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Anthrax is new drug delivery vehicle

October 3, 2014
News
Anthrax doesn’t seem like the go-to vehicle for delivering cancer drugs, but researchers from MIT have engineered the bacteria to do just that. By disarming Bacillus anthracis and loading it...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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Jamming bacterial ‘shredder’ could fight infection

September 29, 2014
News
By jamming their ‘paper shredder’, scientists might be able to drown deadly bacteria in their own paperwork. Researchers from the University of Leeds have identified how this paper shredder works...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Queen’s to head £6m cancer prevention initiative

September 29, 2014
News
Queen’s University in Belfast are to spearhead a £6 million initiative to find better ways to prevent cancer. The Cancer Prevention Science Initiative aims to support cutting-edge research to find...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology
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New microscopy technique images living single cells

September 26, 2014
News
A new microscopy technology has allowed scientists to paint a target in a living subject and watch how it works with unprecedented sensitivity and precision. Dubbed Complementation Activated Light Microscopy...
Life Sciences
Cell Biology
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Plumage no sacrifice for peacocks

September 25, 2014
News
Peacocks are known for their long iridescent feathers which they use to attract a mate, but their display of love was also thought to be a sacrifice as it affected...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Meteorite points to life on Mars

September 24, 2014
News
A tiny fragment of Martian meteorite has added to the growing body of evidence that the red plant might have hosted life. Upon this meteorite, researchers found a cell-like structure...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Biophysics, Physics
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AMS show modern humans and Neanderthals overlapped

September 23, 2014
News
Strong evidence that Neanderthals overlapped with modern humans for up to 5,400 years has been revealed using an improved accelerator mass spectrometry technique. Researchers from the University of Oxford dated...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Freshwater springs likely played role in early human evolution

September 18, 2014
News
The ability to move and seek out new sources of groundwater in dry periods may have been pivotal to survival and evolution of the human species. By combining geological evidence...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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The miracle of science – but why can’t you cure my cold!

September 17, 2014
Insight
In this section we invite our reader to tell us about their work, lives and scientific passions. Here, Steve Trim ponders the widening gap between what science can do and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Interviews, Pharmaceutical
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Autism therapy could eliminate symptoms

September 16, 2014
News
A new therapy aimed at treating infants as young as 6-months-old who exhibit signs of autism has shown promising results.  The treatment – pioneered by the University of California Davis...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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