Crowd-Sourcing Drug Discovery
“The first challenge that OSDD’s cyber-community assigned itself was to glean more information from the M. tuberculosis genome. It was sequenced in ...
Author: charlie
Biodiversity of Indigenous Saccharomyces Populations from Old Wineries of South-Eastern Sicily: Preservation and Economic Potential
“We report on the remarkable degree of biodiversity in the wine yeast populations naturally present in a small area of Sicily where traditional (non-indus...
Vaccine development: Man vs MRSA : Nature News
“For decades, Robert Daum has studied the havoc wreaked by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Now he thinks he can stop it for good.” Exce...
The Visionary
“Seeking to spur drug development, Stephen Friend has launched a daring series of initiatives to make biomedical research more open and effective.” ...
China’s Sequencing Powerhouse Comes of Age
“With new sequencing centers in Europe and the United States, BGI hopes its growing clout will help deliver the benefits promised by genomics—and revenue ...
Hacking yogurt
As a card carrying practical microbiologist, I like making yogurt – cheap and easy to make and very good for your tummy (see here for more on yogurt and a...
Session: The Earth Microbiome Project: Modeling the Microbial Planet (2012 AAAS Annual Meeting (16-20 February 2012))
“The Earth Microbiome Project (EMP) is the most ambitious attempt to provide a systematic characterization of the microbial world that dominates this plan...
Hacking the Microbiome for Fun and Profit: Can Killing Just One Mouth Bacterium Stop Cavities? | Discover Magazine
“A mouthwash that kills S. mutans and leaves the rest of the bacteria to take over S. mutans‘s real estate could spell the end of cavities. In a small cli...
Ecosphere Associates, Inc.: Closed Ecosystem, Self Contained Aquarium
“The Original EcoSphere® is the world’s first totally enclosed ecosystem – a complete, self-contained and self-sustaining miniature world encased in...
UM Carey Law | Federal Regulation of Probiotics
An Analysis of the Existing Regulatory Framework and Recommendations for Alternative Frameworks A team of researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore is...