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Chemistry World
August 11, 2008 |
Yeast Manufacture Morphine Precursor US scientists have developed a way to produce a group of medically important plant compounds in yeast. They say their technique could be used to manufacture drugs including painkillers and new cancer treatments.   |
Chemistry World
May 18, 2015
Simon Hadlington |
Opiate-producing yeast raises specter of 'home-brewed heroin' Science policy experts have called for urgent measures to be put in place to prevent strains of yeast that are capable of producing opiate drugs from falling into the hands of criminals. |
Chemistry World
January 17, 2010
Simon Hadlington |
Sugars synthesised with help of promiscuous enzyme European researchers have discovered a new way to make synthetically elusive sugar molecules that could lead to novel vaccine candidates and other medically important compounds. |
Chemistry World
May 11, 2015
Jack Busby |
Terpene analogues bear safer pesticides Tweaking the natural substrates of terpene synthase enzymes could lead to less toxic pesticides and swathes of other important biologically-active compounds, according to UK researchers. |
Chemistry World
January 3, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
One-pot synthesis creates anticancer candidates Researchers in Germany have developed a simple, rapid and high-yielding cascade synthesis of a collection of polycyclic compounds that resemble indole alkaloid natural products and which interfere with cell division. |
Chemistry World
April 9, 2008
Henry Nicholls |
How plants shudder at shade Scientists claim to have worked out how plants channel energy away from leaves and into spindly shoots, a natural but at-times infuriating response to a bit of shade. Plants are sensitive to the wavelength of light that's reaching them. |
Chemistry World
September 8, 2015
Simon Hadlington |
Mutant plant can mop up explosives UK researchers have identified a mutant plant that is able to thrive on soil contaminated with high concentrations of the explosive TNT. |
Chemistry World
June 14, 2006
Simon Hadlington |
Natural Metabolism of Fluorine Scientists have isolated a cluster of bacterial genes responsible for the biochemical processing of fluorine. The research follows the discovery of a unique enzyme that incorporates inorganic fluoride into organic metabolites. |
Chemistry World
October 30, 2015
Emma Stoye |
GM tomato is a factory for healthy nutrients A tomato that has been genetically engineered to produce large quantities of potentially health-boosting compounds -- including flavanols and anthocyanins -- has been developed. |
Wired
October 2001 |
Verge To study how microgravity affects plant development, scientists are germinating about two dozen thale cress plants 250 miles above earth... |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011 |
Plant Science Gets a Boost HHMI and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation join forces to fund plant scientists. |
Chemistry World
September 12, 2012
Jon Evans |
Drawing maps to hunt for biological gold Pharmaceutical companies should pay more attention to traditional medicine, say UK researchers. This follows their discovery that genetically-similar plants have traditionally been used to treat the same conditions in widely separated parts of the world. |
Chemistry World
February 15, 2006
Simon Hadlington |
Pharmaceutical Promise in the Desert Two molecules that inhibit a protein linked to cancer pathogenesis have been discovered in the Arizona desert. |
Chemistry World
March 23, 2010 |
Comment: Can we halt the flow of new designer drugs? Could the dangers of 'legal high' mephedrone have been predicted? Of course they could, says John Mann |
Chemistry World
September 23, 2014 |
Chemistry in bloom There's chemistry among the specimens at many botanical gardens. Sarah Houlton talks to the scientists involved |
Chemistry World
September 24, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Plants and microorganisms are the original synthetic chemists Greg Challis is a professor of chemical biology at the University of Warwick in the UK. Research in the Challis group encompasses the discovery, biosynthesis, bioengineering and mechanism of action of bioactive natural products. |
Chemistry World
January 20, 2014
David Bradley |
Molecular librarians create druglike collections Finding biologically active small molecules with pharmaceutical potential is a bittersweet process. Now, a new approach to building libraries of diverse alkaloid-type structures has been developed by US chemists. |
Salon.com
October 19, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
The genetically engineered pause that refreshes Corn chips and sodas are just two examples of today's "Frankenfoods," says the author of "Dinner at the New Gene Cafe"... |
Chemistry World
November 1, 2012
Andrew Turley |
Novartis biotech plant for Singapore The new plant, which will make drugs through cell culture, will be located with the Novartis production plant at Tuas. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2008
John Teresko |
General Cable - Indianapolis Compounds: IW Best Plants Profile 2007 Continuing A Winning Culture: General Cable's achievements derive from a workplace culture bent on maximizing Six Sigma and lean. |
