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New test can detect any virus

November 12, 2015
News
Scientists have designed a test that can detect not only any known virus type and subtype but also virus outbreaks.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Medical Diagnostics, Virology
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Birth month and disease risk related

July 8, 2015
News
Scientists have discovered a relationship between birth month and disease risk in New York. A research team at Columbia University used a medical database from New York City and found...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Pathology
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Pollution and birth weight linked

June 1, 2015
News
Pollution levels have been found to affect birth weight in China. Scientist at the University of Rochester Medical Center used weight data and discovered that during the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics
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Blood test can predict future breast cancer

May 19, 2015
News
Scientists have discovered that a method known as biocontour profiling can predict breast cancer.A research team at the University of Copenhagen used blood samples and found that metabolic profiling of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Oncology
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Discovering how to learn science

November 19, 2014
Insight
David Porter, is L'Oréal Young Scientist Centre Manager at Royal Institution, explains how to teach science without ‘teaching’ There are many challenges facing science teachers in a school but without wanting...
Life Sciences
Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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How to hack your home with Ri Christmas lecturer Danielle George

November 12, 2014
Insight
We catch up with this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer Danielle George to find out what she has in store for budding young scientists, and what she’ll be doing over...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Stretch-sensitive protein causes foetal membrane rupture

November 3, 2014
News
Premature rupture of the foetal membrane is the result of stretch-sensitive protein suggests research from two of London’s leading universities. A team from University College London and Queen Mary University...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics
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Same mechanism implicated in type-1 and type-2 diabetes

September 3, 2014
News
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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New clue to sudden cardiac death in children

August 12, 2014
News
Cardiff University researchers have discovered a cause of sudden cardiac death in young children, opening up the possibility for a therapeutic target to develop a cure. Incoherent communication between calmodulin...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Medical Diagnostics
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Self-assembling nanoparticle could aid cancer diagnosis

July 29, 2014
News
A new self-assembling nanoparticle which targets cancerous tumours could boost the effectiveness of MRI scanning to help doctors diagnose the disease earlier. The iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs), developed at Imperial...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Oncology
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