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• Florida in Nationwide Effort to Bring Life Science Education and Workforce Training to the National Stage

  BioFlorida and 40 other state biotech organizations have formed the Coalition of State Bioscience Institutes (CSBI). CSBI is a nationally-coordinated effort by state bioscience organizations intended to ensure America’s leadership in bioscience innovation by delivering life science education, workforce development and entrepreneurship programs across the county. The Biotech Institute is a founding [...]

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• Proposed Drug May Reverse Huntington’s Disease Symptoms

  With a single drug treatment, researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine can silence the mutated gene responsible for Huntington’s disease, slowing and partially reversing progression of the fatal neurodegenerative disorder in animal models. Sustained Therapeutic Reversal of [...]

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• Protein Required to Regrow Injured Nerves is Identified

  A protein required to regrow injured peripheral nerves has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

  The finding, in mice, has implications for improving recovery after nerve injury in the extremities. It also opens new avenues of investigation toward triggering nerve regeneration in the central [...]

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• First Genetically Evolved Semiconductor Material

  UC Santa Barbara scientists have, for the first time, used genetic engineering and molecular evolution to develop the enzymatic synthesis of a semiconductor.

  “In the realm of human technologies it would be a new method, but it’s an ancient approach in nature,” said Lukmaan Bawazer, first author of the paper, “[...]

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• Gold Nanoparticles are Capable of ‘Unzipping’ DNA

  
  New research from North Carolina State University finds that gold nanoparticles with a slight positive charge work collectively to unravel DNA’s double helix. Findings of Weakly Charged Cationic Nanoparticles Induce DNA Bending and Strand Separation has ramifications for gene therapy research and the emerging field of DNA-based electronics.

  “We [...]

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