Articles tagged with "Biological Sciences"

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A taste for understanding

March 7, 2017
As consumers become ever more label savvy, demand for foods with fewer ingredients is growing – but how to achieve this whilst keeping food cheap, convenient, and tasty?

A right royal success

March 6, 2017
Following a fellowship award from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Alice Hagan set about developing an oncological knock-out punch. Here she talks microbeads, cancer starvation, and the...

The eyes have it for deep sea squid’s survival

February 23, 2017
The first behavioural evidence for why a deep sea squid has developed an ocular oddity has been collected by researchers in the US.

Less is more for the gatekeeper of oncology

February 21, 2017
Late last year Dr Tony Ocasio discovered a first generation cancer inhibitor. Here he talks about the science – and the art – of cancer drug discoveryWhy did you decide...

How’s your game?

February 21, 2017
Reliable, precise and trusted – however, a pipette performs only as well as the operator’s technique allows. As demand accuracy and precision increases, the importance of understanding and developing optimal...

Ruling in CRISPR patent battle

February 20, 2017
As a key verdict in the legal battle over exploitation of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology is handed down disagreement still abounds…

An instrument-free future?

February 16, 2017
Molecular diagnostics requires dedicated equipment and electricity – this can present a barrier to access to those without sufficient resources. But what if we could visually analyse diagnostic tests without...

Optogenetics breakthrough achieved in Japan

February 9, 2017
Light has been successfully used by a Japanese researcher to manipulate gene expression to produce double-headed zebrafish.

The prognosis of UK pathology services

February 7, 2017
NHS pathology laboratories are under immense pressure to do more with less or face closure. Yet it is precisely these vital services which will be key to improving healthcare in...

Tissue reuse scheme expanding its reach

February 2, 2017
The University of Leeds is leading a scheme to reduce the number of animals needed for biomedical research.

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