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Epigenetics enabling fish survival
Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Oct 2016
A number of fish species are adapting to survive warmer oceans without genetic changes, according t…
Short telomere length in newborns linked to mother’s weight
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Oct 2016
Belgian researchers have found that a high BMI in mothers before pregnancy is associated with short…
2017 Eppendorf Awards open
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Oct 2016
Entries are being welcomed for the 2017 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators.
Industrial Fellowships for promising researchers
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Oct 2016
The Royal Commission of the Exhibition of 1851 has awarded 10 early-career engineers and scientists…
Cell digestion research wins 2016 Nobel Prize
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2016
Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology for his…
Habitat preservation crucial for turtle and tortoise survival
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2016
The survival of turtles and tortoises is more dependent on habitat degradation than rising global t…
New sensor technology accelerates blood analysis
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Sep 2016
Scientists in York have developed a sensor capable of detecting multiple proteins and enzymes in sm…
New species of trapdoor spider discovered
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Sep 2016
A PhD student from Griffith University has discovered a large number of new trapdoor spider species…
Antibody validation guidelines released
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Sep 2016
An international working group have published the first proposals for validating antibody specifici…
Astronaut successfully sequences DNA in space
Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Aug 2016
DNA has been sequenced in space for the first time ever.
Fungi extracts precious elements from batteries
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Aug 2016
Researchers in the US have used fungi to extract metals from rechargeable batteries.
Stem cell switch unearthed in flatworms
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Aug 2016
Researchers studying flatworms have discovered a ‘ying and yang’ switch that allows for the creatio…
Gene therapy offers different approach to treating depression
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jul 2016
Scientists have shown how manipulating a new target in the brain through gene therapy can lead to n…
Call for epigenetic drug targets for respiratory ailments
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Jun 2016
An initiative has been launched to find new epigenetic drug targets for respiratory diseases.
Bubbly oxygen drink could aid cancer treatments
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jun 2016
A drink containing oxygen microbubbles is being developed to make treatment of hard to reach tumour…
£2m grant for researchers to study dementia risks
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Jun 2016
A team of researchers from Cardiff, Bristol and Oxford University are set to begin investigating a …
New plant-based vaccine under investigation
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jun 2016
A plant-based polio vaccine, the first of its kind, could be created by a team led by the Universit…
Longer living mice thanks to manipulated telomeres
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jun 2016
Scientists have created mice with longer telomeres than their counterparts, resulting in fewer sign…
New frog species discovered
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Apr 2016
A new species of narrow-mouthed frog has been discovered in India by scientists from the National U…
Evolutionary ancestral gene found
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Mar 2016
A common ancestral gene thought to have kick-started evolution has been identified by Canadian scie…
