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  • Vitamin C Kills Drug-Resistant TB Bacteria in Lab

    In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding suggests that vitamin C added to existing TB drugs could shorten TB therapy, and it highlights a new area for drug [...]

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  • Do salamanders hold the solution to regeneration?

    Salamanders’ immune systems are key to their remarkable ability to regrow limbs, and could also underpin their ability to regenerate spinal cords, brain tissue and even parts of their hearts, scientists have found.

    In Macrophages are required for adult salamander limb regeneration, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of [...]

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  • BASF to utilize Dyadic technology

    BASF and Dyadic International of Jupiter have entered into a non-exclusive worldwide research and license agreement.

    Under the terms of the agreement, BASF will be able to use Dyadic’s patented and proprietary C1 platform technology to develop, produce, distribute and sell industrial enzymes in certain fields for a variety of applications. [...]

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  • Alligator stem cell study gives clues to tooth regeneration

    Alligators may help scientists learn how to stimulate tooth regeneration in people, according to new research led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

    For the first time, a global team of researchers led by USC Professor Cheng-Ming Chuong has uncovered unique cellular and molecular mechanisms behind tooth renewal in [...]

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  • Alligator stem cell study gives clues to tooth regeneration

    Alligators may help scientists learn how to stimulate tooth regeneration in people, according to new research led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

    For the first time, a global team of researchers led by USC Professor Cheng-Ming Chuong has uncovered unique cellular and molecular mechanisms behind tooth renewal in [...]

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  • Human stem cells have been produced via nuclear transfer

    Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University and the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) have successfully reprogrammed human skin cells to become embryonic stem cells capable of transforming into any other cell type in the body. It is believed that stem cell therapies hold the promise of replacing cells damaged [...]

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  • Found In the proposed Florida Budget

    Spent a little time searching through the proposed Florida 2013/2014 budget and found the following:

    • $2,850,000 from the General Revenue Fund is provided to the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program.

    • $500,000 from the Biomedical Research Trust Fund is provided to maintain the statewide Brain Tumor Registry Program at the McKnight [...]

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  • Indian River State College students to gain experience at Torrey Pines

    Indian River State College (IRSC) and Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies (TPIMS) have launched an innovative new Work-Study Internship program that engages students in cutting-edge bioscience research while they earn a paycheck and receive a $1,250 per semester scholarship at the same time.  The 20 students selected for [...]

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  • FIU tech crosses the blood-brain barrier

    New technique developed by researchers at FIU uses magneto-electric nanoparticles to deliver a significantly higher level of the anti-HIV drug AZTTP to the brain.

    Researchers from FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine describe a new technique they have developed that can deliver and fully release the anti-HIV drug AZTTP into [...]

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  • 10th Annual Celebration of Biotechnology is May 9th

    More than 500 biotechnology industry professionals, researchers and business leaders are expected to attend the 10th Annual Celebration of Biotechnology May 9 at RTI Biologics in Progress Corporate Park.

    This free event from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. is hosted by the Northeast Chapter of BioFlorida and will feature more than [...]

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