This is a selection of articles from the February 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Biotechnology headlines.
Metabolic and Morphological Differences between Rapidly Proliferating Cancerous and Normal Breast Epithelial Cells
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Source: Biotechnology Progress - February 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
Biogen Idec sells $1B in debt
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
Humphries promoted to president at Stiefel
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
Biogen's notes sale to bring in $1B
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 29, 2008 Source Type: journals
Intracellular delivery of peptides via association with ubiquitin or SUMO-1 coupled to protein transduction domains
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Source: BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles - February 29, 2008 Authors: Anne-Laure Vitte and Pierre Jalinot Source Type: journals
Mass. House expected to vote Thursday on $1B bio bill
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 28, 2008 Source Type: journals
Report: Biogen plans bond sale
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 28, 2008 Source Type: journals
Protein kinase substrate identification on functional protein arrays
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Source: BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles - February 28, 2008 Authors: Lihao Meng, Gregory A Michaud, Janie S Merkel, Fang Zhou, Jing Huang, Dawn R Mattoon and Barry Schweitzer Source Type: journals
Phytoremediation of organic xenobiotics - Glutathione dependent detoxification in Phragmites plants from European treatment sites.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 28, 2008 Authors: Schröder P, Daubner D, Maier H, Neustifter J, Debus R Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
Structure-Dependent Fluorescence Efficiencies of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.
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Source: Nano Letters - February 28, 2008 Authors: Tsyboulski DA, Rocha JD, Bachilo SM, Cognet L, Weisman RB Tags: Nano Lett Source Type: journals
Nonviral gene transfection nanoparticles: function and applications in the brain.
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Source: Nanomedicine : Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine - February 28, 2008 Authors: Roy I, Stachowiak MK, Bergey EJ Tags: Nanomedicine Source Type: journals
Mass. dubs WPI's Gateway a 'growth district'
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 27, 2008 Source Type: journals
Biogen issues warning on Tysabri
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 27, 2008 Source Type: journals
Quantized Current Blockade and Hydrodynamic Correlations in Biopolymer Translocation through Nanopores: Evidence from Multiscale Simulations.
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Source: Nano Letters - February 27, 2008 Authors: Bernaschi M, Melchionna S, Succi S, Fyta M, Kaxiras E Tags: Nano Lett Source Type: journals
Systolic and diastolic ventricular function in zebrafish embryos: influence of norepenephrine, MS-222 and temperature
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Source: BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles - February 27, 2008 Authors: Martin A Denvir, Carl S Tucker and John J Mullins Source Type: journals
Transparent and Catalytic Carbon Nanotube Films.
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Source: Nano Letters - February 27, 2008 Authors: Trancik JE, Barton SC, Hone J Tags: Nano Lett Source Type: journals
Analysing Ecological Data by A. F. Zuur, E. N. Ieno, and G. M. Smith
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Source: Biometrics - February 26, 2008 Tags: book review Source Type: journals
BIOMETRIC PRACTICE
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Source: Biometrics - February 26, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
Reliability, Life Testing, and Prediction of Service Lives for Engineers and Scientists by S. C. Saunders
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Source: Biometrics - February 26, 2008 Tags: book review Source Type: journals
The Nature of Statistical Evidence by B. Thompson
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Source: Biometrics - February 26, 2008 Tags: book review Source Type: journals
Variations on Split Plot and Split Block Experiment Designs by W. T. Federer and F. King
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Source: Biometrics - February 26, 2008 Tags: book review Source Type: journals
Pharmacometrics: The Science of Quantitative Pharmacology by E. I. Ette and P. J. Williams
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Source: Biometrics - February 26, 2008 Tags: book review Source Type: journals
Discussions
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Source: Biometrics - February 26, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
Rejoinder
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Source: Biometrics - February 26, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: journals
House approves more biotech grants
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 26, 2008 Source Type: journals
Entrepreneurial outreach
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Source: Nature Biotechnology - February 26, 2008 Authors: Rohit Shukla Tags: Bioentrepreneur Source Type: journals
Cranberry changes the physicochemical surface properties of E. coli and adhesion with uroepithelial cells.
