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Climate change boosts banana disease

May 10, 2019
News
Climate change has been found to raise the risk of a fungal disease in banana crops. The University of Exeter found that higher temperatures and an increase in atmospheric moisture...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Microbiology
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Gene therapy regenerates heart tissue

May 9, 2019
News
A coding gene has been shown to regenerate cells in pig hearts, which may help repair structural damage caused by heart attacks. Cardiologists at King’s College London delivered a small...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Flea bacteria

May 9, 2019
Insight
This digitally colourised scanning electron microscopic image depicts a number of yellow _Yersinia pestis_bacteria.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Focal Point, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Medicines Discovery Catapult partners LifeArc for biomarker R&D

May 9, 2019
News
Medicines Discovery Catapult and LifeArc have announced partnerships to advance R&D in biomarker discovery and proteomics technology. The organisations will develop biomarkers that detect the safety of novel drug molecules...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Making a value judgement

May 7, 2019
Feature
Bioethics has become a global endeavour – and a good thing too says Catherine Joynson. As we push the boundaries of what we do with biology, we need to ask...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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A very fertile mind

May 3, 2019
Insight
Professor Simon Fishel worked with the team that created the first IVF baby in 1978 and with Nobel Prize winner Professor Sir Robert Edwards. His new book offers a glimpse...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Antimicrobial microrobots remove biofilms

May 3, 2019
News
Magnetic microrobots could offer an alternative to antibacterial drugs as a way of destroying biofilms on hard-to-reach surfaces of the tooth. Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania partnered with dentists...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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First US based human trial of CRISPR

May 1, 2019
News
The University of Pennsylvania has announced it has started the first formal US human trial using the technique. Two patients, one with multiple myeloma and one with sarcoma, both of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Proteomics & Genomics
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One at a time

April 29, 2019
Feature
Watching biological processes one molecule at a time is an incredibly difficult task… but it is getting easier says Dr Joanna Andrecka, and it could turn drug discovery on its...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Better tattoo be safe

April 25, 2019
Insight
As hipster cool reaches ‘peak-ink’ the scientific literature is awash with studies on the safety of tattoos, but wonders Russ Swan isn’t this all a bit late… and is there...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis
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