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Breakthrough against antibiotic resistance

June 23, 2014
News
A breakthrough in the race to solve antibiotic resistance has been made by a team from the University of East Anglia and Diamond Light Source. The powerful beams of light...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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US researchers exposed to live anthrax

June 20, 2014
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Failure to adhere to proper procedure means as many as 75 scientists in America may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Pathology
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Research Councils adopt new reporting platform

June 20, 2014
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The seven UK Research Councils have announced they are to begin using a uniform digital platform for collecting outputs from research they support. ResearchFish will allow the funding bodies –...
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Four new genes confirmed to increase familial breast cancer risk

June 20, 2014
News
Four new genes have been added to those already known to increase the risk of familial breast cancer. Although BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the most well-known inherited breast cancer genes,...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Oncology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Statins of questionable value

June 19, 2014
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Drugs designed to lower the levels of “bad cholesterol” in the blood could condemn middle-aged adults to a lifetime of popping pills of questionable value say a group of leading...
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Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Chemical sensor on a chip

June 19, 2014
News
Infrared laser beams are ideal for analysing liquids and gases, and scientists in Vienna have miniaturised the technique to develop a new type of sensor. The method sees a quantum...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Liquid biopsy to track lung cancer

June 18, 2014
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A liquid biopsy using a patient’s blood sample could offer a new way to track lung cancer say researchers from Cancer Research UK’s Manchester Institute. Their method offers a means...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Medical Diagnostics
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Origami on the microscopic

June 18, 2014
News
Dutch researchers have taken the ancient art of origami down to the microscopic level, folding flat sheets of silicon nitride into cube, pyramids, bowls and long triangular structures with only...
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Travel Fellowships for science communicators

June 17, 2014
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To mark its 50th anniversary in 2015, the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust is to invest £1.2m in British citizens by awarding a record number of Travelling Fellowships. In particular, the...
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One-size-fits-all synthetic blood

June 16, 2014
News
Donated blood has a short shelf-life – only 35 days for red cells – but now researchers in Essex hope to improve this by developing a synthetic blood substitute. The...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology
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Proteome catalogue reveals 193 unknown proteins

June 13, 2014
News
A proteome catalogue has revealed 193 novel proteins in regions of the genome not predicted to code for proteins, suggesting the human genome is more complex than previously thought. Using...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Molecular scaffold key to neurodegenerative disease

June 13, 2014
News
A molecular scaffold that allows key parts of the cell to communicate falls apart in dementia and motor neuron disease; a finding which offers a new target for drug discovery....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Neuroscience
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