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Source: Colloids and Surfaces - February 26, 2008 Authors: Liu Y, Gallardo-Moreno AM, Pinzon-Arango PA, Reynolds Y, Rodriguez G, Camesano TA Tags: Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces Source Type: journals
Application of municipal solid waste compost reduces the negative effects of saline water in Hordeum maritimum L.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 26, 2008 Authors: Lakhdar A, Hafsi C, Rabhi M, Dedez A, Montemurro F, Abdelly C, Jedidi N, Ouerghi Z Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
NCSU incubator scores well in RTI report
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 25, 2008 Source Type: journals
Oncothyreon reports promising lung cancer drug test
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 25, 2008 Source Type: journals
Alzheimer's risk assessed via gene test
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 25, 2008 Source Type: journals
CORTEX seeks $15 million in tax credits toward $200 million expansion goal
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 25, 2008 Source Type: journals
Evaluating energy efficiency of site-specific tillage in maize in NE Italy.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 25, 2008 Authors: Bertocco M, Basso B, Sartori L, Martin EC Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
Formulation of a liquid fertilizer for sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) using vermicompost leachate.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 25, 2008 Authors: Gutiérrez-Miceli FA, García-Gómez RC, Rincón Rosales R, Abud-Archila M, María Angela OL, Cruz MJ, Dendooven L Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
Hyperthermic treatment of DMBA-induced rat mammary cancer using magnetic nanoparticles
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Source: BioMagnetic Research and Technology - February 25, 2008 Authors: Jun Motoyama, Noriyuki Yamashita, Tomio Morino, Masashi Tanaka, Takeshi Kobayashi and Hiroyuki Honda Source Type: journals
Large-scale chemical dissection of mitochondrial function
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Source: Nature Biotechnology - February 24, 2008 Authors: Bridget K WagnerToshimori KitamiTamara J GilbertDavid PeckArvind RamanathanStuart L SchreiberTodd R GolubVamsi K Mootha Tags: Research Source Type: journals
Engineered lentivector targeting of dendritic cells for in vivo immunization
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Source: Nature Biotechnology - February 24, 2008 Authors: Lili YangHaiguang YangKendra RideoutTaehoon ChoKye il JooLeslie ZieglerAbigail ElliotAnthony WallsDongzi YuDavid BaltimorePin Wang Tags: Research Source Type: journals
Concurrent removal and accumulation of heavy metals by the three aquatic macrophytes.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 23, 2008 Authors: Mishra VK, Tripathi BD Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
Periodically Discontinuous Induction of Bone Marrow Stem Cells toward Osteogenic Differentiation in Vitro
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Source: Biotechnology Progress - February 23, 2008 Source Type: journals
Biological Synthesis of Gold Nanowires Using Extract of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata
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Source: Biotechnology Progress - February 23, 2008 Source Type: journals
Eden Bioscience plans 1-for-3 reverse stock split
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 22, 2008 Source Type: journals
FDA approves new use of Genentech's Avastin
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 22, 2008 Source Type: journals
ACT makes liver cells from stem cells
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 22, 2008 Source Type: journals
Influence of the rapeseed protein hydrolysis process on CHO cell growth.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 22, 2008 Authors: Chabanon G, Alves da Costa L, Farges B, Harscoat C, Chenu S, Goergen JL, Marc A, Marc I, Chevalot I Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
Elucidation of 2-hydroxybiphenyl effect on dibenzothiophene desulfurization by Microbacterium sp. strain ZD-M2.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 22, 2008 Authors: Chen H, Zhang WJ, Cai YB, Zhang Y, Li W Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
Biotechnology and sustainability: the role of transatlantic cooperation in research and innovation.
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Source: Trends in Biotechnology - February 22, 2008 Authors: Aguilar A, Bochereau L, Matthiessen-Guyader L Tags: Trends Biotechnol Source Type: journals
Targeting tumors with peptides from natural sources.
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Source: Trends in Biotechnology - February 22, 2008 Authors: Bhutia SK, Maiti TK Tags: Trends Biotechnol Source Type: journals
Role of Semiconducting and Metallic Tubes in P3HT/Carbon-Nanotube Photovoltaic Heterojunctions: Density Functional Theory Calculations.
