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The feel good factor

April 17, 2018
Feature
A painfully direct question from a paralyzed patient set Professor Samantha Butler on a path to understand the neurobiology of touch and how we might rebuild damaged sensory circuits to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Magnetic sense could lead to molecular manipulation

April 13, 2018
News
By understanding Magnetoreception - the ability of some animals to sense Earth’s magnetic field – a team of researchers is hoping to develop a new technique to control molecular processes.The...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Physiology, Zoology
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Study of ‘looping’ DNA reveals breast cancer link

April 12, 2018
News
Scientists have linked 110 genes to an increased risk of breast cancer in the most comprehensive study ever to unpick the genetics of the disease.The team from the Institute of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Clinical trial in record time

April 10, 2018
News
Clinical data specialists Clinithink have helped to achieve a Guinness World Record title for the Fastest genetic diagnosis.The project successfully compressed the time needed to diagnose rare genetic disorders in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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The bare-bones of hypergravity

April 9, 2018
News
A team of student biologists have been selected to take part to study the effect of hypergravity on bone development as apart of the in the European Space Agency’s Spin...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Biological Sciences, Physiology
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So near, yet so far

April 6, 2018
Insight
To PhD students and supervisors everywhere – it may be a very tough road, but help is at hand. Prey silence please… for the thesis whisperer I am the director...
Life Sciences
Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Mosquito larva

April 5, 2018
Insight
This image of Mosquito larva gave Charles Krebs of Issaquah in Washington image of distinction in the 43rd annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Environment, Focal Point
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Ribosome distribution key to programming cells

April 5, 2018
News
By controlling the distribution of bacterial ribosomes, synthetic biologists say they can program cells to produce new drugs.Led by work at the University of Warwick and University of Surrey, new research...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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The future character of medicine

March 23, 2018
Feature
Nanotechnology offers great promise for the improvement of the treatment of a number of diseases. However, access to the expertise and methodologies required to characterise new nanomaterials is limited. The...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Engineering, In Depth, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Evolved herbicide resistance driven by chemical usage

March 19, 2018
News
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have identified factors which are driving the evolution of herbicide resistance in crops – something which could also have an impact on medicine as...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany
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