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Breaking the blood-brain barrier

October 28, 2013
News
Scientists from the University of Oxford have broken the blood-brain barrier, allowing cancer drugs to be delivered to life-threatening cancers which have spread to the vital organ.The study – in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Oncology
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Sorting the good from the bad bacteria

October 24, 2013
News
There are good bacteria and bad bacteria – some coexisting in the same species – and researchers at MIT have developed a new microfluidic technique which can quickly distinguish bacteria...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Virology
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‘Writing’ artificial membranes on graphene

October 23, 2013
News
Graphene has emerged as a versatile new surface on which to assemble model cell membranes mimicking those in the human body, with potential applications in sensors, disease detection and drug...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Materials Science
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Ribosome-building dance

October 22, 2013
News
An important step in building ribosomes is like a strictly choreographed dance say scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).In order to build ribosomes – the cell’s protein factories...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Scientists view 3D chromosomes

October 21, 2013
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Researchers have been able to model the structure of chromosomes when they are active using a novel approach.This is important because the way in which DNA folds up into chromosome...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Left or right? It’s not genetic

October 14, 2013
News
It is often assumed that handedness is inherited but a new study rules out a strong genetic factor in determining what hand a person writes with.Researchers from the University of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Multiple mates improves disease resistance

October 9, 2013
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Being promiscuous may have benefits say researchers who have found mating with different males helps females produce offspring more resistant to disease.In a collaborative study, researchers from the University of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Zoology
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British baked beans – yes please

October 3, 2013
News
Baked beans are a staple of the British diet, with over 1.7 million cans consumed in the UK every year, yet not one bean is grown in this country.Most are...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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An evolutionary fear of holes?

October 1, 2013
News
Trypophobia is the most common fear you’ve never heard of – but what is it about clusters of holes that bring people out in a cold sweat?An ancient evolutionary part...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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Plant geometry secret revealed

September 25, 2013
News
Researchers from the University of Leeds have discovered how plants set the angles of their branches.The mechanism is vital to elucidating the shape of plants, and explaining how some have...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany
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