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Funding for top scientists for pancreatic cancer treatment

March 11, 2015
News
Cancer Research UK, Stand Up To Cancer and The Lustgarten Foundation have collaborated to fund the Cancer Dream Team Translational Research Grant. They are now looking for top scientists to...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Oncology
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‘Call for Targets’ of respiratory diseases

March 2, 2015
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MRC Technology has announced a ‘call for targets’ to find new therapeutics for the treatment of respiratory diseases. The MRC is looking for academic researchers worldwide to accelerate the treatment...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Genomic switches hidden in ‘Loop-ome’

January 14, 2015
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By developing 3D maps of folded genomes scientists have discovered that a structural basis for gene regulation can produce different cell types. A team of researchers at Harvard University have...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Microbiology
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Early detection of liver disease ‘non-existent’

November 28, 2014
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Leading medical experts have warned that early detection of liver disease by GPs in the UK is “virtually non-existent”.A group of doctors and researchers have published a report in The...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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Treating cancer by draining its fuel tank

November 28, 2014
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Mitochondria fuelled by related proteins are key to promoting the proliferative expansion and survival of cancer stem cells. Draining their fuel could form the basis of new ways of treating...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Oncology
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Smart drugs impair the healthy

November 19, 2014
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Smart drugs won’t make smart people smarter suggests new research from the University of Nottingham; instead it could impair their performance. A new study conducted by Dr Ahmed Dahir Mohamed...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Controlling genes with your thoughts

November 17, 2014
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Scientists have developed a mind-control system that allows a person to switch on genes in mice through the power of thought alone. This technology could one day be used in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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HIV’s surprising structure

November 5, 2014
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The building blocks of the immature human immunodeficiency virus are arranged in a surprising way say researchers who have pinpointed the location of each block within the virus structure.Cryo-electron microscopy...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology
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Freshwater springs likely played role in early human evolution

September 18, 2014
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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...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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Same mechanism implicated in type-1 and type-2 diabetes

September 3, 2014
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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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