The Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly, Ceratitis capitata) is one of the most harmful food pests. Scientists at the University of Göttingen developed a new pest…
Chemist at the University of Göttingen developed a new family of polymerization catalysts, which drastically reduces the amount of expensive co-catalyst. In…
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As selectins mediate the first contacts of leukocytes to the endothelium, the initial events of all kind of inflammatory…
Founded in 1954, the SAG collection today comprises around 2400 strains (representing 538 genera and 1424 species) from almost all evolutionarylineages of…
Scientists at the Georg-August-University produced a monoclonal antibody which recognises murine CD197, a 43kD member of the G coupled receptor family, which…
Circulating miRNAs have become promising biomarkers for non-invasive diagnosis in various tumors. Scientists at the University of Göttingen, the German Cancer…
When NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Cyclone Garry the AIRS instrument captured an infrared image of Garry’s clouds, providing temperature data to…
Inventors at the RWTH Aachen University have developed a thermally conductive lightweight sandwich structure based on carbon fibers. The high thermal…
The five-year plan will see the Virginia Tech research center, headed by Stefan Duma (http://www.sbes.vt.edu/duma.php), rate helmets worn by hockey, baseball,…
Present day’s and tomorrow’s challenges to battery research are the topics of an international conference “Next Generation Batteries – Materials, Technology,…
Numerous studies have shown that selective inhibition of the MetAP-II subtype halts the growth of endothelial cells in culture, inhibits angiogenesis in animal…
The invention provides a high-throughput screening system for agents that influence DNA methylation.
Using the Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) technique, EGFP…
Modifications of histones are known to play a role in cancer altering accessibility of DNA for transcriptional processes. So detection methods for enzymes…
By using Hall effect sensors and electromagnetic induction coils, the magnetic flux density, the change in magnetic flux density, and the change in magnetic…
Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) by environmental xenobiotic toxins has been implicated in a variety of cellular processes such as…
Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) are promising anticancer agents and are currently being evaluated in clinical trials. However, due to their unselective…
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have confirmed the original model of the molecular structure of water and have thus made it possible…
The wide use of recombinant polypeptides is limited by still insufficient means of production, namely, their expression in host cells. The most often used…
Entrapping sensitive material, e.g. immobilization of biomolecules or immobilization of other light-, pH- and/or temperature sensitive material is a demanding…
Tilapia has become the second most important fish in aquaculture after carp and before salmon. Consumers are starting to demand hormone-free fish grown under…
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