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Data takes on the dopers

March 23, 2016
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New studies looking at the subtle changes that can occur when human blood is stored could help put an end to blood doping.
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Symptom or cause? Autism and immune dysfunction

March 18, 2016
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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…
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A map is worth a thousand words

February 26, 2016
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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.
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When does ageing become disease?

February 8, 2016
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Our understanding of the molecular process of ageing is growing, as such our understanding of risk from specific ‘age-related’ diseases is becoming clearer says Professor Jamie Timmons.
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What’s really going on with the Zika virus?

February 4, 2016
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The Zika virus and its possible health risks to pregnant women are very much in the public eye at the moment, in every newspaper and on every news channel. Dr...
Life Sciences
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Microscopic subway passengers with a ticket to ride

January 22, 2016
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A complete map of the microbiome of the New York City subway system? It’s possible – and all it takes is a few eager students, some swabs and a toddler....
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Swimming out from an evolutionary shadow

January 14, 2016
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We hear how the humble turtle has been problematic to classify correctly in an evolutionary context, and how hard work and a spot of luck has changed this…
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Antimicrobial resistance – a disaster in the making?

January 8, 2016
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After the emergence of yet another antibiotic resistance mechanism in the form of MCR-1, the future of medicine looks bleak. But there is hope says Gunnar Kahlmeter.
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Climbing to the cloud

December 18, 2015
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Bioinformatics needs to change says Dr Thomas Connor and for that to happen we need to look to the cloud. Here he tells us about CLIMB – the world’s largest...
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A fascinating act of cellular cannibalism

December 17, 2015
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After a century of observing strange acts of cellular cannibalism, Jo Durgan and Oliver Florey tell us how close we are to understanding entosis, and what it may mean for...
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