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Fungi Defined
A large group of microscopic organisms including molds and yeasts that feed by absorbing substances from their habitat and reproduce by means of spores
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French, German Scientists Win Nobel for HIV, Cancer (Update1)
Published October 6, 2008, 11:59 am, Bloomberg
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- France's Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier and German virologist Harald zur Hausen won the Nobel Prize , for identifying viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer.
Applied Biosystems Introduces New Rapid Molecular-based System for Mycoplasma Contaminant Detection in ...
Published October 6, 2008, 4:26 am, Centre Daily Times
Recent recalls in the pharmaceutical industry have increased awareness of the need to improve contaminant and impurity analysis in drug manufacturing. Biopharmaceutical companies are responding to this challenge for products produced in cell culture to include in-process contaminant and impurity analysis for rapid detection of the smallest known self-replicating organism, called Mycoplasma. To ...
Applied Biosystems Introduces New Rapid Molecular-based System for Mycoplasma Contaminant Detection in ...
Published October 6, 2008, 4:00 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Recent recalls in the pharmaceutical industry have increased awareness of the need to improve contaminant and impurity analysis in drug manufacturing. Biopharmaceutical companies are responding to this challenge for products produced in cell culture to include in-process contaminant and impurity analysis for rapid detection of the smallest known self-replicating organism, ...
Pine beetles could be new source of antibiotics: study
Published October 5, 2008, 9:03 am, Nanaimo Daily News
VANCOUVER -- Experts are welcoming a study that suggests the pine beetles devastating large tracts of North American forests could be a treasure trove of new antibiotics.
China milk poisoning
Published October 3, 2008, 7:06 am, Malaya
he current gruesome dis-covery that several dairy companies in China were using a toxic chemical additive (mela-mine) in the formulation (or reconstitution by some middlemen for retail sales) of baby milk powder/formula and other milk products like chocolates, ice-cream, flour, etc., which had caused kidney stone formation in more than 54,000 children, a few resulting in death, only underscores ...
Policy Summary Links
Published October 3, 2008, 4:01 am, EUActiv
Pesticides are considered essential to protect crops from insects, rodents and fungi. However, they can also cause environmental damage such as water pollution and present risks to human health. Potential health risks include cancer, genetic disturbances and damage to the immune system.
News From BioScience, October 2008
Published October 2, 2008, 5:09 am, Medical News Today
Research articles that will be published in the October 2008 issue of BioScience are as follows: Fungal Community Ecology: A Hybrid Beast with a Molecular Master. Kabir G. Peay, Peter G. Kennedy, and Thomas D. Bruns. DNA-based techniques have in recent years allowed the systematic exploration of fungal diversity for the first time.
Statins: From Fungus to Pharma
Published October 2, 2008, 1:22 am, ThirdAge
The curiosity of biochemists, mixed with some obvious economic incentives, created a family of powerful cardiovascular drugs In 1966, Akira Endo, a young Japanese biochemist, started an adventure that would ultimately save thousands, if not millions, of lives.
Luminex Corporation Hosts Sixth Annual Planet xMap Europe 2008 Symposium
Published October 1, 2008, 3:33 pm, wallstreet:online AG
Luminex Corporation (9295;NASDAQ:LMNX), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced
Luminex Corporation Hosts Sixth Annual Planet xMap Europe 2008 Symposium
Published October 1, 2008, 3:26 pm, Centre Daily Times
Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced the agenda for Planet xMAP Europe 2008, the company's annual European multiplexing technology symposium, which will be held 8-9 October, at Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. The two-day event will include workshops, presentations, scientific posters and networking events. The symposium is a gathering ...
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- Mycology Resources
- Fungus Opera (Carl Zimmer): "Have you ever seen a fungus firing its spores to the tune of the Anvil Chorus from Il Travatore?&quo t;
Sat Oct 4
- Fungi Division - Fungi: Many species of fungi reproduce asexually such as the aquatic fungus Hesseltina vesiculosa specialized hyphae, or elongated filaments, that bear reproductive structures called sporagia, spheres in which the spores are produced.
Fri Oct 3
- Home page of the Illinois Mycological Association
- Daily Reveille - Herbarium oldest in region, houses 180,000 species
- Fungi and Mycology
- Medicinal Mushrooms - Ischnoderma resinosum: A description of the resinous polypore mushroom (Ischnoderma resinosum) and reference to its antitumor medicinal properties
Thu Oct 2
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