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Pound of flesh

May 8, 2018
In light of the recent report from Goldman Sachs suggesting medical success is bad business, Russ Swan can’t help but wonder if we are living in a parallel dystopia  In...

Setback to personalized cancer treatment

April 30, 2018
A new study suggests that tumour cells may develop resistance to potential Ras inhibitors – currently one of the most studied cancer treatments.Mutations in Ras are those that initiate many...

At the risk of being an idiot

April 23, 2018
Time for the Science lite desk to admit, as much as it might pain us, that we are idiots.We do idiotic things. Many idiotic things. In fact we have lost...

Bone printing collaboration

April 23, 2018
A manufacturer of structural zirconia ceramics, has entered into a research project with a Portuguese university to produce synthetic bone material for orthopaedic implants.The Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT...

Understanding the protein ‘interactome’

April 20, 2018
Researchers of the University of Helsinki, Finland, developed an improved method to give a detailed understanding of protein–protein interactions _– key for deciphering regulation of cellular networks and pathways.Proteins do...

The feel good factor

April 17, 2018
A painfully direct question from a paralyzed patient set Professor Samantha Butler on a path to understand the neurobiology of touch and how we might rebuild damaged sensory circuits to...

Magnetic sense could lead to molecular manipulation

April 13, 2018
By understanding Magnetoreception - the ability of some animals to sense Earth’s magnetic field – a team of researchers is hoping to develop a new technique to control molecular processes.The...

Study of ‘looping’ DNA reveals breast cancer link

April 12, 2018
Scientists have linked 110 genes to an increased risk of breast cancer in the most comprehensive study ever to unpick the genetics of the disease.The team from the Institute of...

Clinical trial in record time

April 10, 2018
Clinical data specialists Clinithink have helped to achieve a Guinness World Record title for the Fastest genetic diagnosis.The project successfully compressed the time needed to diagnose rare genetic disorders in...

The bare-bones of hypergravity

April 9, 2018
A team of student biologists have been selected to take part to study the effect of hypergravity on bone development as apart of the in the European Space Agency’s Spin...

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