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Human cardiac cells grown on heart ‘scaffold’

March 30, 2016
News
Heart cells have been successfully grown in a human heart stripped of all cellular components by scientists at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Life Sciences
Cell Biology
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Graphene shows potential as biosensor

March 29, 2016
News
Graphene has been touted as a material highly suited for use as a biosensor, by Plymouth University researchers.
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biophysics, Physics
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Complete fossilised nervous system discovered

March 28, 2016
News
A fossil more than 500m years old with a well preserved central nervous system has been found by scientists in southern China.
Life Sciences
Paleobiology
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A personal interpretation

March 25, 2016
Feature
There is a clear move away from a ‘one size fits all’ approach to medicine and instead a new personalised medicine strategy is becoming more important. Mike Furness explains more...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Unexpected side effects of deadly gene

March 24, 2016
News
Gene carriers of a rare respiratory disease were found to have increased lung function, by scientists from Bristol University.
Life Sciences
Medical Diagnostics, Proteomics & Genomics
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Data takes on the dopers

March 23, 2016
Feature
New studies looking at the subtle changes that can occur when human blood is stored could help put an end to blood doping.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Evolutionary ancestral gene found

March 22, 2016
News
A common ancestral gene thought to have kick-started evolution has been identified by Canadian scientists.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Symptom or cause? Autism and immune dysfunction

March 18, 2016
Feature
There are tantalising clues that anomalies in immune function may be related to autism spectrum disorders. In unpicking this connection, one lab needed a new approach to the immune assay…
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Mosquitoes’ reproductive cycle potential drug target

March 17, 2016
News
US scientists are looking at ways to influence how mosquitoes mate to control the diseases they spread such as dengue fever, chikungunya and the Zika virus.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Zoology
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Blood clot removal better aided by brain imaging

March 15, 2016
News
Brain imaging may be a better method of identifying patients for blood clot removal instead of monitoring them after the onset of symptoms, according to new research.
Life Sciences
Medical Diagnostics
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