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Duckweed Can Undo Pollution, Fight Global Warming And Alleviate World Hunger
09.07.2008 09:15
medicalnewstoday.com
Three plant biologists at Rutgers' Waksman Institute of Microbiology are obsessed with duckweed, a tiny aquatic plant with an unassuming name. Now they have convinced the federal government to focus its attention on duckweed's tremendous potential for cleaning up pollution, combating global warming and feeding the world.
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Genetics
Novel Hit-To-Lead Drug Discovery
09.07.2008 08:17
medicalnewstoday.com
Biotech and pharmaceutical firms are developing a host of new technologies designed to streamline the complicated drug discovery process, reports Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (GEN). Most successful approaches rely on a combination of high-throughput screening methods, miniaturization techniques, and advanced data-analysis tools, according to an article in the July issue (
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