Nature Commentary investigates synthetic-biology disaster
Experts say at least $20 million to $30 million in government research is needed over the next decade to adequately identify and address the possible ecological risks of synthetic biology, an emerging area of research focused ...
Feb 29, 2012
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Planned coincidence: Antibody-based search for new chemical reactions
(Phys.org) -- Many discoveries are made by chance, but it is also possible to help it along: The chance of finding something interesting increases when the number of experiments rises. French researchers have ...
May 22, 2012
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Chemists engineer plants to produce new compounds
(PhysOrg.com) -- In work that could expand the frontiers of genetic engineering, MIT chemists have, for the first time, genetically altered a plant to produce entirely new compounds, some of which could be ...
Jan 19, 2009
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Enzyme cocktail could eliminate a step in biofuel process
Conversion of biomass to fuel requires several steps: chemical pretreatment to break up the biomass – often dilute (sulfuric) acid, detoxification to remove the toxic chemicals required in pretreatment, and microbial ...
Dec 27, 2010
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Synthetic enzymes could help ID proteins
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a rare metal that's not utilized by nature, Rice University chemists have created a synthetic enzyme that could help unlock the identities of thousands of difficult-to-study proteins, including many ...
Apr 28, 2010
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Compounds from periwinkle plant could become more effective cancer drugs
Humans have long taken advantage of the huge variety of medicinal compounds produced by plants. Now MIT chemists have found a new way to expand plants' pharmaceutical repertoire by genetically engineering ...
Nov 03, 2010
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'Synthetic biology' could replace oil for chemical industry
Vats of blue-green algae could one day replace oil wells in producing raw materials for the chemical industry, a UC Davis chemist predicts.
Sep 14, 2011
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Synthetic biology research on biofuels has a mathematical angle
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University at Buffalo chemist is applying a common mathematical concept to synthetic biology research aimed at finding ways to boost biofuels production.
Sep 09, 2010
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