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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 …
£6m labs boost CCS research
Added: 13 Sep 2012
Exploring ways of storing CO2 deep underground will be the focus of research carried out by scienti…
Researchers grow nanowires on graphene
Added: 11 Sep 2012
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) are commercialising GaAs n…
Skin cells transformed into embryonic Sertoli-like cells
Added: 7 Sep 2012
Using a stepwise trans-differentiation process, Whitehead Institute researchers have turned skin ce…
'Junk DNA' concept debunked by major study
Added: 6 Sep 2012
The most detailed analysis of the human genome suggests that more than 80% has an active biological…
Orthopaedic surgery to benefit from stem cell-powered implant
Added: 5 Sep 2012
Scientists are hoping to harness the regenerative power of stem cells to improve orthopaedic implan…
Researchers pioneer world’s first HIV nanomedicines
Added: 4 Sep 2012
The project claims to be the first step towards taking nanomedicine options out of the lab and into…
Shedding light on fibre optic imaging
Added: 4 Sep 2012
An advance in fibre optic research could allow doctors to see inside some of the hardest to reach p…
Surface-sensitive spectroscopy
Added: 3 Sep 2012
The interaction between proteins and pharmaceuticals can now be analysed in detail.
Biosensor speeds up disease diagnosis
Added: 31 Aug 2012
Ultra-sensitive biosensor capable of identifying the smallest RNA virus particle MS2, with a mass o…
£30m for biomedical engineering research
Added: 29 Aug 2012
The Wellcome Trust and EPSRC have announced the launch of a £30m initiative to find biomedical engi…
Microscope able to create images 100 times faster
Added: 28 Aug 2012
University of Leicester scientists have developed a rapid-scanning microscope with no loss of quali…
Universities collaborate on novel MS technology
Added: 23 Aug 2012
Purdue and Harvard University haved teamed up to develop new applications for desorption electrospr…
Nek9 identified as a key component in cell division
Added: 22 Aug 2012
A study has improved understanding of the first stages of cell division.
Scientists decode essential step in protein synthesis
Added: 20 Aug 2012
Researchers have revealed how a complicated set of proteins called TREX act as a passport for the t…
