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Huddle! Cells secret communication clusters

October 30, 2014
News
Cells cluster together to communicate within restricted groups, just like a sports team huddle discusses secret tactics, say scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). Using developing zebrafish, scientists...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology
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Step closer to stem cell treatment for diabetes

October 29, 2014
News
Using embryonic stem cells as a starting point, Harvard researchers have produced human insulin-producing beta cells in massive quantities. These cells – equivalent to normally functioning beta cells in almost...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology
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Genetic mutation prevents weight gain on high-sugar diet

October 28, 2014
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A team of researchers from the University of Southern California have found a way to suppress the obesity that accompanies a high-sugar diet by regulation of a particular gene.The team,...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Jumping spiders’ visual system revealed

October 27, 2014
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Scientists have solved one of the toughest problems in spider biology – how the arachnids’ visual system works. An interdisciplinary team from Cornell University have for the first time made...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Precursor to life created in virtual lab

October 24, 2014
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A virtual molecular laboratory has created a possible precursor to life say Danish scientists, which could have important implications for creating artificial living systems. Protocells are the simplest, most primitive...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Cell Biology
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CD8 T cells in in for the long haul

October 23, 2014
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Like soldiers trained for a specific mission, CD8 T cells become tuned to fighting an exact pathogen but rather than bail out once the job is done, they stay in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology
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Liquid DNA behind virus attacks

October 22, 2014
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New studies show viruses convert their DNA into liquid form to be injected into host cells, findings which could lead to new therapies that avoid resistance. In a previous study...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Virology
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Floppy proteins linked to ALS

October 21, 2014
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A loss of protein stability has been linked to muscle-destroying disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by American researchers. Mutations in a gene coding for protein superoxide dismutase SOD is linked...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics
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‘Breadcrumb trail’ helps melanoma spread

October 20, 2014
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Just like Hansel and Gretel followed the trail of breadcrumbs to the witch’s house, melanoma cells follow the trail of a naturally-occurring molecule allowing it to metastasise in the body....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Pathology
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Parkinson’s gut origin given boost

October 17, 2014
News
A disputed hypothesis which pinpoints the gut as the origin of Parkinson’s disease has gained support thanks to new research from Lund University. In 2003, German neuropathologist Professor Heiko Braak...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology
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