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Gene variant discovery could help treat Alzheimer’s and other degenerative brain disorders

July 29, 2021
News
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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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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Wearable brain-machine interface turns intentions into actions

July 22, 2021
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A new wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system could improve the quality of life for people with motor dysfunction or paralysis, even those struggling with locked-in syndrome - when a person...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biotech, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Engineering, Medical/Health, Physics
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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
News
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
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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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Researchers reduce severity of sleep apnoea by at least 30 per cent

July 5, 2021
News
Imagine waking up a hundred times every night not being able to breathe! Believe it or not, data suggests this actually happens to around one and a half million adults...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Physiology
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Olympic Games highlights global inequity in COVID-19 vaccination progress

July 5, 2021
News
With the rescheduled 2020 Olympic games set for July and August this year, the low vaccination rates in Japan and the impending influx of local spectators to the events could...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Virology
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Women in STEM see equality slip during the pandemic

June 11, 2021
News
Despite some good work over the years, it has become apparent that there is yet more work to be done and ground to be made up when it comes to...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Life Sciences, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Free webinar: Testing imported pets to mitigate emerging disease threats

June 9, 2021
News
With the demand for pets rising dramatically over lockdown, and the number of illegal imports keeping pace, the veterinary sector is concerned that the risks for zoonotic disease transmission resulting...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Haematology, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Parasitology, Pathology, Virology, Zoology
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