This page contains news and, when available, background information, on Recombinant DNA:. Links on this site lead to other sites on the web.
Recombinant DNA: - The new DNA that is formed by combining pieces of DNA from different organisms or cells. [Environmental Protection Agency]
News archive for Recombinant DNA::
Former Genentech director sues City of Hope over royalties - 04 Aug 2008 Bizjournals.com,...near Los Angeles, over distribution of royalties to those involved in landmark experiments there related to synthetic production of recombinant DNA.
Pet Corner - Aug 3, 2008 Stabroek News,Research in Recombinant DNA vaccines to produce an active immunity is a good example. In this case, genes are manipulated. For example, the viruses that
Hemispherx Biopharma settles with Bioclones, Ribotech - Jul 14, 2008 Bizjournals.com,Under that 1994 agreement, a subsidiary, Ribotech, was created for pharmaceutical manufacturing using recombinant DNA technology.
Roche’s Big Bang for its Biotech Buck - Jul 24, 2008 Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine,The company was founded in 1976, went public in 1980, and in 1982, was behind the first recombinant DNA drug marketed: human insulin, which was licensed to
The best plan for vaccinations is to have a veterinarian do them - Jul 13, 2008 Culpeper Star Exponent,...-Distemper and parvovirus – In puppies, recombinant DNA vaccines have been shown to more quickly overcome maternal antibodies. Recombinant DNA vaccines also
Are GMOs safe - Jul 15, 2008 Haleakala Times,WHO website, www.who.int/ “These techniques are generally known as recombinant DNA technology. With this technology, DNA molecules from different sources
Wonder drug? - Jul 28, 2008 Deccan Herald,Hence, they prepared a derivative of the protein using recombinant DNA technique in bacteria E.coli. This derivative, dubbed as CBLB502, could not only bind
Back to the future - Jul 28, 2008 Deccan Herald,The discovery of restriction enzymes and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) gave rise to recombinant DNA technology with which very sophisticated gene
Columnist Melinda Beck answers readers' questions - Jul 14, 2008 Wall Street JournalIt's a protein that must be synthesized by recombinant DNA-bioengineering explains Rudolph Leibel of Columbia University School of Medicine,
Antibiotic-producing mushroom discovered - Jul 17, 2008 Philippine Star,They employed classical and recombinant DNA techniques to determine how this particular species produces the antibiotic called pleuromutilin,� the science
Researchers keep eyes on prize - Jul 26, 2008 NewsOK.com (subscription),So when the University of California-San Francisco's Herb Boyer and Stanford's Stan Cohen discovered how to create recombinant DNA, they (and their
Hemispherx settles Bioclones and Ribotech litigation - Jul 15, 2008 Pharmaceutical Business ReviewPursuant to the 1994 agreement a subsidiary, Ribotech was created for pharmaceutical manufacturing utilizing recombinant DNA technology.
Bristol-Myers Squibb's Big Bet on ImClone - Aug 1, 2008 MSNBCBig Pharma is putting greater emphasis on biotech-like drugs made with recombinant DNA, as opposed to the industry's traditional pills.
Protein Sciences Responds to Emergent BioSolutions Lawsuit - Jul 10, 2008 FOXBusinessPSC is a privately held biotechnology company that uses proprietary recombinant DNA technology to manufacture human and animal vaccines, therapeutics and
What's not in your milk? - Jul 12, 2008 The Hillsdale Daily News,...rbST is simply a man-made version of the same hormone, created with recombinant DNA technology, the study states. “bST is naturally produced by the cow,�
The next Viagra - Jul 11, 2008 Investors Chronicle,The drugs that are hardest to replicate are typically 'biologics', or drugs that are based on advances in recombinant DNA and molecular biology.
Natures microsurgeon - Jul 7, 2008 Deccan Herald,Genetic engineers in England have been able to clone the gene for hirudin and manufacture it using recombinant DNA technology.
