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Feel the heat of antimicrobial resistance

November 23, 2016
Feature
Used by Antoine Lavoisier in the 18th Century, calorimetry is one of the oldest methods of chemical analysis. But sometimes the oldies are the best says Dr Magnus Jansson. Here...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Gut bacteria diversity linked to immunotherapy response in melanoma patients

November 15, 2016
News
Patients with malignant melanoma have been found more likely to respond to immunotherapy treatment if they have a greater diversity of gut bacteria.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Genetic discovery offers potential autoimmune treatments

November 9, 2016
News
Researchers have raised the possibility of new autoimmune disease treatments with fewer side effects.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Culture clash

November 9, 2016
Feature
With estimates suggesting they can infect anything between 10-85% of cell lines in a microbiology laboratory, Andrea Toell explains how best to protect yourself against mycoplasma
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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New treatment to combat antibiotic resistance

November 8, 2016
News
Researchers have discovered antimicrobial peptides that can kill bacteria resistant to existing antibiotics.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Has Microsoft made an oncological smart bomb?

November 4, 2016
Feature
In September, AstraZeneca and Microsoft made headlines for their pioneering ‘drag and drop’ computer model of cancer cell signalling. Here Jonathan Dry explains why this isn’t simply hyperbole and that...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Epigenetics enabling fish survival

October 31, 2016
News
A number of fish species are adapting to survive warmer oceans without genetic changes, according to researchers from the University of East Anglia.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Marine Biology
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Short telomere length in newborns linked to mother’s weight

October 18, 2016
News
Belgian researchers have found that a high BMI in mothers before pregnancy is associated with shorter telomere length – a marker for biological age – in newborns.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Proteomics & Genomics
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It’s biology Jim, but not as we know it…

October 13, 2016
Insight
After his appearance at Lab Innovations – we hear from physicist and all-round science hero Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE on the strange world of quantum biology
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Interviews, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Physics
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2017 Eppendorf Awards open

October 6, 2016
News
Entries are being welcomed for the 2017 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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