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DNA shape-change causes ALS

April 9, 2014
News
A mutation linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) changes the shape of DNA, making cells more vulnerable to stress and likely to die.An alteration on the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Genetic mutations linked to melanoma

April 9, 2014
News
A mutation in the gene responsible for protecting the ends of chromosomes is responsible for a hereditary form of melanoma say researchers from the University of Leeds.People with a specific...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Mechanism of antibiotic resistance revealed

April 7, 2014
News
Antibiotic resistance represents a serious threat to human health, and researchers in London have taken an important step towards understanding how it spreads by unravelling a bacterial secretions system.Bacteria use...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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New hope for CNS damage

April 3, 2014
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It might be possible to reprogram and repair nerves damaged through spinal cord injury and brain trauma say researchers who have identified a mechanism for re-growing fibres in the central...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Ebola outbreak in West Africa

April 3, 2014
News
Five new cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been recorded in Guinea in the last 24 hours according to the World Health Organization. The outbreak, which began in Guinea...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology
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Preserving fertility in young male cancer patients

April 2, 2014
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Freezing testicular tissue from young boys who are not yet sexually mature before they undergo cancer treatment could help preserve their fertility say researchers in America. Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs)...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology
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Early arthropods evolved into filter feeders

March 31, 2014
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Newly discovered fossils of marine animal Tamisiocaris suggest the early arthropod evolved into suspension feeders to filter plankton, much like modern day whales. Evidence pointed to the animal swimming with flaps...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Marine Biology
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Ubiquibodies mark proteins for destruction

March 27, 2014
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A newly engineered type of antibody fragment which mark specific proteins inside a cell with a molecular kiss of death could pave the way for new drug therapies and research...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Merm1 cancer target

March 26, 2014
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A newly-discovered enzyme is supressed in cancer and lung inflammation and could help in the development of new drugs to target the disease. Merm1 is essential for normal functioning of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Oncology
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Understanding chromatography saves pharma big money

March 25, 2014
News
By fine tuning a critical process in drug manufacture, researchers at Rice University say they can widen a bottleneck and save the pharmaceutical industry time and money.The new technique can...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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