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Preserving fertility in young male cancer patients

April 2, 2014
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Freezing testicular tissue from young boys who are not yet sexually mature before they undergo cancer treatment could help preserve their fertility say researchers in America. Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs)...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology
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Cosmic collision created ringed planet

April 1, 2014
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A comet-like planet surrounded by two fine rings of ice and pebbles has been found between Saturn and Uranus; astronomers believe it may have formed during a cosmic collision. The...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Early arthropods evolved into filter feeders

March 31, 2014
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Newly discovered fossils of marine animal Tamisiocaris suggest the early arthropod evolved into suspension feeders to filter plankton, much like modern day whales. Evidence pointed to the animal swimming with flaps...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Marine Biology
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Ubiquibodies mark proteins for destruction

March 27, 2014
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A newly engineered type of antibody fragment which mark specific proteins inside a cell with a molecular kiss of death could pave the way for new drug therapies and research...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Merm1 cancer target

March 26, 2014
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A newly-discovered enzyme is supressed in cancer and lung inflammation and could help in the development of new drugs to target the disease. Merm1 is essential for normal functioning of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Oncology
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Understanding chromatography saves pharma big money

March 25, 2014
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By fine tuning a critical process in drug manufacture, researchers at Rice University say they can widen a bottleneck and save the pharmaceutical industry time and money.The new technique can...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Edinburgh student scoops Abcam award

March 24, 2014
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Edinburgh student Yali Huang has won the Abcam 15 Discoveries Contest, receiving a $15,000 research grant and $1,000 worth of Abcam products. Her project – titled In vivo Differentiation Potential...
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Epigenetic root to endometriosis

March 24, 2014
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An epigenetic modification could be an integral component in endometriosis and its progression suggests a new theory from researchers in America. A team from Northwestern University focused on two previously...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Antimicrobial pizza herb

March 21, 2014
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A simple herb used on pizzas could play an important role in defeating the winter vomiting bug say American researchers.Carvacrol – the substance found in oregano oil which gives the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Microbiology, Pathology
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Surplus neurons could cause neurodevelopmental disorders

March 19, 2014
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Autism could be caused by cells called microglia failing to trim unnecessary connections between neurons.Researchers from EMBL and the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (ITT) found that by trimming surplus connections...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience, Pathology
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The slow thaw

March 19, 2014
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Despite the headline-making recent insights, some maintain the Universe didn’t start with the Big Bang; instead it thawed from an extremely cold and almost static state.Professor Christof Wetterich has developed...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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New evidence for Big Bang

March 17, 2014
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Researchers in America believe they have found a signal left in the sky by the super-rapid expansion of space that must have occurred with the Big Bang. B-mode polarisation –...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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