Mezinárodní biotech novinky
Study shows taste for meat and fish inherited
17.6.2006 | Mezinárodní biotech novinky
Children inherit their taste for meat and fish but when it comes to vegetables and desserts it's more nurture than nature, according to a study on Wednesday. Scientists who compared the food preferences of identical and fraternal twins found that some tastes are inherited while others are acquired.
Scientists have recovered DNA from a Neanderthal that lived 100,000 years ago - the oldest human-type DNA so far.
15.6.2006 | Mezinárodní biotech novinky
It was extracted from the tooth of a Neanderthal child found in the Scladina cave in the Meuse Basin, Belgium. The study, reported in Current Biology, suggests our distant cousins were more genetically diverse than once thought. Their diversity had declined, perhaps because of climate change or disease, by the time modern humans arrived in...
Euro MPs debate stem cell funding
14.6.2006 | Mezinárodní biotech novinky
MEPs are debating whether to prolong EU funding for stem cell research, which could lead to treatments for conditions such as heart disease and Alzheimer's. Only a tiny proportion of EU science funding for 2007-13 will go to stem cell research, under current plans.
Harvard researchers start human stem cell project
13.6.2006 | Mezinárodní biotech novinky
Researchers at Harvard University said on Tuesday they have started efforts to clone human embryos as a source of valued stem cells, using only private money to bypass federal restrictions on such work.
Projekt NetBioClue
9.6.2006 | Mezinárodní biotech novinky
Jihomoravské inovační centrum je členem projektu NetBioClue, v rámci kterého spolupracují zástupci hlavních biotechnologických center (klastrů) v Evropě. Mimo jiné např. zástupci z Cambridge (VB), Technologického parku v Heidelbergu (SRN), Biotech Valley (Švédsko) nebo Genoptics (Francie). Tyto instituce sdružují několik stovek firem ze všech...
New technique to create genetically modified chickens
8.6.2006 | Mezinárodní biotech novinky
A U.S. biotechnology firm said on Wednesday it had developed a new technique to produce genetically modified chickens that could be used to produce treatments for human diseases.
Bush vetem přibrzdil výzkum kmenových buněk
27.7.2005 | Mezinárodní biotech novinky
Americký prezident George Bush vetoval zákon, který měl umožnit širší výzkum kmenových buněk člověka. Jde o vůbec první veto, které Bush za dobu svého působení v nejvyšší funkci vyslovil. "Zákon překračuje morální hranici," prohlásil Bush podle agentury Reuters.
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