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Rats ‘touch’ infrared light

March 8, 2013
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NeuroscienceLaboratory rats were given the ability to “touch” infrared light by Duke University researchers who have developed a neuroprosthetic device. Their findings are detailed in Nature Communications. Cortical neuroprostheses could...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience
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Light exposure vital for developing eye

February 8, 2013
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Developmental BiologyResearch published in Nature concludes that light exposure during pregnancy is fundamental for normal eye development in the foetus. Research led by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre...
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Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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X-ray laser to slay sleeping sickness parasite

January 14, 2013
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The world’s most powerful X-ray laser has revealed the three-dimensional structure of an important enzyme vital to the functioning of the parasite that causes sleeping sickness.An international team of scientists...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
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“Pinocchio Effect” confirmed: lying affects the nose

December 6, 2012
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Spanish researchers have confirmed the existence of a “Pinocchio Effect” when someone is fibbing. However, unlike the wooden puppet whose nose would increase in length when he uttered a lie,...
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Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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Nanoparticles combat ageing

November 9, 2012
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Spanish scientists have developed a nanodevice that may have applications in the future development of therapies against ageing and provides promise for the treatment of age-related diseases such as cancer...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Nanotechnology
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‘Barcode’ blood test for prostate cancer

October 26, 2012
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A blood test that reads genetic changes like a barcode, and can detect aggressive prostate cancer has been designed.  A group at The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal...
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Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Medical Diagnostics, Oncology
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Fear skews spatial perception

October 25, 2012
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Fear can skew our spatial perception of approaching objects, suggests a study published in Current Biology.Stella Lourenco, from Emory University and Matthew Longo at Birkbeck tested the effect of fear...
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Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience
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Modelling embryo development

October 24, 2012
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Biologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have studied how gene networks control development in sea-urchin embryos for the last decade. Now, for the first time, they have built...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Serpentine solution for heart disease

October 23, 2012
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Researchers have identified two proteins, including one from snake venom that may have applications for developing novel drugs for treating high blood pressure and heart disease. The study was led...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pathology
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Detecting disease beneath the skin

October 15, 2012
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An international team of researchers has developed an advanced optics system to noninvasively detect disease by looking underneath the skin at blood vessel networks. One day, the high resolution 3D...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Medical Diagnostics, Oncology
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