The most common type of lung cancer (squamous cell lung cancer) causes more death than breast, colorectal or prostate cancer each year. But squamous cell carcinoma has no treatments available that target the specific genetic alterations which drive this form of cancer. Scientists have succeeded to identify many potential therapeutic targets based on a large number and variety of DNA

Dr. Manjurul Karim a member of the Global Young Academy has requested the GNOBB Coordinator to post this piece news in its website. Since there is no conflicting interest I am attaching the GYA’s call for new membership. Please click to access the Call for application, 2012, GYA_ApplicationForm_2012, and August issue Internal Newsletter.

The 12th ISBGMO will be held Sept. 17-20, ’12 at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri. The Center was established with a view to improving the Human Condition through Plant Science. The Symposium will have the following 13 sections: New approaches in genetic engineering, Genetically engineered animals and insects, Biotech and climatic change, Biotech f

The 12th ISBGMO was held successfully Sept. 17-20, ’12 at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri. The Center was established with a view to improving the Human Condition through Plant Science. The Symposium organized the following 13 sections: New approaches in genetic engineering,  Genetically engineered animals and insects, Biotech and c

It is with a good deal pleasure GNOBB inform the members that in the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) adjoining the National Institute of Biotechnology (NIB) six highly sensitive machines have been installed. Recently Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of the country in a simple ceremony presided over by the State Minister Yeafesh Osman inaugurated Tk 200 crores worth of

The master builders that cause tumor growth may provide insights in cancer treatment strategies. Published in the journals Nature and Science, recent studies conducted by three independent teams of researchers believe that the discovery of cancer stem cells may be a breakthrough in the field of cancer research. Unless the chemotherapy destroys all cancer st

Latest Posts from Bitesize Bio: How the Ion Torrent Sequencer works Just before Life Technologies purchased the start-up company Ion Torrent, the fledgling company was dealing with a torrent of another kind—worldwide media interest in its new sequencing technology, which promised to bring the price of next-generation, massively parallel sequencing down to $1,000 per run.

Just before Life Technologies purchased the start-up company Ion Torrent, the fledgling company was dealing with a torrent of another kind—worldwide media interest in its new sequencing technology, which promised to bring the price of next-generation, massively parallel sequencing down to $1,000 per run. Since that dramatic announcement in the summer of 2011, Life Technologies

 Craig Meisner Craig Meisner Country Director–South Asia (Bangladesh) at World Fish Center Cambodia Farming Previous Private, CAVAC, Cornell U Education Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Agronomy and Crop Science at The University of Georgia   GNOBB members will be pleased to know that our old friend Dr. Craig Meisner attached to Bangladesh Agriculture R

 In an article entitled, “Genetic mapping of two QTL from the wild tomato Solanum pimpinellifolium L. controlling resistance against two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch) published online on the 17th August in the journal of “Theoretical and Applied Genetics,” Maria Salinas and her seven associates have reported that resistance agai