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Green Antarctica

September 10, 2012
News
Antarctica was once home to a warm rainforest dominated by palms and trees, and a mountain forest with beech and conifer trees.An international team of researchers have been studying this...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Paleobiology
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Protecting the heart against CO poisoning

September 7, 2012
News
A common anti-angina drug could help protect the heart against the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning. Researchers from the University of Leeds examined the effect of ranolazine in single cardiac...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Two diseases hiding under one umbrella

September 5, 2012
News
A rare but deadly disease of the circulatory system is not one but two diseases with different causes hiding under one umbrella say scientists investigating ANCA-associated vasculitis.A genome-wide association study...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology
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Shedding light on glowing butterfly wings

August 30, 2012
News
Some butterfly wings shimmer and shine, and an international team of researchers have discovered the secret behind this ability.Researchers were able to break the limit of light resolution at the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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New genes implicated in bone strength

August 30, 2012
News
Nine new genes determining bone strength have been discovered with a new and rapid functional screening approach, and could provide clues to human skeletal diseases. An international team of researchers...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Stroke treatment discovered

August 23, 2012
News
A 20-year investigation has uncovered a drug that can dramatically reduce the amount of brain damage in stroke victims.Researchers at the University of Manchester discovered that IL-1Ra was effective at...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Bloodstream scavenger stops deadly blood clots

August 22, 2012
News
A bloodstream scavenger which sweeps up the debris of damaged cells might stop the formation of deadly blood clots without triggering an equally threatening bleed.The compound – PAMAM G-3 –...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
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APOE4 Alzheimer’s risk probed

August 21, 2012
News
People carrying the Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 are more likely to develop the neurological disease because they have trouble clearing the amyloid plaques characteristic of the illness say researchers in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Target healthy tissue to treat cancer

August 20, 2012
News
Cancer treatments usually target the disease-causing tumour, but researchers in Belfast suggest targeting the non-cancerous cells around a tumour could be a more effective treatment. Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Oncology
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Bacteriophage therapy to treat Iraqibacter

August 6, 2012
News
A technique to counter infections last used in the 1930s could be used to treat wounded soldiers attacked by a superbug.Bacteriophage therapy uses otherwise harmless biological organisms to target a...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pathology
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