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Turbo switch uncovered in calcium pump
Added: 22 Oct 2012
A Danish-British research team has discovered a turbo switch in the calcium pump of biological cell…
Snake venom could help combat heart disease
Added: 19 Oct 2012
Research led by Bath University has uncovered new routes for developing drugs for high blood pressu…
Atomic nuclei intimately entangled by a quantum measurement
Added: 19 Oct 2012
Scientists from the Netherlands and the UK have brought two atomic nuclei in a diamond into a quant…
Viruses reveal self-folding mechanism
Added: 18 Oct 2012
Researchers at Leeds University have identified a crucial stage in the lifecycle of simple viruses.
Researchers discover stem cells for blood vessel growth
Added: 17 Oct 2012
Finnish researchers have discovered a new blood-vessel-generating cell with therapeutic potential.
Scientists uncover important embryonic stem cell pathway
Added: 16 Oct 2012
Researchers have discovered a previously unrecognised regulatory pathway at the heart of embryonic …
Cell growth protein forms a "pair" on the cell membrane
Added: 15 Oct 2012
Bochum und Dortmund researchers have or the first time measured the orientation of the Ras protein …
Unexpected solution to fly eye mystery
Added: 12 Oct 2012
Research at Cambridge University has provided an insight into why flies have the fastest vision in …
US scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Added: 10 Oct 2012
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for their resea…
Study reveals brain cells’ weakest links
Added: 5 Oct 2012
New studies show for the first time why brain cells can stop communicating properly in degenerative…
Plasma jet gives cold shoulder to superbugs
Added: 4 Oct 2012
Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have developed a new technique which has potential to kill…
Antibiotic cures disease by disarming pathogens
Added: 3 Oct 2012
A new type of antibiotic can treat an antibiotic-resistant infection by disarming instead of killin…
Making old muscles young
Added: 1 Oct 2012
Scientists have identified a key factor responsible for declining muscle repair during ageing and h…
Silk-silicon devices dissolve into surroundings
Added: 28 Sep 2012
Tiny resorbable semiconductors could be used for medical implants, environmental sensors and consum…
Forming and undoing gene loops
Added: 28 Sep 2012
Scientists have discovered that by forming or undoing gene loops cells manipulate the path of the t…
CT scanning reveals images of fossil insects
Added: 27 Sep 2012
Scientists have used a high resolution form of CT scanning to reconstruct two 305 million year old …
US scientists engineer novel DNA barcode
Added: 25 Sep 2012
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have developed a DNA barcode that could improve biomedical …
Technique aids study of cell communication
Added: 24 Sep 2012
A method for analysing proteins has enabled scientists to tune in to cells’ conversations, regardle…
‘Fingerprinting’ research improves brain tumour diagnosis
Added: 20 Sep 2012
UK scientists have made a significant advance in brain tumour diagnosis using infrared and Raman sp…
Nanomaterials help regenerate cardiac cells
Added: 20 Sep 2012
Scientists have capitalised on the electrical properties of a nanomaterial to aid the regeneration …
