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Stroke treatment discovered

August 23, 2012
News
A 20-year investigation has uncovered a drug that can dramatically reduce the amount of brain damage in stroke victims.Researchers at the University of Manchester discovered that IL-1Ra was effective at...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Bloodstream scavenger stops deadly blood clots

August 22, 2012
News
A bloodstream scavenger which sweeps up the debris of damaged cells might stop the formation of deadly blood clots without triggering an equally threatening bleed.The compound – PAMAM G-3 –...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
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APOE4 Alzheimer’s risk probed

August 21, 2012
News
People carrying the Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 are more likely to develop the neurological disease because they have trouble clearing the amyloid plaques characteristic of the illness say researchers in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics
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How proficient is your microbiology laboratory?

August 21, 2012
Feature
Microbiology laboratories have a vital role to play in the food and drink industry, protecting consumers' health by helping to ensure that products are safe to eat and drink. But...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, In Depth, Pharmaceutical
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Target healthy tissue to treat cancer

August 20, 2012
News
Cancer treatments usually target the disease-causing tumour, but researchers in Belfast suggest targeting the non-cancerous cells around a tumour could be a more effective treatment. Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Oncology
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Society of Biology offers professional recognition and development

August 16, 2012
Feature
The Society of Biology has launched a new professional register to support the development of biologists. Acceptance onto the register is based primarily upon competency rather than formal qualifications, and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, In Depth, Pharmaceutical
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Returning bumblebees to Britain’s countryside

August 10, 2012
Insight
Bumble bees are important for pollination of plants and crops, but certain species are threatened with extinction due to habitat loss. For some – like the short-haired bumble bee –...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Environment, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Bacteriophage therapy to treat Iraqibacter

August 6, 2012
News
A technique to counter infections last used in the 1930s could be used to treat wounded soldiers attacked by a superbug.Bacteriophage therapy uses otherwise harmless biological organisms to target a...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pathology
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Mediterranean worm found on Irish farm

August 2, 2012
News
A Mediterranean earthworm species has been found thriving in an urban farm in Ireland.Scientists from University College Dublin found a flourishing population of Prosellodrius amplisetosus in an urban farm in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Neanderthal extinction not caused by climate

August 2, 2012
News
The demise of the Neanderthal cannot be blamed on climate change say researchers in London.There has been a long-standing argument about how Neanderthals became extinct – was it due to...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Paleobiology
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