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The pace and pattern of being

April 8, 2016
Maturation in mammals varies widely, but the exact reasons why are still unclear. A new method of monitoring growth may provide the answer.

What to do with a problem like Zika?

April 6, 2016
The current Zika outbreak first began in Brazil in April 2015. It has been strongly linked to newborn microcephaly and also Guillain-Barré syndrome.

A personal interpretation

March 25, 2016
There is a clear move away from a ‘one size fits all’ approach to medicine and instead a new personalised medicine strategy is becoming more important. Mike Furness explains more...

Data takes on the dopers

March 23, 2016
New studies looking at the subtle changes that can occur when human blood is stored could help put an end to blood doping.

Evolutionary ancestral gene found

March 22, 2016
A common ancestral gene thought to have kick-started evolution has been identified by Canadian scientists.

Symptom or cause? Autism and immune dysfunction

March 18, 2016
There are tantalising clues that anomalies in immune function may be related to autism spectrum disorders. In unpicking this connection, one lab needed a new approach to the immune assay…

Mosquitoes’ reproductive cycle potential drug target

March 17, 2016
US scientists are looking at ways to influence how mosquitoes mate to control the diseases they spread such as dengue fever, chikungunya and the Zika virus.

British scientists win neuroscience prize

March 7, 2016
A trio of British scientists have won the world’s largest prize for brain research, awarded by the Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation in Denmark.

A map is worth a thousand words

February 26, 2016
Vibrational spectroscopy expert Dr Elizabeth Carter tells us how Raman mapping can help examine the what, where and maybe even the why of complex samples.

Ebola still affects survivors after they recover

February 25, 2016
With Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey hospitalised after complications with her recovery from the infection, US scientists are to present results suggesting Ebola survivors’ brains can still be affected at least...

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