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Sky Valley Georgia (PRWEB) August 10, 2014 Natural Biology, a leading formulator of organic supplements, released the latest version of its product Vintage Resveratrol 100%. The new version includes improvements in processing from its California based labs. According to Steve Bruner, founder and president of Natural Biology, We are as excited today as we were eight years ago when we first introduced the product. In nature, not all things are equal; some are superior and proven by science. The compound has been studied for more than 10 years, mainly by Japanese universities, who report its effectiveness as more than 10 times higher than its popular supplements. A number of clinical studies have indicated its health benefits, including stamina, blood sugar and weight management. Natural Biology extracts the composite from French Red Wine Grapes, using modern and safe methods. This process protects the natural synergies found within the grapes skin, pulp and seeds, and isolates no less than 5% trans-resveratrol, the active ingredient found in the naturally-occurring compound. Most of the United States market for resveratrol comes from the traditional Chinese plant polygonum cuspidatum sometimes referred to as Japanese knotweed where many of the companies involved offer 20% extracted polygonum cuspidatum … Continue reading →

The Pen Test - Biology The exploitation of ecological systems to affect biological systems funded by military-industrial-media systems are abstracted into cascading, overlapping sequences, and fixed-note arpeggiators,... By: The Pen Test … Continue reading →

Dr. John Aitchison, professor at Institute for Systems Biology Dr. John Aitchison, professor at Institute for Systems Biology, presented a "systems biology 101" talk to a group of high school educators participating in the Systems Biology Summer Academy... By: Institute Systems Biology … Continue reading →

#F1000Talks: Elasmobranch Biology Conservation The importance of elasmobranchs, the group comprising sharks, skates and rays, is indisputable several play essential roles as marine apex predators, many are of commercial value and some... By: F1000Research … Continue reading →

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 8-Aug-2014 Contact: Tiffany Fox tfox@ucsd.edu 858-246-0353 University of California - San Diego The University of California, San Diego's Nanofabrication Cleanroom Facility (Nano3) is the first institution to obtain a novel FEI Scios dual-beam microscope, with an adaptation for use at cryogenic temperatures. The new microscope will enable research among a highly diverse user base, ranging from materials science to structural and molecular biology. As Nano3 Technical Director Bernd Fruhberger explains: "There is a tremendous interest in utilizing this instrument among faculty from multiple departments. The Departments of Nanoengineering, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemistry, Physics and Biology at UC San Diego all have projects in need of this tool, and have been actively involved in making the procurement of the tool a reality. "The instrument provides state-of-the-art capabilities for cross-sectioning, preparation of sections for Transmission Electron Microscopy and more," he adds, "but what truly differentiates it is the novel cryo-capability, which will make it possible for cell biologists to see the structures of biological cells in higher resolution to better understand how cells function at a molecular level. This could possibly pave the way for new treatments and drug discovery." Elizabeth Villa, a new … Continue reading →

16 hours ago A 3-D visualization of fluorescently-labeled brain cells within an intact brain tissue. Through the use of this novel whole-body clearing and staining method, researchers can make an organisms tissues transparentallowing them to look through the tissues of an organism for specific cells that have been labeled or stained.Credit: Bin Yang and Viviana Gradinaru/Caltech (Phys.org) In general, our knowledge of biologyand much of science in generalis limited by our ability to actually see things. Researchers who study developmental problems and disease, in particular, are often limited by their inability to look inside an organism to figure out exactly what went wrong and when. Now, thanks to techniques developed at Caltech, scientists can see through tissues, organs, and even an entire body. The techniques offer new insight into the cell-by-cell makeup of organismsand the promise of novel diagnostic medical applications. "Large volumes of tissue are not optically transparentyou can't see through them," says Viviana Gradinaru, an assistant professor of biology at Caltech and the principal investigator whose team has developed the new techniques, which are explained in a paper appearing in the journal Cell. Lipids throughout cells provide structural support, but they also prevent light from passing through the … Continue reading →

The development of increasingly sophisticated techniques and tools to sequence, synthesize and manipulate genetic material has led to the rapidly maturing discipline of synthetic biology. To date, work in synthetic biology has focused primarily on manipulating individual species of domesticated organisms to perform specific tasks, such as producing medicines or fuels. These species tend to be both relatively fragile (requiring precise environmental conditions to survive) and relatively unstable (subject to losing their engineered advantages through genetic attrition or recombination). The costs of maintaining required environmental controls and detecting and compensating for genetic alterations are substantial and severely limit the widespread application of synthetic biology to U.S. national security missions. To help address these challenges, DARPA has created the Biological Robustness in Complex Settings (BRICS) program. BRICS seeks to develop the fundamental understanding and component technologies needed to increase the biological robustness and stability of engineered organisms while maintaining or enhancing the safe application of those organisms in complex biological environments. The goal is to create the technical foundation for future engineered biological systems to achieve greater biomedical, industrial and strategic potential. "By making these systems more robust, stable and safe, BRICS seeks to harness the full range of capabilities at … Continue reading →