All Biological Sciences


Separating the plant genome

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Nov 2014

A new approach to separating plant nuclear DNA from organellar DNA could speed up DNA sequencing an…

TB or not TB? How NGS will win the battle against drug-resistance

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2014

The stats on TB are deeply worrying: one–third of the world's current population has been infected …

Single mutation disrupts morphology of sexual organs

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2014

A single mutation in a gene coding for a protein deeply involved in developmental and homeostatic p…

On the move; new device follows metastasis

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2014

Cancer researchers have got an unprecedented microscopic look at metastasis thanks to a new device …

A quartet of proteomic surprises…

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2014

The draft map of the Human proteome is just the beginning of our understanding of the incredible co…

HIV’s surprising structure

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Nov 2014

The building blocks of the immature human immunodeficiency virus are arranged in a surprising way s…

Stretch-sensitive protein causes foetal membrane rupture

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Nov 2014

Premature rupture of the foetal membrane is the result of stretch-sensitive protein suggests resear…

Huddle! Cells secret communication clusters

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Oct 2014

Cells cluster together to communicate within restricted groups, just like a sports team huddle disc…

Step closer to stem cell treatment for diabetes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Oct 2014

Using embryonic stem cells as a starting point, Harvard researchers have produced human insulin-pro…

Genetic mutation prevents weight gain on high-sugar diet

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Oct 2014

A team of researchers from the University of Southern California have found a way to suppress the o…

Jumping spiders’ visual system revealed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Oct 2014

Scientists have solved one of the toughest problems in spider biology – how the arachnids’ visual s…

Precursor to life created in virtual lab

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Oct 2014

A virtual molecular laboratory has created a possible precursor to life say Danish scientists, whic…

CD8 T cells in in for the long haul

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Oct 2014

Like soldiers trained for a specific mission, CD8 T cells become tuned to fighting an exact pathoge…

Liquid DNA behind virus attacks

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Oct 2014

New studies show viruses convert their DNA into liquid form to be injected into host cells, finding…

Floppy proteins linked to ALS

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Oct 2014

A loss of protein stability has been linked to muscle-destroying disease amyotrophic lateral sclero…

‘Breadcrumb trail’ helps melanoma spread

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Oct 2014

Just like Hansel and Gretel followed the trail of breadcrumbs to the witch’s house, melanoma cells …

Parkinson’s gut origin given boost

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Oct 2014

A disputed hypothesis which pinpoints the gut as the origin of Parkinson’s disease has gained suppo…

New type of stem cell discovered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Oct 2014

The naïve-like stem cell – a type so elusive it was thought not to exist – has been found by scient…

Lipid membrane ink gives nanometre resolution

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Oct 2014

Lipid membranes have been used as a biological ‘ink’ to draw in the nanometre region in a new techn…

‘Perfect storm’ led to spread of HIV

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Oct 2014

A ‘perfect storm’ led to the global spread of the HIV pandemic, which has its roots in Kinshasa, th…