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Divergence of the mosquitoes

December 2, 2010
Mosquitoes responsible for spreading malaria in sub-Saharan Africa are evolving into two separate species say scientists who have just sequenced the genomes of two strains of the Anopheles gambiae mosquito

Funding secured for home blood clot test

November 29, 2010
Microvisk Technologies have raised over £2.5 million through a rights deal with existing investors to bring their handheld blood clotting sensor to the market by 2011.

Rapid stem cell culture promises cartilage repair

November 29, 2010
Damaged and disease joints could be repaired with cells derived from embryonic stem cells after scientists in Manchester developed a method to grow copious amounts in just 14 days.

Solar dip warms planet

November 26, 2010
A decrease in the Sun’s activity doesn’t always mean it gets cooler here on Earth; scientists believe that even though the Sun is waning, the Earth has become warmer.

Urine offers up climate change insight

November 24, 2010
Urine from the rock hyrax which has crystallised over thousands of years is providing a previously untapped resource for studying climate change.

Blood vessel genotype switch causes cancer stir

November 24, 2010
An important breakthrough in the way anti-cancer drugs are tested has been made by scientists at the University of East Anglia – but it turns out they weren’t studying what...

Your heart loves chocolate

November 24, 2010
With Christmas fast approaching, the Lab News team are looking forward to the mountain of chocolate that accompanies the festive period – even more so now researchers have shown exactly...

Tracing selenium

November 24, 2010
The absence of selenium – a little known trace element – in the body may help scientists understand the role of free radicals say an international team based at the...

Super-twisted

November 24, 2010
Light that has been twisted like a corkscrew and then twisted even tighter has been used by Scottish scientists to probe incredibly small samples.

Powered by poo

November 22, 2010
I’m all for recycling, but the news that residents in Didcot are using their own poo to heat their homes just sounds a bit too disgusting to imagine.

Is your headache genetic?

November 19, 2010
Your family could quite literally be responsible for giving you a headache say scientists who have discovered a genetic defect that causes migraines.

Boost for prolactin research

November 18, 2010
Understanding how the body responds to hormonal changes and inflammation could help treat diseases of the pituitary gland say researchers who have been awarded a £1.24 million to investigate the...

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