All Biological Sciences


Divide and conquer protein revealed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Nov 2014

The structure of a key protein involved in building defensive bacterial cell walls has been reveale…

Stand and deliver – effective antisense delivery

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Nov 2014

Before we can fully take advantage of antisense therapeutics, we first need to effectively deliver …

Mary Rose dog male, not female

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Nov 2014

The smallest member of the crew on board the Mary Rose – a dog named Hatch – was a he and not a she…

Smart drugs impair the healthy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Nov 2014

Smart drugs won’t make smart people smarter suggests new research from the University of Nottingham…

Getting a handle on the right gloves

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Nov 2014

Nick Gardner explores hand protection and chemical hazards in molecular biology!--more-- Molecular…

Longitude Prize open for entries

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Nov 2014

The Longitude Prize to tackle resistance to antibiotics has opened today, 18 November.!--more-- En…

Controlling genes with your thoughts

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Nov 2014

Scientists have developed a mind-control system that allows a person to switch on genes in mice thr…

Eyespots deter predatory attack

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Nov 2014

Many butterflies use colouration and patterns to avoid attacks from predators, protecting their mos…

Separating the plant genome

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Nov 2014

A new approach to separating plant nuclear DNA from organellar DNA could speed up DNA sequencing an…

TB or not TB? How NGS will win the battle against drug-resistance

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2014

The stats on TB are deeply worrying: one–third of the world's current population has been infected …

Single mutation disrupts morphology of sexual organs

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2014

A single mutation in a gene coding for a protein deeply involved in developmental and homeostatic p…

On the move; new device follows metastasis

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2014

Cancer researchers have got an unprecedented microscopic look at metastasis thanks to a new device …

A quartet of proteomic surprises…

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2014

The draft map of the Human proteome is just the beginning of our understanding of the incredible co…

HIV’s surprising structure

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Nov 2014

The building blocks of the immature human immunodeficiency virus are arranged in a surprising way s…

Stretch-sensitive protein causes foetal membrane rupture

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Nov 2014

Premature rupture of the foetal membrane is the result of stretch-sensitive protein suggests resear…

Huddle! Cells secret communication clusters

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Oct 2014

Cells cluster together to communicate within restricted groups, just like a sports team huddle disc…

Step closer to stem cell treatment for diabetes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Oct 2014

Using embryonic stem cells as a starting point, Harvard researchers have produced human insulin-pro…

Genetic mutation prevents weight gain on high-sugar diet

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Oct 2014

A team of researchers from the University of Southern California have found a way to suppress the o…

Jumping spiders’ visual system revealed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Oct 2014

Scientists have solved one of the toughest problems in spider biology – how the arachnids’ visual s…

Precursor to life created in virtual lab

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Oct 2014

A virtual molecular laboratory has created a possible precursor to life say Danish scientists, whic…