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Fruit compound may have potential to prevent and treat Parkinson’s disease

August 2, 2021
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Researchers have added to evidence that the compound farnesol, found naturally in herbs, and berries and other fruits, prevents and reverses brain damage linked to Parkinson's disease in mouse studies....
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Are all mammals just copy cats? Felines to play a key role in human genetics

July 30, 2021
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The feline genome is ordered similarly to humans according to one veterinary medicine expert. So, cats have the potential to be a valuable model organism for geneticists to help understand...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Proteomics & Genomics, Zoology
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Gene variant discovery could help treat Alzheimer’s and other degenerative brain disorders

July 29, 2021
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New research suggests early changes in brain metabolism may explain the neurodegeneration suffered by Alzheimer's patients. Discovery of a special gene variant, that causes astrocytes of the brain and exhausts...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Proteomics & Genomics
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Shipping biologicals – the journey of human tissue samples

July 29, 2021
Feature
Medical research relies on routine and specialist biological samples which must be handled with great care. Here, Fiona MacKenzie takes us behind the scenes with a clinical services team to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Cytology, Haematology, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Pathology, Pharmacology, Virology, Zoology
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Making polymers perform – a research and technical transfer story

July 23, 2021
Feature
How do you set up and grow a new science-based technology company? Here, we uncover how Dr Don Wellings developed his passion for particles into a successful manufacturing company with...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oncology, Organic Chemistry, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physics, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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One drug to treat them all: towards a ‘master’ coronavirus treatment

July 22, 2021
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Researchers seek and find that precious drug-binding pocket that is so essential to the coronavirus protein function that it cannot be mutated, and therefore remains accessible across all strains. Using...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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New report recommends antibody testing within the Covid-19 vaccination programme

July 8, 2021
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Antibody testing can be used to identify the minority of people who have a sub-optimal response to Covid-19 vaccination, this is estimated to be up to 10 per cent of...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pathology, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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Breakthrough for tracking RNA with fluorescence

July 7, 2021
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in developing a method to label mRNA molecules, and thereby follow, in real time, their path through cells, using a microscope...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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Tissue autografting turns pulp fiction into pulp reality

July 6, 2021
News
One of the most challenging medical conditions is serious loss of tissue. Unlike certain animals, humans have only a limited capacity for regrowing missing body parts, which is how the...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Health, Medical/Health, Physiology
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A CRISPECTOR calls with fresh insight to gene editing errors

July 5, 2021
Feature
An Israeli research team claims new software can detect unintended consequences of gene editing. Here, Dermot Martin unpacks the research that applies statistical modelling to determine and quantify editing activity....
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Proteomics & Genomics
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