News: Lab weathers storms, not concerns? Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 29th October 2008 04:39 PM GMT] A high-security pathogen lab in Galveston, Texas, survived the hurricane that hit the region last month, but is now the focus of safety concerns plaguing biosafety research of late. Galveston is an island often hit by hurricanes. Ike, which hit in ... Click to continue View comments (3) | Comment on this news story News: New fills for funding gaps Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 24th October 2008 03:22 PM GMT] David Vitrant, a PhD student in genetics at the University of Pittsburgh, thinks he's got a creative idea for alternative schemes to fund research: simply ask the public for money. He recently launched non-profit, called ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: A computer for living cells Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 16th October 2008 11:38 PM GMT] In a boost to the field of synthetic biology, researchers have created an RNA-based device that can control gene expression of target genes, thus regulating molecular processes in living ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: Pathogen labs lack security: GAO Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 16th October 2008 10:06 PM GMT] Two of the five US labs that conduct research on the world's most dangerous pathogens suffer from serious security shortfalls, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: BU biolab ups security plans Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 14th October 2008 04:16 PM GMT] The recent suicide of microbiologist Bruce Ivins, pegged by the US government as the culprit in a spate of deadly anthrax mailings in 2001, is already spurring a boost in ... Click to continue View comments (2) | Comment on this news story News: HPV, HIV researchers nab 2008 Nobel Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 6th October 2008 03:24 PM GMT] Francoise Barré-Sinoussi of the Institut Pasteur in Paris and Luc Montagnier, cofounder and director of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention, have won the 2008 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for their the discovery of HIV. ... Click to continue View comments (2) | Comment on this news story News: Harald zur Hausen, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, and Luc Montagnier receive 2008 Nobel for their work on HPV and HIV Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 6th October 2008 10:14 AM GMT] This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be shared by three researchers who identified two viruses that have had crucial impacts on human health. Harald zur Hausen of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg will be honored for ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: HIV's time of origin confirmed Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 1st October 2008 06:00 PM GMT] Analysis of a newly-identified 48-year-old tissue sample from a woman infected with HIV has confirmed that the virus emerged in the early 20th century, researchers report today in Nature. ... Click to continue Comment on this news story

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