Antibiotic Resistance Inherent in the Soil
All of our naturally derived antibiotics come from the ground, or more specifically the organisms that live in the ground. It’s estimated that there are...
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The Hunt is Still on For New Antibiotics
We recently had a post about the issues we’re facing due to our overuse of specific antibiotics, namely Cephalosporins. The overuse of these and similar...
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Enhancing the Inhibition of Cancer Cells
Autophagy is a very complicated process when it comes to cancer. In general, autophagy isn’t complicated at all. It is a highly conserved process in...
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Circumventing Antibiotic Resistance
Aminoglycosides are one of the largest and most common classes of antibiotics we use on a daily basis. The founding member of this group, Streptomycin,...
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Antibiotic Fall from Grace
It’s extremely well known that our antibiotics are failing us. Alexander Fleming noticed it from the very beginning. Improper use of antibacterial agents leads to...
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Does My Chemical's Purity Really Matter?
One of the questions we receive from time to time at GoldBio is whether purity really matters when it comes to chemicals. We can understand...
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Tuberculosis-Luciferase Reporter Gene
Tuberculosis is a common, and often lethal, infectious disease which has circulated since the dawn of mankind. It is caused by the bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis;...
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Luciferin Illuminates Progression of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Cancer
In the world of cancer, in which the word ‘frightening’ takes on entirely new perspectives, perhaps none is more frightening than brain cancer. Although brain...
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Bioluminscence Imaging (BLI) in Cardiac Regeneration
Once upon a time, I had an art teacher who gave me some of the best advice I have ever received. As I was laboring...
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Triple Bioluminescense – Luciferin, Coelenterazine and now Vargulin
Before, beside us, and aboveThe firefly lights his lamp of love.”by Bishop Reginald Heber Bioluminescence is one of the premier tools that scientists have in...
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Glowing Plants and Kickstarter - Where Science and Public Funding Meet
Earlier this month a very unique and very successful Kickstarter campaign wrapped up. If you haven’t heard of it by now, kickstarter.com is a crowd...
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First there was the iPod, then the iPhone, the iMac and the iPad…now featuring iGLuc!
If you’re anything like me (geek that I am), every new technological device tends to get your blood pumping and invokes an involuntary reflex to...
