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Will carbon dioxyde shorten our lifespan?
Not entirely far-fetched. A
remarkable study published in PLoS Biology shows that the destruction
of a carbon dioxyde receptor in Drosophila flies shortens their lifespan
considerably. A link between longevity and the nervous system of
animals has been firmly established for some time, raising questions
about the role of gazeous compounds in triggering responses for survival.
Yet another effect of carbon dioxyde, far from greenhouse effects,
but that may have had an important role in the past on the way the
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Sulfur metabolism in
plants. The
8th International Plant Sulfur Workshop entitled "Sulfur Metabolism
in Plants: Mechanisms and Application to Food Security and Responses to
Climate Change" will jointly be organized by the University of Melbourne,
Australia and the University of Groningen, The Netherlands and will be
held in the Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne,
Water Street, Creswick, Victoria 3363, Australia, November 22 - 27, 2010. |
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Dimethylsulfone, an anticancer drug?
A group of scientists
from the University of Connecticut have studied this common compound, often
found in plants, and have found a very strong antimetastatic effect of
the compound. |
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A
marine bacterium at the rind of soft cheese. The
exploration of the bacterial flora of the rind of soft cheese
Livarot has uncovered the presence of a completely unexpected
bacterium, Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis, the model
of which is found
in Antarctica! this is understandable if one remembers
that this bacterium grows extremely rapidly at low temperature
(appropriate for cheese ripening), and that it stands high
salt concentrations: Livarot is a rind salt-washed cheese. Int
J Food Microbiol. |
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A word by the chairman |
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August 2011
AMAbiotics' laboratory is moving to new premises:
building G1 (Genoscope), where it will be close to the National Sequencing
Centre in Evry (France).
July 2011
AMAbiotics participates with the Beijing Genome Institute
in the identification of the pathogenic features of the O104:H4 deadly
outbreak. The paper is published in the New
England Journal of Medicine.
February 2011
After one Year: - Happy Year of the Rabbit
December 2010
The core molecule developed by AMAbiotics is devoid
of acute toxicity at a concentration 10,000 times the effective concentration
April 2010
The laboratory moved in at the Genopole in Evry (Genavenir
8)
March 2010
Creation of Symplectic Biology, an open access journal in systems and
synthetic biology
Reconstructing life opens up new avenues to understand ageing processes,
a central topic in the activity of AMAbiotics.
February 2010
Happy Year of the Tiger!
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