All Biological Sciences

Freshwater springs likely played role in early human evolution
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Sep 2014
The ability to move and seek out new sources of groundwater in dry periods may have been pivotal to…

Autism therapy could eliminate symptoms
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Sep 2014
A new therapy aimed at treating infants as young as 6-months-old who exhibit signs of autism has sh…

Why do HIV patients develop dementia?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Sep 2014
Life expectancy for patients with HIV has increased thanks to combination anti-retroviral therapy, …

New heart drug beats current gold standard
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Sep 2014
Clinical trials of a new drug to treat heart failure were brought to an early close after results s…

Protein synthesis offer clues to memory loss
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Sep 2014
A new method of identifying proteins as they are created in the body could offer insight into why l…

Engineered E. coli turns fatty acids into propane
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Sep 2014
By engineering a protein found in the gut, researchers have generated renewable propane and taken a…

Same mechanism implicated in type-1 and type-2 diabetes
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Sep 2014
Both type-1 and type-2 diabetes are caused by the same underlying mechanism say researchers in Manc…

To catch a killer
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Sep 2014
As the body count continues to rise – do we have any defence against Ebola virus?!--more-- It’s th…

Fast-tracked Ebola vaccine to enter trials
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Aug 2014
A potential vaccine against the Zaire species of Ebola, which has currently claimed 1,550 lives in …

Epigenetic changes play role in Alzheimer’s
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Aug 2014
Researchers say they have amassed some of the strongest evidence yet to show that epigenetic change…

How Ebola blocks immune system
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Aug 2014
American researchers have developed a detailed map of the Ebola protein VP24, which has revealed ho…

Thin-film technique for delivering pain medication
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Aug 2014
For those who suffer chronic pain, frequent pill popping helps ease the discomfort but a new advanc…

Treating cancer with wasp venom
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Aug 2014
Wasp venom is proving to be a novel source of inspiration for a new therapy for breast cancer.!--mo…

Potential BRCA3 found
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Aug 2014
A third gene related to breast cancer risk has been identified by an international team of research…

Vitamin D-dementia link confirmed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Aug 2014
A link between vitamin D and dementia risk has been confirmed by an international team of researche…

New clue to sudden cardiac death in children
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Aug 2014
Cardiff University researchers have discovered a cause of sudden cardiac death in young children, o…

Speedier diagnosis using new genomic mapping technique
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Aug 2014
Canadian researchers have developed a technique for massive parallel genomic analysis of long DNA m…

Daily aspirin could keep cancer away
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Aug 2014
Taking aspirin daily could significantly reduce the risk of developing major cancers of the digesti…

New non-coding RNA discovered
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Aug 2014
A new species of non-coding RNA has been discovered by researchers in Germany, who believe these se…

Underinvestment in antibacterial research
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Aug 2014
Less than 1% of public and charitable funding from bodies in the UK was awarded to antibiotics rese…