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Complete fossilised nervous system discovered

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

A personal interpretation

March 25, 2016
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...

Unexpected side effects of deadly gene

March 24, 2016
Gene carriers of a rare respiratory disease were found to have increased lung function, by scientists from Bristol University.

Data takes on the dopers

March 23, 2016
New studies looking at the subtle changes that can occur when human blood is stored could help put an end to blood doping.

Evolutionary ancestral gene found

March 22, 2016
A common ancestral gene thought to have kick-started evolution has been identified by Canadian scientists.

Symptom or cause? Autism and immune dysfunction

March 18, 2016
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…

Mosquitoes’ reproductive cycle potential drug target

March 17, 2016
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.

Blood clot removal better aided by brain imaging

March 15, 2016
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.

Banging the drum for women

March 14, 2016
BioBeat was founded four years ago to redress the lack of females in the bioscience sector. Founder, Miranda Weston-Smith tells us about how BioBeat has grown since then.

Software company receives CRISPR funding

March 11, 2016
Desktop Genetics Ltd and the Epigenetics Unit at Imperial College London have received a £300,000 grant to develop specific CRISPR editing.

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