Since Gregor Mendel discovered the gene, scientists have sought to unravel the intricacies of life’s blueprint—the genetic code. Today, insights into molecular biology and genetic engineering fuel biotechnology, an industry promising to touch every aspect of human life. Already, biotechnology has enabled major advances in medical therapeutics and diagnostics, and has spawned complex new fields ...

cancer cells Shun-Fa Yang, Mu-Kuan Chen, Yih-Shou Hsieh, Tsung-Te Chung, Yi-Hsien Hsieh, Chiao-Wen Lin, Jen-Liang Su, Ming-Hsui Tsai and Chih-Hsin Tang* Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital...

1 Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University Medical School, Naples, Italy; 2 CEINGE-Advanced Biotechnologies, Naples, Italy; 3 Department of Sciences and Technologies, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy; 4 Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; 5 De...

1 Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2 Drug Design and Bioinformatics Unit, Medical Biotechnology Department, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. 3 Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. 4 Department of Statistics and Actuarial S...

Guenter P. Resch,1,5 Marlene Brandstetter,1 Angela M. Pickl-Herk,2 Lisa Königsmaier,3 Veronika I. Wonesch,1,4 and Edit Urban3 IMP-IMBA-GMI Electron Microscopy Facility, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, 1030 Vienna, Austria Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, 1030 Vienna, Austria University of Applied Sciences ...

Moitza Principe1,2, Paola Cappello1,2,3 and Francesco Novelli1,2,3,4* 1Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), Azienda Universitaria Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy 2Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Italy 3Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Italy 4Imunogenetics and Trans...

alzheimer’s disease (ad), the leading cause of dementia worldwide, is an irreversible progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cognitive impairment and functional disability 1-3. devastating nature of ad leads to serious social and economic impacts on the healthcare systems which implies the necessity of its proper management 1-3. it has been demonstrated that patients’ quality o...

Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 1000239 Biochem Anal Biochem ISSN: 2161-1009 Biochem, an open access journal *Corresponding author: Marwa Muhammad Abu-Serie, Medical Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg El Arab, Alexandria, Egypt, Tel: +2034593422; Fax: +2034593407; E-mail: marwael...

Johanna Ivaska, Karoliina Vuoriluoto, Tuomas Huovinen, Ichiro Izawa, Masaki Inagaki and Peter J Parker* VTT Technical Research Centre for Finland, Medical Biotechnology and University of Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Turku, Finland, Division of Biochemistry, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan and Protein Phosphorylation Laboratory, London Research Institu...

ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Received 22 November 2010 Accepted 7 February 2011 Available online 11 April 2011 Examples of interand intramolecular direct co-functioning of lectins and enzymes are summarized. The data indicate importance of lectin-enzyme relationships in molecular and clinical microbiology and medical biotechnology. Lectin-enzyme relationships have extended prospects i...