News: On science: McCain v. the GOP Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 28th August 2008 07:21 PM GMT] When it comes to matters of science, Republican US presidential hopeful John McCain is with his party on some issues, not quite on others. This week the Republican Party released ... Click to continue View comments (8) | Comment on this news story News: Stem cell alchemy Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 27th August 2008 06:00 PM GMT] For the first time, researchers have converted fully-differentiated cells in vivo into another type of cell without first reprogramming them to a pluripotent state. The conversion of pancreatic exocrine cells into fully functioning ... Click to continue View comments (5) | Comment on this news story News: A wild cat chase Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 25th August 2008 06:26 PM GMT] Over the past several weeks editors at The Scientist have received announcements from Allerca, the controversial company selling purportedly hypoallergenic cats, stating that some of their felines will be doubling in price this fall. According to a ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: London gets new neuro institute Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 21st August 2008 02:49 PM GMT] The University College of London will be the likely host to a new $261 million neuroscience institute, according to a statement sent to The Scientist from the Wellcome Trust, a co-developer of the new center. Beating out Oxford and Cambridge ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Blood line = life line? Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 20th August 2008 09:06 PM GMT] Will findings by Worcester, MA-based Advanced Cell Technologies (ACT) on large-scale blood production from stem cells help the company pull in some much-needed capital? By now you've likely seen reports on a ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Did Elsevier break its own rules? Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 15th August 2008 07:15 PM GMT] A science publisher that holds copyright supreme has a double standard, a science blogger is arguing. This week, science blogger Mike Dunford of ... Click to continue View comments (5) | Comment on this news story News: A robot with a real brain Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 14th August 2008 03:22 PM GMT] Researchers have introduced the world to Gordon, the first robot that operates on real brain tissue, according to a news release from University of Reading in the UK yesterday ... Click to continue View comments (7) | Comment on this news story News: Genentech: No thanks, Roche Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 13th August 2008 08:08 PM GMT] Roche won't be acquiring Genentech in the near future. Roche's bid to purchase the remaining public shares of the biotech company undermines the value of the company, Genentech's board of directors ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: In UK, new partnership, not money Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 12th August 2008 05:32 PM GMT] Five British hospitals and medical research centers are joining forces to link basic research and healthcare more closely, the University College London (UCL) announced last week. The Guardian ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: A disease cell line library Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 7th August 2008 05:00 PM GMT] Researchers have created 20 disease-specific pluripotent cell lines by reprogramming skin and bone marrow cells from patients with genetic disorders, they report in a paper to be published tomorrow in Cell. "These cells will be an incredible ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: A virus's virus Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 6th August 2008 06:00 PM GMT] Researchers have discovered the first virus to infect another virus, according to a study appearing tomorrow in Nature. The new virus was found living inside a new strain of the viral giant, mimivirus. "This is one parasite living on another ... Click to continue View comments (10) | Comment on this news story News: Genome patents need purpose Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 5th August 2008 02:45 PM GMT] The British High Court's rejection last week of a biotech company's patent on the genetic sequence coding for a therapeutically important protein may be a warning for other biotechs who hold ... Click to continue View comments (3) | Comment on this news story News: Genome patent overturned Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 1st August 2008 08:33 PM GMT] Yesterday the British High Court overturned a UK genome patent owned by biotech Human Genome Sciences. The patent covered the inflammation-linked protein neutrokine-alpha which is part of the tumor necrosis factor family of cytokines. The court ... Click to continue Comment on this news story

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