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Bones from beer residue

June 25, 2014
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Waste from beer brewing could be recycled for use in an unexpected application – as a biomaterial for bone regeneration. Researchers in Spain have developed a biocompatible material which can...
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Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology
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Onion-like vesicle for drug delivery

June 24, 2014
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A drug delivery vesicle akin to an onion has been developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. The team have discovered that a certain kind of dendrimer – a...
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Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Caging water to study spin

June 23, 2014
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A pioneering method of caging and cooling water molecules to study its nuclear spin conversion could enhance the diagnostic power of MRI scans. By trapping water molecules in spheres of...
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Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology
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Breakthrough against antibiotic resistance

June 23, 2014
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A breakthrough in the race to solve antibiotic resistance has been made by a team from the University of East Anglia and Diamond Light Source. The powerful beams of light...
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Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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US researchers exposed to live anthrax

June 20, 2014
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Failure to adhere to proper procedure means as many as 75 scientists in America may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Pathology
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Four new genes confirmed to increase familial breast cancer risk

June 20, 2014
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Four new genes have been added to those already known to increase the risk of familial breast cancer. Although BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the most well-known inherited breast cancer genes,...
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Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Oncology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Statins of questionable value

June 19, 2014
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Drugs designed to lower the levels of “bad cholesterol” in the blood could condemn middle-aged adults to a lifetime of popping pills of questionable value say a group of leading...
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Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Liquid biopsy to track lung cancer

June 18, 2014
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A liquid biopsy using a patient’s blood sample could offer a new way to track lung cancer say researchers from Cancer Research UK’s Manchester Institute. Their method offers a means...
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Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Medical Diagnostics
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One-size-fits-all synthetic blood

June 16, 2014
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Donated blood has a short shelf-life – only 35 days for red cells – but now researchers in Essex hope to improve this by developing a synthetic blood substitute. The...
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Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology
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Proteome catalogue reveals 193 unknown proteins

June 13, 2014
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A proteome catalogue has revealed 193 novel proteins in regions of the genome not predicted to code for proteins, suggesting the human genome is more complex than previously thought. Using...
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Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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