The Visionary
“Seeking to spur drug development, Stephen Friend has launched a daring series of initiatives to make biomedical research more open and effective.” ...
Category: Strategy
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A bit of history: I experienced a huge brain- and world-expanding time during my Nokia Lifeblog years (2004-05). Early on, we paired up with Six Apart (via Mark...
Probiotics (MCP-1084) – Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
A Global Strategic Business Report This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Probiotics in US$ Million. The report provides separate comprehensive analytic...
Probiotic-prebiotic combination may ease eczema in kids: Study
“Supplements containing a combination of Lactobacillus salivarius and fructo-oligosaccharide for eight weeks were associated with significant reductions i...
University of Massachusetts Amherst creates 12,000 square foot food garden — City Farmer News
“The story of a group of University of Massachusetts students who set out to initiate the construction of the school’s first permaculture garden a year ag...
Trend: Probiotics, and a commentary
When I lived in the US in the 90s, it was hard to find live-culture yogurt in supermarkets (you could find them in natural food stores, of course). The only one...
Fortify your poop – Transfaunation
As you know, I’m always looking for practical uses of microbes. One that I stumbled upon a long while back was “transfaunation”, or, seeding o...
Fuel From Waste? – ScienceNOW
“A team led by Jay Keasling, a bioengineer at the Joint BioEnergy Institute in Emeryville, California, worked to extend the strategy to make more commonly...
Ecology drives a global network of gene exchange connecting the human microbiome : Nature : Nature Publishing Group
“Horizontal gene transfer — the exchange of genetic material between different species or lineages — is an important factor in bacterial evolution. A stud...
The quest for the $500 home molecular biology laboratory >> Medical Laboratory Observer December 2011
“Molecular diagnostics and molecular biology in general are becoming more pervasive every day in a range of applications but are still seen by many as bei...