All Biological Sciences


Fast-tracked Ebola vaccine to enter trials

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Aug 2014

A potential vaccine against the Zaire species of Ebola, which has currently claimed 1,550 lives in …

Epigenetic changes play role in Alzheimer’s

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Aug 2014

Researchers say they have amassed some of the strongest evidence yet to show that epigenetic change…

How Ebola blocks immune system

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Aug 2014

American researchers have developed a detailed map of the Ebola protein VP24, which has revealed ho…

Thin-film technique for delivering pain medication

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Aug 2014

For those who suffer chronic pain, frequent pill popping helps ease the discomfort but a new advanc…

Treating cancer with wasp venom

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Aug 2014

Wasp venom is proving to be a novel source of inspiration for a new therapy for breast cancer.!--mo…

Potential BRCA3 found

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Aug 2014

A third gene related to breast cancer risk has been identified by an international team of research…

Vitamin D-dementia link confirmed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Aug 2014

A link between vitamin D and dementia risk has been confirmed by an international team of researche…

New clue to sudden cardiac death in children

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Aug 2014

Cardiff University researchers have discovered a cause of sudden cardiac death in young children, o…

Speedier diagnosis using new genomic mapping technique

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Aug 2014

Canadian researchers have developed a technique for massive parallel genomic analysis of long DNA m…

Daily aspirin could keep cancer away

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Aug 2014

Taking aspirin daily could significantly reduce the risk of developing major cancers of the digesti…

New non-coding RNA discovered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Aug 2014

A new species of non-coding RNA has been discovered by researchers in Germany, who believe these se…

Underinvestment in antibacterial research

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Aug 2014

Less than 1% of public and charitable funding from bodies in the UK was awarded to antibiotics rese…

Cell division ‘master key’ protein structure revealed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Jul 2014

One of the most important proteins found in nature has been mapped by scientists from the Institute…

Malaria research close to understanding parasite lifecycle

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jul 2014

A Nottingham researcher who had malaria seven times as a child is close to understanding the life-c…

Self-assembling nanoparticle could aid cancer diagnosis

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Jul 2014

A new self-assembling nanoparticle which targets cancerous tumours could boost the effectiveness of…

Control protein switch found

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Jul 2014

Research from Dundee has revealed how a complex protein pivotal in the development of cancer, autoi…

Doing the walk of life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jul 2014

For 50 million years, animals have used the same food foraging techniques suggests research from th…

Hope for sufferers of rare childhood disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jul 2014

Scientists as Newcastle University have taken the first step toward treating the rare childhood dis…

Svalbard reindeer numbers on the rise

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jul 2014

In an unexpected twist, climate change is having a positive effect on the Norwegian reindeers of Sv…

Glacial microbes affect albedo

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jul 2014

Microbes drastically reduce the surface reflectivity of glaciers and have a non-negligible impact o…