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• Blood test that accurately detects early stages of lung, breast cancer in humans

  Researchers at Kansas State University have developed a simple blood test that can accurately detect the beginning stages of cancer.

  In less than an hour, the test can detect breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer — the most common type of lung cancer — before symptoms like coughing and weight [...]

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• UF biologist discovers mammal with salamander-like regenerative abilities

  For years biologists have studied salamanders for their ability to regrow lost limbs. But amphibian biology is very different than human biology, so lessons learned in laboratories from salamanders are difficult to translate into medical therapies for humans. Skin shedding and tissue regeneration in African spiny mice (Acomys) in [...]

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• Johns Hopkins surgeons use woman’s own tissue to regrow new ear on her arm

  In a series of a half-dozen operations spanning 20 months, surgeons at Johns Hopkins have successfully reconstructed the entire ear and part of the skull of a 42-year-old woman from Bel Air, Md.

  The patient’s left ear had been almost entirely removed to spare her life, threatened by an aggressive skin cancer [...]

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• Rice University lab encodes collagen

  Computational design of self-assembling register-specific collagen heterotrimers describes how, Rice University researchers have made a major step toward synthesizing custom collagen. Rice scientists who have learned how to make collagen – the fibrous protein that binds cells together into organs and tissues – are now digging into its molecular [...]

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• UF/IFAS research into bacterial disease could lead to natural herbicide

  University of Florida scientists are researching a natural herbicide that could be used in traditional and organic farming. Cytochrome P450–catalyzed L-tryptophan nitration in thaxtomin phytotoxin biosynthesis, describing a key step in the process that could lead to its commercial production, is published in Nature Chemical Biology.

  The herbicide, a [...]

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• Keratins may represent a novel class of antimicrobials

  A team of UC Berkeley vision scientists has found that small fragments of keratin protein in the eye play a key role in warding off pathogens. The researchers also put synthetic versions of these keratin fragments to the test against an array of nasty pathogens. These synthetic molecules effectively zapped [...]

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• Virus with potential to stop pimples in their tracks

  “Acne affects millions of people, yet we have few treatments that are both safe and effective,” said principal investigator Dr. Robert Modlin, chief of dermatology and professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. “Harnessing a virus that naturally preys on the [...]

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• BioFuel streamliner sets new land speed record

  With 22 horsepower pushing it to an average speed of 64.396 miles per hour, this streamliner can’t keep up with a Prius… But, it now owns the 100% biofuel land speed record. A team of engineering students from Utah State University developed a renewable biofuel derived from an abundant waste [...]

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• From the man who brought you Scripps…

  Continuing its efforts to provide an informative, engaging and industry-advancing conference, BioFlorida has lined up dynamic speakers representing the state’s biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Governor Jeb Bush, Florida’s 43rd governor, will kick off the conference with a post-breakfast keynote session on October 8. During his time in [...]

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• Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute Engineer Novel DNA Barcode

  Much like the checkout clerk uses a machine that scans the barcodes on packages to identify what customers bought at the store, scientists use powerful microscopes and their own kinds of barcodes to help them identify various parts of a cell, or types of molecules at a disease site. But [...]

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