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CD8 T cells in in for the long haul

October 23, 2014
Like soldiers trained for a specific mission, CD8 T cells become tuned to fighting an exact pathogen but rather than bail out once the job is done, they stay in...

Liquid DNA behind virus attacks

October 22, 2014
New studies show viruses convert their DNA into liquid form to be injected into host cells, findings which could lead to new therapies that avoid resistance. In a previous study...

Fire at UEA chemistry lab

October 21, 2014
A fire has broken out in a third floor chemistry laboratory at the University of East Anglia.This is the second time this year that the Fire Service has been called...

Floppy proteins linked to ALS

October 21, 2014
A loss of protein stability has been linked to muscle-destroying disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by American researchers. Mutations in a gene coding for protein superoxide dismutase SOD is linked...

‘Breadcrumb trail’ helps melanoma spread

October 20, 2014
Just like Hansel and Gretel followed the trail of breadcrumbs to the witch’s house, melanoma cells follow the trail of a naturally-occurring molecule allowing it to metastasise in the body....

Parkinson’s gut origin given boost

October 17, 2014
A disputed hypothesis which pinpoints the gut as the origin of Parkinson’s disease has gained support thanks to new research from Lund University. In 2003, German neuropathologist Professor Heiko Braak...

New type of stem cell discovered

October 17, 2014
The naïve-like stem cell – a type so elusive it was thought not to exist – has been found by scientists from Bath and Berlin in what they have termed...

Lipid membrane ink gives nanometre resolution

October 16, 2014
Lipid membranes have been used as a biological ‘ink’ to draw in the nanometre region in a new technique developed by Leeds researchers. Resolution as low as six nanometres was...

Half as much dark matter as astronomers thought

October 15, 2014
The Milky Way contains half as much dark matter than previously thought according to new research which has weighed the mysterious substance. Providing the precise mass of dark matter in...

‘Perfect storm’ led to spread of HIV

October 14, 2014
A ‘perfect storm’ led to the global spread of the HIV pandemic, which has its roots in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo suggests new research....

Implants linked to new sub-type of lymphoma

October 13, 2014
Silicon-coated breast implants could be responsible for a new subtype of a rare but malignant lymphoma suggests research from Vienna. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a type of non-Hodgkin...

Six faces of Streptococcus

October 10, 2014
Like the faces of a die, Streptococcus pneumonia has six unique states it can switch to making it a leading cause of serious illness across the globe. A genetic switch...

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