Articles By Liisa Vexler
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Plant Biotechnology Organization Unveils Site To Answer Common Consumer Questions
3/21/2014
The Council for Biotechnology Information, and its new website GMO Answers, aims to all questions from consumers about the biotechnology in food.
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Challenges In Generating And Optimizing A 3D Cell Culture Model
3/20/2014
Growing cells in a 3D culture is more preferable than a 2D culture on a plate or a support matrix because 3D culture allow the cells to grow with better cell-to-cell interaction and develop into a microtissue structure, which almost resembles the natural cellular environment.
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Microplate Selection For Optimization Of Assays
3/20/2014
Many different kinds of microplates are available nowadays, and these are suitable for different types of research and diagnostic modalities, and it is important that a correct microplate be optimized to get accurate results as the optimization of reagents to be used in the assay.
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Researches Develop A New Technology To Cure Cancer With The Use Of Nanoparticles
3/20/2014
Scientists at Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center in UCLA have established a new way to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs to destroy cancerous tumor cells.
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Biothecist Demands An Open Debate On Designer Babies
3/20/2014
Thomas H. Murray, President Emeritus and renowned research scholar at The Hastings Center, has stressed on the need of initiation of an open and nationwide dialogue on the issue of “designer babies”.
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LigaGen System From Instron Offers Advancement In Regenerative Medicine
3/19/2014
Instron’s new LigaGen System offers a physiologic support structure to improve cell growth and maintenance in three dimensions, a technological advancement for tissue engineering and restoration science.
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Analytical Validity Of The PAM50-based Prosigna™ Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay Is Published
3/17/2014
A study, which looks at the analytical validity of PAM50-based Prosigna™ Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay, has been published in the BMC Cancer journal.
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3rd Industrial Cell Culture Technology Conference Announced By Rentschler
3/17/2014
Rentschler is pleased to announce the Laupheimer Zelltage: a conference to take place in Laupheim, Germany on June 2nd and 3rd, Germany hopes to offer a platform for sharing ideas, knowledge and expertise in the world of cell culture technology.
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Cell Research Made Easier With ‘Promega’s GloMax Discover’ Detection System
3/17/2014
An integrated multi-functional detection plate, the GloMax Discover by Promega, is designed to make the study and research of cells easier for scientists.
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Statin Side Effects Linked To Cholesterol-Related Locus
3/17/2014
A group of researchers from the University of Chicago, Seattle's Sage Bionetworks, the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, and others have located a new cholesterol-related locus which links to a risk of side effects of the muscles for people taking statin drugs.