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Injected polio vaccine to boost immunity
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jul 2014
A type of polio vaccine that fell out of favour in the 1960s could hasten the eradication of the di…
The shrinking human genome
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jul 2014
Our understanding of the human genome has been reduced to 19,000 genes, almost all of which have an…
Fish-like animal emits bright and dim light
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jul 2014
A fish-like animal found in coastal waters can emit both bright and dim versions of fluorescent lig…
Global warming favours light-coloured insects
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jul 2014
A warming European climate has led to lighter coloured butterflies and dragonflies out-competing th…
Brain activity during magic mushrooms trip mirrors dreaming
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jul 2014
The brain displays a similar pattern of activity during a mind-expanding drug trip as it does durin…
Bio-printing transplantable tissues a step closer
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jul 2014
A bio-printed artificial vascular network capable of mimicking the body’s circulatory system could …
Diabetes medication ‘doing more harm than good’
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jul 2014
Diabetes treatments could be doing more harm than good; particularly for the over 75s suggests new …
Fossil find could shed light on Neanderthal – human interbreeding
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jul 2014
A collection of human fossils feared lost has been found and could shed light on whether Neandertha…
Antibiotic resistance chosen as greatest scientific problem
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jun 2014
The British public have chosen antibiotic resistance as the most pressing scientific problem facing…
Bees under the spotlight
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jun 2014
Recent research has uncovered a novel biopesticide which is safe for bees and doesn’t affect their …
Drug compound can reverse cardiomyopathy
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jun 2014
A drug compound that could reverse hereditary disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) has been …
Bones from beer residue
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jun 2014
Waste from beer brewing could be recycled for use in an unexpected application – as a biomaterial f…
Onion-like vesicle for drug delivery
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jun 2014
A drug delivery vesicle akin to an onion has been developed by researchers at the University of Pen…
Caging water to study spin
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jun 2014
A pioneering method of caging and cooling water molecules to study its nuclear spin conversion coul…
Breakthrough against antibiotic resistance
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jun 2014
A breakthrough in the race to solve antibiotic resistance has been made by a team from the Universi…
US researchers exposed to live anthrax
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jun 2014
Failure to adhere to proper procedure means as many as 75 scientists in America may have been expos…
Four new genes confirmed to increase familial breast cancer risk
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jun 2014
Four new genes have been added to those already known to increase the risk of familial breast cance…
Statins of questionable value
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Jun 2014
Drugs designed to lower the levels of “bad cholesterol” in the blood could condemn middle-aged adul…
Liquid biopsy to track lung cancer
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Jun 2014
A liquid biopsy using a patient’s blood sample could offer a new way to track lung cancer say resea…
One-size-fits-all synthetic blood
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jun 2014
Donated blood has a short shelf-life – only 35 days for red cells – but now researchers in Essex ho…
