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Nobel round-up
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Oct 2014
In case you missed them, here is Laboratory News’ round-up of who won what in this year’s Nobel Pri…
Brain’s inner GPS wins Nobel Prize
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Oct 2014
The inner GPS of the brain, which makes it possible for us to orient ourselves in space has won Joh…
IL-25 target for asthma attacks caused by colds
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Oct 2014
A small molecule called interleukin-25 might play a central role in asthma attacks brought on by th…
£125m to train next generation of bioscientists
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2014
Funding of £125m over the next five years is being made available to support the training and devel…
Anthrax is new drug delivery vehicle
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2014
Anthrax doesn’t seem like the go-to vehicle for delivering cancer drugs, but researchers from MIT h…
Jamming bacterial ‘shredder’ could fight infection
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Sep 2014
By jamming their ‘paper shredder’, scientists might be able to drown deadly bacteria in their own p…
Queen’s to head £6m cancer prevention initiative
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Sep 2014
Queen’s University in Belfast are to spearhead a £6 million initiative to find better ways to preve…
Plumage no sacrifice for peacocks
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Sep 2014
Peacocks are known for their long iridescent feathers which they use to attract a mate, but their d…
AMS show modern humans and Neanderthals overlapped
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Sep 2014
Strong evidence that Neanderthals overlapped with modern humans for up to 5,400 years has been reve…
Freshwater springs likely played role in early human evolution
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Sep 2014
The ability to move and seek out new sources of groundwater in dry periods may have been pivotal to…
Autism therapy could eliminate symptoms
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Sep 2014
A new therapy aimed at treating infants as young as 6-months-old who exhibit signs of autism has sh…
Why do HIV patients develop dementia?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Sep 2014
Life expectancy for patients with HIV has increased thanks to combination anti-retroviral therapy, …
New heart drug beats current gold standard
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Sep 2014
Clinical trials of a new drug to treat heart failure were brought to an early close after results s…
Protein synthesis offer clues to memory loss
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Sep 2014
A new method of identifying proteins as they are created in the body could offer insight into why l…
Engineered E. coli turns fatty acids into propane
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Sep 2014
By engineering a protein found in the gut, researchers have generated renewable propane and taken a…
Same mechanism implicated in type-1 and type-2 diabetes
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Sep 2014
Both type-1 and type-2 diabetes are caused by the same underlying mechanism say researchers in Manc…
Fast-tracked Ebola vaccine to enter trials
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Aug 2014
A potential vaccine against the Zaire species of Ebola, which has currently claimed 1,550 lives in …
Epigenetic changes play role in Alzheimer’s
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Aug 2014
Researchers say they have amassed some of the strongest evidence yet to show that epigenetic change…
How Ebola blocks immune system
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Aug 2014
American researchers have developed a detailed map of the Ebola protein VP24, which has revealed ho…
Thin-film technique for delivering pain medication
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Aug 2014
For those who suffer chronic pain, frequent pill popping helps ease the discomfort but a new advanc…
