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What’s in a name?

June 20, 2012
Insight
What’s in a name? Well - when it comes to scientific equipment- too many capitals and a penchant for the pretentious says Russ SwanI WONDER if there is any field...
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High time for synthetic cannabinoid analysis

June 19, 2012
Feature
Herbal incense blends containing synthetic cannabinoids are being developed and introduced to the market at an alarming rate. Today’s forensic laboratories are challenged to confirm and quantify the controlled forms...
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Peptide immunotherapy to prevent diabetes

June 19, 2012
News
A new therapy for Type 1 diabetes could be in the pipeline thanks to a new project at King’s College London which has received a £2.3m Translation Award from the...
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Cellular basis for age-related breast cancer vulnerability uncovered

June 18, 2012
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The risk of breast cancer increases dramatically for women over the age of 50, but why has remained a mystery. However, researchers have uncovered a cellular basis for age-related breast...
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DNA fingerprinting with lobSTR

June 18, 2012
News
A novel method for profiling short tandem repeats (STR) in personal genomes has been developed in America, bringing STR identification into the 21st Century.The three stage technique – named lobSTR...
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New nano-factory to boost graphene research

June 15, 2012
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Graphene has been hailed as a wonder material which could replace silicon in microchips thanks to its strength and conductivity, and researchers in the South-West have developed a nano-factory which...
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Debate not destroy

June 15, 2012
Insight
Genetic modification has always been a contentious issue and it hit the headlines again last month after protest group Take the Flour Back threatened to destroy research into GM wheat...
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Comment And Analysis
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New evidence for shunned Parkinson’s theory

June 14, 2012
News
A once-shunned theory on how Parkinson’s disease develops has received renewed support thanks to researchers in America. Using powerful computational tools and laboratory tests, scientists from the University of California...
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The trouble with sleep

June 14, 2012
Feature
We all need sleep – but what happens when sleep goes wrong? Laboratory News investigatesIs sleep an evolutionary mechanism developed to keep us out of harm’s way in the dark...
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IceCube puts cosmic ray theory on ice

June 13, 2012
News
A $272m telescope buried deep beneath the South Pole has failed to find any neutrinos accompanying exploding fireballs in space, undermining a leading theory on how cosmic rays are born.IceCube...
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