Day: 10. May 2013

Morishita Jintan to offer encapsulated microorganisms for rare metal recovery

The technology aims at recovery of rare metals from electronics and car manufacturing sites. The individual capsules are 2-3 cm in diameter and into devices 1.9 meters long, 1.4 meters wide, 1.9 meters high, connected to the factory’s wastewater treatment equipment. After water is bubbled through the columns, microorganisms will absorb the rare metal. Finally, […]

Team around RIKEN Institute of Molecular Sciences tags gene responsible for a wide range of hereditary bone, joint and cartilage diseases

The team of Dr Shiro IKEGAWA, in collaboration with several university groups, identified the human gene B3GALT6 as the cause of a wide range of hereditary anomalies in bone, joint and cartilage formation. The gene product, an enzyme, is involved in the bio synthesis of a glycosaminoglycans (GAG) linker region in the sugar chains of […]

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