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Six faces of Streptococcus

October 10, 2014
News
Like the faces of a die, Streptococcus pneumonia has six unique states it can switch to making it a leading cause of serious illness across the globe. A genetic switch...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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BCRA2 involved in DNA repair

October 9, 2014
News
New images have revealed how BRCA2 works to repair damaged DNA. The protein was known to be involved in DNA repair, but its shape and mechanism have remained elusive. Electron...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Nobel round-up

October 8, 2014
News
In case you missed them, here is Laboratory News’ round-up of who won what in this year’s Nobel Prize announcements. Each prize is worth 8 million SEK (£0.7 million), and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics
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Brain’s inner GPS wins Nobel Prize

October 6, 2014
News
The inner GPS of the brain, which makes it possible for us to orient ourselves in space has won John O’Keefe, and husband and wife team May-Britt and Edvard Moser...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Physiology
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IL-25 target for asthma attacks caused by colds

October 6, 2014
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A small molecule called interleukin-25 might play a central role in asthma attacks brought on by the common cold. The cytokine has been implicated in a sequence of biological events...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Virology
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£125m to train next generation of bioscientists

October 3, 2014
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Funding of £125m over the next five years is being made available to support the training and development of 1,250 bioscience students.The funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Anthrax is new drug delivery vehicle

October 3, 2014
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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
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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
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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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