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Malaria research close to understanding parasite lifecycle

July 30, 2014
News
A Nottingham researcher who had malaria seven times as a child is close to understanding the life-cycle of the parasite which causes the disease. Dr Rita Tewari has studied the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Virology
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Self-assembling nanoparticle could aid cancer diagnosis

July 29, 2014
News
A new self-assembling nanoparticle which targets cancerous tumours could boost the effectiveness of MRI scanning to help doctors diagnose the disease earlier. The iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs), developed at Imperial...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Oncology
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Control protein switch found

July 28, 2014
News
Research from Dundee has revealed how a complex protein pivotal in the development of cancer, autoimmune disease and viral infection is activated. The study answers a key question about how...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Doing the walk of life

July 25, 2014
News
For 50 million years, animals have used the same food foraging techniques suggests research from the University of Southampton. The Lévy Walk consists of many small move steps, interspersed with...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Hope for sufferers of rare childhood disease

July 24, 2014
News
Scientists as Newcastle University have taken the first step toward treating the rare childhood disease Joubert Syndrome. The disease, an inherited developmental disorder which affects the brain, kidney and eyes,...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Svalbard reindeer numbers on the rise

July 23, 2014
News
In an unexpected twist, climate change is having a positive effect on the Norwegian reindeers of Svalbard. Populations in the Arctic Archipelago are thriving because of rising temperatures, with number...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Zoology
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Snapshot of photosynthesis reveals process

July 22, 2014
News
Femtosecond snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation have enabled researchers to understand how the process works. Using the world’s most powerful x-ray laser at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory researchers were...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Chemistry
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Glacial microbes affect albedo

July 21, 2014
News
Microbes drastically reduce the surface reflectivity of glaciers and have a non-negligible impact on the amount of sunlight reflected into space suggests the first ecological study of an entire glacier....
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Microbiology
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Polymorphism increases risk of stroke and heart attack

July 21, 2014
News
A genetic variant found in platelets is associated with an increased risk of stroke and heart attack researchers from King’s College London have found. A polymorphism in glycoprotein Illa (GPIlla)...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Medical Diagnostics
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DNA replication fork visualised

July 18, 2014
News
An American team have built the first model to decipher what goes on at the ‘replication fork’ during DNA duplication. Rockefeller University researchers led by Michael O’Donnell reconstructed at the...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Developmental Biology
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