by Christelle Boudry | Jun 14, 2019 | News
A government-run research facility in China developed two vaccine candidates that were proven in laboratory tests to provide immunity to the deadly pig disease, Reuters said Friday, citing a report originally from Beijing state media. The report also offered promise...
by Christelle Boudry | May 14, 2019 | News
Published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science, it is the 1st report of a promising inoculation against the virus. The study also provides evidence that this immunity can be passed on via contact with immunised individuals, but further studies are needed to examine...
by Christelle Boudry | Apr 17, 2019 | News
New research from the University of East Anglia reveals how soil bacteria build the only known enzyme for the destruction of the potent global warming and ozone-depleting gas nitrous oxide. Prof Nick Le Brun from UEA’s School of Chemistry, said: “It is...
by Christelle Boudry | Apr 9, 2019 | News
The jeans you wear, the orange juice you drink, the laundry detergent you use: None would be possible without the activity of enzymes. Currently the enzymes used in industry are produced through an expensive, laborious process, requiring cold storage. But an...
by Christelle Boudry | Mar 26, 2019 | News
This is according to Sorghum ID, an European organisation to support the promotion of the interests of sorghum and its hybrid genetics for several uses (grain sorghum for food and feed, silage sorghum, sorghum for energy and other non-food uses). Anti-nutritional...
by Christelle Boudry | Mar 8, 2019 | News
Plant resistance to harmful microorganisms (pathogens) is largely determined by a set of enzymes encoded in DNA, which are involved in death of infected cells and prevent infection spreading. Such enzymes that provide protein breakdown are called proteases. Despite...
