Chemically evolved bacteria
“European scientists have created an Escherichia coli strain with a separate genome using chlorinated DNA. The genome should be unable to transfer back in...
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Patients, Caregivers Willing To Buy Health Monitoring Devices — InformationWeek
“Nearly 8 of out 10 Americans are willing to pay up to $100 for a medical device that monitors their vital signs, according to an IBM survey that tracks t...
Comprendia and New England Biolabs Connect Epigenetics Scientists – PRNewsWire
“Comprendia, leading developer of web 2.0 and social media tools for the life sciences, sponsored by molecular biology reagents provider New England Biola...
Trillium toasts to local ingredients, tastes – BostonHerald.com
“A Brookline home brewer cleared a major hurdle this week on the way to opening a brewery of “farmhouse”-style beer in Fort Point. “It’s not a come-and-ha...
PLoS ONE: The Gut as Reservoir of Antibiotic Resistance: Microbial Diversity of Tetracycline Resistance in Mother and Infant
“These findings reinforce the notion that the human GIT is currently a relevant environment for the spread of antibiotic resistances, even in the case of ...
In Massachusetts, entrepreneurs are on a mission to make a difference – The Boston Globe
“I was knocking back a Harpoon IPA last week in an old textile warehouse in Boston, thinking about what Massachusetts will mean to the global economy in t...
Probiotics In Future May Be Prescribed For Your Neurological Well-Being – Medical News Today
“The study was led by Professor Mark Lyte and has been published recently in BioEssays. The researchers have proposed that neuroactive compounds if delive...
Open access comes of age : Nature News
“A study of open-access publishing — published last week in the open-access journal PLoS ONE — has found that the number of papers in freely accessible jo...
Navy probe descends on bacteria power | SmartPlanet
“The U.S. Navy has enlisted some very tiny sailors to fuel their latest research vessel. Microorganisms are descending into the sea, enabling unmanned pod...
Three Biomedical Funders to Launch Open Access Journal – ScienceInsider
“Three heavyweight, nongovernmental funders of science announced today that they are launching a free online biology journal aimed at publishing the very ...