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Protein storage and transportation breakthrough

May 11, 2017
News
Researchers from the Universities of Bath and Newcastle have created a new method to ensure vaccines can be stored and transported without refrigeration.
Life Sciences
Immunology
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Protein enables scientists to convert skin to blood vessels

May 10, 2017
News
A molecular switch has been identified that converts skin cells into cells found in blood vessels, raising hopes of aiding heart disease sufferers.
Life Sciences
Developmental Biology
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Pac-Man like CRISPR enzymes discovered

May 9, 2017
News
New CRISPR enzymes have been found that could be used as sensitive detectors for infectious viruses.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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New non-animal toxicity test

May 9, 2017
News
Researchers in Sweden have developed a method to reduce the need for animals in toxicological testing.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Inside the head of a manipulator

May 9, 2017
Insight
Parasitism is well known, but what happens when the parasite becomes the parasitised? Dr Kelly Weinersmith explains her work with Dr Scott Egan on the oddity of hypermanipulation
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Interviews
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What came first, the sponge or the comb jelly?

May 4, 2017
News
Scientists have reignited a zoology debate by claiming the earliest branch of the animal family tree was not sponges but instead marine invertebrates called comb jellies.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Marine Biology
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Human brain

May 2, 2017
Insight
This spectacular image of the human brain has been made with a combination of hand drawing, neuroscientific data, algorithmic simulation of neural circuitry, photolithography, strategic lighting design, and gilding.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Focal Point, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Astrocytes’ effect on internal clock discovered

April 25, 2017
News
Astrocytes, the star shaped cells that surround neurons, have been found to influence the body’s internal clock more than previously thought.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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New hydrophobic product created

April 24, 2017
News
A new self-healing, water-repellent coating has been developed that could be used on a much wider range of surfaces than currently available.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Biochemistry, Chemistry, Materials Science
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New cocktail encourages stem cell diversification

April 18, 2017
News
A team of international scientists have discovered a chemical cocktail that enables stem cells to regrow any type of tissue. The study highlights how totipotent and omnipotent stem cells can...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology
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