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اثرات سیپروفلوکساسین بر ژنوم میتوکندری
آنتی بیوتیک ها با درمان بیماران مبتلا به عفونت های باکتریایی یا قارچی جان بسیاری از آن‌ها را نجات داده‌اند. اما این داروهای ارزشمند همچنین دارای مشکلاتی هستند. هم‌چون اکثر داروها، بسیاری از آنتی‌بیوتیک‌ها نیز می‌توانند اثرات نامطلوبی بر متابولیسم بدن بگذارند و علائم بیشتر یا کم‌تری ایجاد کنند.
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Experimental drug targets cancers associated with Epstein-Barr virus
Experimental drug targets cancers associated with Epstein-Barr virus An experimental drug has shown potential in treating tumour development and metastasis for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) related lymphomas. EBV does not cause cancer, however infection with this virus means an increased susceptibility to some cancers. Researchers form the American Society for Microbiology…
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African Countries Need to Push Climate Smart Agriculture
African Countries Need to Push Climate Smart Agriculture The World Bank recently launched one of its largest climate smart agriculture initiativesin India. Through this $420 million initiative, the bank expects to reach over 25 million smallholder farmers working on 3.5 million hectares of land. The project will support climate-smart agricultural practices…
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New tool tells bioengineers when to build microbial teams
Researchers at Duke University have created a framework for helping bioengineers determine when to use multiple lines of cells to manufacture a product. The work could help a variety of industries that use bacteria to produce chemicals ranging from pharmaceuticals to fragrances. The research was published online the week of…
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روش جدید ردیابی منابع پروتئین ماهی قزل آلا کشاورزی و وحشی
More than half of the world’s fish and seafood products come from aquaculture. The increasing demand and the simultaneous decline of the natural stocks due to overfishing have led to strong growth of the aquaculture industry for decades. To reduce costs and impact on wild fish stocks, carnivorous fish are…
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PH در مقابل برنج طلایی
A regional coalition of farmers, consumers, and environment activists has called on the government to reject “foreign safety stamps” on the genetically-engineered “golden rice,” which might pose risk to public health. The Stop Golden Rice Network asserted that such stamp of approval from other countries might be a ploy to exploit…
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تحول در کشاورزی با تولید اولین میوه توسط ابزار ویرایش ژن
In a move aimed at securing a place in the rapidly evolving food technology scene, the agricultural giant Monsanto has invested $125 million in a gene-editing startup called Pairwise. The alliance could tee up Monsanto, long known for its controversial dealings with farmers and its role in popularizing genetically modified…
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روی این خوک حساب نکنید
It is very worrying not only to read about yet another blunder by the industrial farming sector (Pigs in the pink: gene editing is set to revolutionise the farming industry, 17 March) but also that the article didn’t attempt to counterbalance with a different viewpoint. We know that healthy, agroecological,…
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راگوا تهدیدی برای تولید سویا
Ragweed, its pollen potent to allergy sufferers, might be more than a source of sneezes. In the Midwest, the plant may pose a threat to soybean production. Scientists have found that ragweed can drastically reduce soybean yield. “It wasn’t really a weed we were worried about too much,” says Ethann Barnes, a…
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تغییر ژن های کرم پنبه با CRISPR-CAS9
Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) is one of the most disastrous pests worldwide, threatening various food crops. Genomic tools may provide effective ways to manage this pest. The team of Ming‐Hui Jin from Southwest University in China aimed to test the CRISPR-Cas9 system to induce mutations for targeted mutagenesis in cotton bollworm. By injecting a single…
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