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Unravelling the genetic code of cancer

March 26, 2012
News
Sequencing of two hereditary breast cancers caused by a faulty BRCA1 gene have revealed surprising results – the genetic code of the two tumours looked almost entirely different from one...
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Science World challenge launched

March 26, 2012
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Schoolchildren are getting the chance to cook up their own product to display and sell among the exhibitors at this year’s Science World.As part of the Science World challenge, 14...
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Screening for CF

March 26, 2012
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Eureka moments are scarce in the business of combating disease. Finding a ‘cure’ is all too rare an event and more often than not the big successes come in the...
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GSK to build new manufacturing plant

March 23, 2012
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GlaxoSmithKline are to build a new manufacturing facility in Cumbria and invest more than £500m in their UK manufacturing sites to increase production of key active ingredients for its pharmaceutical...
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Oxford Innovation to boost Welsh life sciences

March 23, 2012
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The Welsh Government has appointed Oxford Innovation to deliver the High Potential Starts programme, which will assist start-up and early stage life sciences firms with high growth potential to grow...
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Freshwater pool in western Arctic

March 22, 2012
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A strong Arctic wind is responsible for an enormous dome of freshwater in the western Arctic Ocean say researchers who have been monitoring sea-surface height from 1995 to 2010.Using the...
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Where are you in the waste hierarchy?

March 21, 2012
Feature
Does your lab comply with the latest changes in the Waste Framework Directive? Implementation of the revised Waste Framework Directive has brought some changes to the Hazardous Waste Regulations. These...
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Silver-based drug as effective as Cisplatin

March 21, 2012
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Laboratory tests have shown that silver is as effective at treating cancer as the leading chemotherapy drug, but may have fewer side-effects.Researchers from the University of Leeds exposed breast and...
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Smart paint transforms structural safety

March 20, 2012
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A smart paint made of recycled materials which can detect microscopic faults in wind turbines, mines and bridges long before structural damage occurs is being developed by Scottish researchers.The environmentally-friendly...
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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate: the extinction of a dinosaur laboratory test?

March 19, 2012
Feature
Sabrina Chetcuti asks if plasma viscosity is replacing the widely used erythrocyte sedimentation rate testMany laboratories have historically clung on to erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) as a test to confirm...
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