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Precursor to life created in virtual lab

October 24, 2014
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...

CD8 T cells in in for the long haul

October 23, 2014
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...

Liquid DNA behind virus attacks

October 22, 2014
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...

Floppy proteins linked to ALS

October 21, 2014
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...

‘Breadcrumb trail’ helps melanoma spread

October 20, 2014
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....

Parkinson’s gut origin given boost

October 17, 2014
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...

New type of stem cell discovered

October 17, 2014
The naïve-like stem cell – a type so elusive it was thought not to exist – has been found by scientists from Bath and Berlin in what they have termed...

Lipid membrane ink gives nanometre resolution

October 16, 2014
Lipid membranes have been used as a biological ‘ink’ to draw in the nanometre region in a new technique developed by Leeds researchers. Resolution as low as six nanometres was...

‘Perfect storm’ led to spread of HIV

October 14, 2014
A ‘perfect storm’ led to the global spread of the HIV pandemic, which has its roots in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo suggests new research....

Implants linked to new sub-type of lymphoma

October 13, 2014
Silicon-coated breast implants could be responsible for a new subtype of a rare but malignant lymphoma suggests research from Vienna. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a type of non-Hodgkin...

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