All Biological Sciences
Longitude Prize open for entries
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Nov 2014
The Longitude Prize to tackle resistance to antibiotics has opened today, 18 November.!--more-- En…
Controlling genes with your thoughts
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Nov 2014
Scientists have developed a mind-control system that allows a person to switch on genes in mice thr…
Eyespots deter predatory attack
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Nov 2014
Many butterflies use colouration and patterns to avoid attacks from predators, protecting their mos…
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…
