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New species of trapdoor spider discovered

September 20, 2016
News
A PhD student from Griffith University has discovered a large number of new trapdoor spider species in Australia.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Patent pending?

September 15, 2016
Feature
When is a health treatment really new? When is a medical treatment really an invention? Patent attorney Isobel Finnie explores how diagnostic definitions vary between the European and American jurisdictions...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Coming together for microbiology

September 13, 2016
Insight
From forensic post-mortems to veterinary pathogen drug resistance – two burgeoning microbiological fields promise much. But before they can deliver, specialists need to come together.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Forensics, Interviews, Pharmaceutical
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Catch them if you can

September 12, 2016
Feature
When it comes to the performance of your fluorescence microscopy system, every photon is sacred – but how to catch as many as you can? Dr Martin Thomas has some...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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New technique improves mitochondrial disease research

September 8, 2016
News
Scientists have discovered a method that allows for study of certain mitochondrial diseases. When genes are inherited, only the mother’s mitochondrial DNA is passed onto the child. Some researchers believe...
Life Sciences
Developmental Biology
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Ethics of genetics: More than just designer babies

September 6, 2016
Feature
Work around the human genome and advances in the accessibility and analysis of data, creates huge opportunities for early healthcare interventions. But the advent of genomic information and evolving technology...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Receptor successfully isolated to tackle Alzheimer’s

September 6, 2016
News
Scientists have discovered that blocking a specific part of an ion channel can prevent the memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) can be found in the cell...
Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Antibody validation guidelines released

September 5, 2016
News
An international working group have published the first proposals for validating antibody specificity.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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CRACK IT launch their annual challenges

September 1, 2016
News
The 2016 CRACK IT Challenges to improve business processes have been announced and will be launched on 8th September 2016.
Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Astronaut successfully sequences DNA in space

August 31, 2016
News
DNA has been sequenced in space for the first time ever.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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