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Janine Erler’s Red Hot Women Award

June 26, 2011
Women are increasingly being recognised for their role in science and scientific research, and this month’s Big Ask is no exceptionDr Janine Erler has recently been named winner of the...

Intellectual property

June 26, 2011
Is intellectual property protection getting in the way of innovation and ultimately new medicines for patients? Leila Sattary investigates the importance of IP, the barriers it creates and new models...

King’s and Sigma combine to identify genes

June 22, 2011
King’s Business has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Sigma Life Science following the development of a test to allow simple, accurate identification and validation of miRNA targets

Explosive end for Dstl at Fort Halstead

June 22, 2011
The explosives research and forensic analysis arm of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory is to pull out of its Fort Halstead site in Kent by 2016

Obesity master gene discovered

June 22, 2011
A gene linked to type 2 diabetes and cholesterol levels is in fact a master regulator gene which controls the behaviour of other genes found within fat in the body.

Keeping channels open

June 22, 2011
In the same way a turnstile allows people into a football ground, gating rings allow ions to flow through a cell’s membrane, but its functioning has not been clearly understood.

Rubbish or recycle

June 22, 2011
Weekly rubbish collections could become a thing of the past, but researchers in Bath say this isn’t necessarily a bad thing as recycling across the country may actually increase.

Biomedical research – an image of the future

June 21, 2011
James R. Joubert discusses applications of integrated microscopy methods including live cell mechanical stimulation in relation to medical developments

Studying cervical cancer

June 21, 2011
A breakthrough in studying cervical cancer has enabled researchers to produce sufficient amounts of a protein produced by HPV – now they hope to develop drugs to target this protein

School of Pharmacy merges with UCL

June 20, 2011
The School of Pharmacy, University of London will merge with University College London to secure its long-term future

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