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Controlling genes with your thoughts

November 17, 2014
News
Scientists have developed a mind-control system that allows a person to switch on genes in mice through the power of thought alone. This technology could one day be used in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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Eyespots deter predatory attack

November 14, 2014
News
Many butterflies use colouration and patterns to avoid attacks from predators, protecting their most vulnerable parts from those most likely to attack them. New research from Oregon State University, Yale...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Separating the plant genome

November 12, 2014
News
A new approach to separating plant nuclear DNA from organellar DNA could speed up DNA sequencing and reduce costs. Plant tissues contain three separate genomes – nuclear, chloroplast and mitochondrial...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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How to hack your home with Ri Christmas lecturer Danielle George

November 12, 2014
Insight
We catch up with this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer Danielle George to find out what she has in store for budding young scientists, and what she’ll be doing over...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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TB or not TB? How NGS will win the battle against drug-resistance

November 11, 2014
Feature
The stats on TB are deeply worrying: one–third of the world's current population has been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis; new infections occur at a rate of one per second – and drug-resistance is...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Single mutation disrupts morphology of sexual organs

November 11, 2014
News
A single mutation in a gene coding for a protein deeply involved in developmental and homeostatic processes can lead to infertility not by disrupting gamete production but by causing abnormalities...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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On the move; new device follows metastasis

November 10, 2014
News
Cancer researchers have got an unprecedented microscopic look at metastasis thanks to a new device which sheds light on how tumour cells travel.Engineers at Johns Hopkins University invented a device...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology
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A quartet of proteomic surprises…

November 6, 2014
Feature
The draft map of the Human proteome is just the beginning of our understanding of the incredible complexity of the human machine. Here Paul Ko Ferrigno discusses some of the...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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HIV’s surprising structure

November 5, 2014
News
The building blocks of the immature human immunodeficiency virus are arranged in a surprising way say researchers who have pinpointed the location of each block within the virus structure.Cryo-electron microscopy...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology
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Stretch-sensitive protein causes foetal membrane rupture

November 3, 2014
News
Premature rupture of the foetal membrane is the result of stretch-sensitive protein suggests research from two of London’s leading universities. A team from University College London and Queen Mary University...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics
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