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Source: Nano Letters - February 22, 2008 Authors: Kanai Y, Grossman JC Tags: Nano Lett Source Type: journals
University of Maryland hands out $1.4M in tech grants
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
University of Maryland hands out $1.4M in tech grants
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Burnham to hold first research briefing
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 21, 2008 Source Type: journals
Reducing leaching of boron-based wood preservatives - A review of research.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 21, 2008 Authors: Obanda DN, Shupe TF, Barnes HM Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
Sysco names new president in Manatee County
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 20, 2008 Source Type: journals
Responses of oxidation rate and microbial communities to methane in simulated landfill cover soil microcosms.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 20, 2008 Authors: He R, Ruan A, Jiang C, Shen DS Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
Amplification of multiple genomic loci from single cells isolated by laser micro-dissection of tissues
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Source: BMC Biotechnology - Latest articles - February 20, 2008 Authors: Dan Frumkin, Adam Wasserstrom, Shalev Itzkovitz, Alon Harmelin, Gideon Rechavi and Ehud Shapiro Source Type: journals
LifeSync puts R&D in Atlanta
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 19, 2008 Source Type: journals
Incorporation of hazelnut shell and husk in MDF production.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 19, 2008 Authors: Cöpür Y, Güler C, Taşçıoğlu C, Tozluoğlu A Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
Sheep manure vermicompost supplemented with a native diazotrophic bacteria and mycorrhizas for maize cultivation.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 19, 2008 Authors: Gutiérrez-Miceli FA, Moguel-Zamudio B, Abud-Archila M, Gutiérrez-Oliva VF, Dendooven L Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
A micro-fluidic study of whole blood behaviour on PMMA topographical nanostructures
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Source: Journal of Circadian Rhythms - February 19, 2008 Authors: Caterina Minelli, Akemi Kikuta, Nataliya Tsud, Michael D Ball and Akiko Yamamoto Source Type: journals
Fermentation efficiency of thermally dried kefir.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 19, 2008 Authors: Papapostolou H, Bosnea LA, Koutinas AA, Kanellaki M Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
Effect of substrate loading rate of chemical wastewater on fermentative biohydrogen production in biofilm configured sequencing batch reactor.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 19, 2008 Authors: Vijaya Bhaskar Y, Venkata Mohan S, Sarma PN Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
Effect of Escherichia coliform on the biomineralization of calcium bilirubinate in mimic systems.
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Source: Colloids and Surfaces - February 19, 2008 Authors: Shen Y, Zhang Q, Chen L, Xie A, Kong X, Yang L Tags: Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces Source Type: journals
Safeway giving tops $32 million in Northwest
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
New Mass High Tech Council chair comes from life sciences industry
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
Alcoholic chestnut fermentation in mixed culture. Compatibility criteria between Aspergillus oryzae and Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains.
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Source: Bioresource Technology - February 18, 2008 Authors: Murado MA, Pastrana L, Vázquez JA, Mirón J, González MP Tags: Bioresour Technol Source Type: journals
Report: Region's biotechs fare poorly with VC investors
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
Chameleon to launch funding round
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
Genentech has billions at stake in FDA battle
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 18, 2008 Source Type: journals
Characterization of QCM sensor surfaces coated with molecularly imprinted nanoparticles.
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Source: Biosensors & Bioelectronics - February 17, 2008 Authors: Reimhult K, Yoshimatsu K, Risveden K, Chen S, Ye L, Krozer A Tags: Biosens Bioelectron Source Type: journals
Direct multiplexed measurement of gene expression with color-coded probe pairs
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Source: Nature Biotechnology - February 17, 2008 Authors: Gary K GeissRoger E BumgarnerBrian BirdittTimothy DahlNaeem DowidarDwayne L DunawayH Perry FellSean FerreeRenee D GeorgeTammy GroganJeffrey J JamesMalini MaysuriaJeffrey D MittonPaola OliveriJennifer L OsbornTao PengAmber L RatcliffePhilippa J WebsterEric Tags: Research Source Type: journals
Intraband Carrier Photoexcitation in Quantum Dot Lasers.
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Source: Nano Letters - February 16, 2008 Authors: Moreno P, Richard M, Rossetti M, Portella-Oberli M, Li LH, Deveaud-Plédran B, Fiore A Tags: Nano Lett Source Type: journals