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The necrosome and the killer zombie proteins

January 28, 2019
As cell biologists gets to grips with the relatively recent discovery of non-apoptotic programmed cell death and the fact that its dysfunction can lead to disease, Dr Emma Petrie takes...

New AMR strategy revamps drug payment model

January 24, 2019
The UK government has revealed its new action plan for controlling antimicrobial resistance.NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) will explore a new payment model...

3D printed implant repairs spinal cords

January 23, 2019
A 3D-printed implant loaded with neural stem cells has been used to repair severe spinal cord injuries in rats.Researchers at the University of California printed 2mm-sized implants in 1.6 seconds....

Liquid gold

January 21, 2019
Seventy years ago, a research paper published in France went almost unnoticed, but its findings led to a £250 billion global market in cancer testing. Dermot Martin brings us up...

CRISPR reengineered to block other proteins

January 17, 2019
Gene editing tool CRISPR has been repurposed as a gene blocker in order to study antimicrobial resistance.CRISPR is a gene-editing tool that targets DNA of interest and changes the nucleotide...

GE Healthcare brings purification tech to Stevenage

January 17, 2019
GE Healthcare has announced a new biotechnology-manufacturing centre in Stevenage.   The centre, based at Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Open Innovation Campus, will start producing a fibre-based purification platform in the first half...

Porous material changes structure like a protein

January 15, 2019
A newly developed synthesised material can change its structure to carry out specific chemical processes, much like a protein.Using a combination of experimental and computational techniques, University of Liverpool researchers...

A very complex disturbance

January 14, 2019
Given what we know about how impactful humans have been on the environment, the idea that we actually influence natural selection doesn’t seem controversial. But the truth could well be...

Swirling bacterium

January 9, 2019
Individual bacteria and biofilms can generate currents strong enough to draw distant nutrients, according to a Stanford University team. As a single bacterium swims forward, it creates a tiny current...

Seasonal kissing and unfortunate penguins

January 7, 2019
So that’s it then. That was the season to be jolly, and now the thick grey coat of January threatens to envelop our mood.  But, if you’ll excuse our stubbornness,...

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