Search Results for 'Cell'

Cell biology: Pore puzzle

Where would you start in trying to work out the structure of a macromolecular machine consisting of 456 proteins? Taking a combined experimental and computational approach is one answer.Consider a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. There are millio [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Stem cell progress

The science world may - or may not - be on the verge of a happy ending. If the research bears out, stem cells, which form new body parts to replace damaged ones, could come from simple skin cells - thus canceling the need to use human embry [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2007 | Comments : 0

Stem cell transplant can grow new immune system in certain m...

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken a small but significant step, in mouse studies, toward the goal of transplanting adult stem cells to create a new immune system for people with autoimmune or genetic blood [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2007 | Comments : 0

Scientists Bypass Need for Embryo to Get Stem Cells

Two teams of scientists reported yesterday that they had turned human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without having to make or destroy an embryo — a feat that could quell the ethical debate troubling the field. [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2007 | Comments : 0

Researchers clone monkeys for stem cells

U.S. researchers have cloned monkeys and used the resulting embryos to get valued embryonic stem cells, an important step towards being able to do the same thing in humans, they reported on Wednesday. Shoukhrat Mitalipov and colleagues at O [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2007 | Comments : 0

New technologies drive cell identification and selection

Technologies for cell biology are bringing new efficiencies to the process of biotherapeutic discovery. Genetix platforms are playing key roles in therapeutic antibody development from target discovery through to clinical diagnosis:Applied [...]

Posted On : Oct, 30 2007 | Comments : 0

Researchers Pinpoint When A Cell Is Ready To Reproduc

In research conducted in budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), scientists at Rockefeller University have now identified the cellular event that marks the moment when a cell knows it is big enough to commit to cell division and spawn gen [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

Synthetic Biology? Memory In Yeast Cells Synthesized

Harvard Medical School researchers have successfully synthesized a DNA-based memory loop in yeast cells, findings that mark a significant step forward in the emerging field of synthetic biology. After constructing genes from random bits of [...]

Posted On : Sep, 18 2007 | Comments : 0

Systems Biology poised to revolutionise the understanding of...

Systems Biology is transforming the way scientists think about biology and disease. This novel approach to research could prompt a shake up in medical science and it might ultimately allow clinicians to predict and treat complex diseases su [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Yeast Cell Biology Conference

You are cordially invited to participate in the eleventh biannual international meeting on Yeast Cell Biology which ill be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The meetingwill begin on Wednesday, August 15, and will conclude with lunch [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2007 | Comments : 0

Paper in Cancer Biology & Therapy Confirms In Vitro Cytotoxi...

PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alfacell Corporation today announced that a paper published in Cancer Biology & Therapy (2007; Vol. 6, Issue 8) further confirms previous in vitro research that the cytotoxic effects of ONCONASE results from its [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2007 | Comments : 0

Targeted Genetics Receives Patent on Method to Transfer Reco...

Targeted Genetics Corporation (NASDAQ: TGEN) today announced the issuance of an additional patent related to the Company's leading Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) technology platform. U.S. patent #7,241,447 titled "Adeno-Associated [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2007 | Comments : 0