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Has Microsoft made an oncological smart bomb?

November 4, 2016
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In September, AstraZeneca and Microsoft made headlines for their pioneering ‘drag and drop’ computer model of cancer cell signalling. Here Jonathan Dry explains why this isn’t simply hyperbole and that...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
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New map, new thinking

September 22, 2016
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Dr Emma Robinson tells us how comparing brain function not cortical folding patterns led to a revolutionary new brain map and why this has revealed a startling truth about neural...
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Patent pending?

September 15, 2016
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When is a health treatment really new? When is a medical treatment really an invention? Patent attorney Isobel Finnie explores how diagnostic definitions vary between the European and American jurisdictions...
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Catch them if you can

September 12, 2016
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When it comes to the performance of your fluorescence microscopy system, every photon is sacred – but how to catch as many as you can? Dr Martin Thomas has some...
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Ethics of genetics: More than just designer babies

September 6, 2016
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Work around the human genome and advances in the accessibility and analysis of data, creates huge opportunities for early healthcare interventions. But the advent of genomic information and evolving technology...
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Receptor successfully isolated to tackle Alzheimer’s

September 6, 2016
News
Scientists have discovered that blocking a specific part of an ion channel can prevent the memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) can be found in the cell...
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CRACK IT launch their annual challenges

September 1, 2016
News
The 2016 CRACK IT Challenges to improve business processes have been announced and will be launched on 8th September 2016.
Life Sciences
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The super-organism behind Nature’s skyscraper

August 11, 2016
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Notions of the ‘super-organism’ need to be invoked to truly understand the intelligence behind Nature’s skyscraper – the termite mound. Hunter King discusses the hive-mind behind these incredible structures and...
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X-ray vision

August 9, 2016
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Bees navigate by sensing the polarisation of light. We now know that some rainforest-dwelling bees can measure polarisation much more accurately than previously assumed. Dr Andrew Bodey tells us how...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
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Transforming cells to transform lives

July 19, 2016
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A company in Scotland has devised a novel way to treat type 1 diabetes – producing lab grown islets of Langerhans for transplantation. But how does this work and what...
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