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Biotechnology â??Fuel, Food and Medicine
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Biotechnology â??Fuel, Food and Medicine Tags: biotechnology , biofuels , bio , gas , energy |
Jay Keasling combats global challenges with biotechnology
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Through a series of chemical reactions and a re-imagining of intellectual property practices, Jay Keasling and his partners at One World Health expect to have effective, affordable malaria pills in the hands of African children in a few years. Inspired? There’s more. Watch as Keasling describes the boundless possibilities of metabolic engineering and non-profit biotechnology. Author: poptechTags: poptech popcasts Jay keasling science social innovation biotechnology education society camden maine Posted: 29 April 2008Rating: 5.0Votes: 1 |
Browsing in the Biotech Aisle
Big Pharma’s hunger for new products could be good news for investors in some biotech firms, say Barron’s Rich Rescigno and Lawrence Strauss. (Aug. 18)
Day three of the Biotechnology Conference
It’s day three of the Biotechnology Conference in Boston. Tuesday, the industry honored two Massachusetts state lawmakers for their work. NECN’s Mont Fennel has more
BioTechnology Job Openings, BiotechCrossing
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Biotech Chief Describes Health-Care Initiatives
A new law in Massachusetts requires drug companies to disclose any payments made to physicians. WSJ’s Scott Hensley interviews James Greenwood, head of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, about the recent legislation, and more. (Aug. 12)
Amkey biotechnology Business Review Scam
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Finneran on Beacon Hill, biotechnology & Romney
Former Massachusetts House Speaker Tom Finneran talks about compensation for his work with the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, Mitt Romney’s future - and why he’s ‘prepared’ to face charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Boston earns biotech industry coup
(NECN) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals, one of Cambridge’s largest biotechnology companies, has committed to moving to Boston’s new Fan Pier Development. Lisa Van Der pool joins us from the Boston Business Journal to fill us in on the scoop.
The idea behind Kurzweil and Grossman’s Fantastic Voyage is that if you can make it through the next 50 years, you might become immortal. How will that be possible? Through some rather science fictional steps, it turns out, including taking advantage of the latest in biotechnological breakthroughs and not-yet-invented nanotechnology. Is all this longing for immortality driven by an obsession with youth or a fear of death? Readers can judge for themselves, as both Kurzweil and Grossman reveal the personal histories that led them to develop this plan. Fantastic Voyage is written in an easy-to-understand tone, with lots of sidebars giving examples of what the future holds for medicine and health. Whether or not you think that science will find a way to keep our bodies or our disembodied minds alive forever, this book is full of diet and lifestyle tips. For instance, the authors suggest carefully controlling the body’s overall pH at an alkaline level, meditating, eating a diet composed mostly of vegetables and protein, and taking loads of supplements (Kurzweil downs about 250 pills each day). The dietary options presented here will mostly only be practical for people whose income levels can support buying organic produce, fresh fish and meat, and top-shelf supplements. The authors cavalierly state that we are living in a “time of abundance,” but it seems likely that most who are able to follow this regimen will be Americans of a fairly high socioeconomic class. –Therese Littleton
•Within days of being born, we are infected with billions of E. coli. They will inhabit each and every one of us until we die. E. coli is notorious for making people gravely ill, but engineered strains of the bacteria save millions of lives each year.
Having trouble deciphering your genetic code? Do dominant genes make you feel recessive? Let reigning nonfiction cartoonist Larry Gonick and microbiologist Mark Wheelis ease your way through Mendelian genetics, molecular biology, and the basics of genetic engineering. Gonick’s drawings range from a moderately detailed look at ribosomes in action to loony pictures of dancing scientists, talking peas, and opinionated fruit flies. Matthew Meselson, co-discoverer of the “one gene-one protein” principle, says, “it puts textbooks to shame”–and he’s right. –Mary Ellen Curtin 
