Posts Tagged ‘genetic engineering’
Tweaks to brain rein in need for reward
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) —Therapeutics that target the path between two critical brain regions may pose potential treatment for reward-seeking behaviors like addiction. Continue…
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Fungus tooled to fight malaria
U. MARYLAND (US) — Spraying mosquitoes with a genetically engineered fungus shows promise for dramatically reducing malaria infections. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 23, 2010 12:39 - 0 Comments
Tricking cancer cells to go suicidal
TULANE (US) — A new treatment that causes cancer cells to self-destruct while sparing surrounding healthy cells, has been successful in animal models. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 14, 2010 11:21 - 1 Comment
Neurons glow when brain is ‘On Air’
PRINCETON (US)—A new method for studying brain connectivity works in a similar way to a complex circuit board where wires split at random and then connect in strange and unexpected ways. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 22, 2010 13:07 - 1 Comment
Effort in Philippines to grow robust rice
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—An effort to use modern molecular tools to produce a more efficient and higher-yielding form of rice to ease the threat of hunger for the poor is under way in the Philippines. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 1, 2010 12:34 - 0 Comments
Epilepsy model points out affected neurons
EMORY (US)—The creation of a mouse model of a genetic form of human epilepsy will allow scientists to dissect affected neurons and precisely define associated physiological changes. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 17, 2009 13:42 - 0 Comments
Why voles don’t play the field
EMORY (US)—Researchers have successfully generated the first transgenic prairie voles, an important step toward unlocking the genetic secrets of pair bonding. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 28, 2009 15:26 - 1 Comment
Hidden costs of modified crops
PENN STATE (US)—Genetically modified squash plants that are resistant to a debilitating viral disease become more vulnerable to a fatal bacterial infection, according to biologists. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 11, 2009 17:00 - 1 Comment
DNA crystals—now showing in 3D
Three-dimensional DNA structures were created by using single-stranded “sticky ends” that link double helices in DNA triangles that point in different directions.
