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IL-25 target for asthma attacks caused by colds

October 6, 2014
A small molecule called interleukin-25 might play a central role in asthma attacks brought on by the common cold. The cytokine has been implicated in a sequence of biological events...

£125m to train next generation of bioscientists

October 3, 2014
Funding of £125m over the next five years is being made available to support the training and development of 1,250 bioscience students.The funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...

Anthrax is new drug delivery vehicle

October 3, 2014
Anthrax doesn’t seem like the go-to vehicle for delivering cancer drugs, but researchers from MIT have engineered the bacteria to do just that. By disarming Bacillus anthracis and loading it...

Jamming bacterial ‘shredder’ could fight infection

September 29, 2014
By jamming their ‘paper shredder’, scientists might be able to drown deadly bacteria in their own paperwork. Researchers from the University of Leeds have identified how this paper shredder works...

Queen’s to head £6m cancer prevention initiative

September 29, 2014
Queen’s University in Belfast are to spearhead a £6 million initiative to find better ways to prevent cancer. The Cancer Prevention Science Initiative aims to support cutting-edge research to find...

Plumage no sacrifice for peacocks

September 25, 2014
Peacocks are known for their long iridescent feathers which they use to attract a mate, but their display of love was also thought to be a sacrifice as it affected...

AMS show modern humans and Neanderthals overlapped

September 23, 2014
Strong evidence that Neanderthals overlapped with modern humans for up to 5,400 years has been revealed using an improved accelerator mass spectrometry technique. Researchers from the University of Oxford dated...

Freshwater springs likely played role in early human evolution

September 18, 2014
The ability to move and seek out new sources of groundwater in dry periods may have been pivotal to survival and evolution of the human species. By combining geological evidence...

Autism therapy could eliminate symptoms

September 16, 2014
A new therapy aimed at treating infants as young as 6-months-old who exhibit signs of autism has shown promising results.  The treatment – pioneered by the University of California Davis...

Why do HIV patients develop dementia?

September 11, 2014
Life expectancy for patients with HIV has increased thanks to combination anti-retroviral therapy, but long-term maladies, including dementia, are becoming more prevalent. Almost one-in-two HIV patients are affected by the...

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