Malawi now approves biotechnology policy - Jul 19, 2008 Africa Science News Service,Third generation biotechnology (genetic engineering) involving recombinant DNA has not yet been implemented in Malawi and there have been no official trials
Discovery pushes costs down further - Jul 17, 2008 Business Day,Biologics are produced from biological processes using recombinant DNA technology, and are extremely difficult to copy, meaning there is little prospect of
Hemispherx Biopharma Settles With Ribotech, Bioclones - Jul 15, 2008 Trading Markets (press release),Under that 1994 agreement, a subsidiary, Ribotech, was created for pharmaceutical manufacturing using recombinant DNA technology.
BIO supports approval of food safety guidelines. - Jul 10, 2008 ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release),...at its 31st session in Geneva, Switzerland. o the Guideline for the Conduct of Food Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Recombinant-DNA Animals.
University of Pittsburgh Faculty Honored as Distinguished Professors - Jul 8, 2008 University of Pittsburgh News (press release),...the Radiation Safety Program, the Recombinant DNA Office, and components of the University’s conflict of interest reporting and monitoring functions.
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry 1A.105 protein; Exemption from the ... - Jul 16, 2008 Trading Markets (press release),...outlined in the Annex to the Codex Alimentarius "Guideline for the Conduct of Food Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Recombinant-DNA Plants.
NIH: Gene therapy didn't cause death - 03 Dec 2007 Scientist,The National Institutes of Health's Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee announced the findings this morning (Dec. 3) and made recommendations to alter the
The Packet-Transgenic ornamentals - Nov 29, 2007 Barnstable Patriot,Transgenic plants contain a gene from another species and are created in a laboratory using recombinant DNA technologies. The goal of transgenics is to
UCSF to name building after biotech pioneer Bill Rutter - Nov 28, 2007 San Francisco Chronicle,In 1972, a Stanford team led by Paul Berg created the first recombinant DNA molecule by connecting two pieces of DNA. In 1973, UCSF's Herbert Boyer and
Playing God on 'The Colbert Report' - Nov 14, 2007 Princeton University The Daily Princetonian,The "playing God" canard reared its ugly head again during the controversy over recombinant DNA. As scientists in the 1960s and 70s developed tools to cut
As I See It: Rethink gmos as sustainable agriculture - Nov 15, 2007 Corvallis Gazette Times,It’s different mainly because it uses recombinant DNA technology to change genes directly, instead of indirectly. Using classical breeding, you can’t cross
Africa: Continent Warms Up to Biotechnology - Nov 14, 2007 AllAfrica.com,NVI developed a recombinant DNA-based vaccine against Rinderpest in collaboration with University of California, Davis. Vaccine research is also carried out
Gene Therapy Did Not Kill Patient, Study Finds - Nov 26, 2007 Science Magazine (subscription)At a September meeting of the federal Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC), experts noted that Mohr apparently died mainly from a fungal infection
Government-Sponsored Cyberattacks on the Rise - Nov 29, 2007 PC World..."These 'super-strength' threats are more resilient, are modified over and over again like recombinant DNA," McAfee writes. "Nuwar ('Storm Worm') was the
Cyber cold war fears grow - Nov 29, 2007 Register,It predicts the emergence of threats akin to the Storm worm, that can be modified over and over again like "recombinant DNA".
Insulin: A Voice for Choice - Nov 23, 2007 Diabetes Health (press release),In the early 1980s, human insulin produced by recombinant DNA technology came onto the market. It was the first time that this technology had been used in
Simplicity sought for complex computing - Nov 19, 2007 Chicago Tribune,A professor at the University of Southern California has proposed using recombinant DNA to do computing, Kurtz said. "He believes that combinatorial
tgaac94 exonerated in US trial death - Nov 19, 2007 PR-USA.net (press release),However, it might decide to delay its decision until after the next meeting of the National Institutes of Health’s Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee,
My Top Four Emerging Micro-Cap Biotech Stocks - Nov 19, 2007 Seeking Alpha,...of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee of the National Institutes of Health (RAC) likely to serve as a catalyst in the fda's decision-making process.
