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‘Perfect storm’ led to spread of HIV

October 14, 2014
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....

Implants linked to new sub-type of lymphoma

October 13, 2014
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...

Six faces of Streptococcus

October 10, 2014
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...

BCRA2 involved in DNA repair

October 9, 2014
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...

Nobel round-up

October 8, 2014
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 Prize for microscopy technique

October 8, 2014
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...

GRAIL visualises man in the Moon

October 8, 2014
The Procellarum, a recess on the western edge of the moon, likely arose from a large plume of magma deep within the moon’s interior rather a massive asteroid strike. New...

Blue LED wins Physics Nobel Prize

October 7, 2014
The invention of the blue light-emitting diodes has scooped this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. Twenty years ago, Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura produced bright light beams from...

1851 Royal Commission Industrial Fellows announced

October 7, 2014
Nine young engineers developing world-changing technologies have been awarded Industrial Fellowships from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. Each recent graduate will receive £80,000 to fund innovative doctoral...

Brain’s inner GPS wins Nobel Prize

October 6, 2014
The inner GPS of the brain, which makes it possible for us to orient ourselves in space has won John O’Keefe, and husband and wife team May-Britt and Edvard Moser...

IL-25 target for asthma attacks caused by colds

October 6, 2014
A small molecule called interleukin-25 might play a central role in asthma attacks brought on by the common cold. The cytokine has been implicated in a sequence of biological events...

£125m to train next generation of bioscientists

October 3, 2014
Funding of £125m over the next five years is being made available to support the training and development of 1,250 bioscience students.The funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...

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