the Rest...Soybean is a very important crop and researchers have plans for the next hundred years to work on the genetic code of this crop in order to produce better soybean crop. Already this crop has benefited from biotechnology when roundup resistant varieties were introduced in 1996. The first generation of the crop yielded good results [...]
Read the Rest...There is some good news for people suffering from obesity. Researchers at the University of California have discovered a small molecule which could play a pivotal role in controlling diabetes which is a slow killer disease and help in development of treatment for adult onset diabetes. Called as Boc5, this molecule leads to stimulation of [...]
Read the Rest...Most of the developing economies around the world have better crop productivity but seems to be lacking behind in the productivity of livestock. Livestock has an important part to play in the agriculture sector but most of the developing economies have a poor genetic potentiality of indigenous animals and this is causing a lot of [...]
Read the Rest...Brain cancer cells can be killed dramatically by blocking genetic threads in the rich tapestry of cancer-causing biochemical signals with a statin and an experimental anti-tumor drug. Though the pairing of cholesterol-lowering lovastatin and cyclopamine is unlikely, it is found to be able to eventually kill 63 percent of lab-grown medulloblastoma cells, compared to just [...]
Read the Rest...Key points in human genome have been mapped by American researchers successfully and this is expected to aid in the development of treatments for cancer and a host of other diseases. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute doctors have been able to chart positions of nucleosomes throughout the human genome. This piece of information has found a place [...]
Read the Rest...A high-profile report released in U.S by Earth Policy Institute had stated that the ethanol industry of U.S might have an adverse impact on grain prices and even cause food riots worldwide but experts from the field of biotechnology have stated that they would never let this happen and fulfill all the requirements for food [...]
Read the Rest...Researchers have developed plant seeds proteins which are quite similar to antibodies. These have been created by Ghent University researchers and are expected to emerge as a cheaper alternative to medication produced currently. The researchers showed that the proteins produced from plant seed were as active as the antibodies which are found in the human [...]
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