In an  article  entitled, “Towards practical, high-capacity, low-maintenance information storage in synthesized DNA,”  published online 23rdJanuary issue of Nature,  Nick Goldman and six of his associates affiliated to European Bioinformatics Institute, UK  and Agilent Technologies, Genomics– LSSU, USA hav

In an article entitled, “Nuclear genome transfer in human oocytes eliminates mitochondrial DNA variants,” published on 31st January 2013 issue of Nature (493:634–639), the lead author Daniel Paull with thirteen other associates affiliated to six research groups have announced the success of a new technique to transfer the nucleus of one human eg

In an article entitled, “SIRT3 Reverses Aging-Associated Degeneration” published online on 31st January, 2013 in the journal Cell Reports (DOI:10.1016/j.celrep.2013.01.005), Katharine Brown and eight other associates from the University of California, Berkeley report of a major advance in  understanding  the molecular mechanisms behind aging while providin

With a good deal of pleasure, GNOBB members would like to congratulate heartily Professor Maqsudul Alam and his team of 28 scientists spanning over the globe for reporting the Draft genome sequence  of natural rubber, Hevea brasiliensis. They have reported their results inthe most recent issue of  BMC Genomics, 2013, 14:75. H. brasiliensis  is the

Again this is not strictly a biotechnology related posting. This is meant to keep the members informed that it is very heartening to know that the younger generation of our country is very conscious about our environment and they are working hard to create better Bangladesh. The posting is about the ‘Closing and Award Giving Ceremony of the Earth Champions Program (ECP) 2011 a

The article, entitled, “Islam and Science: The Road to renewal” published on January 26th issue of The Economist is not strictly related to biotechnology and yet I thought that GNOBB members may like to read it with a good deal of interest as it addresses some fundamental issues confronting the Muslim countries. However, the situation is not as dismal as it may appe

 In the most recent issue of  Cell Reports, Yue Wu and  seven other associates at the Dept. of Biological Sciences, Brock University  Ontario, Canada have described salicylic acid (SA) as an essential hormone in plant immunity. Little is hitherto known about the receptor of this essential hormone. The authors have  demonstrated that NPR1 (Natr

In an article entitled, “Autism-related deficits via dysregulated eIF4E-dependent translational control published on the 17thJan.’13 issue of Nature (493:371-377),  Cristos G. Gkogkas and 15 other associates suggest that  hyperconnectivity of neuronal circuits owe to increased synaptic protein synthesis causes autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). &n

In an article entitled, “Reprogramming Adult Schwann Cells () to Stem Cell-like Cells by Leprosy Bacilli Promotes Dissemination of Infection,” published on 17th January 2013 issue of Cell (152:51–67), the lead author Toshihiro Masaki with four other associates from four research groups have  reported  that the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae

In the weekly science magazine Nature a piece of breakthrough news has been published in its 18th Jan,  2013 issue that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration  (FDA) has approved a new seasonal influenza vaccine through the use of novel DNA recombinant technology.  The trivalent vaccine named Flublok  has been made for the prevention of seasonal inf