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Researchers create synthetic biopathway to turn agriculture waste into ‘green’ products

Process could enable biomanufacturing of 1 billion pounds of spandex each year

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have engineered a new synthetic biopathway that can more efficiently and cost-effectively turn agricultural waste, like corn stover and orange peels, into a variety of useful products ranging from spandex to chicken feed. (more…)

Mystery of 1918 Pandemic Flu Virus Solved by UA Researchers

By Guest PostMay 3, 2014Health, Science1918, algorithmus, bacterial infections, Economy, embryo development, fertilization treatment, financial products, genetic mutations, green products, kechun zhang, mario krenn, matthew sieber, melvin, michael worobey, mitochondrial activity, mystery, pneumonia, polycystic ovary syndrome, researcher, spandex, synthetic biopathway, tca cycle, ua researchers, university of arizona, world war

University of Arizona researcher Michael Worobey and his team have discovered that the key to understanding influenza pandemics may lie in flu exposure during childhood.

Just as the world was recovering from the devastation of World War I, another killer swept across the globe. A deadly flu virus attacked more than one-third of the world’s population, and within months had killed more than 50 million people – three times as many as the war – and had done it more quickly than any other illness in recorded history. (more…)

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Researchers create synthetic biopathway to turn agriculture waste into ‘green’ products

Mystery of 1918 Pandemic Flu Virus Solved by UA Researchers