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Ebola outbreak in West Africa

April 3, 2014
Five new cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been recorded in Guinea in the last 24 hours according to the World Health Organization. The outbreak, which began in Guinea...

Preserving fertility in young male cancer patients

April 2, 2014
Freezing testicular tissue from young boys who are not yet sexually mature before they undergo cancer treatment could help preserve their fertility say researchers in America. Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs)...

Early arthropods evolved into filter feeders

March 31, 2014
Newly discovered fossils of marine animal Tamisiocaris suggest the early arthropod evolved into suspension feeders to filter plankton, much like modern day whales. Evidence pointed to the animal swimming with flaps...

Ubiquibodies mark proteins for destruction

March 27, 2014
A newly engineered type of antibody fragment which mark specific proteins inside a cell with a molecular kiss of death could pave the way for new drug therapies and research...

Merm1 cancer target

March 26, 2014
A newly-discovered enzyme is supressed in cancer and lung inflammation and could help in the development of new drugs to target the disease. Merm1 is essential for normal functioning of...

Understanding chromatography saves pharma big money

March 25, 2014
By fine tuning a critical process in drug manufacture, researchers at Rice University say they can widen a bottleneck and save the pharmaceutical industry time and money.The new technique can...

Epigenetic root to endometriosis

March 24, 2014
An epigenetic modification could be an integral component in endometriosis and its progression suggests a new theory from researchers in America. A team from Northwestern University focused on two previously...

Antimicrobial pizza herb

March 21, 2014
A simple herb used on pizzas could play an important role in defeating the winter vomiting bug say American researchers.Carvacrol – the substance found in oregano oil which gives the...

Surplus neurons could cause neurodevelopmental disorders

March 19, 2014
Autism could be caused by cells called microglia failing to trim unnecessary connections between neurons.Researchers from EMBL and the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (ITT) found that by trimming surplus connections...

Circadian clock sensitive to vibration

March 10, 2014
The internal circadian clock of the fruit fly can be influenced by more than just the cycle of night and day say researchers in London, who found vibration also has...

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