Archive for category: Biotechnology

Agricultural Biotechnology Terms

Agricultural Biotechnology Terms

0 / March 4, 2012 5:18 am

A range of tools, including traditional breeding techniques, that alter living organisms, or parts of organisms, to make or modify products improve plants or animals or develop microorganisms for specific agricultural uses. Modern biotechnology today includes the tools of genetic

Herbal food supplements under the Ntural food

Herbal food supplements under the Ntural food

0 / March 4, 2012 3:30 am

Natural food does not always mean safe food researchers have discovered that compounds found in some plants and botanical preparations, such as herbal food supplements can be harmful to health. Presented in the journal Nutrition and Food Sciences, the study

Role of the antibodies in viral infections

Role of the antibodies in viral infections

0 / March 3, 2012 7:21 am

The study could lead to the identification of new means of defense against potentially lethal viruses, such as rabies virus. A new study by Matteo Iannacone, Scientific Institute San Raffaele Hospital inMilanand Ulrich von Andrian,Harvard Medical School, funded by the

The Change RNA to defeat muscular dystrophy

The Change RNA to defeat muscular dystrophy

0 / March 1, 2012 8:24 am

WERE ABLE TO IMPROVE THE DEFECTS OF THE PROTEIN RNA WHICH HAS A REPETITION OF THE PEOPLE WITH MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY… A designed series of molecules of RNA that act against a mutation that causes the most common form of muscular

Neurons from embryonic stem cells against Parkinson’s disease

Neurons from embryonic stem cells against Parkinson’s disease

0 / November 13, 2011 3:42 pm

The work has produced neurons transplanted into animals with Parkinson’s have been integrated and produced dopamine, whose deficiency is the basis of these neurodegenerative diseases. A study published online by the journal Nature breaks new ground in research on neurodegenerative

Medical and pharmaceutical applications of enzymes

Medical and pharmaceutical applications of enzymes

0 / October 17, 2011 12:56 pm

The potential use of enzymes in medicine and related fields are very large, at present the number of applications grows. Since the medical applications pharmaceutical and cover a wide range of subjects, is conveniently divided into three major areas of

The brain is ahead of the odor

The brain is ahead of the odor

0 / October 15, 2011 1:18 pm

According to new research, the perception of odor by the brain has a predictive character. The nostrils are competing for processing smells. This is an example of binaural rivalry where there is a game of tug of war between dominance