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Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have taken a major step forward in the field of metabolic engineering, successfully using the bacterium Escherichia coli to synthesize a class of natural products known bacterial aromatic polyketides, which include important antibiotic and ant (Read More)
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Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today
It was initially devised as a method of leg lengthening for those with congenital growth abnormalities or trauma to the lower limbs. However, since it was introduced in 2001, Fitbone surgery has without much fanfare, slipped into the realm of cosmetics. (Read More)
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: I am so happy to hear about this new method! As for the comparison with the Ilizarov method, I hope that Fitbone can be implemented for hand, arm, wrist/ankle surgeries too. However, Professor Ilizarovs method will always be remembered!
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British inventor Josh Silver, a former professor of physics at Oxford University, has come up with a game-changer of a product design with his water-lensed glasses. Silver has devised a pair of glasses which rely on the principle that the fatter a lens the more powerful it becomes. Inside the device's tough plastic lenses a (Read More)
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GEN News Highlights
A look at this year’s biggest deals shows that a few core players were doing most of the spending. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) stole three of the top-five spots. While these transactions are worth a lot of money on paper, big chunks of the promised dollars depend on successful development, full approval, and sales levels.GlaxoSmi (Read More)
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Arizona Biotech News
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) on White House Office of Science and Technology PolicyBIO Commends President-Elect Obama’s Commitment to Funding American InnovationBiotechnology NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. (Monday, December 22, 2008)- Jim Greenwood, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), issu (Read More)
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The Danish biopharmaceutical company Lifecycle Pharma enrolls the first patients to the phase III trial of a brand new immunosuppressive medication.The medication is called LCP-Tacro and is used in the prevention of organ rejection in stable kidney transplant patients. The clinical trial protocol has been reviewed by FDA, a (Read More)
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Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News From Medical News Today
The editors of Consumer Guide to Plastic Surgery have gazed into their crystal balls to see what nips and tucks Americans will be seeking in 2009. From how the economy will affect cosmetic surgery to which new products will come to market, here's what we will see more - or less - of in the coming year: Less is more in 200 (Read More)
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A striking feature of many cancer cells is that the DNA in their chromosomes is all jumbled up. Chunks of DNA containing one or more genes have been ripped out of their chromosome and reinserted in a different place. Other lengths of DNA have been transferred to a different chromosome altogether.These rearrangements may deg (Read More)
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US researchers state they can now watch genetic diseases unfolding in the laboratory after finding a way to make large numbers of affected cells. The advance, performed by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Missouri-Columbia, used skin cells from a child with a devastating genetic con (Read More)
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