Month: August 2015

Developmental Biologists Locate Source of Liver Stem Cells

  • August 20, 2015
The investigators at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA, USA) reported in the August 5, 2015, online edition of the journal Nature  that they had identified a population of proliferating and self-renewing cells adjacent to the central vein in the liver lobule that is responsible for the generation of liver cells (hepatocytes). Working with mice, investigators traced the […]
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SAARC Countries Acceded to Barter Agri- Technologies & Germ-plasm for Food Security in the Region

  • August 13, 2015
On Wednesday ,August 12, 2015; the meeting of the Governing Board of SAARC Agriculture Center (SAC) was held in Islamabad, at the headquarters of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), which was chaired by its Chairman, Gh. Rabani Haqiqatpal, Director Information Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Afghanistan. Among others, the meeting was attended by Member Director, Fisheries, BARC, Bangladesh, […]
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Sustainably enhancing agricultural production

  • August 7, 2015
Today, achieving sustainability in food grain production and food security in its totality continue to be a huge challenge for the world, especially for the developing countries. Soil erosion, water shortages, climate change and shrinking farmland pose serious threats to essential resources, while human needs continue to grow. By 2050, the world will have to […]
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07 Aug 15

Chimeric Drug Reduces Local Inflammation Without Causing General Immune Suppression

Investigators at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Beer Sheba, Israel) and the University of Colorado (Boulder, USA) created the chimeric drug by fusing the N-terminal peptide of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) to IL-1R antagonist (IL-1Ra), resulting in inactive IL-1Ra. Results published in the July 8, 2015, online edition of Journal of Immunology revealed that chimeric IL-1Ra reduced IL-1–mediated […]
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BELARUS JOIN HANDS WITH PAKISTAN TO SETUP AGRICULTURE MACHINERY PLANTS IN PAKISTAN

  • August 3, 2015
On Thursday, 30 July,2015; Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research , Skiandar Hayat khan Bosan presiding a meeting with four-member delegation of Belarus scientists along with Pakistan Agricultural Research Council(PARC) scientists at PARC, Islamabad. Belarus scientists have shown keen interest to establish agriculture industry in Pakistan to develop latest agriculture machinery with local […]
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