21 May 2013 18:00 PMParis, FranceCellectis (NYSE PA: ALCLS), the global genome engineering specialist, announced today that the high-impact scientific journal Nature Communications has published an in-house study on the development of Compact TALENTM, the next generation of mini TAL effector nucleases. Unlike Cellectis’ first‑generation TALENTM, which require the dimerization of two molecules, this new tool based on Cellectis’ proprietary TAL effector nucleases technology makes it […]

  by Joanne M. Hackett, OBR-Cambridge Correspondent On May 14th in The Avery, a popular pub in the heart of Cambridge, a series of biotechnology talks occurred.  May sound a bit strange having biotech talks in a pub, but that is because it is! This year a new sort of science festival, called Pint of Science, [...]The post Cambridge Pint of Science presents: Stem cells – hype or hope? appeared first on Oxbridge Biotech.

Looking east to the head and source of the Big Obsidian Flow, on the south side of Newberry Volcano. I posted a panorama of this whole vista three weeks ago, but today I want to focus on something that never quite looked right to me, and offer a couple possible explanations. In the following annotated version of the above photo, I've highlighted the rim on the uphill side of the dome and flow. I've also marked the location of China Hat, an apparent cinder cone that nevertheless has a very […]

Vitamins are magic. Especially when they’re injected. Roll up the sleeve, find a vein, insert a needle and watch that colourful concoction flow directly into the bloodstream. It may sound somewhat illicit, but that person infusing it is wearing a white coat, and you’re sitting in a chic clinic. There must be something to it, […]

This almost qualifies as a “miracle”. A medical miracle. She got medical attention right away and circumstances worked out. Had she not, the baby and her may very well have NOT made it. Mom dies, gives birth, then is revived | Health – Home. In February, Erica Nigrelli was teaching at a high school in Missouri City, Texas, when she walked into a co-worker’s classroom. Nigrelli said she felt faint, placed her hands on a table to steady herself and then passed out. By […]