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Fracking

Fracking water 'best practice' needed

Added: 2 Sep 2014

US chemists are investigating new techniques to treat and reuse fracking water.

Protein

'Dual bridge' amino acid developed

Added: 1 Sep 2014

Artificial amino acids can impact the 3D structure of bioactive peptides and enhance their potency,…

MoS2/WS2 Heterostructure

Researchers prove ultrafast charge transfer

Added: 1 Sep 2014

An international collaboration of researchers has reported the first experimental observation of ul…

Neural stem cells

Stem cell breakthrough announced

Added: 29 Aug 2014

Advancing the production of stem cells could dramatically improve the ability to treat disease, new…

Drugs

NHS boosts rare cancer drug availability

Added: 28 Aug 2014

More patients are set to receive innovative cancer drugs not routinely available through the NHS.

HIV-infected H9 T Cell

Protein family 'tethers' HIV

Added: 27 Aug 2014

US scientists reveal how protein family can block the release of viral infections, according to res…

Lab grows spinal cord 'seed' for first time

'Stepping stone' spinal cord tissue grown

Added: 27 Aug 2014

UK scientists grow ’seed’ of spinal cord in the lab for the first time, new research suggests.

'Ice Bucket Challenge' in aid of ALS

Major research for neurodegenerative disease

Added: 27 Aug 2014

A scheme led by the Medical Research Council (MRC) will attempt to advance neurodegeneration and de…

Pfizer ends its pursuit of AstraZeneca

Pfizer and Merck join forces

Added: 26 Aug 2014

Effective anti-PD-1 cancer therapy could be one step closer after firms agree partnership.

Non-small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung, FNA

Cancer survival in England 'improving'

Added: 26 Aug 2014

Improved survival results point to better early stage diagnosis of several types of cancer, Public …

Vitamin D

Heart attack not curbed by vitamin D

Added: 26 Aug 2014

A low level of vitamin D has been linked to conditions such as MS, diabetes and schizophrenia, rece…

Pomegranate skin could fight Alzheimer's disease

Pomegranate drug to treat Alzheimer's

Added: 22 Aug 2014

Anti-oxidant compounds found on the outer skin of specific fruits could be used to treat certain de…

Superabsorbing ring

Theorists create 'ultimate camera pixel'

Added: 22 Aug 2014

The effect of superradiance could be reversed to create a device capable of drawing-in light ultra-…

Cancerous cells

Natural nanoparticle can unlock cancer

Added: 22 Aug 2014

The discovery of vault nanoparticles could help eradicate deadly diseases that currently have no cu…

DNA

AstraZeneca confirms genetics deal

Added: 21 Aug 2014

Partnership will boost next generation gene sequencing panel for companion diagnostic tests.

Measuring station at PETRA III

IBM boosts big data in imaging

Added: 21 Aug 2014

Big data software could handle more than 20 gigabytes of storage per second, company claims.

Ebola virus

£6.5m funding for Ebola research

Added: 21 Aug 2014

The current West Africa Ebola epidemic has claimed more than 1,200 lives, and threatens many more.

Biopharma bottleneck study

Communication key to biopharma 'bottleneck'

Added: 20 Aug 2014

Roadblocks in biopharmaceutical discovery lead to disruption in drug commercialisation, new study f…

Pills, medicine, drugs, pharma

Pfizer agrees Crohn's research deal

Added: 20 Aug 2014

Crohn’s disease is a long-term condition with no cure that can inflame and affect any part of the d…

Students

Freshers urged to get MenC vaccine

Added: 19 Aug 2014

Meningococcal C (MenC) is the primary immunisation against meningitis, but can often wane once in p…