• Archive: Biotechnology

    • Biotechnology 2010 Research Highlights

      • Drug discovery: Drug search

        Timon Chengyi Liu

        Published online: 06 October 2010 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2010.106

        Original article citation:

        Zhao, S. & Li, S. Network-based relating pharmacological and genomic spaces for drug target identification. PLoS ONE 5, e11764 (2010).

      • Neonatology: Saving preemies

        Felix Cheung

        Published online: 06 October 2010 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2010.111

        Original article citation:

        Ng, P. C. et al. Host-response biomarkers for diagnosis of late-onset septicemia and necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants. J. Clin. Invest. doi:10.1172/jci40196 (2010).

      • Nanomedicine: A question of manhood

        Felix Cheung

        Published online: 01 September 2010 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2010.102

        Original article citation:

        Bai, Y. et al. Repeated administrations of carbon nanotubes in male mice cause reversible testis damage without affecting fertility. Nature Nanotechnol. doi:10.1038/nnano.2010.153 (2010).

      • Biophysics: Penetration testing Open !

        Felix Cheung

        Published online: 04 August 2010 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2010.93

        Original article citation:

        Yang, K. & Ma, Y. Q. Computer simulation of the translocation of nanoparticles with different shapes across a lipid bilayer. Nature Nanotechnol. doi:10.1038/nnano.2010.141 (2010).

      • Food biotechnology: Good milk, bad milk Open !

        Felix Cheung

        Published online: 07 July 2010 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2010.74

        Original article citation:

        Chen, X. et al. Identification and characterisation of microRNAs in raw milk during different periods of lactation, commercial fluid, and powdered milk products. Cell Res. doi:10.1038/cr.2010.80 (2010).

      • Genetic engineering: Cotton bugs

        Felix Cheung

        Published online: 07 July 2010 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2010.75

        Original article citation:

        Lu, Y. et al. Mirid bug outbreaks in multiple crops correlated with wide-scale adoption of Bt cotton in China. Science doi:10.1126/science.1187881 (2010).

      • Virology: Influenza virus has a new weak spot Open !

        Felix Cheung

        Published online: 07 July 2010 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2010.76

        Original article citation:

        Kao, R. Y. et al. Identification of influenza A nucleoprotein as an antiviral target. Nature Biotechnol. doi:10.1038/nbt.1638 (2010).

      • Epigenetics: Few and far between

        Felix Cheung

        Published online: 02 June 2010 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2010.68

        Original article citation:

        Xiang, H. et al. Single base-resolution methylome of the silkworm reveals a sparse epigenomic map. Nature Biotechnol. doi:10.1038/nbt.1626 (2010).

      • Evolutionary virology: A viral fungicide

        Felix Cheung

        Published online: 05 May 2010 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2010.61

        Original article citation:

        Yu, X. et al. A geminivirus-related DNA mycovirus that confers hypovirulence to a plant pathogenic fungus. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 55, 1150–1156 (2010).

      • Nanomedicine: Activate your immune system

        Felix Cheung

        Published online: 17 March 2010 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2010.36

        Original article citation:

        Yang, D. et al. [Gd@C82(OH)22]n nanoparticles induce dendritic cell maturation and activate Th1 immune responses. ACS Nano 4, 1178–1186 (2010).

      • Behavioural neuroscience: You must remember this Open !

        Felix Cheung

        Published online: 10 March 2010 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2010.32

        Original article citation:

        Shuai, Y. et al. Forgetting is regulated through Rac activity in Drosophila. Cell 140, 579–589 (2010).

      • Stem cells: Vitamin boost Open !

        Felix Cheung

        Published online: 13 January 2010 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2010.1

        Original article citation:

        Esteban, M. A. et al. Vitamin C enhances the generation of mouse and human induced pluripotent stem cells. Cell Stem Cell doi:10.1016/j.stem.2009.12.001 (2010).

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