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In more open-access news, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols posted a freely-accessible article as part of their current issue. This paper contains suggestions for how plant biologists can bypass plants’ cell walls and natural fluorescence to use green fluorescent protein in imaging various plant tissues.
A group of budding scientists got a chance Friday to use top-of-the- line computer technology to develop plans for treating cancer.
Breeding new drought resistant crops and protecting livestock from exotic diseases are just two of the areas which could be developed by staff at the new £13.5m national Genome Analysis Centre, which was officially opened in Norfolk yesterday . Environment correspondent TARA GREAVES reports.
Over at Open Access News , Peter Suber notes the launch of Molecular Biology Databases , which he describes as "a website to evaluate the openness of databases in molecular biology."
Stem cell researchers Chad Cowan, Douglas Melton, and Alan Trounson joined Jeanne Loring in issuing statements against the University of Wisconsin's three human stem cell patents, says a Science news story.
Pimm blogger Attila Csordas writes about the attempt by the BioTwitterer community to organize a biology-focused "unconference" that would take place in the Bay Area around the same time as SciFoo Camp. The BioBarCamp conference would bring together life scientists in the areas of biotechnology, personalized genomics and medicine, and bioinformatics.
The pharma industry in the country has grown from mere Rs 1500 crore turnover in 1980 to over Rs 78,000 crore in 2008, with about 10 per cent share in the volume of global production, according to the latest Economic Survey which called for decontrolling of prices.
Whether and how medical personnel and their digital systems can talk to one another in a meaningful way is a subject pertinent to the health of patients about whom they “converse.”
In news this week, scientists and universities are asking US Congress "not to expand a $2 billion research program for small businesses " because it would likely cut money that could otherwise go toward research projects.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Cardiff University in Wales has established a new center to study the genetic underpinnings of mental illnesses, and said that it will be funded with over £4 million ($6.6 million) from sources within the UK and from its own coffers.
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