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Mosquitoes’ reproductive cycle potential drug target

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Mar 2016

US scientists are looking at ways to influence how mosquitoes mate to control the diseases they spr…

A map is worth a thousand words

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Feb 2016

Vibrational spectroscopy expert Dr Elizabeth Carter tells us how Raman mapping can help examine the…

When does ageing become disease?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Feb 2016

Our understanding of the molecular process of ageing is growing, as such our understanding of risk …

Antidepressants double suicide risk in children

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Feb 2016

Children and teenagers who take one of the five most commonly prescribed antidepressants have a dou…

Cholesterol reducing drug could positively affect Parkinson’s

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jan 2016

A trial has begun in the UK to see the effects of cholesterol lowering drug, Simvastin, in those af…

Swimming out from an evolutionary shadow

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2016

We hear how the humble turtle has been problematic to classify correctly in an evolutionary context…

Antibiotic resistance could hold key for treating amyloid diseases

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2016

Researchers have discovered a method of using antibiotic resistance to find chemicals that stop amy…

Antidepressants show effect on lifespan

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jan 2016

Scientists have begun to understand more about the effects of ageing through experiments on the lif…

Metformin affects diabetic trial studies

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Dec 2015

Metformin has been found to have a stronger effect on gut flora than diabetes Type 2, the condition…

Climbing to the cloud

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Dec 2015

Bioinformatics needs to change says Dr Thomas Connor and for that to happen we need to look to the …

A fascinating act of cellular cannibalism

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Dec 2015

After a century of observing strange acts of cellular cannibalism, Jo Durgan and Oliver Florey tell…

Protein found to affect HA efficacy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Dec 2015

Hyaluronic acid (HA), used to treat osteoarthritis, could be modified to become even more useful fo…

It simply isn’t cricket

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Nov 2015

It is well-established that parasites can affect the behaviour of their hosts, but can a parasitica…

The quantum weirdness powering biology

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Nov 2015

It allows particles to be in two places at once, pass through impenetrable barriers or maintain spo…

Touching the sky

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Oct 2015

Bats are amongst the most agile of fliers – but can it really be their sense of touch which is key …

Reaching out for the origins of life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Oct 2015

Evidence suggests meteorites could have been an important source of the prebiotic compounds require…

Characterising the future of medicine

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Oct 2015

Nanotechnology offers great promise for the improvement of the treatment of a number of diseases. H…

Novel therapies against parasitic diseases win Nobel Prize

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Oct 2015

A novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites has won William Campbell and Satos…

Better science with improved efficiency

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Sep 2015

Can laboratories really perform better science with improved efficiency and lower environmental imp…

MenB vaccination programme launched  

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Sep 2015

A new vaccination programme has been launched today which offers children protection against mening…