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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...

Combating drug resistance in melanoma

June 2, 2014
Resistance to a treatment for advanced melanoma could be prevented by blocking a druggable family of proteins. Cancer Research UK scientists at the CRUK Manchester Institute have found that the...

Leap in modelling cardiovascular disease

May 30, 2014
American scientists have made a huge leap forward in genetic modelling after growing functioning human heart tissue carrying an inherited cardiovascular disease for the first time. The Harvard team combined...

Neutron analysis reveals cancer drug clustering

May 30, 2014
Cancer pharmaceuticals currently have to be administered intravenously because of a tendency for solutions containing high concentrations of some antibodies to be highly viscous.Not only does this prevent large scale...

Over £47m for investment in early-stage UK life sciences

May 29, 2014
International venture capital firm Epidarex Capital has raised over £47.5 million to lead investments in early-stage life science and health technology companies. Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company took part...

H10N8 bird flu unlikely to threaten public health

May 29, 2014
H10N8, the most recent avian influenza virus to infect humans, is unlikely to cause a threat to public health without further changes say the Medical Research Council (MRC). In order...

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