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Deep-brain light penetration goes wireless

March 6, 2018
News
A team from a Japanese research institute have found a way to penetrate deep brain structures with light – an important step for the development of optogenetics.Thomas McHugh, research group...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Taking the fight to TB

February 15, 2018
Insight
What is needed to beat TB is an approach that both takes it’s biochemical defences, but also avoids antibiotic resistance. No easy task, but Timur Avkiran – a _Royal Commission...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Systems biology goes public

February 15, 2018
Feature
A personalised approach to medicine based on systems biology can only happen if there is a huge change in the way we democratize data. Data silos have to be a...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Bacteria used to block dengue and Zika

February 15, 2018
News
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have found a bacterial strain which blocks dengue and Zika virus transmission from mosquitoes. The team show that a novel strain of the inherited bacteria...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Virology, Zoology
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Brain differences associated with epilepsy

February 14, 2018
News
Epilepsy is associated with thickness and volume differences in the grey matter of several brain regions, according to new research.The largest-ever neuroimaging study of people with epilepsy, led by UCL...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Funding to target G-proteins

February 13, 2018
News
Domainex, a privately-owned drug discovery services company, has been awarded funding to develop a new biophysical screening method for G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs).The company will receive £118,000 from the UK’s...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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UK company awarded for diagnostic breathalyzer

February 12, 2018
News
A UK diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for disease, has won a global award for its Breath Biopsy platform.As one of the three winners of the global Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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A distinctly combinatorial approach

February 12, 2018
Insight
As energy costs go up, will we be able to leverage the power of the sun to produce chemicals? Meet Dr Timothy Noël, who last year scooped the DECHEMA award...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Energy, Engineering, Interviews, Pharmaceutical
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Cancer deal struck with Merck

February 9, 2018
News
Cancer Research UK and The Institute of Cancer Research have announced a multi-project collaboration deal with Merck to discover and develop new anticancer drugs.The parties will collaborate on three independent research...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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T’is the season to be queasy

February 7, 2018
Feature
As the flu season continues to wreak havoc – with so-called ‘Aussie flu’ on the rampage _– we get to the science behind the headlines Influenza is a complicated and therefore...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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