Bioenergy Plants: Hopes, Concerns and Prospectives

Synthetic Genomics and Synthetic Biology Applications Between Hopes and Concerns

New organisms and biological systems designed to satisfy human needs are among the aims of synthetic genomics and synthetic biology. Synthetic biology seeks to model and construct biological components, functions and organisms that do not exist in nature or to redesign existing biological systems to perform new functions. Synthetic genomics, on the other hand, encompasses technologies for the g...

Interventional therapy for resistant hypertension: new hopes and old concerns!

Hypertension contributes to 62% of all strokes and 49% of all cases of heart disease and is the most prevalent controllable disease in developed countries, affecting 20–50% of adult population [1]. Nevertheless, it has been estimated that only 5–30% of patients with hypertension achieve adequate blood pressure control [2], with challenges to obtain target values mainly ascribed to insufficient ...

"Reirradiation: hopes and concerns of the radiation oncologist".

Bioenergy plants in the United States and China.

The emerging bio-economies of the US and China hinge on the development of dedicated bioenergy feedstocks that will increase the production of next-generation biofuels and bioproducts. While biofuels might have less eventual importance than bioproducts, transportation needs for both countries require increasingly more biofuels to be produced in the coming decades. The US Renewable Fuels Standar...

Reflections and Prospectives

Intellectual challenges and opportunities for mathematics are greater than ever. The role of mathematics in society continues to grow; with this growth comes new opportunities and some growing pains; each will be