Biology & Life Sciences

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Chemistry World October 11, 2006 Victoria Gill	Keep Cool Over Vegetable Health Scare Two people in Canada were paralyzed after drinking carrot juice that tested positive for botulinum toxin, which targets the nervous system. The FDA concluded that there was a risk to consumers if the juice was not refrigerated.
Chemistry World October 10, 2006 Victoria Gill	Pour-on Nanotechnology Stops Bleeding in Seconds Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a liquid that stops bleeding in any tissue in a matter of seconds. It is a discovery that they claim has the potential to revolutionize surgery and emergency medicine and could even make it easier to reattach severed limbs.
Chemistry World October 9, 2006 Michael Gross	Miniature Microbicides Researchers have created miniature antimicrobial peptides that contain only four (as opposed to the usual 12-50) amino acid residues combined with a fatty acid.
Nutra Solutions September 1, 2006	Sufficiently "Antioxidized" Efficacy of high oxygen radical absorption capacity (ORAC) supplements is an issue, but not for long.
Chemistry World October 5, 2006 Victoria Gill	Polymer Chemists Tap the Body's Organs The strained tendons and ligaments that end many sporting careers could be repaired with polymers made from our own digestive chemicals. Researchers have devised a chemical method to make degradable elastomers -- polymers with elastic properties -- using bile acid.
Chemistry World October 4, 2006 Bea Perks	Good Year for RNA Roger Kornberg, professor of structural biology at Stanford University, has been awarded the 2006 Nobel prize in chemistry for his work on the molecular basis of transcription.
Chemistry World October 3, 2006 Victoria Gill	Ten Year Setback for Obesity Control The race for an effective appetite-suppressing, anti-obesity drug has been held back by disappointing results from a human clinical trial. The findings underline the complexity of human obesity, conclude the researchers, and suggest it could be many years before a drug gets to market.
Chemistry World October 3, 2006 Michael Gross	Imaging for the Masses Two US research groups have made progress in the application of mass spectrometry for imaging.
Chemistry World October 2, 2006 Bea Perks	RNAi Pioneers Win Nobel Prize for Medicine Molecular biologists Andrew Fire and Craig Mello have been awarded this year's Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of RNA interference.
IDB America October 2006 Alexandra Russell-Bitting	Argentine Laboratory Tracks a Killer A new University of Buenos Aires laboratory is addressing one of the neglected diseases the Pan American Health Organization describes as "stigmatizing diseases of poverty that can only be tackled by leadership and a concerted political and economic effort."
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