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Fruit compound may have potential to prevent and treat Parkinson’s disease

August 2, 2021
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Researchers have added to evidence that the compound farnesol, found naturally in herbs, and berries and other fruits, prevents and reverses brain damage linked to Parkinson's disease in mouse studies....
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Are all mammals just copy cats? Felines to play a key role in human genetics

July 30, 2021
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The feline genome is ordered similarly to humans according to one veterinary medicine expert. So, cats have the potential to be a valuable model organism for geneticists to help understand...
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Gene variant discovery could help treat Alzheimer’s and other degenerative brain disorders

July 29, 2021
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New research suggests early changes in brain metabolism may explain the neurodegeneration suffered by Alzheimer's patients. Discovery of a special gene variant, that causes astrocytes of the brain and exhausts...
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New shape-changing materials brings soft robotics to life

July 23, 2021
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Imagine opening up a book of nature photos only to see a kaleidoscope of graceful butterflies flutter out from the page. Such fanciful storybooks might soon be possible thanks to...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
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One drug to treat them all: towards a ‘master’ coronavirus treatment

July 22, 2021
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Researchers seek and find that precious drug-binding pocket that is so essential to the coronavirus protein function that it cannot be mutated, and therefore remains accessible across all strains. Using...
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Wearable brain-machine interface turns intentions into actions

July 22, 2021
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A new wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system could improve the quality of life for people with motor dysfunction or paralysis, even those struggling with locked-in syndrome - when a person...
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Imaging technique could become treatment for deep vein thrombosis

July 19, 2021
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Engineering researchers who set out to develop technology capable of localising and imaging blood clots in deep veins have discovered their work may not only identify blood clots, but it...
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Demystifying plant biostimulants for selection based on crop growing goals

July 16, 2021
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Plant biostimulants have now been categorised by into eight classes based on their modes of action. A newly published review, which includes summaries of product composition, mechanisms, efficacy, and application...
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Unlocking the value of data in Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN)

July 16, 2021
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Pharma companies, personnel involved in data standards, and ELN (electronic notebook) vendors are being sought to help with the Semantic Enrichment of ELN Data (SEED) project which uses data standards...
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New report recommends antibody testing within the Covid-19 vaccination programme

July 8, 2021
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Antibody testing can be used to identify the minority of people who have a sub-optimal response to Covid-19 vaccination, this is estimated to be up to 10 per cent of...
Life Sciences
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Real milk, real cheese – no cows required

July 8, 2021
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Will 'animal-free' AI driven processing replace 'plant-based' dairy products? An Israeli start-up is applying AI to precision fermentation to artificially brew the whey and casein proteins that make up real...
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Breakthrough for tracking RNA with fluorescence

July 7, 2021
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in developing a method to label mRNA molecules, and thereby follow, in real time, their path through cells, using a microscope...
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