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Taking a Closer Look at Algal Blooms
Scientists at the John Innes Centre are relying on automatic photobioreactors from algal specialists Algenuity.
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CasPER Uses CRISPR to Diversify Enzymes
Scientists have invented a new method based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology that allows for flexible engineering of essential and nonessential enzymes without additional engineering. The Cas9-mediated Protein Evolution Reaction, or CasPER, could be of great importance for various aspects including the development of bio-based production.
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Simple Paper Test Detects False or Substandard Antibiotics
Researchers have created a paper-based test that can quickly determine whether an antibiotic sample is appropriate strength, or diluted with filler substances like baking soda.
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Sewage Analysis Reveals Scale of America's Drug Problems
Recent studies of drug residues in sewage show that America’s drug problem may be even worse than officials realize and illicit drugs are consumed at a higher rate during celebratory events.
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Spiders and Insects Share Ancestral Segmentation Gene
Researchers identify a member of the Sox gene family – which probably arose from whole genome duplication – that controls segmentation during spider development and likely represents a common ancestral mechanism for segment formation in arthropods.
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Drug Combination Gives ‘Exciting’ Results in Ovarian & Lung Cancer in Early Trial
Combining a new targeted cancer drug with chemotherapy has shown promise in an early clinical trial, in patients with ovarian or lung cancer for whom all other treatments had failed.
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Improving Filters of the Future
Researchers identified a more nuanced way in which surface hydrophobicity influences water dynamics at an interface. The findings could have important ramifications for membranes, especially those used in water filtration and purification, chromatography and catalysis.
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Sygnature Discovery Announces Ambitious Expansion Plan with Addition of Alderley Park Facility
Expansion will result in the doubling of Sygnature’s drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) department.
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Screening Patients’ Tumor Tissues May Reveal Which Cancer Drugs Will Work Best
Investigators show that surgically-removed breast and prostate tumor specimens can be used to rapidly screen different drugs to see which ones most effectively target an individual’s cancer cells.
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Pap Smear Frequency Recommendations Updated in USA
Cervical cancer screening frequency recommendations have been updated, and women aged 30 to 65 now have more options.
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