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  • Two Proteins Found to Block Cancer Metastasis
    actually "poison the soil" by generating a microenvironment that blocks cancer cells from settling and growing in distant organs. The "seed and the soil" hypothesis proposed by ...
    5-1-2013
  • Hand-Held Homogenization Tool
    ... bead beating in a handheld tool-like format, for the first time thus allowing processing of the most difficult samples, such as corn kernels, seeds, and soil in situ. ...
    4-15-2013
  • GMO Rider: 'Monsanto Protection' or 'Farmer Sustainability'?
    ... review, plus removal of the GMO sugar beet seeds from farmers' soil in the meantime. ... herbicide use reduced harmful environmental effects of plowing, such as soil erosion. ...
    4-8-2013
  • Metagenomic Nucleic Acid Sample Prep
    New Tool Designed to Make It Easier to Work with Soil and Fecal Samples Metagenomic ... The most common starting materials in metagenomic extractions are soil and fecal samples; ...
    3-1-2013
  • Plant-Based Protein Biomanufacturing
    ... The economics are driven by high product expression yield; low proportional cost of biomass production using sunlight and soil as raw materials; supply security derived from the ...
    2-15-2013
  • Flesh-Eating Fungus' DNA Decoded
    during the Class EF-5 tornado, which initially killed 160 and injured more than 1,000. The common fungus, which lives in soil, wood, or water, usually has no effect on people. ...
    12-14-2012
  • Ventria Obtains Meristem's Recombinant Lactoferrin IP
    ExpressTec is also used to manufacture proteins in a growing plant, using sunlight for an energy source and soil, water, and air as raw materials. It has applications in the ...
    12-3-2012
  • Nucleic Acid Sample-Prep Tools Break New Ground
    ... Input can be a wide variety of samples: blood, tissue, insects, soil, or air filters. "The fluidic cartridges and the devices that we've developed allow us to do a lot of the basic ...
    10-1-2012
  • H3Africa, a Refreshingly Ethical Research Endeavor in Africa
    debates that we fail to acknowledge and address the ethical concerns arising from research on foreign soil. So let's take a moment and turn our eyes towards the African continent. ...
    9-6-2012
  • Agbiotech Is Working to Help Plants Cope with Global Warming
    such as temperature, precipitation, soil nutrients, and a growing incidence of a ... carbon sequestration, and utilization of soil macro- and micronutrients is imperative," ...
    8-22-2012
  • Use of Genetically Modified Alfalfa Unnecessarily Held Hostage
    ... Instead, they'd have to use a different herbicide or dig the plants out of the soil with hoes or a shovel. Some organic farmers are also concerned that cross-pollination could ...
    8-21-2012
  • The Global Challenge of Infectious Disease
    With a robust pipeline addressing visceral leishmaniasis, diarrheal disease, malaria, chagas, and soil-transmitted helminthiasis, iOWH is a true pioneer succeeding in partnering ...
    8-13-2012
  • GEN TEN Saluted at BIO 2012
    For his senior research project he studied the properties of a cellulase produced by soil bacteria in the Leschine lab. Ryan is now a Ph.D. candidate in the Godoy lab at ...
    6-26-2012
  • DNA/RNA Extraction
    Recommended applications include difficult environmental extractions for metagenomics research including soil, marine sediments, plant tissues, and stool. Additionally, the Aurora ...
    6-15-2012
  • Tackling Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infections
    ... The antimicrobial agents are derived from marine strains of Streptomyces , a common soil microbe and previously a rich source of antibiotics. However, " Streptomyces in soil has ...
    4-15-2012
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    Journal Articles

  • Seasonal Variations in Human Toxoplasma Infection in Serbia
    Branko Bobic, Ivana Klun, Aleksandra Nikolic, Marija Vujanic, Tijana Živkovic, Vladimir Ivovic, Olgica Djurkovic-Djakovic
    Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
    In addition, factors (including undercooked meat consumption, contact with cats and with soil) possibly contributing to seasonality were analyzed in patients with acute infection ...
  • Medical Bioremediation: A Concept Moving Toward Reality
    John Schloendorn, Tim Webb, Kent Kemmish, Mark Hamalainen, David Jackemeyer, Lijing Jiang, Jacques Mathieu, Justin Rebo, Jonathan Sankman, Lindsey Sherman, Lauri Tontson, Ateef Qureshi, Pedro Alvarez, Bruce Rittmann
    Rejuvenation Research
    We also discovered that soil fungi, plants, and some bacteria possess peroxidase and carotenoid cleavage oxygenase enzymes that effectively destroy with varied degrees of ...
  • Omics of Root-to-Shoot Signaling Under Salt Stress and Water...
    Francisco Pérez-Alfocea, Michel Edmond Ghanem, Aurelio Gómez-Cadenas, Ian C. Dodd, Francisco Perez-Alfocea, Aurelio Gomez-Cadenas
    OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology
    Soil drying and salinisation alter these xylem fluxes, and modern Omics techniques offer ... plant improvement is likely to improve crop yields in dry or saline soil.
  • Salt-Stress Induced Physiological and Proteomic Changes in Tomato...
    Arafet Manaa, Hela Ben Ahmed, Samira Smiti, Mireille Faurobert, Manaa Arafet
    OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology
    Salt-Stress Induced Physiological and Proteomic Changes in Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) Seedlings OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology Abstract Soil salinity is one of the ...

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