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‘Megafund’ to boost drug development

July 20, 2015
News
The Mayor of London – Boris Johnson – is planning to create a £10 billion ‘megafund’ to make the search for new drugs easier in London and across the country....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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‘Drug Discovery Booster’ for neglected diseases

July 16, 2015
News
The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and four pharmaceutical companies have announced a consortium to accelerate drug discovery for two of the world's most neglected diseases. The consortium –...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Birth month and disease risk related

July 8, 2015
News
Scientists have discovered a relationship between birth month and disease risk in New York. A research team at Columbia University used a medical database from New York City and found...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Pathology
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Smell wired to spatial information

July 2, 2015
News
Scientists have discovered that humans can map a location by using only their sense of smell. A research team at the University of California in Berkley designed a smell-only experiment...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Stem cell proteins can regenerate bones

June 25, 2015
News
By using proteins from stem cells, scientists have developed a method to regrow bone tissue. A research team the Gladstone Institutes used proteins produced by stem cells rather than the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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Ladybirds reveal ‘honest’ signals to predators

June 22, 2015
News
The brightness of ladybird colours has been found to reveal the extent of their toxicity. A research team at the University of Exeter studied five species of ladybird beetles and...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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New polymer key for artificial blood vessels

June 19, 2015
News
By using a specially created polymer, scientists have developed fully functioning artificial blood vessels. The research team, from the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology,...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
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Caterpillars make leaves glow

June 18, 2015
News
Scientists have discovered that plants release light energy in response to insect feeding. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany used a camera system...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany, Zoology
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Britain’s oldest sauropod dinosaur found

June 16, 2015
News
Palaeontologists have discovered Britain’s oldest sauropod dinosaur fossil on the coast of North Yorkshire. A research team at the University of Manchester used x-ray computed tomography and estimated the age...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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Bringing biotech to industry

June 16, 2015
Feature
Recent large-scale investment has seen Industrial Biotechnology hit the headlines. It is a rapidly growing sector here in the UK, and predicted to be worth up to £12 billion by...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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