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Bio-printing transplantable tissues a step closer
July 2, 2014
A bio-printed artificial vascular network capable of mimicking the body’s circulatory system could bring the possibility of printing transplantable tissues and organs a step closer. “Imaging being able to walk...
Diabetes medication ‘doing more harm than good’
July 2, 2014
Diabetes treatments could be doing more harm than good; particularly for the over 75s suggests new research. For many people, the benefits of taking diabetes medications – insulin injections or...
Fossil find could shed light on Neanderthal – human interbreeding
July 1, 2014
A collection of human fossils feared lost has been found and could shed light on whether Neanderthals and modern humans met and interbred. The fossils – from a collection once...
Antibiotic resistance chosen as greatest scientific problem
June 30, 2014
The British public have chosen antibiotic resistance as the most pressing scientific problem facing the world today. Scientists, institutions, organisations and individuals are now being invited to register their interest...
Bees under the spotlight
June 30, 2014
Recent research has uncovered a novel biopesticide which is safe for bees and doesn’t affect their food foraging ability, while another study has found that this activity might be aided...
Drug compound can reverse cardiomyopathy
June 26, 2014
A drug compound that could reverse hereditary disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) has been found by researchers in America. Zebrafish provided a screenable model of the disease with a cardiac myocyte-specific...
Bones from beer residue
June 25, 2014
Waste from beer brewing could be recycled for use in an unexpected application – as a biomaterial for bone regeneration. Researchers in Spain have developed a biocompatible material which can...
Onion-like vesicle for drug delivery
June 24, 2014
A drug delivery vesicle akin to an onion has been developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. The team have discovered that a certain kind of dendrimer – a...
Caging water to study spin
June 23, 2014
A pioneering method of caging and cooling water molecules to study its nuclear spin conversion could enhance the diagnostic power of MRI scans. By trapping water molecules in spheres of...
Breakthrough against antibiotic resistance
June 23, 2014
A breakthrough in the race to solve antibiotic resistance has been made by a team from the University of East Anglia and Diamond Light Source. The powerful beams of light...
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