“Our research shows that proteorhodopsin contributes to a bacterial cell’s energy balance only under certain environmental conditions, namely when the cell’s…
It is the first time scientists have found that the interaction of neighboring molecules is essential to this regulation. Since plants, animals, bacteria, and…
On February 9th, 2007, Swiss-based computational biology provider Genedata AG announced a three-year expansion of their collaboration with the HepatoSys…
The Salmonella bacterium is undoubtedly one of the best known of these. At the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) they are developing a new,…
In fact in recent years new guidelines at patent offices, legal developments, commercial sentiment and the growing volume of genetic information in the public…
The founding partners of Biocenter Finland are the A.I. Virtanen Institute of Molecular Sciences (University of Kuopio), Biocenter Oulu (University of Oulu),…
It should be noted that acute lymphoblastic leucemia is the most common oncological disease amongst children. This is why the application of this discovery…
tRNAs are the molecules responsible for decoding sequence information specified by messenger RNA molecules, information which is ultimately encoded by the DNA…
The first draft of the horse genome sequence has been deposited in public databases and is freely available for use by biomedical and veterinary researchers…
The findings are reported in the Nov. 20, 2006, issue of the Journal of Cell Biology and could eventually lead to new drugs that target and disrupt specific…
Although ancient fabrics can offer clues about prehistoric cultures, often their colors are faded, patterns dissolved, and fibers crumbling. Forensic…
The research, published online today (7 February) by the journal Nature, not only furthers our understanding of a disease causing bacteria but also offers a…
Award winners and honorable mentions will be officially celebrated at BioMed Central’s Open Access Colloquium being held today at The Royal College of…
LBIC currently provides 21st century laboratory and office facilities for more than 23 biotechnology and diagnostic companies, life science product and service…
An international multi-centre research effort has identified a new genetic defect as a potential heritable breast cancer susceptibility candidate. The same…
Drugs that block some activities of the enzyme, known as xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR), might therefore offer a novel antiobesity therapy designed to fight fat…