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New heart drug beats current gold standard

September 10, 2014
News
Clinical trials of a new drug to treat heart failure were brought to an early close after results showed it outperformed the current gold standard. Writing in the New England...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Protein synthesis offer clues to memory loss

September 9, 2014
News
A new method of identifying proteins as they are created in the body could offer insight into why learning and memory becomes impaired in Alzheimer’s disease. Using Caenorhabditis elegans as...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology
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Engineered E. coli turns fatty acids into propane

September 8, 2014
News
By engineering a protein found in the gut, researchers have generated renewable propane and taken a step towards producing a commercially-viable alternative to traditional fossil fuels. Using a new variant...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Same mechanism implicated in type-1 and type-2 diabetes

September 3, 2014
News
Both type-1 and type-2 diabetes are caused by the same underlying mechanism say researchers in Manchester and Auckland. The hormone amylin forms toxic clumps which destroy both insulin- and amylin-producing...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Medical Diagnostics
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To catch a killer

September 2, 2014
Feature
As the body count continues to rise – do we have any defence against Ebola virus? It’s the mid-seventies – and in a small village in the Republic of Zaire...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Fast-tracked Ebola vaccine to enter trials

August 29, 2014
News
A potential vaccine against the Zaire species of Ebola, which has currently claimed 1,550 lives in West Africa, is to be tested on healthy patients in the UK and US....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Virology
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Epigenetic changes play role in Alzheimer’s

August 28, 2014
News
Researchers say they have amassed some of the strongest evidence yet to show that epigenetic changes have a role to play in Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from King’s College London and...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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How Ebola blocks immune system

August 19, 2014
News
American researchers have developed a detailed map of the Ebola protein VP24, which has revealed how the virus dodges the body’s antiviral defences – an insight which could lead to...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Virology
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Thin-film technique for delivering pain medication

August 19, 2014
News
For those who suffer chronic pain, frequent pill popping helps ease the discomfort but a new advanced thin-film capable of delivering drugs over a period of months could provide an...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Treating cancer with wasp venom

August 18, 2014
News
Wasp venom is proving to be a novel source of inspiration for a new therapy for breast cancer. Scientists from the Institute of Biomedical Research in Barcelona (IRB Barcelona) have...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Oncology, Pathology
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