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Incentives needed to encourage data sharing

June 10, 2014
News
New types of incentives within the biomedical research community are necessary to improve sharing of large research datasets suggests a new report. The report from the EAGDA (the Expert Advisory...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences
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New method to detect counterfeit drugs

June 9, 2014
News
Counterfeit medicines could now be detected more efficiently thanks to a new chemical analysis method developed by researchers at the University of Montreal. The method identifies and quantifies the various...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Mega-Earth found in Kepler-10c

June 6, 2014
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The ‘Godzilla of Earths’ has been discovered by astronomers; the new type of planet is a mega-Earth; a rocky world weighing 17 times as much as Earth. It was believed...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Soft touch gone awry in autism

June 5, 2014
News
Nerves in the skin that respond to gentle touch may go awry in disorders such as autism say researchers in Liverpool. Using a range of scientific techniques, researchers from Liverpool...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Neuroscience
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Aerospace company set to communicate with NASA spacecraft

June 4, 2014
News
Aerospace company SkyCorp Inc have been given the go ahead to attempt to communicate with a 35-year-old NASA spacecraft. International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) was launched in 1978 to study the...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Celebrating Great British Science

June 3, 2014
News
Frank James, Professor of the History of Science at the Royal Institution, has nominated Faraday’s electro-magnetic induction ring as his Great British Scientific breakthroughAfter about ten years of searching Michael...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemistry, Physics
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Combating drug resistance in melanoma

June 2, 2014
News
Resistance to a treatment for advanced melanoma could be prevented by blocking a druggable family of proteins. Cancer Research UK scientists at the CRUK Manchester Institute have found that the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pathology
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Leap in modelling cardiovascular disease

May 30, 2014
News
American scientists have made a huge leap forward in genetic modelling after growing functioning human heart tissue carrying an inherited cardiovascular disease for the first time. The Harvard team combined...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Neutron analysis reveals cancer drug clustering

May 30, 2014
News
Cancer pharmaceuticals currently have to be administered intravenously because of a tendency for solutions containing high concentrations of some antibodies to be highly viscous.Not only does this prevent large scale...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Oncology, Pathology
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Over £47m for investment in early-stage UK life sciences

May 29, 2014
News
International venture capital firm Epidarex Capital has raised over £47.5 million to lead investments in early-stage life science and health technology companies. Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company took part...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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H10N8 bird flu unlikely to threaten public health

May 29, 2014
News
H10N8, the most recent avian influenza virus to infect humans, is unlikely to cause a threat to public health without further changes say the Medical Research Council (MRC). In order...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Pathology, Virology
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Study shows promise for rare eye condition

May 28, 2014
News
Recombinant human nerve growth factor (rhNGF) could provide a targeted treatment for neurotropic keratitis, an untreatable rare eye condition. A Phase I trial of 18 patients – seven men and...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Neuroscience
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