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BMC Biotechnology 2012, 12:6Engineered T cells against leukemia
Marko Radic discusses recent advances in cancer immunotherapy, whereby cytotoxic T cells from patients with leukemia are turned into efficient and specific killers of their own cancer cells.
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BMC Biotechnology 2011, 11:123Bacterial protein detects enteric viruses
A broad spectrum virus-binding protein derived from the bacterial chaperon protein GroEL and able to bind rotavirus, norovirus and poliovirus, could be used to detect diverse enteric viruses simultaneously in water and fecal samples.
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BMC Biotechnology 2011, 11:82Transgenic bacteria clean up mercury
Engineered bacteria expressing the heavy metal scavenging molecules metallothionein or polyphosphate kinase are resistant to mercury and can detoxify their environment by accumulating most of the toxic element, which could be subsequently recycled for further industrial applications.
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BMC Biotechnology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the manipulation of biological macromolecules or organisms for use in experimental procedures, cellular and tissue engineering or in the pharmaceutical, agricultural biotechnology and allied industries.
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Antibody degradation in tobacco plants: a predominantly apoplastic process
BMC Biotechnology 2011, 11:128 (30 December 2011)
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