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Rigged explosion linked to cancer

April 12, 2012
How is a broken beaded necklace related to DNA? Laboratory News takes a look at exploding chromosomesIt’s a scene that has played out in many a household: the whole family...

Protecting cells from HIV

April 12, 2012
The protein SAMHD1 protects cells from infection by HIV, and researchers hope to harness its protective mechanism to develop therapeutic approaches aimed at slowing the virus’ progression to AIDS. When...

Ocean acidification speeds up

April 11, 2012
The oceans are acidifying faster today than at any other time in the past 300 million years say researchers in Spain.Much research into ocean acidification is based on experiments in...

Heart attack deaths halve in last decade

April 10, 2012
The number of deaths in England caused by heart attacks has halved in the last decade say researchers from the University of Oxford.The study used national hospital and mortality data...

Seeing in a new light

April 10, 2012
We delve into the newest applications for multispectral imagingMultispectral imaging provides valuable information on the quality and safety of a vast array of materials from pharmaceuticals to raw meat and...

Taking the chance out of CF diagnostics

April 5, 2012
Cystic Fibrosis is currently diagnosed with a sweat test – but is this the best way? Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is an extremely serious condition which affects multiple organs and shortens...

Has your lab got a liquid centre?

April 5, 2012
Greg Pilbrow of ELGA Process Water looks at how a central laboratory water purification system can help architects and building services engineersThe modern research laboratory is a highly complex environment...

Hep C vaccine breakthrough

April 4, 2012
A decade of research into hepatitis C may have yielded results as researchers in Canada have announced the discovery of a vaccine against the disease.Hepatitis C is more virulent than...

Time for something a little different…

April 4, 2012
Slug-like aliens on a Segway and the Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire – not necessarily two things you would put together but the idea has just won Corie Ralston first...

A prehistoric revolution (with video)

April 3, 2012
Dinosaurs just don’t work – they’re too large to have carried their colossal weight on four limbs without some sort of support says Brian J Ford. He believes this support...

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