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Scientists have identified a small family of lab-made proteins that neutralise a broad range of influenza A viruses, including the H5N1 avian virus.
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Scientists from Leicester and Nottingham have devised a method for identifying levels of exposure to environmental arsenic - by testing toenail clippings.
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Researchers have created an algorithm that meshes existing data to produce a clearer step-by-step flow chart of how cells respond to stimuli.
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Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, researchers can see just what information people are holding in memory based only on patterns of activity in the brain.
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Researchers have identified a key molecular mechanism that regulates the brain's ability to mentally compensate for sleep deprivation.
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Researchers have developed a new, inexpensive and efficient method for producing and studying a type of human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer.
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A recent study details a targeted strategy to substantially increase the thermodynamic stability of nearly any protein, while preserving its unique function.
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Researchers have brought together theoretical modelling and experimental data to show just how amino-acid chains might fold up into unique, three-dimensional functional proteins.
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Scientists have developed a way to manipulate bacteria so they will grow mutant sugar molecules on their cell surfaces that could be used against them as the key component in potent vaccines.
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Current research suggests that a new technique to determine tumour methylation status can be used in archived tissue samples.
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When participants performed a mentally fatiguing task prior to a difficult exercise test, they reached exhaustion more quickly than when they did the same exercise when mentally rested.
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In an effort to improve rice varieties, Scott Jackson was part of a team that traced the evolutionary history of domesticated rice by using a process that focuses on one gene. Recently, he spoke with Scientist Live.
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A study links changes brought on by anger or other strong emotions to future arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrests, which are blamed for 400,000 deaths annually.
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Stem cells scientists at UCLA showed for the first time that human induced pluripotent stem cells can be differentiated into electrically active motor neurons.
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Scientists have discovered a new enzyme which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose into ethanol. Xylose is an unused waste sugar in the cellulosic ethanol production process.
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Biologists and engineers have created a mathematical model to explore the roles of noise in controlling the basic events of the cell cycle - DNA replication and cell division.
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Researchers have found that elderly adults who are more physically fit tend to have bigger hippocampi and better spatial memory than those who are less fit.
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Scientists have identified a wheat gene sequence which provides protection against leaf rust, stripe rust and powdery mildew.
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Scientists have discovered that an ancient system of communication found in primitive bacteria, may also explain how plants and algae control the process of photosynthesis.
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Modern genotyping technologies offer new opportunities to explore how genes influence health and disease, but also present the challenge of analysing huge amounts of genetic and clinical data.
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