http://www.netvouz.com/spisio/tag/biotechnology?feed=rss&pg=1 spisio's bookmarks tagged "biotechnology" on Netvouz http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/09/08/chinese-biotech-company-reveals-positive-results-for-bird-flu-vaccine/ An experimental vaccine developed by Chinese scientists has produced an immune response in healthy people to the H5N1 avian flu virus. Sinovac Biotech Co. Ltd. released early trial results in The Lancet medical journal today. spisio Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:05:06 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/28/diagnosis-of-a-virus-with-a-microchip/ A microchip with the ability to rapidly diagnose illness-causing viruses has recently been developed by the University of Colorado and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The FluChip is able to distinguish the type and subtype of 72 infl spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:22 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/24/embryo-safe-stem-cells-still-not-good-enough/ With recent stem cell laws grinding research to a crawl, scientists have made a welcoming discovery. A new procedure is able to extract stem cells from an embryo while leaving it viable. Researchers are hoping that this method will help avoid any restrict spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:23 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/10/11/fast-healing-gel-derived-from-maggot-enzymes/ Stephen Britland from the University of Bradford and his research team have discovered that removing dead flesh is not the maggot’s only secret to speeding up the healing process. It turns out that they also secrete a combination of enzymes that accelerate tissue repair in patients. spisio Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:52:00 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/09/13/help-wanted-looking-for-researchers-to-create-life/ Anthony C. Forster and George M. Church proposed that a living cell should be created entirely from simple molecules. Once more research is done; they plan to build a living system that only contains simple molecules and genes that are absolutely essential to life. Upon doing this, each part of it can be examined in detail not seen before. spisio Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:17:10 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/15/if-you-dont-use-them-you-may-lose-immature-brain-cells/ Its already known that the human brain continues to produce new nerve cells throughout its life, but recent studies show that many of these new cells die before they have a chance to mature. An experiment performed by Fred Gage of the Salk Institute for B spisio Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:08:36 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/09/iran-claims-to-have-cloned-a-sheep/ Even without seeing any visual proof of their accomplishments, my congratulations go out to the Iranian researchers for almost being successful in an experiment that was already carried out a decade ago. spisio Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:23:11 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/25/japanese-launching-project-to-convert-wood-chips-into-biofuel/ The Japanese Environment Ministry announced yesterday that it will launch a project to create enough biomass fuel to power 40,000 cars annually. The fuel will be produced in the world’s first wood waste to ethanol conversion facility. They are expecting spisio Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:34:23 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/08/09/med-biogene-inc-reports-promising-pre-clinical-results-for-lymphoma-diagnostic/ Vancouver based, Med BioGene Inc. announced August 3rd the results of its pre-clinical tests of its Diagnostic Lymphoma Bioarray. It will be used to detect if a patient has lymphoma. spisio Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:29:04 GMT http://biotech.blogs.ca/2006/10/12/red-cross-warns-eu-to-halt-the-spread-of-drug-resistant-tuberculosis/ The secretary-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued a warning to the European Union leaders to halt the spread of tuberculosis. TB is an extremely deadly and contagious respiratory disease, but it is curable for now. spisio Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:22:10 GMT