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Cells gobble up micro-doughnuts

July 23, 2008
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Conventional doughnuts may not be particularly good for our health but newly developed, tiny ring ‘doughnuts’ may be able to deliver drugs selectively, eliminating side effects of treatments like chemotherapy.
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Spin-out restores antibiotic action

July 21, 2008
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A spin-out company from the John Innes plant and microbial science centre in Norwich has won funding for technology that restores antibiotic action against various superbugs.
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Prosthetics company reaches for success

July 18, 2008
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A company spawned from university research to create one of the world’s most advanced artificial limbs has been awarded the UK’s premier prize for engineering innovation.
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Lab rats dive straight in to race

July 16, 2008
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Microbiology lab staff from across Scotland have proved that their talents extend beyond assays and culture media at the inaugural Mast Lab Rat Challenge.
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Super computer proves to be a real chatter box

July 16, 2008
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Scientists are to use a powerful super computer to mimic the part of the brain that controls speech and language function to better understand what goes wrong after brain damage...
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Anatomists face the facts

July 14, 2008
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Laugh and the world laughs with you, but express extreme fear and you could be on your own.
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Elements are music to chemist’s ears

July 11, 2008
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Here at Lab News we like to think we are pretty up on current scientific debate, and if there was ever a burning question for our times it must be...
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Exploding star ends decade long search

July 9, 2008
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Scientists have, for the first time, observed a flash of ultraviolet light from within a dying star giving vital evidence of how stars turn into supernovae
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Is allergy a cruel evolutionary throwback?

July 7, 2008
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Just as hay fever season kicks off in earnest scientists have discovered how evolution may have lumbered humans with allergy problems.
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Can Science Feed Africa?

July 4, 2008
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A new £2.8 million study will bring together researchers from medicine, plant science, ecology, social policy and the environment to focus on preventing future food crises in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Stem cell breakthrough closes gap between mouse and human studies

July 2, 2008
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Scientists have shown for the first time that embryonic stem cells are able to self-renew without the natural chemicals that scientists have so far used to maintain them and grow...
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Science gets in the festival spirit

July 2, 2008
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For all those that didn’t make this years Cheltenham Science Festival, our girl on the ground Leila Sattary gives us the catch-up.
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