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Detecting disease beneath the skin

October 15, 2012
News
An international team of researchers has developed an advanced optics system to noninvasively detect disease by looking underneath the skin at blood vessel networks. One day, the high resolution 3D...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Medical Diagnostics, Oncology
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Molecule to reverse fragile X syndrome

October 15, 2012
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A compound that shows promise in therapy for one of the diseases closely linked to fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition that is the only known single-gene cause of autism,...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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Green tea may boost brain cell production

October 12, 2012
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Green tea possesses chemical properties that increase the production of brain cells, providing benefits for memory and spatial learning, suggests a new study.Green tea, a popular Chinese beverage, has long...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
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Tough and stretchy gel created for cartilage replacements

October 5, 2012
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Harvard material scientists and bioengineers have developed an extremely tough and stretchy biocompatible material that could have applications in replacing damaged cartilage in human joints. The biomaterial is dubbed a...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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New genetic variants linked to bipolar disorder

October 3, 2012
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Scientists have gained new understanding of the origin of bipolar disorder by identifying genetic variants linked to signalling pathways in the brain likely to be involved in causing the neurological...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Stopping cancer in its tracks

September 24, 2012
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Cancer can be stopped in its tracks by a mutant gene, without any outside help from toxic chemotherapy drug say American researchers. While studying the mechanisms of gene integrity, researchers...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology
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Skin cancer found in fish

September 21, 2012
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Skin cancer has been identified for the first time in wild coral trout populations in the Great Barrier Reef – directly beneath the largest hole in the ozone layer. Researchers...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology, Zoology
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Relief for hay fever sufferers: pollen-free house plants developed

September 19, 2012
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Pollen-free plants can be produced by targeting two bacterial genes into the houseplant Pelargonium, new research suggests.The paper, published in the BioMed Central journal, BMC Plant Biology describes the work...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany
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Dedicated biomedical start-up office at LSP

September 19, 2012
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SPARK Impact has teamed up with Liverpool Science Park (LSP) to launch an office dedicated to start-up businesses in the biomedical sector. The office is the latest in a series...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics
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Mathematicians solve biologists’ problem

September 19, 2012
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Mathematicians may have solved a long-standing biological puzzle that had confounded molecular biologists – how protein production is regulated by microRNAs. Until the 1990s, biologists believed the major role of...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Microbiology
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