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One-size-fits-all synthetic blood

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jun 2014

Donated blood has a short shelf-life – only 35 days for red cells – but now researchers in Essex ho…

Proteome catalogue reveals 193 unknown proteins

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Jun 2014

A proteome catalogue has revealed 193 novel proteins in regions of the genome not predicted to code…

Molecular scaffold key to neurodegenerative disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Jun 2014

A molecular scaffold that allows key parts of the cell to communicate falls apart in dementia and m…

Supernova explosions recreated in the lab

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jun 2014

A scaled supernova explosion has been recreated in the laboratory using lasers 60,000 billion times…

That ‘gut feeling’ explained

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jun 2014

By severing the brain-gut communication channel, researchers have got to the bottom of the proverbi…

Deep sea root of marine evolution sparks controversy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jun 2014

The deep ocean may have played a much bigger role in protecting marine diversity than first thought…

Incentives needed to encourage data sharing

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2014

New types of incentives within the biomedical research community are necessary to improve sharing o…

New method to detect counterfeit drugs

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jun 2014

Counterfeit medicines could now be detected more efficiently thanks to a new chemical analysis meth…

Mega-Earth found in Kepler-10c

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jun 2014

The ‘Godzilla of Earths’ has been discovered by astronomers; the new type of planet is a mega-Earth…

Soft touch gone awry in autism

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jun 2014

Nerves in the skin that respond to gentle touch may go awry in disorders such as autism say researc…

Aerospace company set to communicate with NASA spacecraft

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jun 2014

Aerospace company SkyCorp Inc have been given the go ahead to attempt to communicate with a 35-year…

Celebrating Great British Science

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jun 2014

Frank James, Professor of the History of Science at the Royal Institution, has nominated Faraday’s …

Combating drug resistance in melanoma

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jun 2014

Resistance to a treatment for advanced melanoma could be prevented by blocking a druggable family o…

Leap in modelling cardiovascular disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 May 2014

American scientists have made a huge leap forward in genetic modelling after growing functioning hu…

Neutron analysis reveals cancer drug clustering

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 May 2014

Cancer pharmaceuticals currently have to be administered intravenously because of a tendency for so…

Over £47m for investment in early-stage UK life sciences

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 May 2014

International venture capital firm Epidarex Capital has raised over £47.5 million to lead investmen…

H10N8 bird flu unlikely to threaten public health

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 May 2014

H10N8, the most recent avian influenza virus to infect humans, is unlikely to cause a threat to pub…

Study shows promise for rare eye condition

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 May 2014

Recombinant human nerve growth factor (rhNGF) could provide a targeted treatment for neurotropic ke…

New insight into effect of pesticides on aquatic life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 May 2014

Research by an international team of scientists has provided new insight into the effects of pestic…

New hope for spinal injuries

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 May 2014

Engineers at the University of Portsmouth are investigating new strategies for the treatment of pat…