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Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for cell research

October 7, 2019
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries of how human cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.

It’s in the blood

October 7, 2019
Despite – or perhaps because of – its importance, some of the world's most deadly diseases have their roots in blood; it is arguably the place where we are at...

SERC experiments show CO2 stunts wetlands

September 27, 2019
While CO2 is essential for plant growth, excessive CO2 in the atmosphere is stunting growth in marsh plants, according to findings from experiments at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in...

Nanolaser functions inside living human tissue

September 26, 2019
A US team has developed a nanolaser that can operate in confined spaces such as quantum circuits, microprocessors or even living tissue.

Procarta awarded £7.4M for microbial treatment

September 23, 2019
Biotechnology company Procarta Biosystems will receive up to £7.4 million to develop a new class of antibiotics in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.

Law and disorder

September 23, 2019
We have been working on Alzheimer's for a long time… so where are all the therapeutic drugs? Here Dr Sean Devenish looks at the biggest challenge for developing an effective...

European Bioinformatics Institute adds local data storage

September 19, 2019
The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has signed a contract with colocation datacentre provider Kao Data to store its biological data.

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