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Floppy proteins linked to ALS

October 21, 2014
News
A loss of protein stability has been linked to muscle-destroying disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by American researchers. Mutations in a gene coding for protein superoxide dismutase SOD is linked...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics
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‘Breadcrumb trail’ helps melanoma spread

October 20, 2014
News
Just like Hansel and Gretel followed the trail of breadcrumbs to the witch’s house, melanoma cells follow the trail of a naturally-occurring molecule allowing it to metastasise in the body....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Pathology
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Parkinson’s gut origin given boost

October 17, 2014
News
A disputed hypothesis which pinpoints the gut as the origin of Parkinson’s disease has gained support thanks to new research from Lund University. In 2003, German neuropathologist Professor Heiko Braak...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology
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New type of stem cell discovered

October 17, 2014
News
The naïve-like stem cell – a type so elusive it was thought not to exist – has been found by scientists from Bath and Berlin in what they have termed...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology
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Lipid membrane ink gives nanometre resolution

October 16, 2014
News
Lipid membranes have been used as a biological ‘ink’ to draw in the nanometre region in a new technique developed by Leeds researchers. Resolution as low as six nanometres was...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology
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Half as much dark matter as astronomers thought

October 15, 2014
News
The Milky Way contains half as much dark matter than previously thought according to new research which has weighed the mysterious substance. Providing the precise mass of dark matter in...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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‘Perfect storm’ led to spread of HIV

October 14, 2014
News
A ‘perfect storm’ led to the global spread of the HIV pandemic, which has its roots in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo suggests new research....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Virology
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Implants linked to new sub-type of lymphoma

October 13, 2014
News
Silicon-coated breast implants could be responsible for a new subtype of a rare but malignant lymphoma suggests research from Vienna. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a type of non-Hodgkin...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Physiology
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Six faces of Streptococcus

October 10, 2014
News
Like the faces of a die, Streptococcus pneumonia has six unique states it can switch to making it a leading cause of serious illness across the globe. A genetic switch...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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BCRA2 involved in DNA repair

October 9, 2014
News
New images have revealed how BRCA2 works to repair damaged DNA. The protein was known to be involved in DNA repair, but its shape and mechanism have remained elusive. Electron...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Nobel round-up

October 8, 2014
News
In case you missed them, here is Laboratory News’ round-up of who won what in this year’s Nobel Prize announcements. Each prize is worth 8 million SEK (£0.7 million), and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics
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Chemistry Prize for microscopy technique

October 8, 2014
News
After a short delay, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner for the...
Chemistry
Chemistry
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