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£2m grant for researchers to study dementia risks

June 22, 2016
News
A team of researchers from Cardiff, Bristol and Oxford University are set to begin investigating a genetic risk for dementia.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Old dog, new tricks

June 21, 2016
Feature
Have we overlooked some incredible pharmacological properties of aspirin? Martyna Petrulyte takes a look at the growing body of evidence and wonders if patients will soon be able to ask:...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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New plant-based vaccine under investigation

June 21, 2016
News
A plant-based polio vaccine, the first of its kind, could be created by a team led by the University of Leeds after a £1m grant from the World Health Organisation.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Immunology
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Longer living mice thanks to manipulated telomeres

June 15, 2016
News
Scientists have created mice with longer telomeres than their counterparts, resulting in fewer signs of molecular ageing, without genetic manipulation.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Human marine activity causes cephalopod surge

June 1, 2016
News
Although human interaction has reduced the population of many marine organisms over recent years, it appears it has boosted cephalopod numbers.
Life Sciences
Marine Biology
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Translational research…and beyond

May 19, 2016
Insight
Professor Nicholas Lemoine, keynote speaker for ON Helix 2016, tells us about how translational research improves health outcomes for patients.
Life Sciences
Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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From the front line

May 19, 2016
Feature
We hear from Professor Daouda Ndiaye – a Senegalese researcher taking on malaria – about a new test promising to save lives by being faster, more accurate and easier to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Did the dinosaurs suffer with malaria?

May 16, 2016
Insight
A new analysis of the prehistoric origin of malaria suggests that it evolved in insects at least 100 million years ago, and the first vertebrate hosts of this disease were...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Novel method for producing antibiotic introduced

May 16, 2016
News
Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a new method for producing an antibiotic.
Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Promising phase I Ebola trials

May 13, 2016
News
Scientists involved in Phase I trials for an Ebola vaccine have described recent results as very promising.
Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Immunology
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