[www.futureport.dk/news] Summary - 2002-12-22 (2 articles)

From: Max M (maxmcorp@worldonline.dk)
Date: Sun Dec 22 2002 - 04:28:14 MST


[www.futureport.dk/news] Summary - 2002-12-22 (2 articles)

Slooow X-mas Saturday

Nanotech builds cells
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[Science] Found by: maxm
http://www.nature.com/nsu/021216/021216-12.html

nature - Researchers are building polka dot cell coats by borrowing
silicon technology. They could help understand what triggers allergies.
On a chip, the team from New York's Cornell University makes tiny
patterns simulating the delicate oily sheath that encloses cells watery
innards. The artificial membranes - as small as one thousandth of a
millimetre wide - could help researchers figure out what stimulates
immune cells, explained team member Adam Hammond at the American Society
for Cell Biology meeting this week in San Francisco.

Anti-terrorism Efforts Could Prevent Biotechnology Benefits
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[Politics] Found by: maxm
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2002-12-21-1

Betterhumans - Efforts to prevent the use of bioscience research for
bioterrorism could hinder advances in medicine, agriculture and even
bioweapons protections, say researchers.

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hilsen/regards Max M
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