The Application of Metabolic Pathways on Biotechnology
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UCLA Engineers Develop New Metabolic Pathways to More Efficiently Convert Sugars into Biofuels!
UCLA chemical engineering researchers have created a new synthetic metabolic pathway for breaking down glucose that could lead to a 50 percent increase in the production of biofuels. The new pathway is intended to replace the natural metabolic pathway known as...
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineers-develop-new-sugar-248452.aspx
Altered Metabolic Pathway In ER-Negative Breast Cancer May Provide New Target for Treatment!
Researchers in the emerging field of cancer metabolism have found an altered metabolic pathway in ER-negative breast cancers that could open the door to new treatments for a type of breast cancer that currently has...
Salt-loving microbe forges its own path!
The evolutionary progression of a multistep metabolic pathway process in plants over time.
The lighting up of a neural pathway. Pharmaceuticals and drugs utilize these pathways to transfer their effects onto the body. Click on the link provided to learn more about the various drugs that affect these neural pathways!
The world is this amazingly grand arena where all matters of life are interconnected. The tremendous leaps taken within the pharmaceutical, technological, and agricultural world are due to a remarkable network of systems in which the organism's body is able to sustain life and perform the daily nececssities required to function properly. Let us explore these networks simply referred to as - Metabolic Pathways.
Click on the images below to learn more about how the knowledge of metabolic pathways has lead to the development of these applications of Biotechnology! Or click on the 'Applications' tab for more information!
Video: An enzyme moving through one of the body's metabolic pathways!
Two alternative pathways have been described by which microorganisms, including ancient bacteria, convert acetyl-CoA into the building blocks of sugar — the glyoxylate cycle and the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway. The latter was discovered just four years ago.Now, a research team based in Germany has found that a microbe that thrives in salty settings is...
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110120/full/news.2011.36.html
Video: A tracker that utilizes the metabolic pathways in the body in order to gauge the individual's metabolic rate during various activities.
Video: A short seminar regarding the targeted metabolic pathways required to treat various forms of cancer.