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Synthetic ‘upgrade’ for fruit fly’s DNA

(New Scientist) The genetic code of the fruit fly Drosophila has been hacked into, allowing it to make proteins with properties that don’t exist in the natural world. The advance could ultimately lead to the creation of new or “improved” life forms in the burgeoning field of synthetic biology. The four letters of the genetic  Read More »

Critical Reagents Program Issues RFI for Biodefense Material Services

(Global Biodefense) The Department of Defense Critical Reagents Program (CRP) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking companies qualified to support the manufacture, storage, and distribution of high priority reagents and biological sampling kits. The CRP’s mission is to serve as the principle resource of high quality, validated, and standardized biological detection assays and  Read More »

NIH backs Rice University study of delay in gene transcription networks – Phys.Org

NIH backs Rice University study of delay in gene transcription networksPhys.OrgSynthetic biology has become an increasingly hot topic as researchers create biological systems not found in nature. (A leader in the field, J. Craig Venter, will speak at Rice on Oct. 10 as part of the university's Centennial Celebration.) Bennett …and more »

In Europe, defenses rise against Asian mosquito peril – They include dengue

(Kuwait Times) Behind air-tight doors in a lab in a southern French city, scientists in protective coveralls wage war against a fingernail-sized danger. Lurking in net cages is their foe: the Asian tiger mosquito, capable of spreading dengue fever and other tropical diseases in temperate Europe. First spotted in Albania in 1979, the black-and-white striped  Read More »

Another patient tests positive for dengue – The News International

Another patient tests positive for dengueThe News InternationalOne person was also diagnosed for the dengue hemorrhagic fever on Sunday, and interestingly all the 143 had been reported from Karachi, the Dengue Survelliance Cell Sindh (DSCD) said. According to a daily report by DSCD, three patients have been …

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