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Infections gets nosis put out of joint

January 14, 2008
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The UK’s National Centre for Zoonosis Research, dedicated to the study of animal-borne human diseases, has been opened at the University of Liverpool.
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UK cuts research budget as Europe pushes for greater spend

January 11, 2008
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Public spending on medical research in Europe should be doubled over the next ten years to ensure the health and welfare of Europe’s citizens and to nurture a thriving medical...
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Strong BERT quells ERNI

January 10, 2008
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BERT and ERNI may be familiar to Sesame Street fans, but now researchers have found that play a vital role in embryonic development.
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Turning physics up to 11

January 10, 2008
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Rock guitars, superstrings, 11 dimensions and the world’s largest and highest energy particle accelerator are the lead instruments for the Institute of Physics’ latest drive to get kids interested in...
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Plucking scientists get to root of problem

January 10, 2008
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It sounds like something from a science fiction novel: Pluck a few of someone’s hairs, and four to six weeks later they have grown into a piece of skin -...
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Xmas carbon emissions over the moon

January 9, 2008
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The season’s festivities are over and you are back to work with a bump, but new research suggests the xmas excess didn’t just bulge your waistline.
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Moss – a supermodel of a different kind

January 7, 2008
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New genetic sequencing research on one of the simplest plants on the planet could help scientists create crops to survive the ravages of drought.
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Kelvin centenary marked at Westminster Abbey

January 3, 2008
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The University of Glasgow has marked the centenary of the death of its most illustrious scientist at a wreath-laying ceremony in Westminster Abbey.
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Protein spy spots skin secret

January 1, 2008
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Scientists have developed a powerful microscopy technique that has allowed them to see proteins in their natural environment and interactions inside cells.
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UK company in $80M deal to develop West Nile vaccine

December 24, 2007
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UK based vaccine company Acambis has announced the signing of an exclusive collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, for their ChimeriVax West Nile vaccine.
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Making light work of cell sorting

December 21, 2007
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Researchers at MIT have developed a new method for cell sorting that they say will make the process faster and cheaper and allow for new types of experiments.
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Mistletoe kisses are fine, but dont shake hands

December 21, 2007
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We’ve all heard people say “I won’t kiss you, I’ve got a cold”. But new research warns that we may be far more at risk of passing on an infection...
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