Scientists are reporting an advance in overcoming a major barrier to the use of the genetic material RNA in nanotechnology — the field that involves building machines thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair and now is dominated by its cousin, DNA.

In today's world of sophisticated organisms proteins are the stars.

A research team led by Teh-hui Kao, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State University, in collaboration with a team lead by Professor Seiji Takayama at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan, has discovered a large suite of genes in the petunia plant that acts to prevent it from breeding with itself or with its close relatives, and to promote breeding with unrelated individuals.

CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- GenVault Corporation, the leader in ambient temperature biosample stabilization, announces the launch of GenTegra(TM) RNA.

SOMERSET, N.J., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alfacell Corporation today announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with BL&H Co.