Biotechnology winners in the 2013 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards
A bio-based oil for use as an insulating fluid for high-voltage electrical transformers and a less wasteful method for producing the chemicals used in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were among the...
View ArticleFlow Chemistry India 2014 | January 23-24 2014 | Hyderabad, India
Flow Chemistry India 2014 Organisers: Flow Chemistry Society Dates: January 23rd- 24th, 2014 Location: CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India. Website:...
View ArticleHow to print an eye cell: potential for bioprinting in a future cure for...
A research group based in Cambridge University in the UK have published a study in today’s issue of the journal Biofabrication in which they demonstrate successful use of inkjet printing technology to...
View ArticleAre antibacterial handwashes safe? Why soap and water may be the best option.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have raised concerns over health risks of substances in antibacterial soaps and handwashes. As a result, the organisation has called for a safety review of...
View ArticleEU concerns on potential neonicotinoid pesticide effects on brain development
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has proposed that guidance levels for exposure to two members of the neonicotinoid class of pesticide, namely imidacloprid (IMI) and acetamiprid (ACE), be...
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ENOVEO: Biotech Internship- Placement programme- 2014
ENOVEO is a biotechnology based organisation operating in environmental research and product development, located in Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It has its office in US, Brazil and France. We have a...
View ArticleSmoking induces differential epigenetic changes in DNA
It is now well-accepted that cigarette smoking is associated with risk of developing different cancers as well as other diseases including diabetes. Reduced fertility has also been linked to smoking....
View Articlequery regarding h1b visa sponsor in usa
Hai all!..hope all is well....I had a question regarding H1 B visa sponsorers for international biotechnologists. I did my masters in biotechnology at Andhra University, AP, INDIA and now I am on H4...
View ArticleSerotonin receptor polymorphism links stress reactions to cardivascular...
Researchers in Duke University have uncovered a genetic polymorphism in a serotonin receptor gene that helps explain the link between risk and outcomes of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and reaction to...
View ArticleInternational Regulations on Human Genetic Engineering and Designer Babies
I was wondering which country has the most lax laws on human genetic intervention, or where so called designer babies are legal, that would actually have the technology to accomplish said task....
View ArticleStem Cell and Gene therapy
Gene Therapy is advisable for genetic diseases which cannot be cured. Here stem cells are very important and most potent cells which can be used for gene therapy and after that they can be transplanted...
View ArticleGene cloning for expression
Cloning of a gene for expression purpose (in bacterial, yeast, mammalian or other systems) involves many steps. Depending up on the information available on the gene of interest, various methods can be...
View ArticleTop Biotech companies
Hello everyone ..! This is pooja ..am a biotech student and have completed my btech biotech ..and i have started a blog related to biotechnology ...here is the link for the top biotech companies -->...
View ArticleBeauty product or biological weapon? An inhibitory peptide developed for...
Researchers in the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland have identified a substance that can protect nerve cells from the effect of the deadly toxin,...
View ArticleGenetic disorder and its diagnosis
Disease caused genetic disorder are abnormality in an individual's DNA. These abnormalities can range from a small mutation in a single gene to the addition or deletion of an entire chromosome or set...
View ArticleDesigner babies
It is new era where babies can be designed with the help of In vitro fertilization. It has helped for many difficulties with having children. However, it raises a number of ethical issues, one of which...
View ArticleFamilial Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer's disease is a disorder caused by neurological problems in which the death of brain cells causes memory loss and cognitive decline. A neurodegenerative type of dementia, the disease starts...
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Modified Microorganisms - Advice Needed!
Hello, I am working on a (currently) theoretical project whose goal is to get rid of water pollution and infection through modifying microorganisms to "eat"/"absorb" the type of pollution detected, for...
View ArticleDurham College Biotech Courses - Oshawa, Ontario Canada
Durham is one of the oldest colleges of Canada where natural and social sciences are efficiently taught. It has a different department that deals with biotechnology and research. Here goes the...
View ArticleIntergrin inhibition in cancer therapy may depend on timing and cellular...
The failure of drugs directed against the αvβ3-integrin in phase III clinical trials against aggressive brain cancer may be a result of not targeting the timing or cell type specificity of application...
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