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New type of stem cell discovered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Oct 2014

The naïve-like stem cell – a type so elusive it was thought not to exist – has been found by scient…

New microscopy technique images living single cells

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Sep 2014

A new microscopy technology has allowed scientists to paint a target in a living subject and watch …

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…

Cell division ‘master key’ protein structure revealed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Jul 2014

One of the most important proteins found in nature has been mapped by scientists from the Institute…

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…

“Ultrasonic hands” grip microparticles

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 May 2014

Ultrasonic waves can be used to grab several microparticles at a time, effectively creating a pair …

Nano-silver health risk?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2014

Dietary supplements containing nano-silver could be harmful to health say Danish researchers who ha…

Hydrogel could simplify regenerative medicine

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Apr 2014

A new stem cell microenvironment created by researchers at the University of Nottingham allows the …

DNA shape-change causes ALS

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Apr 2014

A mutation linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) changes …

Ubiquibodies mark proteins for destruction

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Mar 2014

A newly engineered type of antibody fragment which mark specific proteins inside a cell with a mole…

Surplus neurons could cause neurodevelopmental disorders

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Mar 2014

Autism could be caused by cells called microglia failing to trim unnecessary connections between ne…

Breakthrough in nanowires

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jan 2014

In a series of papers, researchers have documented a breakthrough in laser action in semiconductor …

New mammalian cell culture facility

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Nov 2013

A new mammalian cell culture cGMP manufacturing facility has been opened in Billingham, Teesside by…

New technique to image cell interior

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Nov 2013

A new method of imaging cells is allowing scientists from Queen Mary University of London to see ti…

Henrietta Lacks’ family win recognition for immortal cell line

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Sep 2013

The family of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose tumour cells revolutionised modern medicine, have been…

Mouse heart beats again with human stem cells

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Aug 2013

A decellularised mouse heart was able to contract and beat again when it was rebuilt with human ste…

Eel fluorescent protein transforms clinical assay

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jul 2013

A Japanese freshwater eel called unagi possesses a fluorescent protein that could revolutionise a k…

3D printed shapes mimic living tissue

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2013

A custom-built programmable 3D printer that can print materials with the properties of living tissu…

Mathematicians solve a foamy problem

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 May 2013

Two researchers from University of California Berkeley have now described mathematically the succes…

How a brain cell can change its mind

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Mar 2013

Harvard stem cell biologists have turned one type of already differentiated neurons into another wi…