Chemistry World
August 13, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Nature Captured in a Test-Tube Two groups of researchers have demonstrated how a complex chain of reactions catalyzed by multiple enzymes can be reconstructed in the test tube to synthesize naturally occurring products that have potential therapeutic properties. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Going Green: New Program Provides Vital Support for Plant Scientists HHMI and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced in September a new research program that will provide critical support to some of the nation's most innovative plant scientists. |
National Defense
June 2011
Eric Beidel |
By Changing Color, Plants Can Signal Presence of Explosives Researchers at Colorado State University are using actual plants -- green, leafy organisms -- to detect explosives and environmental pollutants. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Amber Dance |
Peering Back in Time Joseph P. Noel wants to use paleontology to learn how plants endured history's harsh climates and how to ready crops to face severe conditions in the future. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Vicki Chandler: Plants Contribute Basic Biological Lessons to Science" Vicki Chandler's research on how plants regulate their genes may ultimately inform studies of human diseases. She's leading the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's partnership with HHMI to support more of this kind of fundamental plant science. |
This Old House
February 2, 2001
Warren Schultz |
Getting the Best Deal on Plants Your guide to buying plants for the upcoming growing season... |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2003
Traci Purdum |
Back To Basics Auto supplier leverages internal expertise to retain world-class processes |
IndustryWeek
April 18, 2012 |
Plant Managers Assume More Profit-Driving Responsibilities In today's fast-paced, globalized economy companies are seeking plant managers with a strong business sense. |
Bio-IT World
August 18, 2004
Robert M. Frederickson |
Channeling HPLC Thoughts of high-throughput science has been a much broader trend toward high-throughput research and miniaturization, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry and in clinical medicine. Miniaturizing high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) makes it cheaper and faster. |
Popular Mechanics
September 16, 2009
Chris Sweeney |
Top 10 Most Dangerous Plants in the World How different plants exert their toxic effects on the body. |
National Gardening
Patt Kasa |
Shop for Trees & Shrubs Years of experience have helped me hone my detective skills and I've developed an almost fool-proof method of choosing the healthiest specimens for my landscape. You can become a savvy shopper, too, by following these same guidelines. |
Chemistry World
August 29, 2007
Ananyo Bhattacharya |
'Lost' Folate Enzyme Found After 30 Years US researchers have revealed the identity of an enzyme used by bacteria to make the essential B vitamin folate, 30 years after it was first isolated. |
Chemistry World
April 6, 2009
Simon Hadlington |
Did salt lake halogens help cause mass extinction? Life on Earth was all but obliterated around 250 million years ago - but no-one knows why. |
Salon.com
September 27, 2000
Cynthia Kuhn & Wilkie Wilson |
Bewitched by alkaloids I've heard that after smoking these plants I will never be able to hallucinate again. Is this true? |
Chemistry World
October 31, 2014
Ned Stafford |
Plea for EU to act on GM from plant scientists 21 top European plant scientists have issued an open letter demanding that the EU take action to ensure that they and other scientists are able to pursue genetically modified plant research. |
Food Engineering
August 3, 2006
Joyce Fassl |
Editor's Note: In search of the next winner Which outstanding new plant construction project, major expansion or highly renovated facility will be the next Plant of the Year? |
IndustryWeek
April 18, 2012 |
Deliver Higher Productivity with Smarter Workforce Practices With the effective cost of labor evening out between China and the U.S., manufacturers must find other ways to improve productivity and reduce costs. One way: leverage production personnel. |
Food Processing
May 2005
Mike Pehanich |
How to retrofit an aging plant Food processors looking to retrofit aging facilities to get more out of their capital budgets should heed these "rules of retro" before they bring their plants into the 21st century. |
Information Today
January 15, 2015 |
Nature Publishing Group Publishes Plant Sciences OA Journal Nature Publishing Group's Nature Plants is the first journal in the field to feature research across the plant sciences. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2005
Patricia Panchak |
Editor's Page -- Continental Crusaders Here's proof that you can succeed at manufacturing in North America -- and we'll even tell you how. |
Popular Mechanics
June 13, 2008
Erin McCarthy |
5 Reasons Why Researchers Say The Happening Is Junk Science In these days of melting ice caps and wild weather, M. Night Shyamalan's new movie poses an interesting question: What happens if the environment, spurred by centuries of pollution and disregard, turns against us? |
