All Biological Sciences
The problem with PCR...
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Apr 2017
Nothing less than a total reimagining of how we perform PCR was the starting point for inventor Ger…
First active TB test created
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Apr 2017
Scientists from three American universities have developed the first rapid test to diagnose active …
Breakthrough raises hope for anti-ageing drug
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Apr 2017
Scientists have identified part of a molecular process that enables cells to repair DNA damage, rai…
Is this the dawn of the groupOME?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Apr 2017
Can the genome of the people around us really have a direct influence on our own health? Amelie Bau…
Leap forward made in synthetic biology
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2017
An international team of more than 200 researchers have made significant progress in building an or…
Discovery prompts evolutionary history rethink
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Mar 2017
The discovery of fossilised algae suggests that advanced multicellular life evolved much earlier th…
Antibiotics linked to bee population dive
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Mar 2017
The mystery around increasing bee deaths and colony collapse disorder may be linked to antibiotics.
Who’d win a fight between Godzilla and a T. rex?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Mar 2017
Following on from How Many Moons Does the Earth Have? Popular science writer Brian Clegg is back wi…
Berry aids brain function improvement
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Mar 2017
Concentrated blueberry juice has been found to improve brain function in the elderly, according to …
A taste for understanding
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Mar 2017
As consumers become ever more label savvy, demand for foods with fewer ingredients is growing – but…
A right royal success
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Mar 2017
Following a fellowship award from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Alice Hagan set …
The eyes have it for deep sea squid’s survival
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Feb 2017
The first behavioural evidence for why a deep sea squid has developed an ocular oddity has been col…
Less is more for the gatekeeper of oncology
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Feb 2017
Late last year Dr Tony Ocasio discovered a first generation cancer inhibitor. Here he talks about t…
How’s your game?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Feb 2017
Reliable, precise and trusted – however, a pipette performs only as well as the operator’s techniqu…
Ruling in CRISPR patent battle
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Feb 2017
As a key verdict in the legal battle over exploitation of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology is handed down…
An instrument-free future?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Feb 2017
Molecular diagnostics requires dedicated equipment and electricity – this can present a barrier to…
Optogenetics breakthrough achieved in Japan
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Feb 2017
Light has been successfully used by a Japanese researcher to manipulate gene expression to produce …
The prognosis of UK pathology services
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Feb 2017
NHS pathology laboratories are under immense pressure to do more with less or face closure. Yet it …
Tissue reuse scheme expanding its reach
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Feb 2017
The University of Leeds is leading a scheme to reduce the number of animals needed for biomedical r…
Let’s get real
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jan 2017
The humble petri dish has been a stalwart of the lab for as long as cells have been cultured – but …
