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Cell division ‘master key’ protein structure revealed
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 31 Jul 2014
One of the most important proteins found in nature has been mapped by scientists from the Institute…
Four new genes confirmed to increase familial breast cancer risk
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 20 Jun 2014
Four new genes have been added to those already known to increase the risk of familial breast cance…
“Ultrasonic hands” grip microparticles
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 22 May 2014
Ultrasonic waves can be used to grab several microparticles at a time, effectively creating a pair …
Nano-silver health risk?
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 15 May 2014
Dietary supplements containing nano-silver could be harmful to health say Danish researchers who ha…
Hydrogel could simplify regenerative medicine
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 25 Apr 2014
A new stem cell microenvironment created by researchers at the University of Nottingham allows the …
DNA shape-change causes ALS
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 9 Apr 2014
A mutation linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) changes …
Ubiquibodies mark proteins for destruction
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 27 Mar 2014
A newly engineered type of antibody fragment which mark specific proteins inside a cell with a mole…
Surplus neurons could cause neurodevelopmental disorders
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 19 Mar 2014
Autism could be caused by cells called microglia failing to trim unnecessary connections between ne…
Breakthrough in nanowires
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 23 Jan 2014
In a series of papers, researchers have documented a breakthrough in laser action in semiconductor …
New mammalian cell culture facility
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 25 Nov 2013
A new mammalian cell culture cGMP manufacturing facility has been opened in Billingham, Teesside by…
New technique to image cell interior
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 4 Nov 2013
A new method of imaging cells is allowing scientists from Queen Mary University of London to see ti…
Henrietta Lacks’ family win recognition for immortal cell line
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 4 Sep 2013
The family of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose tumour cells revolutionised modern medicine, have been…
Mouse heart beats again with human stem cells
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 15 Aug 2013
A decellularised mouse heart was able to contract and beat again when it was rebuilt with human ste…
Eel fluorescent protein transforms clinical assay
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 12 Jul 2013
A Japanese freshwater eel called unagi possesses a fluorescent protein that could revolutionise a k…
3D printed shapes mimic living tissue
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 15 May 2013
A custom-built programmable 3D printer that can print materials with the properties of living tissu…
Mathematicians solve a foamy problem
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 5 May 2013
Two researchers from University of California Berkeley have now described mathematically the succes…
How a brain cell can change its mind
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 13 Mar 2013
Harvard stem cell biologists have turned one type of already differentiated neurons into another wi…
Ovary development theory overturned
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 14 Feb 2013
The theory of ovary development has been overturned by new research from the University of Adelaide…
Protein SP2 crucial to neuron creation
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 17 Jan 2013
A cell cycle regulator protein called Sp2 may be the key to the proper creation of neurons from ste…
X-ray laser to slay sleeping sickness parasite
hjcmtbbcwq.d hjcmtbbcwq.d | Added: 14 Jan 2013
The world’s most powerful X-ray laser has revealed the three-dimensional structure of an important …
