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Google launches venture capital fund (Update)
Google is searching for good ideas.
Mar 31, 2009 |
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New high-throughput screening technique makes probing puzzling proteins possible
Understanding the tens of thousands of proteins that compose the human proteome has emerged as a key challenge of this century, and research efforts to date have already enabled major advances in drug discovery and understanding ...
Mar 29, 2009 |
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Important new model shows how proteins find the right DNA sequences
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University and Harvard University have collaboratively developed a new theoretical model to explain how proteins can rapidly find specific DNA sequences, even though ...
Mar 16, 2009 |
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A new gene silencing platform -- silence is golden
A team of researchers led by Rutgers' Samuel Gunderson has developed a novel gene silencing platform with very significant improvements over existing RNAi approaches. This may enable the development and discovery of a new ...
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Feb 15, 2009 |
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Improved test can screen fungal pests for biofuel sources
(PhysOrg.com) -- Those pesky fungi that wreak havoc on such important crops as corn and wheat just might be the key to low-cost biofuel production, report Cornell researchers who have improved a method to ...
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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A new gene silencing platform -- silence is golden
A team of researchers led by Rutgers' Samuel Gunderson has developed a novel gene silencing platform with very significant improvements over existing RNAi approaches. This may enable the development and discovery of a new ...
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Feb 08, 2009 |
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New method monitors critical bacteria in wastewater treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new technique using sensors to constantly monitor the health of bacteria critical to wastewater treatment facilities and have verified a theory that copper is ...
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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New technology discovery holds promise for improved breast cancer treatment
In a study published by Nature Biotechnology online on February 1, 2009, Mount Sinai Hospital researchers have unveiled a new technology tool that analyzes breast cancer tumours to determine a patient's best treatment option ...
Feb 01, 2009 |
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Researchers seek to create 'fountain of youth'
(PhysOrg.com) -- The same principles that a Biodesign Institute research team has successfully applied to remove harmful contaminants from the environment may one day allow people to clean up the gunk from ...
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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Scientists can now differentiate between healthy cells and cancer cells
One of the current handicaps of cancer treatments is the difficulty of aiming these treatments at destroying malignant cells without killing healthy cells in the process. But a new study by McMaster University researchers ...
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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Plant gene replacement results in the world's only blue rose
Australian and Japanese researchers have demonstrated the application of RNAi technology for gene replacement in plants, developing the world's only blue rose.
Apr 04, 2005 |
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