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EU drive to increase expertise on chemical effects on humans

January 5, 2017
News
An EU-backed study is to begin this month to increase the number of researchers able to assess the impact of chemicals on the human endocrine system.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Chemistry
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Nerve endings in cornea

January 4, 2017
Insight
An image of nerve endings in the cornea, modified by Atat1 (yellow), a molecule which affects the flexibility of cells throughout the body.
Life Sciences
Focal Point, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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New dinosaur tribes named

January 4, 2017
News
Scientists have named two new clades, or tribes, of horned dinosaurs based on fossils collected in the United States and Canada.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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New DNA analysis method reveals plant immunity

December 22, 2016
News
A new, improved method to capture longer fragments of DNA will allow researchers to understand more about the genes that provide plants with immunity to disease.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology
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First ‘off-switches’ discovered for CRISPR/Cas9 technique

December 15, 2016
News
Researchers have discovered three naturally occurring proteins that can modulate the gene editing system CRISPR/Cas9, making it more precise.
Life Sciences
Proteomics & Genomics
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Understanding Nature’s scalpel

December 15, 2016
Feature
The CRISPR-Cas system is already one of our most important genetic techniques – and it is one honed by evolution not humanity. So why did it evolve, how exactly does...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Earlier existence of diaphragm confirmed

December 1, 2016
News
Researchers have discovered evidence of diaphragms in mammal-like reptiles that lived 250-300 million years ago, confirming this muscle is older than was previously thought. Caseids – animals that lived during...
Life Sciences
Paleobiology
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Antibody crisis: Order from chaos

November 23, 2016
Insight
As we slowly come to terms with the damage caused by the antibody validation crisis – there is hope says Dr Anita Bandrowski. But in order to solve the problem...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Feel the heat of antimicrobial resistance

November 23, 2016
Feature
Used by Antoine Lavoisier in the 18th Century, calorimetry is one of the oldest methods of chemical analysis. But sometimes the oldies are the best says Dr Magnus Jansson. Here...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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New prehistoric sea lizard discovered

November 17, 2016
News
Researchers in Chile have discovered a new species of giant sea lizard that existed near the end of the Cretaceous period that has forced them to rethink how the species...
Life Sciences
Paleobiology
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