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Diagnosing Ancient Disease | May 20, 2013 Issue - Vol. 91 Issue 20 | Chemical & Engineering News
▻http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i20/Diagnosing-Ancient-Disease.html

#paléomédecine #santé #recherche #adn #peste #tuberculose etc

long-term tuberculosis victims can have characteristic lesions on their bones and collapsed vertebrae symptomatic of tuberculosis that are still visible in 1,000-year-old skeletons (...) in the 1990s, analytical technology advanced to the point where researchers were able to analyze the DNA and other molecular residues left in or on long-dead individuals. That’s when paleomicrobiologists took things a step further and began searching for traces of pathogen DNA, proteins, and lipids in ancient remains such as skeletons and mummies.

Engineered Apples Near Approval | April 8, 2013 Issue - Vol. 91 Issue 14 | Chemical & Engineering News
▻http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i14/Engineered-Apples-Near-Approval.html

à quoi en est réduit l’argumentaire pro-#ogm :

Any parent will tell you, it’s hard to get a kid to eat an apple that’s turned brown. So one Canadian firm is using genetic engineering to turn the browning reaction off in Granny Smith and Golden Delicious apples, and the resulting fruit is close to clearing the last regulatory hurdles before it can be sold in U.S. grocery stores.

Making Rubber From Renewables | Chemical & Engineering News
►http://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i50/Making-Rubber-Renewables.html

The common #automobile tire contains rubber that’s extracted from latex-bearing trees and rubber that’s synthesized from petroleum feedstocks. Industrial biotechnology companies such as Genencor, Gevo, Amyris, and Genomatica want to give tire manufacturers a third option: biobased rubber ingredients made from sugar.

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