Genetic mutation prevents weight gain on high-sugar diet
October 28, 2014
A team of researchers from the University of Southern California have found a way to suppress the obesity that accompanies a high-sugar diet by regulation of a particular gene.The team,...
Jumping spiders’ visual system revealed
October 27, 2014
Scientists have solved one of the toughest problems in spider biology – how the arachnids’ visual system works. An interdisciplinary team from Cornell University have for the first time made...
Precursor to life created in virtual lab
October 24, 2014
A virtual molecular laboratory has created a possible precursor to life say Danish scientists, which could have important implications for creating artificial living systems. Protocells are the simplest, most primitive...
CD8 T cells in in for the long haul
October 23, 2014
Like soldiers trained for a specific mission, CD8 T cells become tuned to fighting an exact pathogen but rather than bail out once the job is done, they stay in...
Liquid DNA behind virus attacks
October 22, 2014
New studies show viruses convert their DNA into liquid form to be injected into host cells, findings which could lead to new therapies that avoid resistance. In a previous study...
Fire at UEA chemistry lab
October 21, 2014
A fire has broken out in a third floor chemistry laboratory at the University of East Anglia.This is the second time this year that the Fire Service has been called...
Floppy proteins linked to ALS
October 21, 2014
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...
‘Breadcrumb trail’ helps melanoma spread
October 20, 2014
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....
Parkinson’s gut origin given boost
October 17, 2014
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...
New type of stem cell discovered
October 17, 2014
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...
Lipid membrane ink gives nanometre resolution
October 16, 2014
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...
Half as much dark matter as astronomers thought
October 15, 2014
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...
