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Statins of questionable value

June 19, 2014
Drugs designed to lower the levels of “bad cholesterol” in the blood could condemn middle-aged adults to a lifetime of popping pills of questionable value say a group of leading...

Liquid biopsy to track lung cancer

June 18, 2014
A liquid biopsy using a patient’s blood sample could offer a new way to track lung cancer say researchers from Cancer Research UK’s Manchester Institute. Their method offers a means...

One-size-fits-all synthetic blood

June 16, 2014
Donated blood has a short shelf-life – only 35 days for red cells – but now researchers in Essex hope to improve this by developing a synthetic blood substitute. The...

Proteome catalogue reveals 193 unknown proteins

June 13, 2014
A proteome catalogue has revealed 193 novel proteins in regions of the genome not predicted to code for proteins, suggesting the human genome is more complex than previously thought. Using...

Molecular scaffold key to neurodegenerative disease

June 13, 2014
A molecular scaffold that allows key parts of the cell to communicate falls apart in dementia and motor neuron disease; a finding which offers a new target for drug discovery....

That ‘gut feeling’ explained

June 11, 2014
By severing the brain-gut communication channel, researchers have got to the bottom of the proverbial gut instinct when it comes to fear. Communication between the brain and gut occurs via...

Deep sea root of marine evolution sparks controversy

June 11, 2014
The deep ocean may have played a much bigger role in protecting marine diversity than first thought suggests controversial new research from the University of Portsmouth. Fossils of starfish, sea...

Incentives needed to encourage data sharing

June 10, 2014
New types of incentives within the biomedical research community are necessary to improve sharing of large research datasets suggests a new report. The report from the EAGDA (the Expert Advisory...

New method to detect counterfeit drugs

June 9, 2014
Counterfeit medicines could now be detected more efficiently thanks to a new chemical analysis method developed by researchers at the University of Montreal. The method identifies and quantifies the various...

Soft touch gone awry in autism

June 5, 2014
Nerves in the skin that respond to gentle touch may go awry in disorders such as autism say researchers in Liverpool. Using a range of scientific techniques, researchers from Liverpool...

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