Latest Molecular biology Stories
Will provide clinical phase instruction, training and supervision for students as part of agreement HOUSTON, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gene By Gene, Ltd., the Houston-based genomics and genetics testing company, announced that it has signed an agreement with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to become one of its affiliated clinical laboratories. Under the agreement, scientists at Gene By Gene's Genomic Research Center will provide the clinical phase instruction,...
Innovation Centre's ambitious approach to treatment of disease to dramatically improve patient outcomes whilst reducing overall healthcare costs. GLASGOW, Scotland, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announces that it is a lead commercial partner along with Aridhia, a bio-medical informatics company, in the Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC). The Ion Proton(TM) sequencing platform will be the primary tool to drive...
IPSWICH, Mass., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New England Biolabs (NEB), a leader in the production of reagents for the life science industry, announces the release of CutSmart Buffer. This latest development from NEB supports an industry-leading portfolio of over 200 restriction enzymes that exhibit 100% activity in a single buffer. With CutSmart Buffer, it is significantly easier to set up DNA digestion experiments, including double digest reactions. Since CutSmart Buffer includes...
USFRA Convenes Panel at 2013 BIO International Convention; First in Series of Events Slated for Chicago CHESTERFIELD, Mo., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance® (USFRA®) today convened a panel of experts from multiple disciplines, including farmers, media, industry and academia, to answer some of the toughest questions surrounding GMOs. This discussion was moderated by CNBC Senior Analyst and Financial Industry Expert Ron Insana at The Food...
Union with Shc keeps potential troublemaker away from bad company and out of the nucleus A protein which is intimately involved in cancer-promoting cell signaling also keeps a key component of the signaling pathway tied down and inactive, a team led by scientists from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports this week in Nature Structural Molecular Biology. Shc, pronounced "schick," plays a key role in activating signals which lead to cell proliferation (and cancer)...
An international research team including Christian Schlötterer and Alistair McGregor of the Vetmeduni Vienna has discovered a completely new mechanism by which evolution can change the appearance of an organism. The researchers found that the number of hairs on flies’ legs varies according to the level of activity of a so-called microRNA. The results, published in the journal Current Biology, shed a completely new light on the molecular mechanisms of evolution. It has long been...
AACHEN, Germany and CHICAGO, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Grunenthal Group is pleased to announce their active participation in the 2013 BIO International Convention, the world's largest event for the biotechnology industry. The family owned, research driven pharmaceutical company headquartered in Aachen, Germany, will be sharing with the Biotech community exciting developments in the NCE pipeline for pain and inflammation as well as the tamper-resistant formulation technology...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Officials and scientists across the United States are debating the role of genetic engineering in agriculture. While some see genetically modified foods as a sign of technological progress and a way to maximize profits, others see it as a potential hazard with unknown effects for the public health. In Oregon, state legislators recently heard testimony on several bills that would affect genetic engineering in the agricultural industry....
CARLSBAD, Calif., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) announced today that it is partnering with Ridom GmbH (Munster, Germany) to make SeqSphere(+) whole genome bacterial typing software available for Ion Torrent users. This software enables any lab to perform fast, affordable, and automated high-resolution bacterial typing on the Ion Personal Genome Machine(®) (PGM(TM)) sequencer. Up to now, typing methods have lacked discriminatory power,...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online While there are many advantages to the ability to modify genes, there are also a number of genetic engineering disadvantages. However, unlike the pros – such as super-sized strawberries, drought-proof corn or fungus-resistant soybeans – the cons of genetically engineered foods are sometimes a little harder to spot. For starters, according to Washington Post columnist Dr. Peter Lind, genetically modified organisms (GMO) have proven...
Latest Molecular biology Reference Libraries
The activity of any living cell, and by extension life itself, depends on protein synthesis and the transcription of DNA. If proteins are the machinery of cellular function, then DNA are the machine assembly lines – responsible for accurately and efficiently ‘transcribing’ protein messengers, structures and enzymes. DNA transcription begins in the nucleus of a cell when an enzyme called RNA polymerase binds to the DNA strand. Sequences within the DNA direct the polymerase to...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a highly technical field like genetic engineering can be a beacon of stability and growth in today’s slumping job market. Genetic engineers, or biomedical engineers, are expected to see their career prospects grow as new technological advances drive an ever greater demand for individuals to specialize in this field. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) says that a position as a genetic engineer typically requires at least a...
Cell is a peer-reviewed scientific journal founded by Benjamin Lewin in January 1974 with the sponsorship of MIT Press. Lewin bought the rights to the journal in 1986 and published it under his own publishing arm Cell Press. Cell Press was sold to Elsevier in 1999, which currently publishes Cell twice monthly. Cell Press publishes several biomedical journals, including Cell, Neuron, Immunity, Molecular Cell, Developmental Cell, Cancer Cell, Current Biology, Structure, Chemistry &...