Gene therapy trial to restart - Nov 27, 2007 Nature.com (subscription),The full results of an investigation into the cause of Mohr’s death are due to be presented at a public meeting of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee
Amgen (AMGN): Turnaround guru sees 'great opportunity' - Nov 30, 2007 BloggingStocks..."Deriving its name from Applied Molecular Genetics, Amgen began in the early 1980s developing products based on advances in recombinant DNA and molecular
Big rise in insulin analogues use - Nov 12, 2007 Pulse,The analysis by the Information Centre into prescribing for diabetes found that insulin glargine, produced synthetically using recombinant DNA technology,
Gene therapy study to resume - Nov 26, 2007 International Herald Tribune,The panel, the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, is scheduled to review the case again on Dec. 3. But since September, Targeted Genetics has presented new
ALEX LAU Some Tasty Hybridity - Nov 29, 2007 Daily Californian,...a geneticist’s point of view), the contemporary definition zeroes in specifically on recombinant DNA technology, which Zaiger certainly doesn’t use.
Biotechnology Congress 2007 Opens in Havana - Nov 5, 2007 Cuba News,...(plants created in a laboratory using recombinant DNA technology), and vaccines such as the "Pentavalent" against five major childhood killer diseases.
Gene Therapy Trial Back On - Nov 29, 2007 Science Magazine (subscription)The federal Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee will issue its conclusions about the case at a meeting next week.
Nventa Updates Progress with New HspE7 in Phase 1 Trial in ... - Nov 27, 2007 Canada NewsWire (press release),HspE7 is derived from Nventa's proprietary CoVal(TM) fusion platform, which uses recombinant DNA technology to covalently fuse stress proteins to target
Gene therapy trial set to resume - Nov 26, 2007 Scientist,At a meeting of the National Institutes of Health's Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) in September, RAC investigators announced preliminary autopsy
Reviewing Reviewers - Nov 9, 2007 PopMatters,...for scientists and a for few more far-sighted religious leaders, including, notably the Dalai Lama, recombinant DNA is our era’s understanding of soul.
Zeroing In On Cellular Machinery That Enables Neurons To Fire - Nov 14, 2007 Science Daily (press release)Using recombinant DNA technology, they swapped the paddle from an ion channel found in an ancient, volcano-dwelling bacterium to a channel found in rat
Targeted Genetics restarts trial after death - Nov 26, 2007 DrugResearcher.com,...a month ago after the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) conducted a public hearing into the case.
FAYETTEVILLE : Scientists focus on fighting fungus - Nov 5, 2007 Arkansas Democrat Gazette,Each time, she grows the mutant strains in a starter liquid containing the original strain, using recombinant DNA technology. “We modify the DNA,
Science closes in on diabetes treatments and a cure - Nov 6, 2007 Dallas Morning News,It took 60 more years, until 1978, before scientists synthesized human insulin using recombinant DNA. It was not until 1985 that the now-popular insulin
UCSF to Honor Rutter with Symposium on November 29 - Nov 21, 2007 UCSF Today,...important contributions in biotechnology, including developing recombinant DNA techniques and cloning of the genes for insulin and human growth hormone.
Making average talent industry-ready - Nov 20, 2007 Deccan Herald,...to perform experiments and work on equipments related to techniques such as Basic Microbiology & Recombinant DNA techniques and Immuno techniques.
'Major obstacle' overcome in diabetes research - Nov 8, 2007 Washington University Record,Before recombinant DNA technology enabled pharmaceutical companies to manufacture human insulin in the 1980s, pig and cow insulin were routinely given to
Diamyd Medical AB increases stake in US biotech company Protein ... - Nov 8, 2007 Trading Markets (press release),Protein Sciences, based in Meriden in Connecticut, focuses on using recombinant DNA technology to develop the next generation of vaccines, therapeutics and
MONGABAY.COM
Mongabay.com seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics, and finance on conservation and development (more)
SUPPORT
You can help support mongabay.com by becoming a contributor to keep this site up and running. Thank you for your continued interest in the site.