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New cocktail encourages stem cell diversification

April 18, 2017
A team of international scientists have discovered a chemical cocktail that enables stem cells to regrow any type of tissue. The study highlights how totipotent and omnipotent stem cells can...

The problem with PCR…

April 13, 2017
Nothing less than a total reimagining of how we perform PCR was the starting point for inventor Gert de Vos. Here he talks inventions, investors and keeping quiet about your...

First active TB test created

April 12, 2017
Scientists from three American universities have developed the first rapid test to diagnose active tuberculosis cases.

Breakthrough raises hope for anti-ageing drug

April 5, 2017
Scientists have identified part of a molecular process that enables cells to repair DNA damage, raising hopes of a drug that reverses ageing or enables astronauts to travel to Mars.

Is this the dawn of the groupOME?

April 4, 2017
Can the genome of the people around us really have a direct influence on our own health? Amelie Baud of the EMBL-EBI thinks so. We caught up with her to...

Leap forward made in synthetic biology

April 3, 2017
An international team of more than 200 researchers have made significant progress in building an organism from scratch.

Discovery prompts evolutionary history rethink

March 27, 2017
The discovery of fossilised algae suggests that advanced multicellular life evolved much earlier than previously thought.

Antibiotics linked to bee population dive

March 23, 2017
The mystery around increasing bee deaths and colony collapse disorder may be linked to antibiotics.

Who’d win a fight between Godzilla and a T. rex?

March 21, 2017
Following on from How Many Moons Does the Earth Have? Popular science writer Brian Clegg is back with another quiz book. Loaded with new questions, What Colour is The Sun?...

Berry aids brain function improvement

March 15, 2017
Concentrated blueberry juice has been found to improve brain function in the elderly, according to scientists at the University of Exeter.

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