MU researcher uses bacteria to make radioactive metals inert

Scientist is studying bacteria that could clean contaminated water bodies across the US

10-Sep-2009 - The Lost Orphan Mine below the Grand Canyon hasn't produced uranium since the 1960s, but radioactive residue still contaminates the area. Cleaning the region takes an expensive process that is only done in extreme cases, but Judy Wall, a biochemistry professor at the University of Missouri ...

Researchers boost production of biofuel that could replace gasoline

21-Aug-2009 - Engineers at Ohio State University have found a way to double the production of the biofuel butanol, which might someday replace gasoline in automobiles. The process improves on the conventional method for brewing butanol in a bacterial fermentation tank. Normally, bacteria could only produce a ...

Tobacco plants yield the first vaccine for the dreaded 'cruise ship virus'

20-Aug-2009 - Scientists have used a new vaccine production technology to develop a vaccine for norovirus. Sometimes called the "cruise ship virus," this microbe can spread like wildfire through passenger liners, schools, offices and military bases. The new vaccine is unique in its origin — it was ...

GE Healthcare Acquires Wave Biotech LLC

Broadening Capabilities in Growing Biopharmaceutical Manufacture Segment

18-Apr-2007 - GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, announced it has acquired Wave Biotech LLC, a supplier of disposable manufacturing technologies for the biopharmaceutical industry. The acquisition of Wave Biotech LLC including its subsidiary Wave Europe Pvt. Ltd. shall allow GE Healthcare to ...

Innogenetics completes and strengthens top management

14-Sep-2005 - Innogenetics announced that it has appointed several new members of the Management Committee to further reinforce its management team. These new appointments include Ingrid De Wilde who has been appointed as Vice-President Human Resources; Wolfgang Seidel, who joined the Company as Vice-President ...