All Articles Tagged As: transgenics

Transgenic Goats' Milk Helps Fend off E. coli-related Illness in Pigs (4/27/2008)

Pigs fed goats' milk that was genetically modified to carry an important antibacterial enzyme found in human breast milk showed signs of better resisting attack by common E. coli bacteria than did pigs fed unmodified goats' milk without the human enzyme ...> Full Article

Beating Heart Created In Laboratory: Method May Revolutionize How Organ Tissues Are Developed (1/15/2008)

University of Minnesota researchers have created a beating heart in the laboratory. ...> Full Article

New Red Fluorescent Protein Used to See Inside Living Animals (8/27/2007)

A new red fluorescent protein-derived from a brilliant red sea anemone purchased in a Moscow pet shop-can reveal body tissues more vividly than other fluorescent proteins in use today. The Russian researchers who developed the new protein said it can render cancers and other target tissues easily visible in living animals, making them glow like Christmas bulbs. ...> Full Article

Step Toward Synthetic Genomes (7/2/2007)

For the first time, researchers have replaced the whole genome of a bacterial cell with the genome of a closely related species. In a study published Thursday 28 June by the journal Science at its Science Express Web site, Carole Lartigue and colleagues describe how they transplanted the genome - in the form of naked DNA, virtually free of protein - and effectively turned one species of bacteria into another. ...> Full Article

Researchers Develop ALS Mouse Stem Cell Line (4/19/2007)

A team of Harvard researchers has used embryonic stem cells, derived from mice carrying a human gene known to cause a form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), to create an in vitro model of the always-fatal neurodegenerative disease. Harvard Stem Cell Institute principal investigator Kevin Eggan and Tom Maniatis, the Thomas H. Lee Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, are the senior authors of the study published on-line April 15 by Nature Neuroscience. ...> Full Article

Cow eggs fused with human DNA (11/8/2006)

Researchers from Newcastle University and Kings College, London, have applied for permission from the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority in Great Britain for a three-year license to create embryos by fusing human DNA with cow eggs. ...> Full Article